byrig
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A city; urbs, civitas Hér Cúþa gefeaht wið Brytwalas æt Biedcan forda, and genam Lygeanbyrig and Ægles byrig in this year Cutha fought against the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, and took Lenbury and Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28.
CYND
nature, KIND ⬩ natura ⬩ a sort, gender ⬩ natura, genus
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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS.
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sweord-fetels
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Se cásere heora ǽlces sweordfætelsas hét forceorfan the emperor ordered the sword-belts of each of them to be cut, Ðat swerd on hundtwelftian mancusas and fóur pund silueres on þan fetelse, Chart. Th. 505, 32.
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ge-forewyrdan
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Take here <b>ge-forword</b> in Dict., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4.
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be-swícian
To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from ⬩ evadere, carere
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Ðæt he ðone écan deáþ beswícode ut ipse mortem evaderet æternam, Bd. 3. 23; S. 555, 36 : 2, 12; S. 512, 36. Ðæt heó ðære langan untrumnesse beswícede se infirmitate longa carere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 24.
býdel
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and add: a herald Hé sende bydelas and beád eallum þám here transierunt praecones per castrorum medium et clamare coeperunt, Jos. 3, 2. a beadle, v. Andrews' Old English Manor. pp. 142-3 Bydel gǽð ætforan déman, Hml.
hildan
to bend ⬩ incline
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Take here hyldan in Dict., and add: trans. Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú hí wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá hé helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans.
íg-land
An island
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And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad. And at present there are five languages in this island, Chr. pref; Erl. 3, 1.
ge-dreóg
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. ; (Take here <b>ge-dreóh</b> in Dict.) of animals, gentle, tame; mitis Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr þǽre
ge-witleás
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</b> of persons Gyf hwylc gewytleás man wénð ꝥ hé hine sylfne geworhte, Hml. S. 1, 67. of actions God wolde gewítnian ðá Niniuitiscan for heora gewitleásum dǽdum, Hml. S. 13, 274
ísen
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Hé teáh ꝥ ísen (cf. þás hringan, 66) úp, Hml. S. 21, 69. Hét se kyning lecgan háte ísena under his nacodum fótum, ac arn wæter úp and célde þá ísena, 36, 392
fyrmest
excellent
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Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time Hé tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.
láð-líc
Hateful ⬩ loathsome ⬩ disgusting ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ detestable ⬩ abominable ⬩ horrible
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Hér æfter sint lungenádla láðlícu tácn here follow the unpleasant symptoms of lung disease, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 9. Ða láðlecan obscena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 12
á-dwǽscan
to extinguish fire, light ⬩ to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. ⬩ to put down, suppress, destroy a person
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Ic beóde ðæt hé ðæne unrihtwísan tó rihte gebíge gyf hé mæge; gyf hé ne mæge, ðonne wille ic ðæt hé hine on earde ádwǽsce, oððe út of earde ádrǽfe, Cht. E. 230, 25. Se preóst is ádwǽsced he was killed by a fall Hml. Th. ii. 164, 8.
sundor-weorþung
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Heó (St. Michael's church) nalles on goldes wlite and on seolfres ne scíneþ, ac on sundorweorþunge þurh godcundra mægen heó gewuldrad stondeþ, Sundorweorðunge prerogativam, Wrt. Voc. ii
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CENNAN
to beget, conceive, create, bring forth ⬩ gignere, creare, facere, parere ⬩ to bring forth from the mind , to declare, choose, ascribe, clear, prove ⬩ advocare, confiteri, adscribere, purgare, manifestare
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Cenne he hwanon hit him cóme let him declare whence it came to him, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 14, 21, 22, 23, 25. Gif he cenþ ðæt he hit bohte if he declare that he bought it, L. Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 6.
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be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 16: Chr. 755; P. 48, 12. Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35
self
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Hwæt hé mé self bebeád what he himself bade me, Cd. Th. 34, 10; Gen. 535. Hé his brýde ofslóh self mid sweorde, Met. 9, 31. Gif hé wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan, Blickl. Homl. 43, 11. Hé wæs þridda sylf, Elen. Kmbl. 1707; El. 855: Andr.
ge-brosnung
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L. 15, 10. in a moral sense Heó bútan gebrosnunga wæs geeácnod, and on þǽm cnihtge-beorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode, Bl. H. 3, 17
un-gewitt
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Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add
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