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bróce

(n.)
Grammar
bróce,

use

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Bd. 3, 22; Whelc. 221, 39, note B. C

æbesen

Grammar
æbesen, æbesn

pasturagepasnagium

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In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18, note 46

æfter-wearþ

Grammar
æfter-wearþ, beón

To be away, absent

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To be away, absent, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, note 6

ful-hræde

(n.)

full quicklyimmediately

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full quickly, immediately, Bt. 22, 1; Rawl. 47, 7, note f

gearod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gearod, = gear-wod; pp. of gearwian.

clothedendowed

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clothed, endowed, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, note 7, MS. Cott

bigsen

(n.)

an example

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B; S. 560, note 35

sibban

(v.)
Grammar
sibban, (?); p. sifde (?)
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To rejoice Sifeþ gaudet, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 35 note

Linked entry: sifeþ

æt-feorrian

(v.)
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to take away Ná ætfeorra þú non auferas, Scint. 160, 7

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Th. i. 110, note I

un-grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-grǽdiglíce, adv.
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Abundantly, liberally Hé áscán ungrǽdiglíce (non mediocriter ), Gr. D. 175, l

Linked entry: grǽdiglíce

brýtian

(v.)

to profit

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to profit, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, note 32, 33, T

Linked entry: brýttian

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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To BE, exist, become; esse, fieri Hí ne tweódon férende beón to ðam écan lífe non dubitabant esse transituros ad vitam perpetuam Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 38, 18. Ðe ðǽr beón noldon who would not be there Byrht.

on-bæc

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L. 18, 6. in return to a point previously occupied Ne áwoendað onbæcc non redeant retro, Lk. L. 17, 31. Ne eft gecerres onbæcg non reuertatur retro, Mk. L. 13, 16. of looking Ne eft-lócca onbæc non respicere retro, Lk. p. 6, 14. Onbæcg, Lk.

CÆRSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆRSE, cerse, an; f. CRESS, watercress; nasturtium, cardămum = κάρδαμον
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Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not sown, but it is propagated of itself in wells and in brooks, i. 116, 15

Linked entries: cesena cerse cresse

DILEGIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DILEGIAN, dilgian, dielgian; p. ode; pp. od
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To destroy, abolish, blot out, erase; delēre, abŏlēre Gif se wrítere ne dilegaþ ðæt he ǽr wrát if the scribe does not erase what he wrote before, Past. 54, 5; Hat. MS. Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps.

Linked entry: dilgian

eorre

(adj.)
Grammar
eorre, adj.

Angry, enraged, fierce īrātus, īrācundus

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Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend to ðam orlege the fierce spear-bearers were not slow to the onset, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078

hréð

(n.)
Grammar
hréð, es; m. [?]

Gloryfametriumphhonour

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Him wyrd ne gescráf hréð æt hilde fate ordained not for him triumph in battle, Beo. Th. 5143; B. 2575. v

Linked entries: Hróð- hróðor

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22

leoþu-bíge

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-bíge, -bíg; adj.

humblemeek

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Flexible at the joints, humble; meek Ðá wearþ ðæt hálige líc hál on eorþan gemét liþebíge on limum the holy body was found in the earth sound, and with the limbs not yet stiff, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 33.

Linked entry: liþe-bíge

sige-hréðig

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-hréðig, adj.
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Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo.