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teart; adj. Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.), severe; acer, asper :-- Sticol oððe teart asper, Wulck. Gl. 256, 32. Ús ðincþ swíðe teart wíte ðæt án úre fingra on fýr becume, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 32. Ðæt hé ne ðurfe becuman tó ðam teartum bryne, 592, 17. Hé álýsþ mé fram teartum worde (a uerbo aspero), Ps. Lamb. 90, 3. Beó him gesd ða teartan wítu, Homl. Th. ii. 344, 32: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 82. Mid teartum wítum getintregod, 8, 156. Mid teartum swingellum acribus uerberibus, R. Ben. 54, 4. Mislimp tearte casus asperos, Hymn. Surt. 16, 5. Teartere þrlung acrior correptio, R. Ben. Interl. 59, 6. Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre, R. Ben. 52, 6. Hé stíðran and teartran steóre underló majori uindicte subjaceat, 71, 8. [Chaucer uses tart = sharp to the taste :-- Poudre-marchaunt tart, Prol. 381.]

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un-gefrédelíce; adv. With insensibility, callously :-- Hié beóð tó ðreágeanne and tó swinganne mid swá micle máran wíte suá hié ungefrédelícor beóð áheardode on hiera unðeáwum tanto acriori invectione feriendi sunt, quanto majori insensibilitate duruerunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 16.

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ge-medemian. Add: I. to make mean (v. medume; I), humble, bring to low estate :-- Se myccla mægenþrym . . . þurh þone man gemede-mod wæs mannum tó helpe the great majesty (of Christ) through incarnation was brought to low estate for the help of men, Bl. H. 179, 9. I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign. (1) with clause :-- Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, hé ús sealde þá wæstmas, Bl. H. 39, 17. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28. We biddaþ þé þú gemedemige þé, þú cume, Nic. 10, 9. ðú gemedemige þé sylfne, þú síðige tó mé, Hml. S. 24, 97. (2) with tó :-- Ðá dá se Hlend man beón wolde, ðá gemedemode hé hine sylfne tó deáðe ágenes willan. Hml. Th. i. 224, 22. (3) combining (2) and (1) :-- Hé wolde menniscnesse underfón, and tó ðan hine sylfne gemedemian þæt hé wolde beón geboren sóð man, Wlfst. 194, 3. II. without personal object, to condescend, deign, vouchsafe. (1) with infin. :-- God sé þe gemedemað (dignatus est) eall syllan, teóþunge fram ús gemedemað (dignatur) ongeán biddan, Scint. 108, 19-109, l. goldhord þe þú mé sylfum gemedemodest æteówan, Hml. S. 23 b, 738. Ðone deáð þe se Hlend gemedemode for mannum þrowian, Hml. Th. i. 50, 7. þú lytles hwæthwegu gemedemige underfón, Hml. S. 23 b, 712. Gimeoduma ðú girihte digneris dirigere. Rtl. 171, 3. Ðióstro gimetdomia ðú tenebras (auferre) digneris, 38, 27. Gibloedsia gimeodomia benedicere dignare, 95, 8. Gimeodumia, 170, 21. (2) with clause :-- Críst gimeodumode . te fulwad wére Christus dignatus est baptizari, Rtl. ll. ), 30. III. in the following the construction seems determined by a misunderstanding of the Latin dignari, which is taken to be passive, (1) with infin. :-- Úsig eft giboeta gimeadumad arð nos instaurare dignatus es. Rtl. 23, 9. Gimoedumad, 36, 37. Þone se Hlend wæs gemedemod tó his mild-heortnysse gecígan, Hml. S. 30, 353. (2) with gerundial infin. :-- Drihten, beó þú gemedemad mé tó gehéranne, Shr. 104, 22. IV. to make fit, order, regulate :-- Swá gemedemod mid dæg þæt gewyrdan ealle þing sic temperatur, ut cum luce fiant omnia, R. Ben. I. 74, 4. Sý gemedemud t metes sit temperatus cibus escae, Scint. 50, 14. V. to deem worthy to be in a state, position, & c. Cf. Hml. Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.' For ðon is se cwide gefylled, 'Ecce quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, ' Bl. H. 139, 26. VI. to estimate, measure, fix the degree or worth of :-- Besceáwige hé á þone steal his gecyrrednesse and hine be þám gemedemige bútan hine mon for dám sácerdháde furðor forlte ilium locum attendat quando ingressus est in monasterio, non illum qui ei pro reuerentia sacerdotii concessus est, R. Ben. 107, II. Sý hé gemedemed on stede and on setle, swá swá his gecerrednes sý, 13, I. VI a. furþor gemedemian to honour, advance in dignity :-- -Gif hit swá getímige þæt se abbod and seó gecorenes þre geférrdenne hine for his lífes geearnunge weorðian wile and furðor gemedemian si forte electio congregationis et voluntas abbatis pro vite merito eum promovere voluerit, 113, 8. Gif se æþelborena mid godcundum cræfte þone unæþelborenan oferþýhií, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum þonne se unæþelborena, 12, 16. Furðor beón gemedemod in majori loco stabiliri, lio, 7. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ge-metamén moderare.]

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or thing, removes itself, to leave clear, of persons, to evacuate :-- Seó sfit flówende him gerymde þreora mlla [fæt] dries færeldes, Hml. Th. i. 564, 1 8. Hí flugon and þæt igland eallunge gerýmdon ðm æðelan cempan, ii. 142, 33. (3) so as to allow access, to clear the way to; -- Gife unscynde mægencyning ontýnde, tídum gerymde, El. 1249. (4) so as to allow free action , to give free course to :-- He his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ he gives free play to his divine powers, Bl. H. 179, 24. Metod mód gerymde, Exod. 479. (4 a) the object a moving thing, to clear a course for :-- Þá ongunnon hi on óðre stówe gerýman þá estfiuvium per loco alia derivare conati sunt, Gr. D. 192, 22. (4 b) the object an action, to make the way clear for, give opportunity for :-- Ne gladige hé on þæt, swilce him gerýmed sý and antimber geseald, þæt hé God bereáfige, Lch. iii. 442, 36. Þá him gerýmed wearð þæt hié wælstówe wealdan móston, B. 2983. III. to clear away an obstruction :-- Swá hwæt swá þæne migðan gelet, hyt gerýmð and forð geldeþ,Lch. i. 90, 27. Wegas syndon drýge, holm gerýmed, Exod. 284. IV. intrans. To make or leave the way clear to (tó) a place, condition, object, make way for a person :-- Hé óðtrum gerýmeð wyrmum tó wiste he leaves the way clear for other worms to get food, Seel. 123. Áríse se gingra and þám yldran tó setle geryme minor surgat et det majori locum sedendi, R. Ben. 116, 5. God ús gerýme tó ðre écan myrhðe, Wlfst. 80, 7. Þæt him Dryhten þurh deáðes cwealm tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme that for them the Lord by death's pang clear the way to the end of their troubles, Gú. 196.

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