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hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging ⬩ that on which any one is hung ⬩ a gibbet ⬩ gallows ⬩ cross ⬩ prison ⬩ confinement ⬩ durance.

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Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade hang him and for a long time torture him with hanging, 308, 31. that on which any one is hung, a gibbet, gallows, cross Crist ðone ðe hí on hengene fæstnodon Christ whom they fastened on a cross

Linked entry: heng-wíte

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Lytlum by little, by degrees, in little pieces, a little at a time :-- Lytlum paulatim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 30. Tóbrec hig lytlum divides eos minutatim, Lev. 2, 6. Sele ðæt lytlum súpan, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 270, 1.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

ge-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.

to go ⬩ go or pass over ⬩ come to pass ⬩ happen ⬩ ire ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire ⬩ to occupy ⬩ overcome ⬩ overrun ⬩ subdue ⬩ occupare ⬩ vincere ⬩ subigere ⬩ to observe ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ observare ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere

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Eall ðás wundor geeódon in ussera tída tíman all these wonders happened in the period of our times, 43 b; Th. 147, 11; Gú. 725. to occupy, overcome, overrun, subdue; occupare, vincere, subigere Ðæt ðú hám on us [hus MS.] gegán wille that thou wilt occupy

Linked entry: ge-yde

ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis

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Wirc ðé twá stǽnene tabulan ðám óðrum gelíce præcĭde tibi duas tăbŭlas lăpĭdeas instar priōrum, Ex. 34; 1 : Ps. Th. 65, 5.

Linked entry: an-gelíc

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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E. 10; Th. i. 30, 19. v. frum-, stæl-, wiðer-tihtle; tiht, and next word

Linked entry: tyhtle

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Maria is módor líchamlíce and módor gástlíce, líchamlíce heó ána and gástlíce gemǽnelíce (Mary alone is according to the flesh Christ's mother, but in a spiritual sense she shares the title with others), Hml.

ge-sǽlan

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Hit gesǽlde (cf. hit gebyrede, Bt. 38,1 ; F. 194, 2)gió on sume tide, þæt Aulixes hæfde cynerícu twá, Met. 26, 4 : 9, 23.

racu

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Þǽs þing wé cweðað ymbe þǽre eásterlican tíde þe wé þencað mid sóeth;re race geglengan, Angl. viii. 324, 12. Race ordinem, Germ. 395, 34. Þá wísan þe hé þǽr spræc þurh his race and sócne quot sententias quasi per inquisitionem movet, Gr. D. 265, 8.

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus

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Ðæt hé sorgfulra sié ymb hine selfne ut circa se solicitius vivant, Past. 28, 2; Swt. 191, 19. attended with anxiety, causing anxiety Ðeós woruld is sorhful the present time is full of anxieties, Wulfst. 189, 6.

á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ to stretch by pulling: ⬩ to extend notice ⬩ direct attention ⬩ effort ⬩ to extend ⬩ prolong ⬩ to spread out ⬩ extend superficially ⬩ to stretch out ⬩ prostrate:--

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde, Shrn. 116, 2. of a space of time: -- Þá þrý dagas wǽron bútan sunnan and mónan ... gelícere wǽgan mid leóhte and þeóstrum áþenede, (the first three) Lch. iii. 234, 6

Linked entry: on-þenian

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Cain wæs eorþan tilia fuit Cain agrĭcŏla [lit. a tiller of the earth ], Gen. 4, 2.

Linked entries: eord eorþ

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus

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úre yldo ðæt beón mihte ðæt forþgongendre yldo oft geworden getreówe spell secgaþ nec diffidendum est nostra etiam ætate fieri potuisse, quod ævo præcedente aliquoties factum fideles historiæ narrant, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587. 32 : 3, 27; S. 558, 31. age, time

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

Spring ⬩ Lent

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Nis nán blódlǽstíd swá gód swá on foreweardne lencten there is no time for letting blood so good as its the early spring, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 3: 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 8.

Linked entry: lengten

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis

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Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum, 27, 19 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 11.

Linked entry: mǽne

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time

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Se móna gehrán mid his scíman ðǽm triówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 8. temporal, later, latter part of a time.

ge-síþ

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Dióre gecépte drihten Créca Troia burh tilum gesíðum, Met. 26, 20.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, bright.
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dagum sceolde weorþan geboren sé sé þe leóhtra and scínendra (clarior) þonne sió sunne þá wǽre, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 11. giving mental illumination Swá dóð nú þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse wiðstand in mínum leóhtum lárum, Bt. 6; F. 14, 31. of a place, time

ge-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen

To strike ⬩ pitch [a tent] ⬩ smite ⬩ slay ⬩ quell ⬩ forge ⬩ fight ⬩ obtain by fighting

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Of ðære tíde hwílum Bryttas hwílum Seaxena sige geslógan ex eo tempore nunc cives nunc hostes vincebant, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 22. Offa geslóg cyneríca mǽst Offa won the greatest of kingdoms, Exon. 85 a; Th. 320, 32; Víd. 38: Th. 321, 11; Víd. 44.

Linked entry: ge-slóh

týdran

(v.)
Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede

To propagate ⬩ To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ to propagate ⬩ nourish ⬩ foster ⬩ To be prolific

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Þeȝȝre time wass all gan to tiddrenn and to tæmenn, Orm. 18307. Of hem ben tudered manig on, Gen. and Ex. 630

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.

The Scots ⬩ Scots of Ireland ⬩ Scots of Scotland

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Ðá forþgongenre tíde æfter Bryttum and Peohtum þridde cynn Scotta Breotone onféng . . . Ða wǽron cumene of Hibernia Scotta eálonde . . . Hibernia is ágendlíce Scotta éþel, heonan cóman seó þeód Scotta, Bd. 1. 1; S. 474, 24-42.