nebb
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Add Hér pilus, neb piceca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 41-42. Add Mid nebbe pluc[ciað] rostra (apes) decerpunt. An. Ox. 100. Add Nebb uultus, An. Ox. 2931. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155. Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré(m)ber ofer
ge-strangian
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Add: <b>A.</b> trans. to strengthen a person, in respect to bodily health Wundorlíce þeós wyrt gestrangað, Lch. i. 134, 5. Hý (certain herbs) tó mete geþigede mycelon ðone líchaman gestrangiað, 320, 20. Gif hé on fefore sý, syle drincan on
gearwe
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Take here <b>geare, geara, gearo</b> in Dict., and add: with verbs of knowing, well, certainly, clearly Geare (gere, v. l. ) witan. Past. 190, 11. Swíþe geare, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 8. Genóg geare, Bl. H. 175, 30. Wé þæs geléfað and geare witan
ge-bletsian
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Add: to hallow, consecrate Fiscas gebledsade ( benedixit ), Mt. L. 14, 19. Hé wæs gebletsod and tó his cinestóle áhofen, Chr. 795; P. 57, 18. Stígand preóst wæs gebletsod tó biscope tó Eást-Englum, 1042; P. 163, 22. Mid gebletsudum wætere benedicta aqua
lencten
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Add: lenten. spring. The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28. Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra
wyrcan
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Dele at end' fore-, in- (Exon. Th. 337, 21; Gn. Ex. 68)', and I. Add Gebiddan neód ys and weorcean orare necesse est et operari, Scint. 35, 3. (2 a) add :-- Wíngeard wyrcan blíðnysse líf getácnað vindemiare, hilaritatem uitę significat, Lch. iii. 212
ge-gearwian
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Add: absolute, to make ready Hé eów betǽcð mycele healle gedæfte, gegearwiað (gegearuað, L., gegeorwigað, R.) ðára, Lk. 22, 8. to make ready something for use, enjoyment, &c. Nǽfre þú wíta þæs fela gegearwast, Jul. 177. Þíne hǽle þú geearwodest
ge-mengan
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Add Gemenge confici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, l. Ge-mængan, 104, 77. Gemenged infectus, no, 68. Gemengde infici, 45, 53- Gemengde, gimaengdae, gimengdæ, Txts. 71, 1104. A. trans. to mix two or more substances Þú þǽm gesceaftum mearce gesettest and hí gemengdest
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Add: to ask, make a request Hit bið swá þú bidest. Shrn. 89, 1. Biddað, and gé underfóð, Jn. 16, 24. Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera, Past. 285, 6. þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe, Bl. H. 19, 35. to ask, make request to
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Add: bitter to the taste Biter wyrtdrenc picra, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 18. Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence, Past. 303, 12-17. Bitrum rancidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 62. bitter
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bledu
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Bledu patera, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 44: fiola, 290, 79 : ii. 36, 63. Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle
cwealm
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Cwealm nex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 21. Þæt fífte ( the fifth plague in Egypt) wæs hyra nýtena cwealm (pecorum et jumentorum strages ), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 6. Æfter þǽra cilda cwealme ( the murder of the Innocents ), Mart. H. 10, 10. Mid hungre oþþe mid cwealme
cyrten
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Add: comely in person Se seofoða heáfodleahter is geháten ídel wuldor . . . þonne se man gewilnað þæt hé sý cyrten, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó duste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29. Heó ( Esther ) wæs on wæstme cyrten, Hml. A. 95, 99
cláþ
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Add: a cloth Þú noldest þæt ǽnig cláð betweuh wére ( nullo interposito velamento ), Shrn. 185, 34. Stód án cýf oferwrogen . . . hí brúdon of ðone cláð ( operimentum ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 35. a garment God hyre ásende tunecan. Heó . . . ðone cláð hire
ge-myndelic
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Add: that deserves to be remembered, memorable Him gelamp swýðe gemyndelic (valde memorabilis) wíse, Gr. D. 227, 3. Gehýr þú þás race be þám apostole and swíðe gemyndelic eallum geleáffullum, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 16, 13. that brings to mind, admonitory, hortatory
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raþe
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Ðæt geðreátade mód bið suíðe raðe (hræðe, v. l.) gehwierfed tó fióunga, Past. 167, 17. Raþe æfter þǽm, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 30. Ic wundrige hwý þú hæbbe swá ræðe forgitan, Solil. H. 52, 5. Se óðer leorningcniht cóm raðor tó ðǽre byrgenne alius discipulus
stillíce
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with reference to words, silently. not out loud, to oneself Hlúddre stefne and óþre stillíce ( a 'legem pone' usque 'defecit') alta uoce, et cetera silenter, Angl. xiii. 412, 673: 670: 384, 266. Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite
swíþe
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Add Hié þæt dydon for þǽm swíþost þe hié þóhtan þæt hié siþþan hiora underþeówas wǽren, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 22; 3, 9; S. 132, 13. add Wé ne mihton secgan swá swíðe embe þæt swá swá wé woldon, Hex. 2, 4. Gemetegung, mid þǽre sceall seó sáwul ealle þing
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
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æt-standan
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Add: where there is or may be movement, of a moving body, to stop, come to rest Seó sunne cymð tó þám sunnstede and þǽr ætstent. Lch. iii. 250, 24. Swá swá wæter scýt of ðǽre dúne and ætstent on dene, Hml. Th. i. 362, 22. His sceaft ætstód ætforan him