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Bedan ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Bedan ford-scír, Bæda-ford-scír, Beada-ford-scír, Bede-ford-scír, e ; f.

BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen

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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1

Linked entries: Bæda-ford-scír Beada ford-scír Bede-ford-scír

ofer-sprǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, cover

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to overspread, cover Beón ðǽr (in the house for strangers) symble bedd genihtsumlíce ofersprǽdde, R. Ben. 84, 23

cwehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwehte, pl. cwehton shook, moved, quoted, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235: Ælfc. T. 36, 9: Ps. Lamb. 21, 8: Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29; p.
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of cweccan

a-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
a-beornan, p. -bearn, -barn, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, v. intrans.

To burn ⬩ exardere

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To burn; exardere Fyr abarn exarsit ignis, Ps. Th. 105, 16

of-ferian

(v.)

to bear off

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to bear off Hé fræt fíftýne men, and óðer swylc út offerede láðlícu lác, Beo. Th. 3171; B. 1583

eafor-heáfod-segn

(n.)
Grammar
eafor-heáfod-segn, es; m.

A boar-head banner ⬩ signum ad capĭtis aprīni similitūdĭnem fabrĭcātum, vel signum apri præcĭpuum

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A boar-head banner; signum ad capĭtis aprīni similitūdĭnem fabrĭcātum, vel signum apri præcĭpuum Hét in beran eaforheáfodsegn he bade the boar-head banner to be borne in, Beo. Th. 4311; B. 2152

Linked entry: segn

of-

(prefix)
Grammar
of-, as a prefix modifies the words to which it is attached in many ways. Amongst these may be noticed
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its intensive force in such words as of-georn, of-langod, of-lysted, of-calen, of-hyngrod, of-þyrsted its unfavourable force in of-lícian, of-unnan, of-þyncan the idea of attainment which it gives to verbs of motion as of-faran, of-féran, of-irnan, of-rídan

Linked entries: -weard stician af- tyge

bǽran

(v.)
Grammar
bǽran, p. de; pp. ed

To bear ⬩ bear oneself ⬩ ferre ⬩ transferre

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To bear, bear oneself; ferre, transferre He ne geþafode, ðæt ǽnig man ǽnig fæt þurh ðæt templ bǽre, Mk. Bos. 11, 16; he suffride not, that ony man schulde bere a vessel thurȝ the temple, Wyc

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla

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Cumað deór . . . and heora breósta beóð mid byrnum befangene (habebant loricas, Rev. 9, 9), Wlfst. 200, 12. Hé hlinode ofer ðæs Hǽlendes breóstum (onufa breóst supra pectus, L. R.), Jn. 13, 25.

Linked entry: byled-breóst

ebylgan

(v.)

to be angry

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to be angry; īrasci, Ben. Lye

a-spelian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spelian, part. a-speliende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To supply another's room ⬩ to be deputy or proxy for another ⬩ represent another ⬩ vicario munere fungi ⬩ vicem vel locum alicujus supplere

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Aspelad beón to have one's place supplied by another; excusari, R. Ben. 35

an-hagian

(v.)
Grammar
an-hagian, p. ode; pp. od

To be at leisure

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To be at leisure, R. Ben. 58

fígan

(v.)

become an enemy ⬩ be at enmity ⬩ inĭmīcāri ⬩ inĭmīcĭtias exercēre

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to be or become an enemy, be at enmity; inĭmīcāri, inĭmīcĭtias exercēre, Som. Ben. Lye

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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For Friday, Saturn and Wednesday, Tusser) ; the name of the four periods of fasting and prayer appointed by the Church to be observed in the four seasons of the year respectively.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

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

ge-bilegan

(v.)

to make angry ⬩ to be angry

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to make angry, to be angry.Som. Ben. Lye

ferigan

(v.)
Grammar
ferigan, ferigean

to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear

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to carry, convey, bear, Andr. Kmbl. 585; An. 293: 1647; An. 825: Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 33: Beo. Th. 671; B. 333

breóst-gewǽdu

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gewǽdu, pl. n.

the breast ⬩ a garment, clothing ⬩ A covering for the breast, corselet ⬩ pectoris vestimentum, lorica

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, and his collar also, Bec.

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.

Separation ⬩ dismission ⬩ rejection

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. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag.) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

Linked entry: scirian

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, a secret place. In Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13 perhaps ge-hídum should be read for gehildum. Cf. ge-hýddum
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abditis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 34: 4, 17

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