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Anglo-Saxon

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sweorcan

Grammar
sweorcan, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> to grow black :-- Sweorcan and sweartian nigrescere, Chrd. 96, 10. Add

bearu

(n.)

a grove

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a grove, Wrt. Voc. 32, 38

birc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
birc-holt, es; n.

A birch holt or grovebetuletum

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A birch holt or grove; betuletum

seárian

(v.)
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seárian, p. ode
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To grow sear, wither, pine away Eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ, Exon. Th. 311, 9; Seef. 89. His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seáriaþ folium ejus non decidet. Ps.

Linked entry: seár

ge-gréwþ

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gréwþ, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-grówan.

grows

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grows, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27;

ful-þungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ful-þungen, part.

Full grownhighloftycelsus

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Full grown, high, lofty; celsus, R. Ben. 73

eft-gewæxen

(adj.)
Grammar
eft-gewæxen, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Grown again Eftgewæxen barc, Lch. i. 378, 15

un-fortredde

(n.)

not destroyed by treadingknot-grasspolygonum aviculare

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not destroyed by treading; a name given to a plant that can grow in trodden paths, knot-grass; polygonum aviculare Pilogonus et sanguinaria ðæt is unfortredde, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 66. Unfortrædde.

bearuwe

(n.)

with a grove

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with a grove, Bd. 5, 2 ; S. 614, 31

þyng

(n.)
Grammar
þyng, es; m.

Growthprogressprofit

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Growth, progress, profit Mið ðynge proficiendo, Rtl. 83, 40

BEARO

(n.)
Grammar
BEARO, bearu; gen. bearwes; dat. bearwe, bearowe, bearuwe; acc. bearo; pl. nom. acc. bearwas; gen. -wa; dat. -wum; m.

A grovewoodnemuslucussilvavirgultum

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A grove, wood; nemus vel lucus, silva, virgultum Se hálga bearo sette the holy man planted a grove, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 7; Gen. 2840. Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67.

eorþ-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-wæstm, e; f.

Fruit of the earthterræ frux

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Eorþwæstme grówaþ fruits grow, Ps. Th. 103, 12. Wæs seó stów wædla eorþwæstma ĕrat lŏcus frūgis inops, Bd. 4, 28 ; S. 605, 18. On eorþwæstmum genóh þuhte abundance appeared in the fruits of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 12; Met. 8, 6

firen-synn

(n.)
Grammar
firen-synn, e; f.
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Gross sin Fyrnsynna fruma (the devil), Jul. 347

palm-bearu

(n.)
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a palm-grove Palmbearwes palmeti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 77

BET

(adv.)
Grammar
BET, bett; [? from bet well; comp. betor better? contracted to bet; sup. betost contracted to betst, q. v.]

BETTERmelius

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Ðæt se hwǽte mǽge ðý bet weaxan that the wheat may grow the better, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 24. Hwonne his horse bett wurde till his horse should be better, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34

Linked entries: a-bet bett

leóhtian

(v.)
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Lfc. 54. to grow light (cf. leóht; ), to dawn In þá dagunge, þá þá hit ǽrest leóhtode in ipso subsequentis lucis crepusculo, Gr. D. 234, 21. Oð ðæt hit leóhtige usquoque lucescat, Angl. xiii. 398, 474

sicet

(n.)
Grammar
sicet, sicett, es; n.
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A sigh, groan On siccetum in gemitibus, Ps. Lamb. 30, 10

lesca

(n.)
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the groin Lesca inguen. Txts. 110, 1181: Hpt. 33, 244, I

ge-þogen

(v.; part.)

grown up

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grown up, Homl. Th. ii. 38, 9 pp. of ge-þeón

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to bewail.
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Groeto (greóto (?), gréto (?)) mereo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 83. Add