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sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
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To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end:?-Sweðraþ facessit, discedit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 30. Gesweðeriaþ fatescunt (fatiscere dissolvi, Migne), 96, 18. Mylt, sweþrede, áswand, áteorade dissolvitur, desinit, discedit, 147, 25

Linked entries: swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian ge-sweðerian

swegran

(n.)
Grammar
swegran, in ge-swegran
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cousins; consobrimi i. ex sorore et fratre, vel ex duabus sororibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 18

-swelge

(suffix)
Grammar
-swelge, in ge-swelge
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Geswelge barathrum Hpt. Gl. 421, 30. Ge-swelgum charybdibus, voraginibus, 513, 29. Cf. swelwhe of a water or of a grownde vorago, Prompt. Parv. 482. [

-swiria

(suffix)
Grammar
-swiria, v. ge-swiria
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consobrinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 73

-swystrenu

(suffix)
Grammar
-swystrenu, v. ge*-*sweosternu (-swistrenu).

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þiéfan

Grammar
þiéfan, v. ge-þiéfian (
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read -biéfan)

-þot

(suffix)
Grammar
-þot, v. ge-þot.

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un-geþyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþyld, e; f.: es; n. [
Similar entries
v. ge-þyld
]

Impatience

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Impatience Hú mycel Godes geþyld is, and hú mycel úre ungeþyld is, Blickl. Homl. 33, 26. Ungeðyld impatientiae culpa, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 2. Sió ungeðyld, Swt. 311, 21: 33; Swt. 220, 66. For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde ... for ðæm unðeáwe ðære ungeðylde

wíd-mǽran

Grammar
wíd-mǽran, v. ge-wídmǽran,
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an-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
an-lícian, v. ge-anlícian
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in Dict

-búr

(suffix)
Grammar
-búr, v. ge-búr; á-búrod,
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-cwealmbǽran

(suffix)
Grammar
-cwealmbǽran, v. ge-cwe(a)lmbǽran (-cwylm-).

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cláþian

(v.)
Grammar
cláþian, v. ge-cláded
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in Dict

Linked entry: clǽþan

-eástrian

(v.; suffix)
Grammar
-eástrian, v. ge*-*eástrian.

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-ecgede

(suffix)
Grammar
-ecgede, v. feówer-, fíf-, fiþer-, ge-, scearp-, twi-ecgede(-ode).

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ge-bícnend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bícnend, ge-bícniend, ge-bícnigend.
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glosses index Gebécnend mín index meus, Ps. Srt. 72, 14. Gebícnigend, Germ. 393, 51. Spǽc ídel ídeles ingehýdes gebícnigend ys sermo uanus uanae conscientiae index est, Scint. . 104, 2

Linked entry: bícnend

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, ge-bégan; p. de
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To crown Hié þá swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Bl. H. 203, 30

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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bearded. Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Substitute: To mix, blend Geblonden infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 77. Geblanden, 45, 17: confectum, 14, 49. to mix with :-- Is him þæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled wurman geblonden, Ph. 294. to mix things that should be kept separate :-- Ðona

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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and add: to ask a question of a person Hé geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question Hé geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2. Geáscadon interrogabant, 13, 3. (2 a)

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