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ge-swicennes

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Ben. 53, 10. Hé synna forgyfð þám ðe mid dǽdbóte dóð geswicennysse, Hml. A. 1. 17. þone bisceop hé geteohhade mid teónan tó forseónne. Hé behét þá geswicennysse þám bisceope, Hml. S. 31, 678.

eall-íren

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-íren, adj.

All of iron ⬩ omnīno ferrĕus

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All of iron; omnīno ferrĕus He héht gewyrcean eall-írenne wígbord wrætlíc he commanded a wondrous battle-shield, all of iron, to be made, Beo. Th. 4665; B. 2338

Linked entry: eal-íren

ealu-scóp

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-scóp, eala-scóp, es; m.

An ale-poet

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An ale-poet We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig preóst ne beó ealu-scóp we teach that no priest be an ale-poet, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 15

Linked entry: eala-scóp

sceál

(n.)
Grammar
sceál, scál (?)

a shoal,troop, band

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a shoal,troop, band Ic be hondum mót hǽðenre (-ra?) sceálgrípan tó grunde, Godes andsacan, Cd. Th. 281, 8;Sat. 268 . Cf. Mid hishandscále, Beo. Th. 2638; B. 1317

beór-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
beór-scealc, es; m.

A beer-server ⬩ a butler ⬩ cerevisiæ minister

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A beer-server, a butler; cerevisiæ minister Beórscealca sum some one of the beer-servers Beo. Th. 2485; B. 1240

mése

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Ben. l. 69, 2) ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 3

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Berst se teám swá wel swá hé sylf andsæc worhte . . . á bið andsæc swíðere þonne onsagu, Ll. Th. i. 290, 15-17. Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14.

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian.
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Ben. I. 20, 11. Gé wǽron forþyldiende costnunga, Hml. S. 30, 446

geat-weard

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Be ðæs mynstres geatwearde ( ostiario). Tó þæs mynstres geate sý geatweard geset . . . Se geatweard (porterius ) sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 14-19.

beón

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Beó hé be þǽre ánre þá hwíle þe heó lybbe, Wlfst. 271, 15. Hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. An his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 22.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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[Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving women, children, and goods behind there; but if Asser may be trusted, the reinforcement was from abroad.

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4

forþ-heald

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Ben. 5, 20

bryne-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-leóma, an; m.

a ray of light, beam ⬩ A fire-beam, flame ⬩ flamma

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[leóma a ray of light, beam] A fire-beam, flame; flamma Bryneleóma stód the flame stood, Beo. Th. 4616; B. 2313

búr-cote

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cote, an; f.

a bower ⬩ a couch ⬩ A bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum

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[búr a bower, cote a couch] A bed-chamber; cubiculum On hira búrcotum, and on hiera beddum in their bed-chambers, and in their beds, Past. 16, 2; Hat. MS. 20b, 15

hrægel-talu

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Ben. 89, 3

drysmian

(v.)
Grammar
drysmian, dryrmian; p. ode; pp. od

To become dark, gloomy, to be made sad, to mourn ⬩ calīgāre, obscūrāri, mœstĭtia affĭci, lugēre

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To become dark, gloomy, to be made sad, to mourn; calīgāre, obscūrāri, mœstĭtia affĭci, lugēre Óþ-ðæt lyft drysmaþ until the air grows gloomy, Beo. Th. 2755, note; B. 1375

Linked entry: dryrmian

irringa

(adv.)
Grammar
irringa, irrenga; adv.

Angrily ⬩ in anger

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Seó beó sceal losian ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ the bee shall perish when she stings anything in anger, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26 : Bt. Met. Fox 18, 13; Met. 18, 7. Yrrenga, 26, 167 ; Met. 26, 84.

andgit-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-leás, adj.

Foolish ⬩ senseless ⬩ doltish ⬩ stolidus ⬩ insipiens

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Foolish, senseless, doltish; stolidus, insipiens Geonge men and andgitleáse man sceal swingan young men and foolish must be beaten [one shall beat ], L. M. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 268, 26

bǽtan

to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current

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beat, he guards himself against the storm, Bt. 41, 3; S. 144, 28-32

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