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byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Hé geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add

cemban

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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18.

dolg

(n.)
Grammar
dolg, n. and m. (Hml. S. 20, 67).
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Þú ætýwest þínra honda dolh and þínre sídan and þínra fóta, Angl. xii. 510, 14. a boil, tumour Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ geswell . . . heó gewát of worulde on þám þriddan dæge syððan se dolh wæs geopenod, Hml. S. 20, 67.

ge-týd

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Heó wæs getyddre on þǽre Godes ǽ, Hml. A. 127, 359. On Godes ǽ seó getýdeste fǽmne, 135, 655. Béda, gumena se getyddusta, Angl. viii. 301, 47: 319, 46. Getiddusta, 308, 37. Getyddestum peritissimo, doctissimo, Hpt. Gl. 405, 2

greátnes

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</b> great bulk, swollen form :-- Swilce man siwige áne bytte and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl, þonne heó tóþunden bið, on hire greátnysse, Hml. S. 34, 319

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.
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. :-- Heó ne murnð leóflic leóð tó drýmanne, Angl. viii. 324, 16. <b>III b.</b> Cf. Bt. S. 111, 18, where myrnð is the reading

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, e; f.

The share pubes

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Heo þuruh stihten Isboset adun into schere. Her seið seint Gregorie: 'In inguinem ferire est etc.' Þe ueond þuruh stihð þet scher, A. R. 272, 12-14. Schare pubes, Wrt. Voc. i. 183, 29. The shore le penul, 148, 17. Schere pubes, 246, col. 2.

be-fleón

to fleeto flee fromto flee from

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Heó befleáh þám gesettan gyfte tó Godes cyrican, Gr. D. 199, 15. with prep. Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 39 (in Dict.)

Berhte

(n.)
Grammar
Berhte, an; f.

BerthaBercta

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Ðæt wíf he onféng fram hire yldrum ðære arédnesse, ðæt heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt heó ðone þeáw ðæs cristenan geleáfan, and hire ǽfestnysse, ungewemmedne healdan móste, mid ðý biscop, ðone ðe hí hire to fultume ðæs geleáfan sealdon, ðæs nama wæs Leodheard

Linked entry: Berþa

ge-leáfful

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Of geleáffullan cynne heó wæs ásprungon, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 18. Ꝥ wíf bið gehálgad þurh geleáffulne wer, 15. Se eosel þe Críst on sittan wolde tácnaþ ꝥ geleáffulle folc Judéa ( those of the Jews that believed on him ), Bl. H. 79, 30.

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Ox. 40, 18. to clear, prove innocent of a charge Þá witan gerehton þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian ... and heó ... geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes ( she cleared her father of the charge that he had not repaid the money ), Cht.

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spinto writhetwist

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Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23

Linked entry: spornan

geoc

(n.)
Grammar
geoc, gioc, geoht, góc, ioc, es; n: pl. geocu.

a YOKEjuguma yoke of oxenboum jugum, boves jugo juncticonjux

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We weorpan fram us geoc heora projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 2, 3. Utan aweorpan heora geocu of us projiciamus a nobis juga ipsorum, Ps.

Linked entries: iuc geocboga geoht

weorold-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hláford, es; m.
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Wé lǽraþ þæt Godes þeówas beón geornlíce Gode þeówigende . . . and ðæt hí beón á heora ealdre holde and gehýrsume . . . and ðæt hí beón heora worldhláfordum eác holde and getrýwe, L. Edg. C. 1; Th. ii. 244, 5

ribb

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Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14.

cawl

(n.)
Grammar
cawl, caul, ceawl, ceaul, es; m. A basket; sporta, corbis, cophĭnus = κόφινος
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heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43

be-wépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wépan, p. -weóp, pl. -weópon; pp. -wópen

To weep, weep over, bewailflere, deflere, plorare

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Wyduwan heora nǽron bewópene viduæ eorum non plorabantur, Ps. Lamb. 77, 64: Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 41

Linked entries: be-weópon be-wópen

ge-hywian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hywian, p. ode; pp. od.

to formfashionfingĕreto seempretendsĭmŭlāre

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to form, fashion; fingĕre Se ðe gehywode synderlíce heortan heora qui finxit singillātim corda eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 32, 15. to seem, pretend; sĭmŭlāre Ðeáh ðe hit swá gehywod wǽre though it seemed so, Job Thw. 166, 6.

ge-scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyndan, p. de.

to hastento cause to hasten, to drive

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to hasten Heofon-torht swegl gescyndeþ the heaven-bright sun hastens, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 2; Sch. 74. to cause to hasten, to drive Ða twegen drýmen wurdon gescynde of ðam earde the two wizards were driven from the land, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 8

under-ládteów

(n.)
Grammar
under-ládteów, es; m.

A subordinate ruler

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C.) gesetton ðe hié consulas héton ðæt heora ríce heólde án geár án monn igitur regibus urbe propulsis, Romani consules creaverunt, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 68, 2

Linked entry: lád-teów