BOLSTER
A BOLSTER, a pillow for the head ⬩ cervical ⬩ a shell ⬩ culcita ⬩ cervical ⬩ a mattress ⬩ a bolster
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Bos. 4, 38. Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum it was overspread with beds and bolsters, Beo. Th. 2484; B. 1240
ge-lícian
to please ⬩ delight ⬩ placere ⬩ acquiescere ⬩ delectare ⬩ it pleases ⬩ placet
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Bos. 1, 11. impers. it pleases; placet Me gelícaþ placet mihi, Ælfc. Gr. 3, 3; Som. 37. 17
ge-mangian
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Bos. 19, 15. Hwæt forstent ǽnegum men, ðeáh he gemangige ðæt he ealne ðisne middangeard áge, gif he his sáule forspildeþ what profits it any man, though he trade so as to obtain all this world, if he destroy his soul? Past. 44, 10; Swt. 332, 9; Cot.
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týdrung
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V.) oððe bóh propago, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 15
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un-capitulod
Not provided with titles to the several sections
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Not provided with titles to the several sections Hyt is tó witanne hwí ðeós feórþe bóc sig uncapitulod nú þa ǽrran béc synt gecapitulode sciendum est, quare liber hic quartus sit sine capitulis, cum priores libri capitulis instructi sint (v. pp. 170,
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á-pinsian
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Mid willan sýfernysse bót byð ápinsud (pensatur), Scint. 42, 17. Add:
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cyssan
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Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add
búfan
Above ⬩ super
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Búfan ðam máran wealle above the greater wall, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 28. Twentig míla búfan Lundenbyrig twenty miles above London, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 25
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ge-þyldigean
To be patient ⬩ to bear patiently ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustinere ⬩ patientiam habere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ pati
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Bos. 18, 29. Ðé ic geþyldgode ealne dæg te sustinui tota die, Ps. Spl. 24, 5. Geþyldigendum patientibus, 102, 6. Gepyldiendium, Ps. Spl. T. 145, 5
flot-weg
A sea-way ⬩ the sea ⬩ mărīna via ⬩ măre
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A sea-way, the sea; mărīna via, măre He sceolde faran on flotweg he must journey on the sea, Exon. 123b; Th. 475, 1; Bo. 41
a-brecan
To break ⬩ vanquish ⬩ to take by storm ⬩ to assault ⬩ destroy ⬩ frangere ⬩ effringere ⬩ expugnare
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Hú ǽnig man mihte swylce burh abrecan how any man could take such a town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 16
æ-bylgþ
An offence ⬩ a fault ⬩ scandal ⬩ wrong ⬩ anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ indignation ⬩ offensa ⬩ injuria ⬩ ira ⬩ indignatio
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An offence, a fault, scandal, wrong, anger, wrath, indignation; offensa, injuria, ira, indignatio To æbylgþe for offence, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 27. He sende on hí graman æbylygþe hys misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, Ps. Spl. 77, 54.
a-fyrhtan
To affright ⬩ terrify ⬩ terrere ⬩ exterrere ⬩ perterrere ⬩ timore afficere
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Bos. 28, 4: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 12, MS. T. Afirhte, Gen. 14, 10
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a-reccean
To tell out ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ express ⬩ translate ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ reddere
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Ors. 1, 8 ; Bos. 31, 24: Hy. 3, 17; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 17. Án ǽrendgewrit of Lǽdene on Englisc areccean to translate an epistle from Latin into English, Past. pref
a-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ suffocare
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Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 26
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beácnian
to BECKON ⬩ nod ⬩ innuere ⬩ to shew ⬩ indicate ⬩ indicare ⬩ typice significare
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Bos. 1, 22, 62: 5, 7. to shew, indicate; indicare, typice significare Swá fenix beácnaþ as the ph?nix shews, Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 30; Ph. 646.
dwolma
Chaos, a chasm, gulph ⬩ chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus
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Bos. 16, 26. Ða twegen tregan teóþ to-somne wið ðæt mód fóran mistes dwoleman the two vexations draw together before the mind a chaos of darkness, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 86; Met. 5, 43
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fylle-seóc
Falling sick ⬩ epileptic ⬩ lunatic ⬩ ĕpĭleptĭcus ⬩ ἐπιληπτικός ⬩ lunātĭcus
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Bos. 17, 15. Wið fylleseócum men for an epileptic man, Med. ex Quadr. 8, 9; Lchdm. i. 358, 21. Heó fylleseócum helpeþ it helpeth the epileptic, Herb. 143, 1; Lchdm. i. 266, 5
ge-ǽtred
Poisoned ⬩ envenomed ⬩ poisonous ⬩ infectus ⬩ toxĭcātus ⬩ vĕnēnātus
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Poisoned, envenomed, poisonous; infectus, toxĭcātus, vĕnēnātus Forwearþ micel heres for geǽtredum gescotum many of the army died from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38. Geǽttred infectus, Cot. 104.
ge-wintred
Grown to full age ⬩ full-aged ⬩ aged ⬩ adultus
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Ðeáh he gewintred wǽre though he was aged, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 7. Ðæs gewintredan monnes of a full-aged man, L. Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 18
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