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býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed [býre an event, a favourable time, an opportunity]
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Lind. War. 10, 13: Mk. Lind. War. 4, 38. Ðe ne býrede him to etanne quem non licebat ei edere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 4

rendan

(v.)
Grammar
rendan, p. de

To rend, tear, cut

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To rend, tear, cut Óðre ða twigu gibégdun ł rendun (rindon, Lind.) ða telge of ðǽm tréum alii frondes caedebant ab arboribus, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 8. Ceorfas ł rendas (hrendas, Lind.) succidite, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 7.

stær

(n.)
Grammar
stær, es; m.
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Lind. 10, 29. Staras (stearas, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

þwang

(n.)
Grammar
þwang, es; m.: e; f.

A thongstrip of leather

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Lind. 6, 9. Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga (ðuongas, Lind.: þwongas, Rush.) búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum ejus, Mk. Skt. 1, 7

Linked entry: þweng

spyrd

(n.)
Grammar
spyrd, es; m.

stadiuma coursea measure of distancea coursea distancestadium

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Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang

ǽniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽniht, [ǽn = án one, -iht adj. termination]

Anythingquicquam

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Lind, War. 11, 49. In mec ne hæfeþ ǽniht in me non habet quicquam, Jn. Rush. War. 14, 30

aldor-dóm

(n.)

a principality

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Lind. Rush. War. 20, 20

be-hlýðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hlýðan, p. de; pp. ed

To depriveprivarespoliare

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To deprive; privare, spoliare Ic sceal heáfodleás behlýðed licgan I must lie deprived of head Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 20; Rä. 15, 10

ell-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
ell-þeódig, -þiódig; adj.

Strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner

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Lind. War. 17, 18: 24, 18

frumþ

(n.)
Grammar
frumþ, es; m: e; f.

A beginningprincĭpium

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A beginning; princĭpium Ic frumþa God fóresceáwode I saw the eternal God [lit. God of beginnings] face to face, Elen. Kmbl. 689; El. 345

frymlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
frymlíc, adj. [frym = frum first]

Primitivefirstprīmĭtīvus

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Primitive, first; prīmĭtīvus Ongunnon hí ðæt apostolíce líf ðære frymlícan cyricean onhýrigean cœpērunt apostŏlĭcam prīmĭtīvæ ecclĕsiæ vītam imĭtāri, Bd. 1, 26; Whelc. 78, 22

Linked entry: frum-líc

in-féran

(v.)
Grammar
in-féran, p. de

To enter

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Lind. 1, 21. Gé in giwinne hiora infoerdun vos in laborem eorum introistis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 38

Linked entry: féran

gers

(n.)
Grammar
gers, es; n.

Grassherba

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Lind. 4, 28

ge-neán

(v.)

to draw near, cleave, adhere

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Lind. 27, 58

Linked entries: -neán ge-néhwian

un-clǽnu

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnu, un-clǽno; f.

Uncleannessimpurity

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Lind. 23, 25. Fulla sint all ł éghuelc unclǽnæ plena sunt omni spurcitia, 27

Linked entry: clǽnu

wóhfulness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhfulness, e ; f.

Wickednessiniquity

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Lind. 22, 18. Wóghfulniso nequitias, Rtl. 122, 16

ge-macian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-macian, p. ode
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To make equal or like (v. ge-mæc, ge-maca), liken, compare. (Cf. ge-lícian ; 2) Gemacade ł gemacað comparat, Lk. p. 5, 13

hýdig

Grammar
hýdig, of hide.
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Cf. pung cassidele (-lic )], Coll. M. 27, 35. Add

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

slihtan

(v.)
Grammar
slihtan, p. te

To smite, slay caedens mactare

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Lind. 4, 9

Linked entries: slæhtan wæl-slihta