Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-wyht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyht, es; n.

A weight ⬩ pondus

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Gl. 59; Som. 67, 113; Wrt. Voc. 38, 36

ge-wýscendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wýscendlíc, adj.

Optative

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Gr. 21; Som. 23, 28. Gewíscendlíce optativa, 38; Som. 40, 25

Linked entry: -wýscendlíc

ge-hlyttrod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlyttrod, part.

Purified ⬩ pure ⬩ mĕrācus

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Gl. 32; Som. 62, 7; Wrt. Voc. 27, 61

ge-loda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-loda, an; m.

A brother ⬩ frater

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Gl. 92; Som. 75, 42; Wrt. Voc. 52, 3

ge-winfullíce

(adv.)
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Æfter þon þe þú swá earfoðlíce and gewinfullíce gelýfdest postquam laboriose credidisti, Gr. D. 305, 16. Add

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b&gt;ge-hwelian;</b&gt; pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

ge-wítnian

(v.)
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<b&gt;II a.</b&gt; </b&gt;

ge-wló

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wló, adj.

Adorned ⬩ ornatus

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Adorned; ornatus Seó eorþe wæstmum gewló the earth with fruits adorned, Cd. 85; Th. 107, 14; Gen. 1789

ge-hluttrad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hluttrad, part. [hluttran to purify]

Purified ⬩ made clear ⬩ defæcātus

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Gl. 32; Som. 62, 6; Wrt. Voc. 27, 60

Linked entries: hluttran ge-hlyttrod

ge-sǽwness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽwness, (?), e ; f.
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Ger. séwen stagnare.]

Linked entry: ge-séunes

ge-síþian

(v.)
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to go Tó eallum bebodum þínum ic wæs gesíðod ad omnia mandata tua dirigebar, Ps. L. 118, 128

ge-fær

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Gl. Oð þára Israhéla bearna gefære of Egyptum, Angl. xi. 9, 8. Add

ge-wýscendlic

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Gl. 404, 58

ge-sléfed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sléfed, pp.

Having sleeves; ⬩ manicatus ⬩ manuleātus

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Gl. 3; Som. 55, 74; Wrt. Voc. 16, 47

ge-lómlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lómlíce, comp. -lícor; superl. -lícost; adv.

Often, frequently, repeatedly ⬩ sæpe, frĕquenter, crebro

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Gr. 38; Som. 39, 53. Gelómlícost most frequently; sæpissĭme, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 3 : Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 53

ge-wæsc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæsc,

a washing up ⬩ overflow of water ⬩ alluvio

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Gl. 100; Wrt. Voc. 55, 26

Linked entry: wæsc

ge-cígendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cígendlíc, adj. [cígan to call, invoke]

Calling ⬩ addressing ⬩ vocativus

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Gr, 7; Som. 6, 25

ge-weornian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weornian, p. ode
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To wither away, dry up Eall ꝥ mænnisce cyn forslagen geweornode humanum genus succisum aruit, Gr. D. 258, 13

Linked entry: weornian

ge-cǽlan

(v.)
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v. ge-célan)

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Bos. 24, 40, 41: Gen. 2, 23. Geniman friþ to make peace, Chr. 865; Erl. 71, 12: Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 21

Linked entries: aweg-geniman ge-namne ge-nioman ge-nyman

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