býrian
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To happen, pertain to, belong to; evenire, contingere, pertinere ad [v. ge-býrian]: found as v. impers: it pertains to, it concerns, it belongs to, it is lawful; pertinet ad, oportet, licet Ne býreþ to him from scipum non pertinet ad eum de ovibus, Jn
gif
A gift ⬩ grace ⬩ donum ⬩ gratia
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A gift, grace; donum, gratia Hú he his gif cýðde geond woruld how he shewed his grace throughout the world, Andr. Kmbl. 1150; An. 575
forþ-tége
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a-tendan
To set on fire ⬩ kindle ⬩ inflame ⬩ accendere ⬩ incendere ⬩ inflammare
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To set on fire, kindle, inflame; accendere, incendere, inflammare Hí atendon hiora herebeácen they kindled their war-beacons, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 24, col. 1. Hí mid fýre atendan woldan they wished to set it on fire, Chr. 994; Th. 241, 32, col. 2
cwyld
A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades
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A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction; pestis, pestilcntia, clades Boreas ealne ðone cwyld m. aflígþ Boreas [the north wind] drives every plague away, Bd. de nat. rerurn; Wrt. popl. science 18, 9; Lchdm. iii. 276, 7. Cwilde f. flód the flood of
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þríste
Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously
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Boldly, in a good sense, confidently, without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve Hé þríste genéðde on óðre dǽlas, Apstls. Kmbl. 100; Ap. 50. Hé þríste bebeád, ðæt hié his láre, lǽston, Andr. Kmbl. 3303; An. 1654: Elen. Kmbl. 818; El. 409. Ne wæs
neán
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7. Add Míne neán ástyred fét, neán ágoten stæpas
bunden
bound, tied ⬩ bound
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bound, tied;bound, Beo. Th. 3805; B. 1900;
ge-bond
bound ⬩ tied up
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bound, tied up,Bd. 3, 10; S. 543, 23;
searu-sǽled
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Cunningly tied Nelle ic unbunden ǽnigum hýran, nymþe searosǽled (cf. searu, , and searu-bunden), Exon. Th. 406, 12; Rä. 24, 16
for-bindan
To bind or tie up ⬩ allígáre
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To bind or tie up; allígáre Ne forbinden gé ná ðǽm þyrstendum oxum ðone múþe may not tie up the mouth of the thirsting oxen, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 7
níd-gestealla
One who is closely bound to another by the ties of comradeship
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One who is closely bound to another by the ties of comradeship Hié á wǽron æt níða gehwam nýdgesteallan, Beo. Th. 1769; B. 882
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ymb-sǽlan
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to bind round, tie round Sié unbunden (ymbunden, Lind.) ł unsǽled (=ymbsǽled) circumdaretur Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 42
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heáfod-stocc
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum
ymb-lǽr(i)gian
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to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to tie same passage ), Anglia xv. 207, 289. (?)
hyge-bend
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878
cnyccan
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To tie, bind; nectere Oft þrǽl þæne þegen þe ǽr wæs his hláford cniht swýðe fæste, Wlfst. 163, 2. Tó cnuicte (printed -cnutte) adnexuit, Mt. p. 10, 15
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Thirty Þrittig, þrítig triginta, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 17. Grammar þrítig, used substantivally as a neuter. Grammar þrítig, governing a noun in the genitive, when the inflections are gen. -es, dat. -um. Grammar þrítig, alone Ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł.
ár-wiððe
An oar-withe ⬩ a willow band to tie oars with ⬩ struppus
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An oar-withe, a willow band to tie oars with; struppus Árwiððe vel strop struppus, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 117; Wrt. Voc. 56, 37
be-cnyttan
To knot ⬩ bind ⬩ tie ⬩ inclose ⬩ ligare
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To knot, bind or tie, inclose; ligare Ðe seó molde on becnit wæs in which the mould was inclosed, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 29, note