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ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A societymeetingan assemblycœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, p. ode; pp. od [medl a bridle]

To bridle, restrain

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To bridle, restrain Gif hwá nyle gemidlian his tungan if a man will not bridle his tongue, Past. 38, 8; Swt. 281, 3; Hat. MS: 38, 1; Swt. 271, 13; Hat. MS

un-sóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóm, e; f.

Disagreement

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Disagreement Gyf hyra ǽnig wið ǽnigne mon ǽnige unsóme hæbbe, ðæt hé wið ðone geþingie ... Man sceal ǽlce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7

Linked entry: sóm

ágend

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Ágend possessor , Kent. Gl. 543. Gif man mægðman néde genimeð, þám ágende .L. scillinga, and æft æt þám ágende sínne willan æt gebicge. Ll. Th. i. 24, 3-4: 42, 21. Add

ágend-freá

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Ne eardað nǽnig ágendfreá nullus possessor in-habitat , Gr. D. 258, 19. Se earm stód þám ágendfreán ungewylde the man could not move his own arm , 254, 38. Cf. ágen-frígea. Add

ge-leáfleás

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Nis nán þincg swá láð þám geleáfleásum deófle swá ꝥ hine man gebidde bealdlíce tó Gode, Hml. S. 13, 50. Ic eom begoten mid deáwe . . . and þá geleáfleásan forswǽlede, 7, 231. Add

geonga

(n.)
Grammar
geonga, an; m.
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A young man Eálá geonga ( adolescens ), ðé ic secge árís, Lk. 7, 14. Geongan effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 55. Iunglingas ł iungan and fǽmnan iuuenes et virgines, Ps. L. 148, 12

heáfdian

(v.)
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heáfdian, p. ode
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To behead Sóna swá hig man heáfdode, þá cóm þǽr fæger culfre of þám líchaman, Shrn. 154, 11. Heó lócode his goldes þe hí belífian ( vel heáfdian) wolde, Hml. S. 12, 221

pleoh

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Seó ceorung is swýðe mycel pleoh ꝥ man wið God ceorige, swá swá ús sǽde Paulus (cf. quidam murmuraverunt, et perierunt ab exterminatore, 1 Cor. 10, 10), Hml. S. 13, 288. Add

sméþness

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Add Þǽr náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméðnes ꝥ man mihte áht tó þan lytelne wyrtún þám bróþrum tó nytte gewyrcan ad quemlibet parvum hortum fratribus excolendum nulla patebat planities, Gr. D. 49, 4

súþerne

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Súðerne secg a man from the south of Europe (?), Rä. 63, 9. Súðernes zephiri, An. Ox. 26, 67. Þú sealdest mé súþerne land terram australem dedisti mihi, Gr. D. 245, 18. Add

ge-stæppan

(v.)

to stepgoireingredi

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to step, go; ire, ingredi Ðǽr nǽnig fira ne mæg fótum gestæppan where no man may step with feet, Salm. Kmbl. 420; Sal. 210: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 279; Met. 20, 140

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híréd-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-cniht, es; m.

A man belonging to a 'híréd,' a domestic:

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A man belonging to a 'híréd,' a domestic: Þurh Paules bodunge gelýfdon ðæs cáseres þegnas and hírédcnihtas through Paul's preaching the members of the emperor's household believed, Homl. Th. i. 374, 34

ceorlisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorlisc, ciorlisc, cierlisc, cirlisc, cyrlisc; adj. [ceorl, -isc, q. v.]

CHURLISH, rustic, commonrusticus, vulgaris

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CHURLISH, rustic, common; rusticus, vulgaris Ceorlisc rusticus, Cot. 188. Ceorlisc hláf common bread; cibarius [panis], Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 61; Wrt. Voc. 41, 17. Ceorlisc folc common people, plebs; vulgus vel 87; Som. 74, 45; Wrt. Voc. 50, 27. Gif

un-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getreów, -getreówe, -getríwe, -getrýwe; adj.

Untrueunfaithfulfaithless

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Untrue, unfaithful, faithless Wǽrleás mon and ungetreów, Exon. Th. 343, 27; Gn. Ex. 163. Ungetreówe infidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 31: ii. 91, 58: 47, 25: infidelis, i. 74, 28. Se ðe sý folce ungetrýwe (-getríwe, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 14: L.

be-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
be-spanan, bi-spanan; p. -spón, -speón; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure, entice, incite, urge, induceallicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere

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To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce bring on any one; allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere He deriende leóda bespeón to ðysan earde he allured pernicious people to this land, Chr. 959; Th. 219, 18. Gif he ǽnigne man on synne bespeón

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ymbren-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-fæsten, es; n.
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39. On ðam lenctenfæstene and on ǽlcum ymbrenfæstene

cýf

(n.)
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Dele 'cýfe, an; f.' and citation from Wrt. Voc. 83, 25, and add Cýf dolium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 17. Hú seó ǽmtige kýf ( dolium ) wearð mid ele gefylled, Gr. D. 93, 26. Hig gebróhton Ióhannem binnan þǽre cýfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 19. Wæs geset wearm wæter

feorran-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorran-cumen, adj.

stranger

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Come from far, stranger Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, Ll. Th. i. 42, 23. Gif freóndleás man oþþe feorrancuman geswenced weorðe . . . Sé þe freóndleásan and feorrancumenan wyrsan dóm démeð þonne his geféran, 396, 25-29. Be feorrancumenum

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folcisc

popularin commonsecular

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Add: popular, with which all people are concerned Folcisc gemót, Ll. Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo