bærnan
to expose to the action of heat ⬩ to cauterize ⬩ to cause to give light ⬩ to consume by fire
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Hé ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Benedictus ðe ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius Benedict who wrote us a book clearer in some respects than Basil did, Basil prm; Norm. 32, 9. Ingeþonc leóhtre and beorhtre ðonne se leóma sunnan on sumera, Bt. Met.
ge-riht-lǽcan
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Menn be his láre heora líf gerihtlǽton men by his instruction rectified their lives, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 8. Gif we beóþ fram úrum ðwyrnyssum gerihtlǽhte if we be corrected from our perversities, 124, 35
wæstmbǽrness
Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity
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Wæstmbǽrnesse, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 9. referring to living creatures Nis on nánum óðrum men mægðhád, gif ðǽr bið wæstmbǽrnys, ne wæstmbǽrnys, gif ðǽr bið ansund mægðhád, Homl. Th. i. 438, 27.
ge-feoht
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Bið á wið firenum in gefeoht gearo, Crä. 90
un-land
What is not land
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What is not land On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ( sea, marsh, etc. ), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14
birgness
Tasting ⬩ taste
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Be ðes gallan berignesse ðe úser Drihten berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Mid byrinesse (byrig-, beorh-, v. ll.) ðæs wæteres aquae gustum, Bd. 5, 18; Sch. 649, 16
or-wénness
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Of ðám bið ácenned . . . his sylfes orwénnys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 19. with prep. Him wæs geworden seó orwénnys be þám menniscan gewinne de humano labore facta est desperatio, Gr. D. 47, 11
riht-racu
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Is ꝥ forinweardlíce riht racu, Bt. 40, 1; F. 236, 10, where riht seems an adjective qualified by an adverb
sangere
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Bútan Iácóbe ðám songere, be þám wé ǽr sǽdon, wæs hé sanges mágister Norðhymbra cyricum, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 21
heaðorian
To restrain
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To restrain Se godcunda foreþonc heaðeraþ ealle gesceafta the divine providence restrains all creatures, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 31.
full
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Hié ðá béc eallæ be fullan geliornod hæfdon, Past. 5, 20. v. ofer-, wæter-full
un-árímed
Unnumbered ⬩ numberless ⬩ countless
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Infiniti, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 11. Unárímede untrumnessa, Blickl. Homl. 209, 13. Unárímedum numerosis, Hpt. Gl. 408, 67: Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11. Be ðǽm unárímdum cynnum de innumeris generibus, Nar. 1, 17
Linked entry: á-ríman
heals
The neck, the prow of a ship ⬩ collum, amplexatorium ⬩ neck, part of the bow of a ship
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Th. 135, 60; By. 141
Linked entry: hals
á-singan
to recite verse ⬩ to compose verse
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Ðá se wísdóm and seó gesceádwísnes þis leóð þus ásungen hæfdon, Bt. 13;F. 36, 30(and often). to compose verse Wrát hé bóc and þá meterfersum ásang and gelǽrede sprǽce gesette scripsit librum quem versibus exametris et prosa conposuit, Bd. 5, 15;Sch.
fram
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Bist þú gehǽled fram him, Bl. H. 151, 34: Chr. 625; P. 24, 5. Fram deófle costud, Mt. 4, 1: Bl. H. 27, 5. Dǽda gedóne from Drihtne, 31, 20. From þǽm þú lǽst wénst þú bist beswicen, Nar. 30, 12: Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 17: Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 256, 11: Ps.
ge-stillan
To rest ⬩ cease ⬩ be still ⬩ quiet ⬩ mute ⬩ quiescĕre ⬩ sĕdāri ⬩ sĭlēre ⬩ obmutescĕre ⬩ rētĭcēre ⬩ To restrain ⬩ still ⬩ stop ⬩ stay ⬩ calm ⬩ keep in ⬩ compescĕre ⬩ cŏhĭbēre ⬩ sĕdāre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre
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To rest, cease, be still, quiet, mute; quiescĕre, sĕdāri, sĭlēre, obmutescĕre, rētĭcēre Hí ne móten ǽfre gestillan they may not ever be still, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 51; Met. 11, 26.
Linked entries: ge-stellan ge-styllan ge-styllan ge-styltan
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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Turner and Lappenberg suppose that the Bretwalda was elected by the other Saxon kings and by the collected nobility and other electors in Britain, because Hunt. lib. ii. about A.
ilca
The same
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Se ilca hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan the same man [Nero] ordered the greatest senators to be killed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 47; Met. 9, 24.
hwilc-hwega
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Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 12. Hwylcumhwego, 115, 28.