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óþ-berstan

(v.)
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to break away, escape Hé óþbærst tó wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 291, 17. [Rannulf út of ðam týre on Lunden nihtes óðbærst, ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs, Chr. l 101; Erl. 237, 40.] Gif se bana óþbyrste, L. H. E. 2 ; Th. i. 28, l. Cf. æt-berstan

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n.

A place where shrubs growthicket

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Gewrid glomulus, Cot. 95 fruticetum, 90, Lye

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

ge-cnedan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnedan, p. -cnæd, pl. -cnǽdon; pp. -cneden

To mixminglespreadkneaddepsere

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Gecneden sealf cataplasma, Cot. 209

wering

(n.)
Grammar
wering, e; f.
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com . . . Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung

Linked entry: werung

ge-cúþlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cúþlǽcan, p. ge-cúþlǽhte
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Ðá cóm án gecrístnod man and gecúðlǽhte tó Martine, and wunode mid him, Hml. S. 31, 207. reflex. Paulus hine gecúðlǽhte tó ðám hálgan heápe Crístes hírédes (cf. tentabat se jungere discipulis, Acts 9, 26), Hml. Th. i. 388, 10

glówan

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Þæt fýr wearð þá ácwenced, ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 31: 216, 1. Lecgað ðá ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan, Hml. Th. i. 424, 35

wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.
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Add Þǽr wearð ꝥ .iii. hund monna ofslagen, ealle búton ðǽm consule ánum : hé cóm wund áweg, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 24. (la) add :-- Gif man bið on hrif wund, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10. Gif mon sié on þá herðan tó þám swíðe wund, 25

sáwlian

(v.)
Grammar
sáwlian, ode

To give up the ghost, expire

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Sóna swá hé ðyder com swá sáwlode ðæt mǽden, 22, 101: Homl. As. 59, 202.

tó-efnes

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-efnes, -emnes; prep. with dat.

On a level with,abreast of,alongside,beside

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On a level with, abreast of, alongside, beside Andlang weges óð tóemnes ðære micelan díc the boundary runs along the road until it comes on a level with the great dike, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 3.

Linked entry: efen

bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung, bledsung, e; f.

A BLESSINGbenedictio

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Mid bletsunge [bledsunge, col. 1] ðæs pápan with the blessing of the pope, Chr. 813; Th. 108, 22, col. 2, 3. Brohte him bletsunge, se ðe him ǽ sette benedictionem dabit, qui legem dedit, Ps. Th. 83, 7: 113, 21.

Linked entry: bledsung

wíte-rǽden

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

punishmentfine

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Ego Túnburht episcopus aliquam partem terrae donabo liberam ab omnibus terrenis difficultatibus omnium gravitudinum . . . a taxationibus quod dicimus wíterédenne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 25.

Linked entry: wíte

sceard

(adj.)
Grammar
sceard, adj.

notched, hackedgashed, mutilateddeprived

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Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 5), of ðam sceardan beorge tó ðam rúgan hlǽwe . Cod.Dip. B. iii. 170, 2. On sceard hweogl (?), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 419, 11.

bealcettan

(v.)
Grammar
bealcettan, belcettan, bealcan ; p. te ; pp. ted

To belchuttersend forthemiteructaredicereemittere

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Bealcetteþ heorte mín word gód eructat cor meum verbum bonum, Ps. Spl. 44, 1. Bealcettaþ weleras míne lofsang eructabunt labia mea hymnum, Ps. Spl. 118, 171

Beornice

(n.)
Grammar
Beornice, gen.a; dat. um; pl. m.

The BerniciansBernicii

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The Bernicians; Bernicii Man gehálgode twegen biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum and Eátan to Beornicum two bishops were hallowed in his stead, Bosa over the Deirians and Eata over the Bernicians Chr. 678; Th. 61, 17, col. 1 : Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 45

cyt-wér

(n.)
Grammar
cyt-wér, es; m. [wér a weir]

A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos

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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod.

fracoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fracoþ-líce, fracuþ-líce, fracod-lice, fraced-líce; adv.

Shamefullydisgracefullywickedlyturpĭter

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Cot.] oðer fót unscód one of our feet is very disgracefully unshod, Past. 5, 2; Hat. MS. 11 a. 17. Ic fracoþlíce feóndrǽs gefremede I wickedly committed the fiendish violence, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 25; Gen. 899

frætwednes

(n.)
Grammar
frætwednes, fretwednes, frætwædnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

An adorningornamenta trifleornātioornāmentumcrĕpundia

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Frætwednessa crepundia, Cot. 56

hweorf-bán

Grammar
hweorf-bán, hwyrf-, hwer-bán, es; n.

A joinvertebrathe knee-cap

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Hwiorfbán, Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1

hyll-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hyll-wyrt, e; f.

Hill-wort

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Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum

Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt

Pentecosten

(n.)
Grammar
Pentecosten, es; m. (?)
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Pentecost, the fiftieth day after the resurrection, Whitsuntide On Pentecostenes dæg com se Hálga Gást ofer ða apostolas, Btwk. 214, 29. On ðære Pentecostenes wucan, Rubc. Lk. Skt. 5, 17 : 8, 40. On óðerne Pentecostenes mæssedæg, Rubc. Jn.