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bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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a boat. Baat linter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 81. Bát, barca, i. 47, 62: 56, 10:, An. Ox. 5457: 4, 91. Þrié Scottas cómon on ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum . . . Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde, Chr. 891; P. 82, 18-22. Flota wæs on ýðum, bát under

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Quickly, soon, at once, directly, without hesitation Raðe ilico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 68 : ocius, 64, 47. Ræðe ultro, 90, 8. Heó nam raðe ( cito ) hyre wǽfels, Gen. 24, 65. Cwelle hig man raðe ( statim ), L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 1. Ðæt hine mon slóge

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously

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Grammar þríste, in the Psalms þríste seems used several times with an intensive force, much as swíðe is used Þa þearfendan þríste Drihten gehýreþ holdlíce hears attentively and graciously; exaudivit pauperes Dominus, Ps. Th. 68, 34.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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, á-gean for on-gean, á-týnan to unshut, open, Ps.

hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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or for hosu) Hosa caliga vel ocrea, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . hosa (hosan, R. Ben I. 93, 9, calige ), R. Ben. 92, 3. Habbon hig tó fótgewǽdum hosa (hosan, R. Ben. I. 92, 1), 88, 14.

Linked entry: hosa

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

cynnestre

(n.)
Grammar
cynnestre, an; f. [cennan to bring forth, -estre a female termination, q. v.]

One who brings forth, a mother ⬩ genitrix, mater

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One who brings forth, a mother; genitrix, mater Ðæt cild oncneów Marian stemne, cynnestran the child knew the voice of Mary, the mother, Homl. Th. i. 352, 27

Linked entries: cænnestre cennestre

ge-fǽrede

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-fǽrede, larvatos, An. Ox. 2, 405. [For (?) [un-]gefæ[g]rede; v. ǽ-fægred.]

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lád-rinc

Grammar
lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

cum-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
cum-feorm, e; f. [cuma a stranger, feorm food, support, hospitality]

Entertainment of strangers ⬩ hospitium

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Entertainment of strangers ; hospitium Th. Diplm. A. D. 848 ; 102, 30

dæg-mete

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mete, es; m. [dæg a day, mete meat, food]

Daily food ⬩ quotidianus cibus

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Daily food;quotidianus cibus Dæg-mete agapis, Cot. 15, Som. Ben. Lye

blód-forlǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
blód-forlǽtan, p. -forlét, pl. -forléton; pp. -forlǽten

To let blood, bleed ⬩ sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare

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To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Ðæt heó niwan blódforlǽten wǽre on earme that she had been lately bled in the arm; quia phlebotomata est nuper in brachio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 4

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen, -feolen

To stick to ⬩ persist ⬩ insistere

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To stick to, persist; insistere Ðæt he ðám, hálwendum ongynnessum georne gefeole ut captis salutaribus insisteret, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 11

fleah

Grammar
fleah, l. fleáh,
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Flió albugo, Txts. 36, 12. Fleó on eágum cimosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 43. Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, wiþ fleán on eágon, Lch. iii. 292, 2. take here II under fleá in Dict., and add:

twaltiga

(n.)
Grammar
twaltiga, palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 14, apparently an error for palm-twig, q. v.

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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m, and add: a heath, a tract of uncultivated, waste land, masc. Andlang ðǽre díc tó ðǽm hǽðe foreweardan . . . ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5. On

ge-þicgan

Grammar
ge-þicgan, [The strong and weak forms may be taken under one head.]
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For mete geþiged taken as food, 300, 11. Se geþigeda mete, ii. 186, 21. Fornam Crístes godcundlice miht ðone geðigedan mete, Hml. Th. i. 296, 29. Hý tó mete geþigede ðone líchaman gestrangiað, Lch. i. 320, 19.

swinge

(n.)
Grammar
swinge, swynge (both forms occur in the Pastoral), an; f.
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A stripe, stroke. literal, a stroke with a scourge or rod Sc̃p. Petrus hine mid grimmum swingum swong and þreáde (flagellis artioribus afficiens) . . . Cwæþ him eác tó: ' Ic bende and swingan (vincula, verbera) ðrowade' . . . Ðá wæs Laurentius mid ðæs

Linked entry: swynge

here-téma

Grammar
here-téma, l. here-tíma, and in 1. 6 for 'prince' read 'captain' or 'general': hereþ, v. hergaþ: here-preát.
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For ' cohortes, Lye' substitute:

werc

(n.)
Grammar
werc, glosses nanus, Wet. Voc. ii. 60, 45 : 71, 36. [Elsewhere nanus is rendered by dweorh, for which werc is perhaps wrongly written. Or (?) werc might be for wearh. v. wearg.]

Linked entry: dweorg

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