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ge-recenian

(v.)
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Add: to arrange, set in order Þá he hæfde ealle his fare gerecenod (ge-reconod, v./. ). Chr. 1052; P. 180, 15. Gerecanade condito, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 45

ge-swígung

(n.)
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ge-swígung, e ; f.
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Silence, refraining from speech, v. ge-swígan; 1. 2 Gegearwien wé úra sáula clǽnnesse mid geþyldmódnesse and geswígunge ðonne us man on ðweorh tó sprece, Nap. 33, 13

ge-swinclic

(adj.)
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ge-swinclic, adj.
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That requires labour, laborious, hard (of work) Bebeád Drihten eów þæt gé healdan þone Sunnandæg fram ǽlcum geswinclicum worce (non facies omne opus in eo), Wlfst. 294, 18

ge-bócian

(v.)
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Add: — Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc . . . þe Eádréd cing gebócode Óswíge his þegne on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 426, 13, 22 (and often). Cf. ge-bécan

ge-cringan

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Take here ge-crincan, and add Gecrong occubuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 37. Gecrang, 63, 61. Gecrong oppetere(t), 93, 16. Gecrang, 64, 45. Gecrunge succumberet, 80, 7

ge-hogod

(adj.)
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ge-hogod, adj.
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Having (such and such) thoughts Gefeorma míne sáwle, fæder moncynnes, hædre gehogode ( having anxious thoughts ) hǽl. éce God . . . Ic ymb sáwle eom forht, Hy. 4, 62. Cf. ge-hugod

ge-rúme

(adj.; adv.)
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ge-rúme, adj.
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Substitute: ge-rume; adv. Without the pressure of care. v. rume; III Is min mod gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerflnie (thought has free play round my heart), Gen. 759

ge-staþolung

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Add: placing, ordering Gestaþelung collocalio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 32. Ǽlc endebyrdnes on mynstre sceal been ge-healden . . . be þæs abbodes gestaþelunge (at abbas constituent), R. Ben. 113, 23

ge-witennes

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Add: departure from this life; death (v. ge-wítan; 2); the anniversary of a person's death On þone endlyftan dæg þæs mónþes byð Sc̃i. Martines gewytennys, Shrn. 146, 32

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
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to lament, complain. trans. To complain of, have as a grievance Gif þú gemune ꝥ þín bróðer oððe freónd áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne si recordatus fueris quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Gr. D. 349, 24. to lament, mourn. Take here <b&

ge-mæclic

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Gemæclic conjugalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 32. Þá þe gálnysse flaesces mid gemæclicum (coniugali) wyrþscype gewríþað, Scint. 182, 16. (Ge)mæclican anten[dnyssa] tedas iugales, An. Ox. 18, 27. Add

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ge-strýdan

(v.)
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ge-strýdan, p. de
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To rob something from a person (dat. ) Gif man óðrum men ǽht gestrýde si quis alium bonis spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 238, 4. [O.H.Ger. ge-strúten exterminare.] See preceding words

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ge-súpan

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Add: [a wk. past súpede occurs in Mk. p. 4, 3: see passage in Dict. under ge-suppan] Mið ðý gebirigde ł geseáp (gustasse) nalde drinca, Mt. L. 27, 34

ge-metgian

(v.)
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Add: to set a measure or limit to something to prevent excess. the object personal For ðǽm ðæt gé eówer mód gemetgien on ðǽm níðe ut in increpationis zelo se spiritus temperet, Past. 159, 15. the object a thing Sé ðe gemetegað qui moderatur (sermones

ge-cíd

(n.)
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ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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and add: strife, contention, quarrel Gecíd lis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 13: 50, 28. Geflit and gecíd divortium, 28, 26. Gyf him þince ꝥ hé geseó fela fugla ætsamne, ꝥ byð æfest and gecid (geflit and cíd, v.l. ), Lch. iii. 168, 17. ꝥ Gecygde (-ciid, v.l.) ond

ge-wirpan

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Take here <b>ge-wyrpan</b> in Dict., and add: intrans. Gif hé biþ on xxx nihte ealdne mónan gestanden, uneáðe hé gewyrpð, and þeáh áríseþ, Lch. iii. 182, 26: 188, 11. Geuaerpte convaluit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 17. Gewyrpte, 15, 22: 135, 41.

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ge-bróþor

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Add Fratres gebróþor, et aliquando gemǽgas, ali*-*quando gelondan, quas Latini paternitates interpretantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 46. Fratres gebróþru vel gela[n]dan vel siblingas, i. 52, 3. I. those who have one or both parents the same :-- On Tracia wǽron

ge-landian

(v.)
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ge-landian, p. ode; pp. od.

to landarriveaccedere ad terramto enrich with lands or possessionsterris locupletare

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to land, arrive; accedere ad terram, Som. [Cf. ge-lendan.] to enrich with lands or possessions; terris locupletare Ðe gelandod sý who has lands, L. Lund. 11. Opposed to be-landian

ge-brosnian

(v.)
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ge-brosnian, p. ode; pp. od
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To decay, become corrupt; of places, to become ruinous. Take here ge-brosnod in Dict., and odd: in a physical sense Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27. Ðonne ðín flǽe

ge-dryhtu

(n.)
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Substitute : <b>ge-dryht</b>, e; f. [es; n. ?]; pl. ge-dryhtu What is suffered, fortune, fate (cf. dreógan) Gedrihtu elementa, i. fortune ł sidera (the passage is: Cum figura mundi in ictu evanuerit, et enormia creaturarum elementa in melius