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a-beran

(v.)
Grammar
a-beran, p. -bær; pp. -boren.

to bearcarrysufferportareferreto take or carry awaytollereauferre

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Bos. 23, 4. Hí ne mágon nán earfoða aberan they cannot bear any troubles, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1912; An. 958: Ps. Th. 54, 11. to take or carry away; tollere, auferre Abær hine of eowdum sceápa sustulit eam de gregibus ovium, Ps.

Linked entries: a-bær a-biran a-boren

acsian

(v.)
Grammar
acsian, acsigan; p. ode; pp. od

To askask fordemandrogareexpostulateexigere

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Bos. 20, 40. Híg hine acsodon ðæt bigspell they asked him the parable, Mk. Th. 4, 10. Hú mæg ǽnig man acsigan how can any man inquire? Bt. 35. l; Fox 156, 6

a-déman

(v.)
Grammar
a-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To judgeadjudgedoomdeemtryabjudicatedepriveexaminareabjudicarejudicio facto relegare

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deprive; examinare, abjudicare, judicio facto relegare Lícode Gode hire ða hálgan sáule eác swylce mid longre hire líchoman untrymnesse adémde and asodene beón it pleased God that her holy soul should also be tried and seethed with long sickness of her body

fǽringa

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽringa, fǽrincga, fǽrunga, fǽrunge; adv. [fǽr sudden, -inga, -unga adverbial terminations]

Suddenly, quickly, by chancesŭbĭto, repente, forte

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Bos. 13, 36. Fǽrincga fýr wudu byrneþ fire quickly burneth a wood, Ps. Th. 82, 10

Linked entries: fǽrunga féringa

fald

(n.)
Grammar
fald, e; f?

FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stableseptum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum

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Bos. 10, 1: L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 13. Hryðra fald būcētum, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 22; Wrt. Voc. 15, 22; Gen. 18, 7. Scépen steal vel fald bŏvīle, stăbŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 23; Wrt. Voc. 15, 23. Fald oððe hús be wege stăbŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 85, 72

Linked entry: falod

fisc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-cynn, -cinn, es; n.

The fish kindkind of fishespiscium gĕnus

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Bos. 13, 47. God gesceóp ðá ða micelan hwalas and eall libbende fisccinn on heora hiwum then God created the great whales and every living kind of fishes after their kinds, Gen. 1, 21: Ælfc. T. 8, 25

forþ-beran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-beran, he -bereþ, -bireþ; p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren

To bear or carry forthbring forthbring forwardproduceproferreperhĭbēre

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Bos. 1. 8

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive outbanishexpelexpellĕrepropellĕrefŭgāre

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Bos. 24, 18

for-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrégan, fore-wrégan; p. de; pp. ed [wrégan to accuse]

To accuse stronglyvehementer accūsāre

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Bos. 16, 1

Linked entry: fore-wrégan

ge-ærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ærnan, he -ærneþ; p. de; pp. ed.

To runcurrĕreTo run forto gain by runningcursu certārepropalma cursu contendĕre

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To run for, to gain by running; cursu certāre, propalma cursu contendĕre He nimþ ðone læstan dǽl, se nýhst ðæm túne ðæt feoh geærneþ he takes the least part, who nearest the town, gains [by running] the property, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 40

ge-axian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-axian, p. ode; pp. od [acsian to ask]

To find out by askinglearnhearexquīrĕreresciscĕreaudīre

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Bos. 2, 16. Geaxodon ða cynegas audiērunt rēges, Jos. 5, 1 : L. AIf. 49; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. H. Geaxode dómas responsa, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 57, 131; Wrt. Voc. 20, 68

hwelian

(v.)
Grammar
hwelian, p. ode, ede
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Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom as the hard part may turn to matter thereby, and may draw out the mischief, L.

Linked entries: hwelca hwele ge-hweled

hyrdel

(n.)
Grammar
hyrdel, es; m.

A hurdle

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Ðá forlét se cásere ðone hálgan líchaman uppon ðam ísenan hyrdle then the emperor left the holy body [of St. Lawrence] on the iron hurdle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Hyrþil cratem, flecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 45. Hyrdlas crates, 80, 22

Linked entry: hyrthir

blæse

(n.)
Grammar
blæse, blase, an; f.

a BLAZE, flameardor, flammathat which makes a blaze,- A torch, lampfax, facula, lampasfax, lampas

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Bos. 18, 3. Blæsum faculis, Mone B. 3487. Blase lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 54; Wrt. Voc. 26, 53

Linked entries: blysa blase

spáca

(n.)
Grammar
spáca, an; m.

the spoke of a wheelradiusradius, lignum in rota

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Voc. 1. 16, 23: 284, 47: 66, 54. part of the body [= ribb-spácan] Spácan radioli, 65, 21

ge-sýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sýman, -séman. -sǽman; p. de; pp. ed

To load

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Bos. 11, 28. Ðeáh ðe we gesǽmde beón mid ðare berdene ðæs deádlíces líues licet mortalis vitæ pondere pressi, Th. Chart. 317, 3

Linked entry: ge-sǽman

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Him sealde Iustinus áne Crístene bóc . . . Siþþan hé þá geleornod hæfde, Ors. 6, 12; S. 266, 22.

án-wealda

(n.)
Grammar
án-wealda, án-walda, an; m. [án one, sole; wealda, walda a ruler]

The one or sole ruler of a province or of the universea sovereigngovernormagistratea powerqui solus dominaturmonarchadominusgubernatormagistratuspotestas

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Bos. 12, 11

Linked entries: án-walda wealda

eásta

(n.)
Grammar
eásta, an; m.

The eastŏriens

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I; Bos. 18, 29, 31, 33, 39, 45. Be eástan in the east. Bt. Met. Fox 29, 65; Met. 29, 33: Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 9: 894; Erl. 92, 19

eáwunga

(adv.)
Grammar
eáwunga, eáwunge; adv. [eáwan to shew, manifest]

Openly, publicly mănīfeste, pălam, cōram

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Ors. 6, 21; Bos. 123, 29: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 2; Rä. 72, 22. Oððe eáwunga oððe dearnunga either publicly or privately, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270. 5. Eáwunge cōram, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 55