be-wyrcan
surround
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After wool (1. 6) add: cf. non sum setigero lanarum vellere facta (Aldhelm), dele: Hé . . . Jos. 2, 1, and add: to build round, surround Hé þone oxan beworhte mid wuda. Hml. S. 18, 124. Hí bronda láfe wealle beworhton, B. 3162. Lǽmen fæt biwyrcan wudubeámum
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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Substitute: water in motion [? cf. faran; I. 3; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, v. wǽg wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim. The
hoh-full
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Add: careful, that takes care or pains Emhýdi, hohful zelotypus An. Ox. 2277. Hé sí gewordan hohful reddatur de suis ratiociniis sollicitus R. Ben. I. 17, 7. Hohfullum (carefullan, R. Ben. 72, 12) bréðer betǽce þás gímene solicito fratri injungat hanc
on-tendan
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add: to set on fire so as to consume Hê ealle ofslôh mid swurdes ecge and ontende þâ burh, Hml. S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the
nama
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Add: as the individual designation of a single person, animal, place, or thing Mín nama ys Adonai, Ex. 6. 3. Mann wæs fram Gode ásend, þæs nama wæs Ióhannes ( cui nomen erat Johannes ), Jn. 1, 6. Ðæs biscepes tíd and his módor, þǽre noma wæs Sc̃e Anthiæ
be-gán
to go over ⬩ to surround ⬩ occupy ⬩ dwell ⬩ cultivate ⬩ till ⬩ perambulare ⬩ circumdare ⬩ incolere ⬩ habitare ⬩ colere ⬩ to go to ⬩ visit ⬩ attend ⬩ to cherish ⬩ honour ⬩ worship ⬩ obire ⬩ colere ⬩ excolere ⬩ to commit ⬩ exercise ⬩ practise ⬩ observe ⬩ committere ⬩ perficere ⬩ observare
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to go over, to surround, occupy, dwell, cultivate, till; perambulare, circumdare, incolere, habitare, colere Ic férde geónd ðas eorþan and hí be-eóde I walked through [over] the earth, and perambulated it, Job 1, 7; Thw. 164, 16. Se ðe æcer begǽþ he
ofer-hírness
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Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt Ungelimp mid oferhýrnysse Godes beboda geearnod, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 12. But it occurs chiefly as a legal term the disregard of an authoritative enactment or the fine for such disregard, amounting to 120
un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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of persons, not noble, as regards birth Geðence hé simle, sié suá æðele suá unæðele, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 15. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óþre men for eówrum gebyrdum, nú gé nánne ne magon métan unæþelne, ac ealle sint emnæðele, gif gé willaþ ðone fruman sceaft
BEÓD
A table ⬩ mensa
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A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123
Cnobheres burh
Burghcastle, Suffolk; ⬩ Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii
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Burghcastle, Suffolk; Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii Ceaster, seó is nemned on Englisc Cneoferis burh. In his original Latin, Bede says, Castrum, 'quod lingua Anglorum Cnobheres burg, id est, urbs Cnobheri vocatur’ Bd. 3
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cýð-nes
A witness, testimony, testament ⬩ testimonium, testamentum
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A witness, testimony, testament; testimonium, testamentum Sume sǽdon leáse cýðnesse agén hine quidam falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum, Mk. Bos. 14, 57. Cýðnys, 14, 59: Jn. Bos. 3, 32, 33: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 17. Cýðnys testamentum, Ps. Spl. 24,
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eodorcan
To chew, ruminate ⬩ rŭmĭnāre
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To chew, ruminate ; rŭmĭnāre He eall mid hine gemynegode and swá swá clǽne nýten eodorcende [Whelc. oðer cende] in ðæt swéteste leóþ gehwyrfde ipse cuncta rĕmĕmŏrando sēcum et quăsi mundum ănĭmal rūmĭnando in carmen dulcissĭmum convertébat, Bd. 4, 24
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fúlnes
FOULNESS ⬩ impurity ⬩ stench ⬩ fœditas ⬩ sordes ⬩ fætor
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FOULNESS, impurity, stench; fœditas, sordes, fætor Fúlnes [fýlnes. Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 7] eorþan, eal forwisnad foulness of earth, all decayed, Soul Kmbl. 35; Seel. 18. Unarǽfnendlíce fúlnes wæs upp aweallende fætor incompărābĭlis ebulliens ĕrat, Bd
hám-faru
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Forcible entry into a man's house; the same as hám-sócn, q. v. [Trev. hamfare 'Hamsokene oðer Hamfare a rese imade in house, a fray made in an howse, ' ii. 95: Icel. heim-för an inroad.]
heaðorian
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To restrain Se godcunda foreþonc heaðeraþ ealle gesceafta the divine providence restrains all creatures, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 31. Mid þearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse ðara láreówa fore heaðoradon paupertate ac rusticitate sua doctorum arcebant
ing
A meadow ⬩ an ing
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A meadow, an ing [in dialects of north and east, see E. D. S. Reprinted Glossaries, Nos. 2, 15, 16, 17]. The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ing-ham, Ing-thorpe, Ink-set, Ink-pen ; see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306
on-middan
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Amid, in the middle of Onmiddan ðæm hwǽte in medio tritici, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25. Onmiddan ðám þýstrum, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 19. Onmiddan ðære byrig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 609. Ómiddan eówrum sceáfum, Gen. 37, 7. v. á-middan, midde
scip-líðend
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One who goes in a ship Hé cwæð tó ðǽm sciplíðendum . . . ða sciplíðende ðæt gehérende mearcedon ðone dæg, Shrn. 85, 30-86, 2. Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word
stán-geweorc
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc
sundor-setl
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A residence apart, a hermitage:?-Hé ongan wilnian wéstenes and sundersetle[s?]. . . Hé leornode be ðám ancerum ðe on wéstene and on sundorsettlum heora líf leofodon, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 20-24. Hé his fultum tó ðam sundorsetle sóhte, 3; Gdwin. 24, 2