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æt-beran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron

To bear or carry tobring forwardproducebear away or forthafferreproferreefferre

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To bear or carry to, bring forward, produce, bear away or forth; afferre, proferre, efferre Hió Beówulfe medo-ful ætbær she to Beowulf the mead-cup bore, Beo. Th. 1253; B. 624. He wundor manig fór men ætbær he many a wonder produced before men, Cd. 202

Linked entry: æt-bær

bí-libban

(v.)
Grammar
bí-libban, p. -lifde; pp. -lifed, -lifd [bí 1. by, upon, libban to live]

To live by or upon, to be sustained or supportedvesci, sustentari

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To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported; vesci, sustentari Sciððium wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc, ðe by mǽst bílibbaþ it was as agreeable to the Scythians to see [lit. that they saw] man's blood

lícham-lic

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Add: bodily, corporeal, physical or material as opposed to spiritual or immaterial Nán líchamlic gesceaft næfð náne sáwle búton se man ána, Hml. A. 12, 294. Ic eom þurh míne gecynd Hchamlic man and þú eart éce God, 156, 123. Líchamlicere geþeódnesse

Linked entry: lícum-líc

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

bonde-land

(n.)
Grammar
bonde-land, es; n.

Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writingtributaria terra

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Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing; tributaria terra Án abbot, Beonne geháten, lét Cúþbriht ealdorman x bonde-lande [x tributariorum terram, vel terram x manentium] æt Swinesheáfde, mid læswe and

freólíce

(adv.)
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Add: without constraint or reluctance, willingly Þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame, Angl. vii. 40, 451: Cri. 1291. Heó þæt ǽrende onféng freólíce, Hy. 10, 15. without restraint or reserve in regard to speech Ðá unwaran láreówas ne durron

be-hreówsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hreówsian, part. -hreówsigende; ic -hreówsige, ðú -hreówsast, he -hreówsaþ, pl. -hreáwsiaþ; p. ode; pp. od

To repentfeel remorsemake amends or reparationpœniterecompungisatisfacere

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To repent, feel remorse, make amends or reparation; pœnitere, compungi, satisfacere Behreówsian pœnitere Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 22. Behreówsiaþ compungimini Ps. Lamb. 4, 5. Ic behreówsige satisfacio Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 40. Behreówsigende pœnitens

Linked entry: be-riówsian

GÁL

(n.)
Grammar
GÁL, es; n.

Lustwantonnesslightnessfollylascīvialĭbīdoluxŭrialĕvĭtas

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Lust, wantonness, lightness, folly; lascīvia, lĭbīdo, luxŭria, lĕvĭtas Hie hyra gál beswác their folly deceived them, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 21; Gen. 327. Gódes oððe gáles of good or evil, Exon. 23 a; Th, 64, 9; Cri. 1035

gearo-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gearo-wyrdig, gearu-wyrdig; adj.

Ready in wordsspeaking with ease or fluencyeloquentverbis promptusfācundus

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Ready in words, speaking with ease or fluency, eloquent; verbis promptus, fācundus Se wítga song, gearo-wyrdig guma ðæt gyd awræc the prophet sang, the eloquent man recited the lay, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 19; Mód. 51

Linked entries: gearu-wyrdig wyrdig

land-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
land-mearc, e; f.
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Boundary of an estate or of a country Seó landmearce líþ of Terstán upp be Hohtúninga mearce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 5. Londmearce neáh near to the land's boundary, Exon. 75 a; Th. 280, 27; Jul. 635

biscop-seld

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-seld, es; n.

A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal seesedes episcopalis

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[seld a seat, residence] A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see; sedes episcopalis Se cyning sealde him stówe and biscopseld on Lindesfearona eá rex locum sedis episcopalis in insula Lindisfarnensi tribuit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 35

Linked entry: bisceop-seld

biscop-seðel

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-seðel, g. -seðles; n.

A bishop's seat or residencesedes episcopalis

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[seðel a seat] A bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Mellitus féng to ðam biscopseðle Contwara burge cirican Mellitus succeeded to the episcopal residence of Canterbury church; Mellitus sedem Doruvernensis ecclesiæ suscepit, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509

Linked entry: bisceop-seðel

ge-heápod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heápod, part.

Heapedpiled upcoacervātus

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Heaped or piled up; coacervātus Gód gemet, and full, and geheápod, and oferflówende híg syllaþ on eówerne bearm mensūram bŏnam, et confertam, et coagĭtātam, et sŭpereffluentem dăbunt in sĭnum vestrum, Lk. Bos. 6, 38 : Blickl. Homl. 175, 17

seonoþ-stów

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ-stów, e; f.
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A place for a synod or meeting, a place of assembly Sinaþstów conciliabulum, locus sinodalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 19. Geseóþ gé ðæt hé ǽrest tó ðære sinoþstówe ( ad locum synodi ) cymeþ, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 503, 9

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, es; m.
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A steer, young bull, or cow Ðríuuintri steór, steúr prifeta, Txts. 89, 1655: Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 42. Steór anniculus, 10, 41: juvencus, vel vitula, i. 23, 43: laudaris, 287, 61: ludares, ii. 51, 22: ludarius, 113, 24

Linked entries: steóre stiór stýr

þeóf-scolu

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-scolu, e; f.
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A gang or band of thieves Gif ðú wǽre wegférende and hæfdest micel gold on ðé, and ðú ðonne becóme on þeófsceole ( þiófscole, Cott. MS.), ðonne ne wéndest ðú ðé ðínes feores, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 26

þrítig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þrítig-wintre, -wintra; adj.

Thirty years old

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Thirty years old Iósep wæs þrítigwintre triginta annorum erat Joseph, Gen. 41, 46: Lk. Skt. 3, 23: Homl. Th. i. 26, 3. Ðá ðá Crist wæs þrítigwintra ( i-s/>or þrítig wintra), Homl. Th. ii. 38, 25

wyrt-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-cyn, wyrt-cynn, es; n.
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A species of plant or vegetable Ǽghwylc wyrt-cyn omne genus holitorum, i. holerum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 29. Wyrtcynn (wyrta cynn, Rush.) nardus pisticus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3: aloes, 19, 39: unguentum, Ps. Th. 132, 2

dál-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
dál-mǽd, (w)e; f.
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land

felt

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Felt centuclum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 43. Sadol sella, felt mento (a saddle-cloth? cf. sadol-felt pella, 291, 15; or cf. (??) pelltaria, pellis quae a mento bobis pendent, Corp. Gl. H. 91, 276), i. 83, 71. Add