BERSTAN
to BURST ⬩ break ⬩ fail ⬩ fall ⬩ cum fragore dissilire ⬩ corruere ⬩ rumpi ⬩ frangi ⬩ to make the noise of a bursting or breaking ⬩ to crash ⬩ dash ⬩ crack ⬩ fragorem edere ⬩ sonare ⬩ crepare
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Burston bán-locan the bone-inclosures burst, Beo. Th. 1640; B. 818. Wǽgas burston the waves broke, Cd. 167; Th. 208, 15; Exod. 483. Ðá burston ða weallas muri illico corruerunt, Jos. 6, 20 : Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 38.
ge-bild
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, bind a book. [v. N. E. D. bield to protect, shelter. Sc. and North, dial, to cover, cover over.] Eðilwald ðis bóc úta giðrýde and gibelde (-bélde, MS.) suá hé uel cúðæ, Jn. p. 188, 3
ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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Bos. 12, 4. He æt he ate, Gen. 3, 6. Fuglas ǽton ða vŏlucres cŏmēdērunt ea, Mt. Bos. 13, 4. Ðeáh ðe gé of ðam treówe eten [MS. eton] though ye should eat of the tree, Gen. 3, 4. Ðæt gé ne ǽton ut non cŏmĕdĕrētis, 3, 1. 3
ang-sum
Narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard ⬩ difficult ⬩ angustus ⬩ difficilis
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Bos. 7, 14
Linked entries: anc-sum ang-sum-líc
a-þrysman
To suffocate with smoke or vapour ⬩ to suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ fumo suffocare
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To suffocate with smoke or vapour, to suffocate, stifle; fumo suffocare Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodon they smothered and stifled him in his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 6.
Linked entry: a-ceócian
be-hlídan
To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ close ⬩ tegere ⬩ claudere
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Seó eorþe siððan togædere behlád the earth then closed together Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 6
Linked entry: hlídan
fyrd-rinc
A man of arms ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ bellātor ⬩ mīles
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Fyrdrincas frome bold soldiers, Elen. Kmbl. 521; El. 261. Se com fyrdrinca fruman grétan who came to greet the chief of warriors, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 1; Gen. 2104
Linked entries: ferd-rinc fird-rinc fird-searu
bile-witness
Mildness, simplicity, innocence ⬩ simplicitas
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Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they passed their lives in simplicity, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5
Linked entries: bil-wetnes bil-witness
ge-ner
A refuge ⬩ refugium, asylum, sanctuarium
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Hí óðer gener næfdon they had not another refuge, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 10. Ongin ðé generes wilnian desire a refuge for thyself, Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 28; Gú. 261
síþ-from
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Good at travelling, bold in journeying Síþfrome, searwum gearwe, wígend ( Beowulf and his men when ready for their homeward voyage ), Beo. Th. 3630 ; B. 1813 : Andr. Kmbl. 493 ; An. 247. Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls.
þurh-wund
Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through
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Sinness þatt stinngenn and þurrhwundenn all þatt bodig and tatt sawle, Orm. 17443.]
un-lísan
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Add Nǽnig þá bóc mihte unlýsan and unfealdan (solvere), Gr. D. 333, 10.
mere-lád
A sea-way ⬩ the road which the sea furnishes
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A sea-way, the road which the sea furnishes, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 9; Bo. 27
a-dumbian
To hold one's peace ⬩ to keep silence ⬩ to become mute or dumb ⬩ obmutescere
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Bos. 1, 25. Adumbiaþ ða fácnfullan weoloras muta efficiantur labia dolosa, Ps. Th. 30, 20. Ic adumbede obmutui, Ps. Spl. 38, 3. Ic adumbode, Ps. Lamb. 38, 10
ǽ-gleáw
Skilled in the law ⬩ learned ⬩ wise ⬩ legis peritus ⬩ saga-cissimus ⬩ sapientissimus
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Bos. 11, 45. Ealde ǽgleáwe elders skilled in laws, Menol. Fox 37; Men. 19. Ðæt scell ǽgleáwra fíndan that a more learned man must find out. Andr. Kmbl. 2965; An. 1485
ánfeald-nes
Oneness ⬩ unity ⬩ simplicity ⬩ singleness ⬩ simplicitas
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Ðá hwíle ðe hí heora ánrǽdnesse geheóldan him betwénan and ánfealdnysse while they had agreement and simplicity amongst themselves, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 104, 1
Eást-Francan
East-Franks ⬩ Franci orientāles
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I. 1; Bos. 18, 30. Mid Éast-Francum with the East-Franks, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 3
egsa
Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror
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Bos. 21, 11: Cd. 148; Th. 186, 10; Exod. 136
Linked entry: ægsa
fóre-weard
A forewarder ⬩ scout ⬩ antecursor ⬩ explōrător
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ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness, he then secretly led his army between the warders, Ors. 4, 10; Bos
grimme
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Grimly, fiercely Hý him æfter ðæm grimme forguldon ðone wígeræft ðe hý æt him geleornodon they afterwards gave him grim requital for the military skill they learnt from him, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 30: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 15; Gen. 1275: 183; Th. 229, 2; Dan.