ge-lang
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Þæt wæs swíþost on ðǽm gelong, þæt Hasterbal swá late fleáh for þon þe hé elpendas mid him hæfde diu incertus belli eventus fuit, elephantis maxime Romanam infestantibus aciem, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 26.
ge-sécan
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Gif . . . hine man þǽr séce oþþe yflige, Ll. Th. i. 248, 14. Þæt hé hine wolde mid fyrde tó gefeohte gesécan bellum indicens, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 153, 18.
creópere
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Læg þǽr sum creópere lama fram cildháde, 10, 25. Add
fóddernoþ
Sustenance ⬩ nourishment
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Sustenance, nourishment Ealle þá stówe þe þǽr ðám mannum tó fóddornoþe beón sceoldon tota illic loca nutriendis hominibus profutura, Gr. D. 193, 17
Linked entry: fódnóþ
forliger-wíf
A prostitute
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Þú eart meretrix, þæt is forlegorwíf (-legos-, v. l.), 23
Linked entry: forlegis-wíf
ge-hlǽnsian
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To make lean Gewiss ys þæt þurh forhæfed-nysse flǽsc sí gehlǽnsud ( maceretur ), Scint. 53, 8. Gehlǽnsedum macilento, i. tenuato An. Ox. 2123
ge-meldian
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Ǽne ic God spræcan gehýrde, and þæt treówe ongeat tídum gemeldad semel locutus est Deus, duo haec audivi, Ps. Th. 61, ii. Add
geómore
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Þǽr wæs tóða geheáw hlúde and geómre, Sat. 340
Linked entry: geómre
ge-sĕþness
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Assertion, affirmation Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode þurh his geséðnysse, þeáh þe hý sume noldon his láre underfón ne his geséðnysse, Nap. 32
hwamm
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Ic mé ána gestód on sumum hwomme þæs cafertúnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 422. Hwommas angulos, Germ. 403, 14: porticus, 396, 175. Add
láþlíce
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Þǽr losað ꝥ cild láðlíce hǽðen, Hml. S. 17. 155. Add
leás-wiht
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Satan ) geond þæt láþe scræf, Sal. 727. Leásuhta bepǽcunge lenonum lenocinio An. Ox. 4014. (?)
myndgung
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Þes sylfa þeáw for ðý lange þurh myndgunge þæs hálgan weres on Angelcynnes mynsterum forþweard wæs, Lch. iii. 434, 19 : 440, 5. Add
un-æþelness
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For 'Dial. 2, 23' substitute Seó aeþelnes heora gebyrda gegearwað þæs módes unæþelnesse solet nobilitas generis parare ignobilitatem mentis, Gr. D. 151, 24
wuldor-geweorc
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Glorious work; a glorious work Þæs eádigan Cristofurus wuldorgeworc synd nú lang tó ásecganne þe Dryhten þurh hyne geworhte, Angl. xvii. 122, 4
clǽn-georn
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Add: desirous of cleanliness Góde bæc-yrstran . . . to ǽlcum meteþingum clǽngeorne . . . and wé wyllað þæt þá cócas clǽngeorne beón, Chrd. 19, 19-21
á-swǽtan
To break out into a sweat
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To break out into a sweat On ðǽm miclan wintreg cele þonne hé ymb þæt spræc ðonne áswǽtte he call, Shrn. 51, 34
brægden
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Þǽr man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregden bið (that there has been fraud), Ll. Th. i. 390, 13. Substitute for translation of Ors. 5, 7, Marius non minore pene quam ipse praeditus erat astutia; and add
eahtan
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Þæt wé magon eahtan ( this point we can appreciate ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550
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eald-gewyrht
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Substitute: what has been done of old, a deed of old Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt hé