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bildu

(n.)
Grammar
bildu, (-o); indecl.: bild, e; f.

Boldnessconfidence

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Boldness, confidence Ðæt ne weaxe ungemetlico beldo (praecipitatio), and swá ðrycce ðá belde ... Past. 455, 21. Bielde constantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 58. Bældo temeritate, Mt. p. 9, 4. Mid hwylcre byldu mæg ic gán Godes temple?, Hml.

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be-lǽfan

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, to leave, be survived by bearn ne belǽfð, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20. to leave unconsumed, un-done, to spare ne belǽfde náne láte cuce non dimiserunt ullas reliquias, Jos. 10, 28. Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde, Hml.

ceác

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Gedó on ceác fulne wínes (cf. ceác-full), Lch. ii. 30, 23. [Cf. (?) N. E. D. keach to ladle out.] Add

camp

(n.)
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a field (?) Þis synt þá denbára . , . gelecan camp, C. D. ii. 216, 6. Wæst rocggan campæs geatæ, v. 255, 32. wígan campe, 313, 10: vi. 67, 9. On todan camp; of todan campe, iii. 425, 27. [O. L. Ger. kamp an enclosure, field: O.

cíne

Grammar
cíne, l. cine (-u), take here passage in Dict. under cínu,
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and add: a chink, crack Cinena rimarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 5. Cinum rimis, An. Ox. 26, 11. Geoniendum þám cinum se sǽ eóde inn rimis patentibus intravit mare, Gr. D. 248, 27. Cinan rimas, Germ. 399, 307.

creópan

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Add: of reptiles Eall ðæt onand on eáuum crýpð, Hex. 14, 8. Nǽddran crupon on hús, Shrn. 152, 28. Wurmas crupon cuce of his líce, Hml.

feónd-scipe

(n.)
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Þæs lǽþþu and feóndscipe forðweox þon swíðe cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, Gr. D. 158, 27. wǽron ealle swá on ánum freóndscype swá on ánum feóndscype that we should all be united alike in friendship and in enmity, Ll. Th. i. 234, 22.

feormian

(v.)

to cleanseto furbish

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to cleanse. Add: to clean a place þe on Sunnan*-*dæge his hús feormað, Wlfst. 212, 26. Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on , Lch. i. 100, 3.

fore-stæppan

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forestóp on heofenan ríce, Hml. Th. i. 50, 3. Forestópun grynu deáþes praeoccupauernut me laquei mortis, Ps. L. 17, 6. Forestæpe hine praeueni eum, 16, 13. Steorran folgiende forestæppendne stellam sequentes previam, Hy. S. 51, 36.

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for-gitan

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On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett (-git, v. l.) his selfes, Past. 35, 6. Hit forgiteð his ágenes gódes, Gr. D. 6, 11. Heó forgeat heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34.

for-þryccan

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and gebundene, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 22. to close up an opening Þá tóslitenan wunda heó forþrycceþ, Lch. i. 356, 15. Múð his forðrycca (-ðrycga, L., dyttan, W. S. opprimere ), Lk. R. 11, 53

ge-blinnan

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Add geblunnan desivimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 23. to cease from action that has been continuous bideþ þæs écan leóhtes, and ne geblinneb, Bl. H. 17, 35. Geblanu <b></b> wind cessavit ventus, Mt. L. 14, 32: Lk. L. 8, 24.

ge-lútan

(v.)
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Add: of movement. intrans. To bend the body Þá lócode þǽr geloten and gebíged in þone ofn in clibanum incurvatus aspexit, Gr. D. 251, 26. trans.

ge-lystan

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Add: with acc. of person, and gen. of thing desired gelyst ǽlces ýdeles, R. Ben. 136, 22. Þa gelyste þǽre deóglan stówe þe ic ǽr on wæs in mynstre; seó is þǽre gnornunge freónd secretum locum petii amicum moeroris, Gr. D. 3, 10.

ge-nesan

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Þú ðysne níð genesan móte, Lch. iii. 52, 17. to avoid an evil in which one might become involved Þ þurh þá ælmessan þá écan tintrega magon genesan, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 22. Cf. ge-nerian

ge-feormian

(v.)
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Take separate from and and to these add: to entertain as a guest, v. feormian ; Se Godes wer þe Quadragesimus þǽr gefeormode (-ferm-, v.l.) vir Dei qui receptus hospitio fuerat, Gr.

gúþ-fana

(n.)
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Add: and <b>gúp-fan,</b> es; n. (?) a flag, pennon (Constantine) mearcode on his gúðfanan hálig róde tácn, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 15. Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23.

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste fǽringa hwǽr ; seax cóm þe ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]

heald

inclinedinclined to

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healdan gráfe, v. 212, 4. On ðone heáldan weg, ii. 29, 5. On ðá healdan stíge, iii. 462, 11. figurative. inclined to ǽlc gesceaft bið heald onlocen (-loten?)

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stonerock

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A stone, rock Þám strengestan(-e, MS.) stáne, healle robustissim petre (cf. Mt. 7, 24), An. Ox. 4111. ¶ in place names, as the name of a person. Cf.Icel. Hallr: In halles burge, C. D. iii. 377, 24. Heallingwara mearc wið Halles meres, 400, 27.