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ge-andwyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwyrdan, -andwerdan; p. -andwyrde ; pp. -andwyrded, -andwyrd

To answerrespondēre

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Bos. 14, 6 : Bt. 41, 2; Fox. 244, 23. Geandwyrde [geandwerde MS. G.] he ðam óðrum swá hundréde riht þence let him answer to the other as shall seem right to the hundred, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 6.

Linked entry: and-wyrdan

ginian

(v.)
Grammar
ginian, geonian, gynian; p. ode

To yawngape

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Seó eorþe swá giniende bád the earth remained gaping so, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 3

Linked entries: geonian gynian

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrust

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Bos. 12, 21. On hine gehyhtton trusted in him, Blickl. Homl. 103, 12 : 159, 18. Ðæt on ðínum upstige geblissian and gehyhton ealle ðíne gecorenan that in thy ascension all thine elect may rejoice and trust, 87, 25

Linked entry: hyhtan

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-limplíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fitlyseasonablyopportunelyopportúne

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Fitly, seasonably, opportunely; opportúne Ðæt hí oncnáwen hú gelimplíce úre God ða ánwaldas and ða rícu sette that they might know how seasonably our God settle the empires and the kingdoms, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 40, 7.

Linked entry: limplíce

BRǼÞ

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼÞ, bréþ, es; m.

An odour, a scent, smell goodbad, a savour, BREATHodor, odoramen

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Ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod the plaster [lit. chalk] began to smell excessively, and Jovian was smothered with the smell, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 12. Bréþ odor, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Wrt. Voc. 42, 58

Linked entries: ǼÐM bréþ

hláford-hyldo

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-hyldo, f. -hyld, -held[?] m; or -hyldu, e; f.

Fidelity to a lord, loyalty

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Fidelity to a lord, loyalty Ac hí gecýðdon raðe ðæs hwylce hláford-hyldo hí þohton to gecýðanne on heora ealdhláfordes bearnum but soon after they shewed what kind of loyalty they intended to shew to the children of their late lord, Ors. 6, 37; Bos.

Linked entry: riht-hláfordhyldu

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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Bos. 1. 33. Iohannes wæs on wéstene fulligende fuit Joannes in deserto baptīzans, Mk. Bos. 1, 4. Ic fullige on wætere ĕgo baptīzo in ăqua, Jn. Bos. 1, 26. Hwí fullast ðú quid baptīzas? 1, 25.

be-licgan

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Seó heofon beligð on hyre bósme ealne middaneard, Angl. viii. 309, 46. Be gemǽre swá ðá ealdan díca beligcað, C. D. iii. 213, 6. to appertain (only late; see N. E. D. be-lie, 4) Ic hebbe bicweðen Portland and eall ðæt ðértó bilýð, C. D. iv. 229, 21

fellen

(adj.)
Grammar
fellen, adj. [fel skin]

Made of skinspellĭceus

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Bos. 1, 6. God worhte Adame and his wífe fellene reáf and gescrídde hí fēcit Deus Adam et uxōri ejus tunĭcas pellĭceas et induit eos, Gen. 3, 21. Fellen hæt a hat made of skin, a felt hat; gălērus vel pīleus, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 111; Wrt.

fífteóða

(adj.)
Grammar
fífteóða, fíftéða, fíftegða, fýfteogeða; seó, ðæt fífteóðe; adj.

The FIFTEENTHquintus dĕcĭmus

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Bos. 3, 1. Under ðam fíftéðan dæge Kalendarum Octobris sub die quinta decĭma Kalendas Octobres, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 20. Heó leórde ðý fífteóðan dæge transīvit die quinta décíma, 4, 23; S. 592, 39.

Linked entries: fíftegða fýfteógða

ge-feá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feá, an; m.

Joygladnessgloryfavourgaudium

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Bos. 3, 29. Mid gefeán with joy; gaudio, 3, 29. Bodan cýþdon sóþne gefeán messengers announced real joy, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 23; Cri. 451. Se biþ gefeána fægrast that shall be the fairest of joys, 32 b; Th. 102, 1; Cri. 1666 : 15, 11.

Linked entry: feá

ge-gaderung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaderung, e; f.

A gatheringcongregationassemblycrowdcongregatioturba

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Bos. 5, 13 : Ps. Spl. 39, 14; Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 47. Gegaderung líchoman copula carnis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 30. Gegaderung congregatio, Th. An. 30, 7.

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Cartaina heora heáfodburh Carthage their principal city, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29

ge-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To knowperceiveunderstandrecognisenoscereagnosceresentirecognoscere

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Bos. 14, 7. He ðæt gecneów he knew that, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 22; Gú. 930 : Mk, Bos. 14, 69. Ðá he ða lác gecneów qui agnitis muneribus, Gen. 38, 26.

Linked entry: ge-cneów

ge-siht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siht, -sihþ, -siehþ, -syhþ, -sihtþ, e; f.

Sightpower of seeingvisionsomething seenaspectrespectvisusacies oculorumvisioaspectusconspectusrespectus

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Bos. 7, 22. Bodian blindum gesihþe prædicare cæcis visum, Lk. Bos. 4, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 22 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 5.

Linked entry: ge-syhð

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme make shelves in the ship's bosom, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306. God wolde þurh his ágene handa hine gescyppan God would form him with his own hands, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 10. To gescippenne in order to create, 3

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

ge-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed.

to turnconvertvertereconvertereto turn [one's self]goreturnvertirevertiire

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Bos. 10, 17. Hwænne he sý fram gyftum gecyrred quando revertatur a nuptis, Lk. Bos. 12, 36

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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Mid Constantíne with Constantine Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 127, 42. Also dat. Constantínuse, 6, 30; Bos. 127, 7, 17, 23

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Bos. 9, 9. Æt fruman worulde at the beginning of the world, Exon. 47a; Th. 161, 7; Gú. 955. Wæs seó treów lufu hát æt heortan the true love was hot at heart, 15 b; Th. 34, 8; Cri. 539. Ge ne cómon æt me ye came not to me, Mt. Bos. 25, 43.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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Æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hí swá scandlíce gerǽht hæfdon after the women had so reproachfully addressed them, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 12

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan