a-berstan
To burst ⬩ break ⬩ to be broken ⬩ perfringi
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To burst, break, to be broken; perfringi
basuian
To be clad in purple ⬩ purpura vestiri
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To be clad in purple; purpura vestiri
ge-mimorlíce
By heart ⬩ memoriter
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By heart; memoriter, R. Ben. Inter. 13
Linked entry: -mimorlíce
on-drysnu
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might be pl. neut. Cf. ge-risene
ge-sciftan
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</b> to regulate a measure, weight, &c. :-- Ne beó ǽnig metegyrd lengre þonne óðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ǽlc gemet and ǽghwilc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 5-8
Linked entry: ge-scyftan
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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[Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive fire. If mánbryne be taken perhaps an incendiary fire is meant.]
Linked entry: mán-bryne
un-deáþlíc
Immortal
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MS.) and éce, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 33
Linked entry: un-deádlíc
un-æþelboren
Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth
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Not nobly born, not of noble birth Gif se æþelborena ðone unæþelborenan oferþýhð, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum ðonne se unæþelborena, R. Ben. 12, 15-17.
Linked entry: æþel-boren
wær-word
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso.
ofesc
A border
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Ǽrest of Seferne be hígna gemǽre ... and swá be ðære alra ofesce along the border of elders? on ða neówan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 11
byþ
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is, shall be, Mt. Bos. 5, 14
calian
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To be or become cold; algere, frigescere
byrgan
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to save. v. be-byrg(e)an
mæssian
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This should be placed after mæsse-wín
nígan
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Perhaps swígende should be read for nígende
ge-sýclian
to be infirm,
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to be infirm, Jn. Bos. 4, 46
mynecenu
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Bysn be sumere mynecyne, 546, 26. Gif hwá mynecene, ðe Godes brýd biþ geháten, him tó wífe nimþ, beó heó ámánsumad, L. Ecg. P. ii. 19; Th. ii. 188, 21. Godes þeówas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 26.
hǽs
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Seó menigo háligra sáula mid Drilitnes hǽse wǽron of þǽm cwicsúslum áhafena, Bl. H. 87, 18. Be hyre ágenum cyre, ná geneádod mid nánre hǽse, Hml. A. 32, 204.
deáþ
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</b> state after death of those not in heaven :-- Genere mé (Eve in hell ) of þysses deáþes bendum, Bl. H. 89, 24. Tó þon écan deáþe, 61, 8. cause or occasion of death (as in to be the death of a person) Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, Bl.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Ptolomeas wrát ealles ðises middangeardes gemet on ánre béc, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 6. where many persons assent to a written statement,to write, get a thing written Hí on heora sinoþe ðus writon be him. Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 39.