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BÆR

(adj.)
Grammar
BÆR, g. m. n. bares; f. bærre: d. barum: acc. bærne: pl. nom. baru; acc. bare; dat. barum; def. se bara; seó, ðæt bare; adj.

BAREnakedopennudus

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BARE, naked, open; nudus On bær líc on the bare body, Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 7; Rä. 66, 4. On barum sondum on bare sands, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 24.

Linked entry: bare

feorh-lást

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lást, es; m.

A life-stepstep taken to preserve one's lifeflightvītæ vestīgiumgressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātusfŭga

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A life-step, step taken to preserve one's life, flight; vītæ vestīgium, gressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātus, fŭga He onweg ðanon on nicera mere, fǽge and geflýmed, feorhlástas bær he bore his life-steps away thence to the monsters' mere, death-doomed and

hefig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-líc, adj.

Grievoustroublesome

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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be anywhere troubled with inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8

ge-myndelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-myndelíce, adv.

By memory, without bookmĕmŏrĭter, sĭne libro

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By memory, without book; mĕmŏrĭter, sĭne libro Lǽraþ ðisne cantic Israéla bearn, ðæt híg hine gemyndelíce singon, and sí me to tácne ðis leóþ gemang Israéla folce cantĭcum istud dŏcēte fĭlios Israel, ut mĕmŏrĭter tĕneant et ore decantent, et sit mihi

styreness

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D. 74, 2. add: stirring, shaking of an inanimate body Tó þon ꝥ ús for þæs treówes styrenesse (concussione) wǽre ege æteówed, Gr. D. 191, 9

slíþ-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþ-heard, adj.

Excessively hard very fierce, savage very hard, cruel

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Excessively hard of living things, very fierce, savage Slíþherde deór (the boar and the bear) Exon. Th. 344, 22; Gn.

ge-þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þryccan, -þrycgan; p. -þrýde

To presscompressbind a book[?]restrainexpresspremerecomprimereexprimereoperire

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To press, compress, bind a book[?], restrain, express; premere, comprimere, exprimere, operire Óðer ge-þrýde ł awrát alius expressit, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 6. Eþiluald hit úta giþrýde Ethewold bound[?] it, Jn. Skt. p. 188, 3. See note, p. viii.

Linked entry: ge-þrýde

magan

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Hé wæs smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme. Ll.

hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
hliþ, es; n.

A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill

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Th. 3789; B. 1892: Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 28; Bo. 22. Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5.

Linked entry: hleoðo

æfter-genga

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-genga, an; m. [genga goer]

One who goes or follows aftera followersuccessorposthumus

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One who goes or follows after, a follower; successor, posthumus Æftergenga posthumus, æfter boren, se ðe biþ geboren æfter bebyrgedum fæder one who is born after the father has been buried, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 32.

Linked entry: -genga

fyrd-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-rinc, ferd-rinc, es; m.

A man of armswarriorsoldierbellātormīles

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Fyrdrincas frome bold soldiers, Elen. Kmbl. 521; El. 261. Se com fyrdrinca fruman grétan who came to greet the chief of warriors, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 1; Gen. 2104

síþ-from

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ-from, adj.
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Good at travelling, bold in journeying Síþfrome, searwum gearwe, wígend ( Beowulf and his men when ready for their homeward voyage ), Beo. Th. 3630 ; B. 1813 : Andr. Kmbl. 493 ; An. 247. Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls.

ge-bétan

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Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26. (β 3) by adverb or phrase :-- . ii. bóte gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 4, 2. Gebéte hé ꝥ be þǽm þe seó dǽd sý, swá be were, swá be wíte, 168, 5.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, alone Ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte (cf. in next line: Ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte), L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28. Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30.

FÓDA

(n.)
Grammar
FÓDA, an; m.

FOODnourishmentălĭmentum

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FOOD, nourishment; ălĭmentum On ðære óðre fléringe wæs ðæra nýtena fóda gelogod on the second flooring [of the ark] the food of the cattle was placed, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 8. Fóda fýres, holt food of fire, wood, Scint. 12.

Linked entry: FÓSTER

ge-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorg, -beorh, -berg; gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n. [ge-, and beorg a protection, refuge]

A defenceprotectionsafetyrefugepræsĭdiumrefŭgiumtutāmentuĭtio

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A defence, protection, safety, refuge; præsĭdium, refŭgium, tutāmen, tuĭtio Leófsunu ahóf bord to gebeorge Leofsunu raised up his buckler for defence, Byrht. Th. 138, 64; By. 245 : 135, 40; By. 131.

be-hamelian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hamelian, p. ode
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Hí áxodon hwæðer hé etan wolde ǽr ðan þe hé behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 127. v. hamelian in Dict

Linked entry: hamelian

ge-síþ

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A body of followers, retinue Hé earfoða dreág, hæfde him tó gesíððe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, Deór. 3

lár-cræft

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In l. 1 after hæbbe add bóca onbyrged, in l. 2 after onlocen add Libia and Gréca, and add: knowledge acquired by study, erudition Tó rǽdingum . . . geǽmtigion hí silfe . . . and eác tó drihtlicum lárum and tó mænigfealdum lárcræftum lectioni . . . uacent

scencan

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Eustachius gelǽdde hí intó his gesthúse, and út gangende bohte him wín and him scencte for heora micclan geswince, Hml. S. 30, 259.