BELLAN
To BELLOW ⬩ to make a hollow noise ⬩ to roar ⬩ bark ⬩ grunt ⬩ boare ⬩ latrare ⬩ grunnire
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To BELLOW, to make a hollow noise, to roar, bark, grunt; boare, latrare, grunnire Bearg bellende a roaring [grunting] boar Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 10; Rä. 41, 106
fót-bred
A foot-board ⬩ stirrup ⬩ tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt ⬩ astrăba
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A foot-board, stirrup; tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt, astrăba [q. v. in Du Cange] Fótbred [MS. fótbret] astrăba, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 67; Wrt. Voc. 16, 40
Linked entry: bred
ánfealdnes
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Ðæt hié geícen ðá gód hira ánfealdnesse mid wærscipe ut simplicitatis bono prudentiam adjungant, 237, 16.. —
ge-twancg
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(In both cases the passage glossed is Ald. 21, 22.)
Bryten-lond
The land of Britain ⬩ Britanniæ terra
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The land of Britain; Britanniæ terra Maximus, se cásere, wæs on Bryten-londe geboren Maximus, the emperor, was born in the land of Britain, Chr. 381; Ing. 11. 9
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Ǽr hé hæbbe godcunde bóte underfangen and wið ðá mǽgðe on bóte befangen (set his hand to the work of making bót to the kin). Ll. Th. i. 248, 25
æsc-man
A ship-man ⬩ sailor ⬩ pirate ⬩ nauta ⬩ pirata
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A ship-man, sailor, and hence a pirate; nauta, pirata Ǽgþer ge æscmanna ge óðerra both of the ship-men and of the others, Chr. 921; Th. 195, 15: Cot. 155
be-seóþan
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to boil away, reduce by boiling Wæter besoden oþ þone þriddan dǽl, Lch. ii. 188, 16. Seóþ þú hyt swá swíðe þat se þridda[n]-dǽl beó besodan, iii. 92, 19
healseta
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27
fǽge
fey ⬩ damned
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Add: doomed to death, fey Þonne ꝥ wíf seó mid bearne . . . cweþe heó: ' Ic gonge . . . mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan (with one that will be born alive, not with one that is to be still-born), Lch. iii. 66, 30
a-wæcnan
To awake ⬩ rise up ⬩ be born ⬩ evigilare ⬩ suscitari ⬩ nasci
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To awake, rise up, be born; evigilare, suscitari, nasci Nú is ðæt bearn cymen, awæcned now is that child come, risen up, Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 9; Cri. 67
Linked entry: wæcnan
ǽ-fægred
disfigured
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disfigured Ǽfæ(g)rede larbatos [cf. hreófe larbatos (the passage is the same in both glosses), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 64; se unfægera larbata (facies ), 95, 68], An. Ox. 4936
Linked entry: ge-fǽrede
ǽht-boren
Slave-born.
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Slave-born. Similar entries v. ǽht, I d, and þeów-boren Ná ðá áne ðe freó synt, ac gyt má ðe ǽhtborene ex conditione servili synt, R. Ben. 138, 20
heáh-stefn
Having a high stem or prow
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Having a high stem or prow Heáhstefn naca the high-prowed boat, Andr. Kmbl. 532; An. 266. Heáhstefn scipu high prowed ships, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 2; Wal. 13
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Týle
Thule
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Boet. 3, 5. This form is used also in Trevisa, i. 325) ultima Thule, Met. 16, 15
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stæl-giest
A thievish guest
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A thievish guest (of an insect eating a book) Þeóf in þýstro ... stælgiest ne wæs wihte ðý gleáwra ðe hé ðám wordum swealg, Exon. Th. 432, 13; Rä. 48, 5
ǽw-fæst
firm in observing the law ⬩ religious ⬩ bound by the law ⬩ married ⬩ religiosus ⬩ vinculo nuptiarum constrictus
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firm in observing the law, religious, bound by the law, married; religiosus, vinculo nuptiarum constrictus Ǽwfæst religiosus, Scint. 28. Ǽwfæst man a married man, L. C. S. 51; Th. i. 404, 21
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fæderen-healf
The father's side ⬩ păterna pars
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The father's side; păterna pars Hira nán næs on fædrenhealfe togeboren, búton him ánum none of them on the paternal side was born thereto, except him alone, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 5
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frum-tíhtle
A first accusation ⬩ first charge ⬩ prīma accūsātio ⬩ prīma calumnĭa
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A first accusation, first charge; prīma accūsātio, prīma calumnĭa Ðæt he borh næbbe æt frumtýhtlan that he have no surety at the first accusation, L. C. S. 35; Th. i. 396, 24
be-weallan
To boil away ⬩ decoquere
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To boil away; decoquere Óþ-ðæt þrydda dǽl sý beweallen till the third part be boiled away, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 328, 17 : 8, 10; Lchdm. i. 360, 1