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beorþor

child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus

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Add: child-bearing, bringing forth of a child; partus Ǽr þám þe heó cenne, and æfter hire beorðre antequam pariat, et post partum suum, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 3. Gif hé mónðe ǽr þám beorþre (ante partum) hǽmð, 24.

un-andergilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andergilde, adj.

Not to be paid back(?) ⬩ that may be retained(?)

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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum ðe ðú cwist ðæt seó wyrd eów gife, and æt ðám welum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron?

Linked entry: ander-gilde

hwéne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwéne, hwǽne [ = hwoene]; adv.

A little ⬩ somewhat

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Hwǽne ǽr, Shrn. 50, 13. Hwǽne gangende progressus pusillum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 39. Hwoene læssan paulo minus, Ps. Stev. 8, 6

Linked entry: hwǽne

æfter-cneóreso

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-cneóreso, posterity, nepotes, Rtl. 61, 18.
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Æ

bí-breád

(n.)
Grammar
bí-breád, es; n.

Bee-bread ⬩ apium panis

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Bee-bread; apium panis Þynceþ bíbreád swétre, gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seemeth sweeter, if he before has a taste of bitter, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9

Linked entry: bí

ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A society ⬩ meeting ⬩ an assembly ⬩ cœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23

untíd-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-fyll, untíd-fyllu; f.

Unseasonable repletion ⬩ excessive drinking at improper times

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Wá eów, hé cwæð, ðe lufiaþ untídfylla and ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógaþ, Wulfst. 46, 14

weorn

(n.)
Grammar
weorn, (wearn?)
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Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung

ge-gítsian

(v.)
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22

Linked entry: gítsian

god-dohtor

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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... hé bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, ꝥ heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add

Linked entry: dohtor

hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
hnǽgan, p. de

To cause to bow, ⬩ bring low, ⬩ humble, ⬩ humiliate

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To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331

wille-streám

(n.)
Grammar
wille-streám, es; m.

A bubbling, running stream

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Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30; Ph. 105

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart ⬩ in retirement from others, apart ⬩ making distinction from others, especially

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Uton biddan onsundron æt Gode, ic æt mínum Gode . . . and gé eác swá dón let each pray severally to his own God, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 107. Ðá ná gestód hé ná ǽlcne onsundran ( each separately ), 23, 177.

Linked entry: sundor

nídwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nídwíslíce, adv.

Of necessity

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Of necessity Hé sylf wæs ðære hálgan ǽ underþeód, ðæt hé ða álýsde ðe neádwíslíce ðære ǽ underþeódde wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 94, 16

Aríus

(n.)
Grammar
Aríus, [ = 'Aρειοs], Arrius; g. ii; acc. um; m.

A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336

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Ælf. C. 3 ; Th. ii. 344, 2-4

Linked entries: Arrian Arrius

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.

A shoulder

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Wæs ðæt bærnet on his sculdre æfre gesewen, 346, 26. On his sculdre in humero, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 15. Oþ ðone swíðran sculdor, Lchdm. ii. 198, 19. Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in, Blickl. Homl. 127, 9. Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt.

Baddan-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Baddan-burh, g. -burge; d. -byrig; f.

BADBURY, Dorsetshire ⬩ Baddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil

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BADBURY, Dorsetshire, formerly Baddanburgum; Baddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil, An. 901; He gewícode æt Baddanbyrig wið Winburnan he encamped at Badbury near Winburn, Chr. 901; Th. 178, 26. ;

beór-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
beór-hyrde, es; m.

A beer-keeper ⬩ butler ⬩ cerevisiæ custos ⬩ pincerna

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A beer-keeper, butler; cerevisiæ custos, pincerna Sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege, beórhyrde gód one is witty at wine-bibbing, a good beer-keeper Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 28; Crä. 75

elnung

(n.)
Grammar
elnung, ellnung, e; f.

Zeal, hot emulation, envy ⬩ zēlus, æmŭlātio

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Elnung oððe æfista húses ðínes ge-et [=ge-æt] mec zēlus do)mus tuæ cŏmēdit me, Jn. Lind. War. 2, 17

Linked entry: ellnung

for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, e; f.

A forbearing ⬩ an abstaining from ⬩ abstĭnentia

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A forbearing, an abstaining from; abstĭnentia Ðæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe that there should be no abstaining from concubinage between any kindred, Ors. 1. 2; Bos. 27, 15

Linked entries: for-byrdig fore-byrd