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bed-reáf

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Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid ðám hryfte and mid hoppscýtan and mid eallum ðám ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð . . . and ic geann mínum suna ánes beddreáfes, C. D. iii. 294, 4, 35. Hió becwið eal ðæt bedréf ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, vi. 133, 10.

wreþian

(v.)
Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed

To propstaysupportsustain

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Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne, sié ðǽr eác stæf mid tó wreðianne si est districtio virgae, quae feriat, sit et consolatio baculi, quae susieníet, Past. 17 ; Swt. 127, 2.

Linked entry: wræpian

ge-ner

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Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml. S. 23, 204. Gif. . . hí manna ǽnig on genere heólde, 50.

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, cavity, hole

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Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh ibi habuit foveam ericius, 35, 3; Swt. 241, 7. In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1

Linked entry: hol

butere

(n.)
Grammar
butere, an; f. BUTTER; butyrum [= βούτυρον, βοῦς , Boûs a cow,τυρός cheese]
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On ðære buteran in the butter, l, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 1. On gódre buteran in good butter, 3, 32; Lchdm. ii. 326, 18: 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 334, 14: Ahlyttre ða buteran purify the butter, 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 28: Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 27

drig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
drig-nes, dryg-nes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

DRYNESSsiccĭtas

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DRYNESS; siccĭtas Ðære drignesse ne sceal he huniges onbítan ac eald wín for the dryness he must not taste of honey but old wine, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9.

Linked entry: dryg-nes

for-gǽgednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.

A transgressionprevaricationstubbornnesstransgressioprævārĭcātioperversĭtas

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A transgression, prevarication, stubbornness; transgressio, prævārĭcātio, perversĭtas Hí wǽron deádlíce for dære forgǽgednysse they became mortal through the transgression, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29.

fór-hradian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-hradian, -hradigan; p. ode; pp. od

To hasten beforeanticipatepreventprævĕnīrepræoccŭpāre

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Se sylfa deáþ ðære ádle yldinge fórhradaþ death itself prevents the tarrying of the disease. Homl. Th. ii. 124, 12. Fórhradode Godes mildheortnys us God's mercy prevented us, ii. 84, 13.

Linked entry: fór-radian

for-wiernan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wiernan, -wirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To hinderpreventkeep fromwithholdarcērerĕtĭnēre

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Ðæt mann forwierne his sweorde blódes, ðæt hwá forwirne his láre ðæt he mid ðære ne ofsleá ðæs flǽsces lustas keeping one's sword from blood is withholding one's instruction, and not slaying with it the lusts of the flesh, Past. 49; Hat. MS

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Care, guarding, custody Hé út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9.

líc-rest

(n.)
Grammar
líc-rest, e; f.

tombsepulchre

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Man slóh án geteld ofer ða hálgan bán binnan ðære lícreste, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 150. Heó hyre lícreste geceás ón élíg byrig she chose her burial place in Ely, Lchdm. iii. 430, 17

medumung

(n.)
Grammar
medumung, e; f.

the fixing of the measure of anything

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Ðonon á be ecge on ða medemuncga (medemunga); of ðære medemuncge (mædemunge) on ðone ealdan wiðig, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 25, 21-23: v. 286, 31-33

gild-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
gild-rǽden, gyld-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

The relation involved in membership of a guild

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The relation involved in membership of a guild Gif he nele to bóte gebúgan þolige he ðære gefér-rǽdene and ǽlcere óðre gyldrǽdene if he will not submit to make amends let him forfeit the fellowship and every other interest in the guild, Th.

sund-corn

(n.)
Grammar
sund-corn, es; n.
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Gif men weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran, wyl sundcorn on ealaþ, 320, 6. Genim neogon piporcorna, fífténe sundcorn ( saxifragia ), iii. 18, 13

termen

(n.)
Grammar
termen, es;
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On ðam termine ðære eásterlícan tíde, 315, 19. Ymbe ðæne termen, 324, 29. [Icel. termin. From Latin.]

þýle

(n.)
Grammar
þýle, Thíla

Thule

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Thule, some island in the north-west of Europe Be westannorðan Iberuia is ðæt ýtemeste land ðæt man hǽt Thíla ( insula Thule ), and hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 20.

Linked entry: Týle

uma

(n.)
Grammar
uma, huma, an; m.

a weaver's beamthe name of some plant

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Hessels 106, 206 (the word is omitted by Wright in Voc. ii. 120, 26, and in Txts. 97, 1832). the name of some plant Genim uman, and medmicelne bollan fulne ealað; bewyl ðæt ealo on ðære wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 276, 12

Linked entry: huma

and-heáfdu

(n.)
Grammar
and-heáfdu, (-a); n. pl.
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Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D. v. 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36).

Linked entry: on-heáfdu

bén

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Dele: 'Hence . . . boon,' in bracket read petition, and add Ǽlc ðǽra ðe bitt, and þǽre béne ne geswícð, Hml. Th. i. 250, 5. Boene supplicatione, Rtl. 46, 20: deprecationem, 40, 21. Hé Drihtene his béna bebeád, Dóm. L. 60. Boene petitiones, Ps.

eard-fæst

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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38.