beám
a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light
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. . . fram earnes beáme, C. D. ii. 73, 25. Dúnstán ána ætstód uppon ánum beáme (in uno de laquearibus), Chr. 978; P. 123, 3. Se leóma wæs swilce ormǽte beám, 1106; P. 240, 21. Heora earmas wǽron swá ormǽte beámas, Hml. S. 4, 288.
Baroc-scír
The bare oak shire ⬩ BERKSHIRE
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The bare oak shire or BERKSHIRE, so called from a polled oak in Windsor forest, where public meetings were held, Brompt. p. 801. It was most commonly written by the Anglo-Saxons-Barruc, Bearruc, and Bearwucscíre, Chr. 860; Th. 130, 3
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eád-gifu
Blessed grace, gift of blessedness ⬩ beāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum
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Blessed grace, gift of blessedness; beāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum Ðæt ðú me ne lǽte of lofe hweorfan ðínre eádgife that thou let me not turn from the praise of thy blessed grace, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 2; Jul. 276
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friþ-borh
A peace or frank-pledge ⬩ peace-surety ⬩ pācis fidejussio
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A peace or frank-pledge, peace-surety; pācis fidejussio, L. Ed. C. 20; Th. i. 450, 24, 29; 451, 2, 4, 7: 21; Th. i. 451, 19, 20: 28; Th. i. 454, 18, 22. v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 87
fróuer
Comfort ⬩ consōlātio
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Comfort; consōlātio On ðisum geáre sé árwurþa muneca feder and fróuer, Landfranc arcebisceop, gewát of ðissum lífe in this year [A.D. 1089] the venerable father and comfort of monks, archbishop Lanfranc, departed from this life, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226,
hwínan
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To make a whistling, whizzing sound [as an arrow, etc. in its flight] Ful oft of ðam heápe hwínende fleág, giellende gár full oft from that band flew whistling the shrieking javelin, Exon. 86 b; Th. 326, 12; Víd. 127
níd-bád
An exaction ⬩ a due ⬩ toll
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An exaction, a due, toll Ic Æðelbald Myrcna cincg wæs beden from bisceope Milréde ðæt ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, Chart. Th. 28, 25 : 29, 8. Hé nymeþ nýdbáde he (Grendel) takes toll, Beo. Th. 1200; B. 598
bi-sweðian
To bind, wind round, inwrap ⬩ ligare, involvere
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Sibbum bisweðede, sorgum biwerede inwrapt in peace, from cares protected, Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 19; Cri. 1644
scín-lǽc
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Álésedo from ǽlcum ongifeht scínelácum libera ab omni inpugnatione fantasmatica, Rtl. 98, 26. v. preceding words
wiþer-cirr
A going against ⬩ resistance
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A going against, resistance Ic gehýned eom, fáh and freóndleás; ic findan ne can wiðercyrr wið ðan of ðam wearhtreafum I am humiliated, proscribed and friendless; against this I can devise no resistance from hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1849; El. 926
frecnes
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Substitute: frec-ness, e; f. Greediness, gluttony, voracity Frecnis glus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 78. Frecnes, 40, 74. Frecnesse ingluviae, 44, 27. Of gífre frecinesse (frecennesse, Angl. xiii. 32, 119) gulosa ingluuies, An. Ox. 4, 38.
ge-drif
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Substitute: <b>ge-árif</b> fever Hál from ridesohte ł gedrif, Mk. R. l, 31. Wið gedrif, nim snægl, and áfeorma hine, and nim ꝥ clǽne fám ; mengc wiþ wífes meolc, syle þicgan. Lch. iii. 70, 3
geweald-leþer
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Þá gewealdleþeru onlǽtan þára brídla frena, remittere, 11, 75. Add
ge-weaxness
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Increase; interest on money, usury Se sláwa þeów þone onfangenan talent from his hláforde bútan geweaxnysse (cf. mid þám gafole cum usura, Mt. 25, 27; mid gestreóne cum usuris, Lk. 19, 23) áhýdde on eorþan, Hml. S. 23 b, 15
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Gallisc
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Hiora anlícnessa ne mehton from Galliscum fýre for-bærnede weorþan, 2, 8 ; S. 94, 14. Add
tó-settan
To set things apart from one another, ⬩ to dispose ⬩ disponere
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To set things apart from one another, to dispose; disponere Se ðe tósetteþ ł gestiht spǽca his on dóme qui disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Lamb. 111, 5 : Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. 111, 5. Tósette disposuit, 83, 6 : 104, 8
tó-swífan
to move off in different directions
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to move off in different directions Ǽghwilc óþer útan ymbclyppeþ, ðý læs hí tóswífen each from without embraces other, lest they take their separate courses, Met. 11, 36. v. Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11 Similar entries in tó-slúpan, I
a-ferscean
To freshen ⬩ to become fresh ⬩ salsuginem deponere
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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18
bealo-níþ
Baleful malice ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ pravum vel perniciosum studium ⬩ pernicies ⬩ calamitas
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Bebeorh ðé ðone bealoníþ keep from thee that baleful evil, Beo. Th. 3520; B. 1758
Finn
Fin
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Be Finnes eaferum in Fres-wæle of Fin's offspring in Friesland, Beo. Th. 2140; B. 1068
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