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be-warenian

(v.)
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be-warenian, -warnian.

avoid ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard

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Substitute: to guard one's self against, keep one's self from, avoid, with prep, (wiþ ) Gif hé hine ne bewarenað wið þá unþeáwas miseras fugare querelas non posse, Met. 16, 23. Ðí ðe hié wið scylda bewareniað qui se a pravis custodiunt.

Linked entry: be-warian

ge-bregdan

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ǽlc þǽra þinga þe þú wið God ágylte, Wlfst. 249, 3. to feign Heó gebrǽd hí seóce (cf.

be-beorgan

to ward off something ⬩ to guard one's self against ⬩ to save one's self ⬩ to guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something

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Hé bebearh him hí and warnode hine wiþ hí swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Þá wítu þe hí him sylfum beburgon supplicia quae evaserunt, 335, 21. Bebeorh þé þone bealoníð, B. 1758. Ꝥ hí him ꝥ wíte bebeorgen, Gr.

mere-smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-smylte, adj.

Having the sea calm

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Having the sea calm Meresmylta wíc, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 24; Met. 21, 12

Linked entry: smylte

weorc-full

(adj.)
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glosses gestuosus Wif weorcfull mulierem gestuosam, Scint. 169, 1. [Workuol active, Ayenb. 199, 9.]

be-geómerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-geómerian, p. ode
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To lament, bewail Sé bið wís þe ǽrran gewyrhta georne begeómerað, Wlfst. 75, 15

gǽls-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽls-lic, adj.

Producing wantonness or excess

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Producing wantonness or excess Gǽlslic þing is wín luxuriosa res est vinum, Nap. 27

Linked entry: gǽls

áweg-áworpenness

(n.)
Grammar
áweg-áworpenness, e; f.

Abortion

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Abortion Ðá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna, (abortionem) Ll. Th. ii. 154, 34

Linked entry: á-worpennes

fræmde

(adj.)

strange ⬩ foreign

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Wih. 28; Th. i. 42, 23: Somn. 79; Lchdm. iii. 202, 20

ge-bésmed

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Add: Swelled out by the wind Segelbósmas gebésmed carbasa sinuata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 26

freó-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
freó-mǽg, -mág, es; m.

A relation ⬩ kinsman ⬩ consanguĭneus ⬩ germānus

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Freómǽgum feor far from my kindred, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 28; Wand. 21: 85 b; Th. 321, 28; Wíd. 53

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Wið lippe sár. Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

ildian

(v.)
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Add: with oblique case, acc. Hé wæs lange wið-sacende and hit eldode diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 32. with dat. (?), Hml.

pistol

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Wið útsihte; þysne pistol se ængel bróhte tó Róme þá hý wǽran mid útsihte micclum geswæncte, Lch. iii. 66, 5. an epistle of the New Testament Swá swá se apostol Petrus on his pistole áwrát, Hm. A. 52, 51

ge-spelia

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spelia, an; m. [spelian to represent]

A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius

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Wið Cristes gespelian against Christ's vicegerent, ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 3. He wæs Æþelstánes b' gespelian siððan he unfere wæs he was bishop Athelstane's substitute after he was unable to move, Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, 12

Linked entry: spala

BYT

(n.)
Grammar
BYT, bytt, e; f: pl. bytta

A bottle, flagon, BUTT, tun ⬩ uter, dolium

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Ne híg ne dóþ niwe wín on ealde bytta; gyf hí dóþ, ða bytta beóþ tobrocene, and ðæt wín agoten, and ða bytta forwurðaþ.

Linked entries: ele-byt bitt

ge-sceortian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceortian, p. ade

To fall short, fail

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To fall short, fail Miððý ðæt wín gesceortade vino deficiente, Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 3

weorold-gesǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-gesǽlig, adj.
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Blessed with this world's goods, prosperous Wís ealdorman, woruldgesǽlig, Byrht. Th. 138, 13; By. 219

wudu-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bucca, an; m.

A wild goat

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A wild goat Firginbucca, ðæt ys wudubucca, Lchdm. i. 348, 2. Wudubuccan gealla, 348, 6

Linked entries: wudu wudu-gát

rihtwís-ness

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Ðæt há sié gebunden tó ðǽre ryhtwiésnesse (-wís-, v. l.) (rectitudine), Past. 75, 6. Add