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biter

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§96; §255; §431; §639;
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bitter to the taste
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  • Biter wyrtdrenc

    picra,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 18
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  • Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence,

    • Past. 303, 12-17
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  • Bitrum

    rancidis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 62
      • .
bitter to the mind, painful
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  • Þá geogoðlustas him swíþe bitere þencaþ,

    • Bl. H. 59, 11
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  • Biterra

    dirior,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 76
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  • Hwæt is ðienga ðe bietere (biterre, v.l.) sié on ðæs láreówes móde?,

    • Past. 165, 1
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  • Þú mé ne syle on þone biterestan deáð,

    • Bl. H. 229, 26
      • .
bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured
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  • Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste,

    • Bl. H. 25, 7
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v.  biter-nes.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “biter.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40456.

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