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ge-lífan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-lýfan</b> in Dict., and add:

ge-byrg

(n.)
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Cf. ge-beorg

ge-wýscedness

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Lye substitute Gé underféngon gást gewýscednysse accepistis spiritum adoptionis (filiorum) R. Ben. I. II, 14

Linked entry: -wýscedness

ge-temprian

(v.)
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15

ge-saca

(n.)
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ge-saca, an; m.

An adversary ⬩ adversarius

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On gesacum on his adversaries, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 25; Gen. 59: Beo. Th. 3551; B. 1773. Gesaca æmulus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 17; Wrt. Voc. 60, 51

ge-lomp

(v.; part.)

happened

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happened, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27; p. of ge-limpan

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)
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The reading of the earlier MS. is ge-hrifnian, q. v

ge-stefnan

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Add: to reciprocate, alternate Gistaebnendrae, ge-staefnendre reciprocato, Txts. 92, 864

ge-stuncon

(v.)

smelt,

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smelt, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35 p. pl.of ge-stincan

ge-þohte

(v.; part.)

thought

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thought, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 11; Sat. 187 p.of ge-þencean

ge-witleást

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Add: cf. ge-witleas; <b>I a</b> Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnesse, Lch. i. 248, 3. 1. cf. ge-witleás; 1 His wífes gewitleást (cf. þú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, 452, 31), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 4. Gewitleást vechordia, Hy.

Linked entry: wit-leást

ge-segen

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Add: ge-sewen, ge-sawen, ge-seagon. saying, narrating Gesægene dictu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 47.

ge-médrian

(v.)
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ge-médrian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, yd

To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughter ⬩ adoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam

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Geseah hys gemédrydan bróðor Beniamin vidit Benjamin fratrem suum uterinum, Gen. 43, 29

Linked entries: ge-médred ge-médryd bróðor-gemédred

ge-monian

(v.)
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ge-monian, -monigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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Ex. 6: 52 a; Th. 182, 22; Gú. 1314: Cd. 49; Th. 63, 9; Gen. 1029

Linked entry: ge-monige

ge-molsnian

(v.)
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For Solil. 2 substitute Þeáh se líchama wére ge-molsnod, wæs seó sáwl simle lybbende, Solil. H. 10, 12

ge-feónd

(n.)
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an enemy Þeáh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. v. ge-fýnd in Dict

ge-híwung

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Add: an image, figure, v. ge-híwian; Leásæ gehíwunga falsa imagine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, I. VI gemetum þá ge-heówunge swefna gehrínað þæs mannes mód sex modis tangunt animum imagines somniorum Gr. D. 339, 2.

Linked entry: híwung

ge-gildscipe

(n.)
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Take here <b>ge-gyldscipe</b> in Dict

Linked entry: gild-scipe

ge-gimmod

(part.)
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Take here <b>ge-gymmod</b> in Dict

Linked entry: gimmod

ge-hildness

(n.)
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Take here <b>ge-hyldness</b> in Dict

Linked entry: -hildness

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