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beado-wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
beado-wǽpen, gen. -wǽpnes; dat. -wǽpne; n.

A war-weapon ⬩ bellica arma

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A war-weapon; bellica arma Ic beadowǽpen bere I bear a war-weapon, Exon. 104b; Th. 396, 11; Rä. 16, 3. Ic swelgan onginne beadowǽpnum I begin to swell with war-weapons, 105a; Th. 399, 8; Rä 18, 8

Linked entry: beadu-wǽpen

frioh

(adj.)
Grammar
frioh, adj.

Free ⬩ līber

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Free; līber Beó he frioh he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3

ge-healden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-healden, part. p.

Satisfied

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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21

Linked entry: -healden

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

DREPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREPAN, ic drepe, ðú drepest, dripest, dripst, he, drepeþ, dripeþ, dripþ, pl. drepaþ; p. ic, he drep, dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl. drǽpon; pp. drepen, dropen

To strike ⬩ percŭtĕre

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Ðonne biþ on hreðre, under helm drepen biteran strǽle then he will be stricken with the bitter shaft in the breast, beneath the helmet, Beo. Th. 3495; B. 1745. Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981

beadu-lác

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-lác, es; n.

Play of battle ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ stragis actio ⬩ pugna

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Play of battle, battle, war; stragis actio, pugna Ǽnig mon to beaduláce ætberan meahte any man might bear forth to the play of battle, Beo. Th. 3126; B. 1561. To ðam beaduláce to the battle-play, Andr. Kmbl. 2238; An. 1120

hilde-gráp

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-gráp, e; f.

Hostile grasp

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Hostile grasp, Beo. Th. 2896; B. 1446: 5007; B. 2507. In the latter passage Thorpe and Kemble take gráp to be a verb

ge-bésmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bésmed, part.

Bosomed ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ sĭnuātus

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Bosomed, bent, crooked; sĭnuātus,Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: bésming

wacan

(v.)
Grammar
wacan, p. wóc; pp. wacen

To wake ⬩ to come into being ⬩ be born ⬩ spring

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Th. 167, 10; Gen. 2763: Beo. Th. 3925; B. 1960. Of ðam eorle wóc unrím þeóda, Cd. Th. 99, 15; Gen. 1646: 98, 29; Gen. 1637: Beo. Th. 2535; B. 1265. Ðæm feówer bearn in worold wócun, 119; B. 60. Wócon, Cd. Th. 131, 31; Gen. 2184.

Linked entries: on-wacan on-wacan

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Wé cwǽdon be hláfordsearwe, ꝥ hé (i. e. any one that commits the crime in question ) beó his feóres scyldig, Ll.

on-lǽtan

(v.)

to release, relax ⬩ to let a thing go on, to continue

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Ben. 66, 1

Linked entry: an-lǽtan

ge-scyftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyftan, pp. -scyft

To share, distribute

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To share, distribute Beó seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte let the property be very fairly distributed, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

ge-hremmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hremmed, part.

Hindered ⬩ impĕdītus

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Hindered; impĕdītus Gehremmed beón impĕdīri, R. Ben. 52

un-ácumendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ácumendlíc, adj.

Unbearable ⬩ intolerable ⬩ impossible to be borne ⬩ excessive

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Unbearable, intolerable, impossible to be borne, excessive Be unácumenlícra (-endlíca, 8, 24) ðinga gebode. Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelíces and unacumenlíces beboden sý si fratri impossibilia jubentur.

ge-þyldigean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldigean, -þyldgian, -þyldian; p. ode; pp. od

To be patient ⬩ to bear patiently ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustinere ⬩ patientiam habere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ pati

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To be patient, to bear patiently, endure, to bear, endure, sustain; sustinere, patientiam habere, tolerare, pati He ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele he cannot bear to conceal it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 6, 8. Geþyldega patientiam habe, Mt.

and-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
and-fenge, l.
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Ben. 20, 17. Úre gebeda beóð andfenge, 45, 21; Bl. H. 113, 28. Andfænge, Shrn. 74, 2. Eádigra fædra and Gode &fengra, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 7. Ic beó andfengra mínum cyninge, Hml. Th. i. 594, 12. Byð his dǽdbót Gode andfengre, Wlfst. 155, 14.

ellor-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ellor-síþ, es; m.

A journey elsewhere, departure, death ⬩ ălĭbi ĭter, mors

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A journey elsewhere, departure, death; ălĭbi ĭter, mors Symble biþ gemyndgad eaforan ellorsíþ his offspring's death will always be remembered, Beo. Th. 4893; B. 2451

on-stingan

(v.)
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to be angry with (?) Sê ðe on þâm sylfan cildan bûtan smêgunge onstingð qui in ipsis infantibus sine discretione exarserit, R. Ben. I. 115, 16

weald-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
weald-swaþu, e; f.

A forest-track

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A forest-track Lástas wǽron æfter waldswaþum wíde gesýne the steps were to be seen far along the forest-tracks, Beo. Th. 2810; B. 1403

folc-frig

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-frig, folc-frý; adj.

Folk-free ⬩ līber ăpud plēbern

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Folk-free; līber ăpud plēbern Beó he syððan folcfrig be he afterwards folk-free, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 17. Se sié folcfrý let him be folk-free, L. Wih. 8; Th. i. 38, 15. cf. Grm. RA. 349

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