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biblioþéce

Grammar
biblioþéce, bibliþéca.

a librarythe bible

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Add: a library Heora bibliþéca (bibliotheoco, v. l.) wærð onbærned . . . on heora bibliþécan forburnon IIII hund M bóca, Ors. 6, 14; Bos. 122, 19-23. Nime heora ǽlc sume bóc of þ ǽre bibliothécan, R.

bisene

(adj.)
Grammar
bisene, adj.

Blind

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Tuoege bisene ł blinde duo caeci, Mt. L. 9, 27. Bisena, 28. Biseno geseáð caeci vident, 11, 5

be-seowian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seowian, (-siwian)

to besewsew up

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to besew (v. N. E. D. s. v. ), sew up besywodon Crísantum mid þǽre hýde, Hml. S. 35, 159. Séc stáuas . . . beseowa hira . iii. on þon þe þú wile (sew them up in anything you please), Lch. ii. 306, 9.

Linked entry: be-siwian

blód-seax

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Voc. ii. 108, 77. Blódseax flebotomum, Graece namque fleps, vena, tomum vero incisio nominatur, 39, 22: fletoma, 33, 73. Blódsex flebotomum, 149, 42, án blódseax (lǽceíren, v. l.) ásette on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 24.

bridels

Grammar
bridels, l. brídels, brigdels,
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Brídils (-els), brigdils bagula, Txts. 44, 127. Brídels, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 60. In brídelse in fraeno, Ps. Srt. 31, 9. Heó genam þæt hors be þám brídelse (brídele, v. l.), Gr. D. 17, 21.

Linked entry: bridel

cwealm-stów

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Voc. ii. 98, 2. Ðá cempan hine ( Jesus gelǽddon ðǽre cwealmstówe þǽr man cwealde sceaðan, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 15. lǽdde Maximus mid óþrum cwellerum þǽre cwealmstówe, Hml. S. 34, 226. ðǽre ealdan cwalmstówe (cwealm-, Cht. E. 290, 29), C.

cennestre

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Seó cyrice is háli þǽre eádigan Godes cennestran, Gr. D. 88, 4. Þæt eádige mǽden his cennestran, Hml. Th. i. 438, 18. Add

fæs

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Heó gehrán fes (fæs, v. l.) his hrægles, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 3. Feasum fimbriis, Ps. Srt. 44, 15. Add

felawyrd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
felawyrd-ness, e; f.

Talkativeness

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Talkativeness Ac byð gif hit gelimpeð se man wyrignesse word ne gecwið his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad. Similar entries v. for-cúþ (3 b) On þám horse þe mihte findan forcúþlocost on þám mynstre, Gr. D. 34, 10

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

fore-stihtung

predestination

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Twyfeald is forestihtung, sam þe gecorenra reste, sam þe wiþercorenra deáþe, ǽgþer mid godcundum dóme ys gedón, Scint. 226, 12-15: An. Ox. 1489: Hml. A. 70, 119. Þurh Godes forestihtunge ne hors ne sylf gewérgod wæs, Hml. S. 30, 35, 310.

ge-neahlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahlíce, adv.
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Take here ge-nehlíce in Dict. and add: constantly, assiduously Mid þý se Godes wer hine geneahlíce ( assidue ) ðreátode and gelómlíce lǽrde, Gr.

Linked entry: ge-nehlíce

ge-rǽdod

Grammar
ge-rǽdod, ge-rǽded.
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Add: Falerato vel fictitio, i. ornato gerǽdod, ge-hyrste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 71. Gerǽdedum falerato, An. Ox. 7. Geréde-gedum ( = gerédedum; this and the preceding one are glosses on Ald. 2, 32), 3, 4.

ge-þǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þǽnan, p. de
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þám þurh þá tóflówennysse þæs streámes beón geþǽnede (-þén-, v. l. ) þá inngeþancas geleáffulra breósta, 94, 22 v. þán, and cf. ge-þawenian

Linked entry: þǽnan

ge-þwǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in agreement, with one accord. of persons heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon: 'Betere áhreddon ús sylfé,' Hml.

glýman

(v.)
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to rage Glimith ( = glýmith? for the vowel cf. rihum= rýhum, 114, 120) sevit, Txts. 115, 125. [cf. N. E. D. gloom; vb., where is quoted M. H. Ger. (13th cent.) ein glúmender hunt a savage dog. In Ld. Gl.

Linked entry: glimith

hám-steall

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On hámstealle in praedium (in praedium ( ánum túne, W. S.) cui nomen Gesemani, Mk. 14, 32. Cf. on þone tún (in tún, L., R.) in villam, Mt. 26, 36), An. Ox. 61, 55. On Coftúne aet þám hámstealle .v. cassatorum, C. D. ii. 167, 28.

grafet

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>grafet, grafett,</b> es; n. An excavation, a trench Of ðám crundele on ðæt lange grauet; of ðám lange grafette, C. D. v. 193, 34.

hind

Grammar
hind, v hynd.
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Seó þridde hind (this seems a mistake for híd. Cf. seó þridde hid æt Dydincotan, 400, 8) æt Dydin*-*cotan . . . Ðonne is ealles dæs landes þreó hída, . n. æt Penedoc and . 1. æt Dydinecotan, C. D. iii. 19, 7-9.

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leóhtian

(v.)
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Lfc. 54. to grow light (cf. leóht; ), to dawn In þá dagunge, þá þá hit ǽrest leóhtode in ipso subsequentis lucis crepusculo, Gr. D. 234, 21. ðæt hit leóhtige usquoque lucescat, Angl. xiii. 398, 474