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bitter

(adj.)

bitteramarus

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bitter; amarus, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 10; Seef. 55

þurh-bitter

(adj.)
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þurh-bitter, adj.

Very bitterexasperating

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Very bitter, exasperating Þweor mǽgþ and tyrwiende ł þurhbitter generatio prava et exasperans, Ps. Lamb. 77, 8

bitter-líce

(adv.)

bitterly

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bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29

bitter-nes

(n.)

bitterness

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bitterness, Scint. 61

biter-líce

(adv.)
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biter-líce, bitter-líce; adv.

BITTERLYamare

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BITTERLY; amare He weóp biterlíce [Bos. bityrlíce] he wept bitterly, Mt. Jun. 26, 75. He ongan biterlíce [Smith, 600, 29, bitterlíce] wépan he began to weep bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; Whelc. 337, 43

BITER

(adj.)
Grammar
BITER, bitor, bitter, bittor; g. m. n. biteres, bitres, bittres; f. bitre; sup. biteresta, bitresta; adj.

BITTER, sharp, severe, direamarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox

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BITTER, sharp, severe, dire; amarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox Ðæt bitereste [MS. biteroste] clyster botri amarissimi, Deut. 32, 32; the clustre most bittir, Wyc.

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bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruellyamare, acriter, atrociter

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[biter bitter] Bitterly, sharply, cruelly; amare, acriter, atrociter Ic eom bitre abolgen I am bitterly vexed, Exon. 119 b; Th. 458, 31; Hy. 4, 109: 120 b; Th. 463, 4; Hö. 65: Beo. Th. 4651; B. 2331.

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bittre

(adv.)

bitterly, sharply, cruelly

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bitterly, sharply, cruelly, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 24; Reim. 50

biter

(adj.)

painfulacrimonious ill-natured

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H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7

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bittor

(adj.)

bitter

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bitter, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 23; Gú. 998

biter

(adj.)
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biter, <b>; II.</b>
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Seó ehtnys bið ealra biterost, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28. Add

bitere

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Þú scealt þá sáwle bitere forgyldan, Wlfst. 177, 7: Bl. H. 195, 23. Add

bitere

(adv.)

bitterly, sharply

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bitterly, sharply, Ps. Th. 101, 18: 128, 2

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, bítela, bétl; m.

A beetleblatta

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A beetle; blatta Ða blacan bétlas the black beetles, Cot. 141

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, es; m.

A beetlehammer

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A beetle, hammer Nán monn ne gehiérde æxe hlem ne biétles suég absque mallei sonitu, Past. 253, 17. Hé sceal habban æcse, . . . býtel, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Þá blacan bétlas nigro colore (the noun is unglossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 61. 58

bítel

(n.)
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bítel, bitela, an; m.

a beetleA beetleinsect

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a beetle.A beetle, insect Bitela mordiculus (in a list of insects), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 18: ii. 58, 11. Bitelum blatis, 127, 10. Bitulum blattis, Txts. 45, 307. Substitute:

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bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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and add: a bite Wiþ nǽdran bite, Lch. ii. 110, 19. Bite morsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 60. Swá hwilcne swá þæt hors mihte, hit slát and wundode hiora lima mid bitum, Gr. D. 78, 5. of the effect of cancer :-- Ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, Lch.

bite

Similar entry: hæfern-bite

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, es; m.

A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancermorsus, cancri morbus vel cancer

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[bítan to bite] A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancer; morsus, cancri morbus vel cancer Hyt ða wédendan bítas gehǽleþ it heals the maddening bites, Med. ex Quadr. 13, 7; Lchdm. i. 370, 14. Wið apan bíte for the bite