bora
One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler ⬩ qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor
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One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler; qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor Ríces boran the rulers of the state, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 10; Sat. 500
Linked entry: -bǽre
gearwe
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Geruuae, geruę, millefolium, Txts. 76, 623. Gearuuae, 639. Gearewe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 1. Seó reáde gearuwe, Lch. iii. 24, 2. Wyl on meolcum þá reádan gearwan, ii. 354, 9. Add
be-rípan
To strip ⬩ despoil ⬩ plunder
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Ger. bi-rópian to strip: O. H. Ger. bi-roufen depilare.]
Linked entry: be-rýpan
efnan
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Ger. ebanón sternere.] to make equal Ðú efnes ðá ús pares illos nobis fecisti, Mt. L. 20, 12
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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Ger. wintbrant rubigo: Ger. brand blight) Brond, com (? or brand-oom, q. v.) rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34. Possibly the word occurs in the obscure gloss 'Et didit erugini, i. brondegur̄ (=?? brond erugo),' An.
Linked entry: brand-óm
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506 M. H. Ger. slepfer.] Similar entries Cf. slifor; slǽpe, slípan (?)
mixen
A mixen ⬩ dung-heap ⬩ dung
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Meoxine sterculii, Germ. 397, 449. Job sæt on his mixene, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 28. Nis hyt nyt ne on eorþan ne on myxene (mixen, Lind.: mixenne, Rush.) neque in terram neque in sterculinium utile est, Lk. Skt. 14, 35.
ceác
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Germ. 403, 16. Æren fæt, læfel oþþe céc, Lch. iii. 292, 9. On ceáce (concha) fét ðweánde, Angl. xiii. 415, 716. Ðone ceák (luterem) . . . on ðǽm ceáke, Past. 105, 17, 13. Hé (David) genam his (Saul's) ceác ( scyphum aquae, 1 Sam. 26, 11), Ps.
fót-welm
- Kent. Gl. 165
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Fótwylm planta, Germ. 396, 151. His fótwelme (ut non comburantur) plantae ejus, Kent. Gl. 165. Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall freten bútan þám handum ... and þám fótwylmum ( nisi pedes et summas manus, 2 Kings ix. 35 ), Hml. S. 18, 354.
þende
While
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a mistake for þeódne ), Germ. 403, 35
Linked entry: þenden
ge-feormian
to entertain as a guest, ⬩ to entertain as an obligation, ⬩ to feast,
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D. 215, 25. to entertain as an obligation, v. feormian; Hé þére cirican láforde geselle éghwelce gére ðrittig scillinga and hine áne niht gefeormige, Cht.
á-windan
To twist ⬩ plait ⬩ weave ⬩ to slip away ⬩ to become weak (?)
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Ox. 254. intrans. to slip away Út áwundene gylt oþþe út áslidene synne prolapsum nefas, Germ. 388, 58. to become weak (?) Þá handa áwindaþ (-swindaþ? v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3
tynder
tinder ⬩ fuel ⬩ a burner ⬩ an implement which burns
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Ger. zuntra; wk. f. fomes, isca : M.H. Ger. zunder; m. n.: Ger. zunder: Icel. tundr; n.: Dan.tønder: Swed. tunder. Cf. Goth. tundnan to be set on fire.] Similar entries v. tender, tendan
of-lǽtan
to give up, relinquish ⬩ to give up the ghost ⬩ to let off, cause (blood) to flow ⬩ to let off, forgive, dismiss
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[Goth. af-létan to let off, forgive, dismiss: Ger. ab-lassen.]
sand-ceosol
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Heora tel bið swá menigfeald þæt hit oferstíhð, be ðæs wítegan cwyde, sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 30-35. Add
handlinga
With the hands
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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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On gerúm sceacan, Exon. Th. 401, 20; Rä. 21, 14. On lyft scacan, fleógan ofer foldan, Cd. Th. 280, 32; Sat. 263 ; Beo. Th. 3610; B. 1803.
fore-spreca
an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor
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Forspeca orator, Germ. 400, 548. Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca, Cht. Th. 169, 26. Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca, Hml. Th. i. 390, 3. Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne forespræcan him áfunden hæfdon, Hml.
ge-sníþan
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v. sníþan; ) Héht him ꝥte gesníða gedydon (ꝥ hiǽgesnide, R.) alle ofer groene gers praecepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super uiride faenum (is it possible that the translator thought that the order was to cut the grass ?), Mk. L. 6, 39.
horig
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Horie purulenta Germ. 396, 259. Gif þú bere horige reáf ( ceruleas (nigras) uestes ), Hpt. 31, 13, 3 25