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un-boht

(adj.)

unboughtfree

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Lind. 10, 8. Sacleás ł unsynnig ł unbocht gratis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 25

Linked entry: un-ceáped

ymb-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wærlan, p. de
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Lind. 7, 44, 9. Ymbwærlde (-wælde, Lind.), Rush. 9, 55

becca

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Ligo becca vel palus, vel fustis, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 15. Becca ligo, 84, 67. v. beck in N. E. D. Add:

scot-lira

Grammar
scot-lira, l.
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-líra

hræd

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Cf. hræd-lic; Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge, nǽre hit langsum; for ðan swá hwæt swá geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd, Hml. Th. i. 618, 28.

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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</b> of land, to lie :-- ꝥ land búeð oð Méda ríce subjacet regionibus Medorum, Nar. 34, 11. Heora landgemǽre búað neáh þám gársecge, 38, 20. trans. To inhabit, occupy (and cultivate land), possess Líf éce hé býeð ( possidebit ), Mt.

sunor

(n.)
Grammar
sunor, (-er), e; f. A herd of swine, a sounder ('That men calleth a trip of a tame swyn is called of wylde swyn a soundre; that is to say, ȝif ther be passyd v. or vi. togedres.'—Halliwell's Dict.)
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Lind. 8, 32, 33

Linked entry: suner

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Ia. in conjunction with óðóðer :-- Hí woldon óðer twega, líf forlǽtan oððe leófne gewercan, Byrht. Th. 137, 59; By. 207; Wald. 1, 16. oððe...oððe...either. ..or Oðða (oððe, MS.

Linked entry: eðða

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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as if from -felan). to adhere, cleave (lit. and fig.) Ætfileð adhereat, Ps. Srt. 136, 6. Ætfalh adhesit, 43, 25: 62, 9. Ætfélun (-fulgon), Ps. Spl. C.) adheserunt, 24, 21.

brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
brǽdan, brédan; to brǽdanne, brédanne; part. brǽdende; he brǽdeþ, brǽd; p. brǽdde, pl. brǽddon; pp. brǽded, brǽdd, brǽd [brád
broad; latus
].

broadlatusTo make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch outdilatare, propalare, expandereTo be extended or developed, grow or rise up;dilatari, adolescere

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Se cyning his handa wæs uppweardes brǽdende wið ðæs heofones the king stretched [lit. was stretching] out his hands upwards towards heaven, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 36. v. intrans.

hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie with, have intercourse with, to marryconcumbere, coire, nubere

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Gif hwylc man wið óðres riht-ǽwe hǽmþ if any man lie with the lawful wife of another, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21. Hé hǽmþ unrihtlíce he commits adultery, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16.

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORTbalm mintsweet flagapiastrumacorus calamus

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BEE-WORT, balm mint, sweet flag; apiastrum, acorus = άκoρos, acorus calamus, Lin Beówyrt apiastrum, Cot. 12 : Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 55; Wrt. Voc. 30, 9.

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

cwician

(v.)
Grammar
cwician, cwycian, cucian; p.ode, ade; pp. od , ad [cwic alive, quick] .

To come to life, QUICKEN vīvĕre et spīrāre To make alive, OUICKENvivificare

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To come to life, QUICKEN ; vīvĕre et spīrāre Wǽron ða leoma cwiciende the limbs were quickening, Greg. Dial. 4, 36. Smire mid ða sáran limu, hie cwiciaþ sóna smear the sore limbs therewith, they will soon quicken, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 25.

Linked entries: cwycian cucian

fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
fúlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. n.

To become foulputrefyrotdecayputrescĕrecomputrescĕrecorrumpi

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computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a tribe that can produce cold; and, therefore, the dead men lie

Linked entries: a-fúlian fýlan

FYRS

(n.)
Grammar
FYRS, es; m.

FURZEfurze-bushesgenistarhamnusulex eurōpæus

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FURZE, furze-bushes; genista, rhamnus, ulex eurōpæus, Lin Fyrs rhamnus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 21. Fyrses berian arciotidas [ = ἀρκευθίδες juniper-berries ], Glos. Brux. Recd. 43, 15; Wrt. Voc. 69, 30.

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?)few

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ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth Noah had an everlasting remnant (one from which an endless line of descendants would come), an original pair, father and mother, of every one of the offspring-producers, few in number, (

ge-hreówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreówan, p. -hreáw, pl. -hruwon; pp. -hrowen

To ruerepentgrievepitypœniteredoleremiserere

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Mec æt heortan gehreáw I repented at heart [lit. it repented me at heart ], Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 18; Cri. 1494 : Cd. 221; Th. 288, 2; Sat. 374

scotung

(n.)
Grammar
scotung, e; f.
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shooting Wunda ðe ða wælhreówan hǽðenan mid gelómre scotunge on his líce macodon, Th. An. 123, 33. what is shot, a missile Hí synt scotunga oððe flána ipsi sunt jacula, Ps. Lamb. 54, 22. Sceotunga, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 24.

Linked entry: sceotung

swǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽrness, (swár-), e; f.
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heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight, v. swǽr, Hwí settest ðú ðises folces swárnysse ( pondus ) uppan mé? Num. 11, 11.

þurstig

(adj.)
Grammar
þurstig, adj.

Thirsty

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Thirsty (lit. and fig.) Hé sylfa þursti wæs ipse sitiens, Nar. 8, 4. Þurstig wyll bibulus fons, Scint. 13, 12. Swá swylgþ seó gítsung ða dreósendan welan, for ðam hió hiora simle biþ ðurstegu, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 14.

Linked entry: þyrstig