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célan

(v.)
Grammar
célan, de;ed; v. intrans.

To be or become coldalgere, refrigerari

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To be or become cold; algere, refrigerari Célan is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes algere ex infirmitate naturæ est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15

Linked entries: a-célan ge-célan

cræftig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cræftig-líce, adv.

Workmanlike, CRAFTILY fabre, artificiose

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Workmanlike, CRAFTILY; fabre, artificiose Cræftig-líce fabre Cot. 84. Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1

Linked entry: cræft-líce

eáster-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-fæsten, es; n.

Easter-fastquadrāgēsĭrna, jejūnium paschāle

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Easter-fast; quadrāgēsĭrna, jejūnium paschāle On fóreweard eáster-fæsten in the beginning of the easter-fast; incĭpiente quadrāgēsĭma, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 37

fóre-tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-tácnian, p. ode; pp. od

To foreshowpræmonstrāre

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To foreshow; præmonstrāre Ðætte seó sáwl þrówiende wæs, ðætte se líchoma fóretácnode quod anĭma passa sit căro præmonstrābat, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 17

freomlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
freomlíc, adj.

Profitableadvantageousūtĭliscommŏdus

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Profitable, advantageous; ūtĭlis, commŏdus Nerón náht freomlíces ongan on ðære cynewísan Nero began nothing profitable in the state, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 20

ge-efenlícad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efenlícad, part. p.

Made equalæquātus

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Made equal; æquātus Ðæt he swá geefenlícad wǽre mid ða gife his þingeres quātĕnus æquātus grātia suo intercessōri, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 3

Linked entry: ge-eblícadun

ge-feaxe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxe, adj. [feax hair]

Having haircŏmātus

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Having hair; cŏmātus Wǽron men æðelíce gefeaxe the men had beautiful hair [lit. the men were beautifully haired ], Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: gylden-feaxa

ge-findan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-findan, p. -fand, -fond, pl. -fundon; pp. -funden

To findinvĕnīre

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To find; invĕnīre His bán gefunden and geméted wǽron ossa ejus inventa sunt, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 10 : Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 36

Linked entry: ge-funden

here-gang

(n.)
Grammar
here-gang, es; m.

An irruptionattack by an army

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An irruption, attack by an army Tó wiðscúfanne swá réþum heregange ad repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 37, MS. B

hreódeum

(adj.)
Grammar
hreódeum, [ = hreódegum? cf. hreódiht]

reedy

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reedy, covered with rough grass [?] In heágum mórum and in hreódeum [other MS. hréþum] in arduis asperisque montibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 27

ou-symbelness

(n.)
Grammar
ou-symbelness, e; f.
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A solemn festival Mið ðý heó geségon ðone biscop mæssan (mæssena, MS. B.) onsymbelnesse mǽrsian ( celebratis missarum sollemniis ), Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 12

ge-scyftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyftan, pp. -scyft
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To share, distribute Beó seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte let the property be very fairly distributed, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

ge-winful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-winful, -full; adj.

Full of labourlaborioustroublesomelabōriōsus

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Full of labour, laborious, troublesome; labōriōsus Agustīnus ðysses gewinfullan geflítes ende gesette Augustīnus hunc lăbōriōsi certāmĭnis fīnem fēcit, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 17

ymb-spannan

(v.)
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to span round Swyle tó ðon swíþe áswollen ðæt hine mon ná mid twám handum ymbspannan ( circumplecti ) mihte, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 7

blysa

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Man mid blysum ontende his bare líc, Hml. S. 37, 159. Hé hét ontendan blysan (blasan v. l.) æt his sídum, 14, 44. Add

Eáster-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-gewuna, an; m.
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An Easter custom Hé tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643

Linked entry: ge-wuna

efen-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-cempa, an; m.
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A fellow-soldier Embe his efencempan hé hæfde welwillendnysse . . . and his efencetnpan hine árwurðodon, Hml. S. 31, 44, 49: Hml. Th. ii. 500, 15

for-néþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-néþan, p. de (reflex.)
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To risk one's life Him leófre wæs þæt hié hié seolfe fornéðdon þonne hié þá iermþo leng þrowedon, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 1

ge-stæððig

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Add: grave, staid Gestæþþig, ánrǽde constans, stabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 69: gravis, 41, 74. Hé wæs gestæððig on léce, Hml. S. 31, 296

ge-fæderen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæderen, adj.
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Having the same father Þá þrié gebróðor nǽron ná Philippuse gemédren, ac wǽron gefæderen (gefædred, Bos. 60, 19), Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 14

Linked entries: ge-fædred fæderen