wyrdig
Wordy
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Wordy Werdi verbosus, Kent. Gl. 576
wyrm-basu
Scarlet
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Scarlet Wyrmbaso coccus, Txts. 113. 67
Linked entry: wurm-reád
wyrm-fáh
Having serpentine ornamentation
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Having serpentine ornamentation Ðæt sweord wreoþenhilt and wyrmfáh, Beo. Th. 3400; B. 1697
wyrmsig
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Purulent Ðǽm wyrmsigum purulentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 56
á-blegned
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Ulcerated Wiþ út áblegnedum ómum, Lch. ii. 10, 5: 98, 25: iii. 42, 25
be-héfe
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii.
biren
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Of a bear Byrenre ursinae, An. Ox. 1476. Byrenne ( = -re; byorenne, Hpt. Gl. 508, 43), 4380
be-swicol
Deceitful
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Deceitful Se feónd ðæt mód ðurh dá bisuiculan (-swicolan, v. l.) ólicunga forlǽreð, Past. 239, 16
bet-boren
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Better-born, of higher-birth Gif æðelborenran (bett-, v. l.) wífmen þis gelimpe. Ll. Th. i. 70, 1
be-þearfende
Needy ⬩ indigent
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(ptcpl.) Needy, indigent Beðearfende mon homo indigens, Kent. Gl. 708
be-þearflic
Useful ⬩ profitable
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Useful, profitable Syle mé þæt beþearflice gebed þínre fulfremednysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 242, note
Linked entry: beþearfaþ
be-weddendlic
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Relating to espousals Beweddendlice spon*-*salia, An. Ox. 1122
Linked entry: -weddendlic
be-wépendlic
Lamentable ⬩ deplorable
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Lamentable, deplorable Bewépendlic atratus, lugubris, Hpt. 31, 14, 370: 17, 463. Bewépendlic gewéd deflenda dementia, An. Ox. 40, 1. Hú earn, and hú bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66
bisene
Blind
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Blind On þǽre tíde hé wæs bysne (bysene, v. l.); þá sealde Drihten him gesyhðe, Gr. D. 275, 3. He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28. Tuoege bisene ł blinde duo
bisig
Busy ⬩ occupied
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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5
biter-lic
Bitter
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Bitter Áterlicum oððe biter[licum] gorgoneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 56
be-sceáwiendlic
Contemplative
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Contemplative Besceáwendlicre contemplativae, An. Ox. 991
be-lífed
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Endowed with belief, having belief Theodosius ful-líce on God wæs belýfed, Hml. S. 23, 412. Maria and Martha wǽron twá geswystru swíðe on God belýfede, Hml. Th. i. 130, 5. Cf. ge-lífed
bén-lic
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That may be entreated Boenlic uæs ðú deprecabilis esto, Rtl. 172, 39
bénlíce
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Suppliantly Boenlíce ué biddað suppliciter exora-mus, Rtl. 103, 24