billere
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a plant name (v. N. E. D., D. D. bilders) Billere bibulta (in a list of plant names), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 29: ii. 11, 58. Billeru, 102, 4. Bilhergas bibultum, 126, 7
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ge-unweorþian
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to dishonour Hí befýlað fracodlíce hí selfe and eác geunwurðiað, Wlfst. 305, 11. ꝥ hé é Se crístendóm weorð geunwurðod syððan, Hml. S. 19, 149. Gé beóð geunwurðode and eác gewítnode, 11, 95
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meter
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Add: versification Meteres cræft metrica ars, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 18. Béda mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Swíþswégum metrum (-e?) heroico exametro, An. Ox. 1437
rimpan
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Take this to ge-hrimpan, and add: [v. N. E. D. rimple.]: <b>Rín.</b> Add:to last passage after eá (in Ríne þǽre eá, Riine þa eae, v. ll. )
bel-flýs
The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE ⬩ the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell ⬩ tympani vellus ⬩ ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus
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The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE, the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell; tympani vellus, i. e. ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus Bel-flýs id est, tympani vellus L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 23
be-hófen
supplied ⬩ provided ⬩ ornatus
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supplied, provided; ornatus Ðætt ealle Godes cyricean sýn wel behófene that all God's churches be well supplied or well provided [with all they have need of] L. Edm. E. 5; Lambd. 58, 7; Wilk. 73, 13
óþ-þingian
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to get from another on unfair conditions Gif hwylc mæssepreóst onfunden biþ ðæt hé ... ǽnige médsceat selþ oððe sealde, for ðí ðe hé wilnige óðres preóstes cyrcean óþþingian, L. E. I. 16 ; Th. ii. 412, 13
blerig
Bald
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Bald Bleri pittel scoricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel soricarius, 63, 8 (cf. bald as an epithet of birds, v. E. D. S. Bird-names). On Ælfstánes ðys blerian gewitnesse, Cht. Th. 174, 7
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dæg-sceald
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Icel. himin-targa the sun) Dægscealdes hleó ( the protection from the sun i. e. the pillar of cloud ) wand ofer wolcnum; hæfde witig God sunnan síðfæt segle ofertolden, swá þá mæstrápas men ne cúdon, Exod. 79
ham-land
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Enclosed pasture land Is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme tó bóclonde swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde ǽgðær ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11
líc-þegnung
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Add: — Ðǽr wæs sumre tide ylding tó gefyllanne þá lícþénunge his bebyrginge (þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan, v. l.) cum mcm esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5. Hé é
ofer-lifa
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Excess in food Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 5. [Þe oferlifa on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhálne, 101, 27, ] Cf. big-leofa
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stǽner
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In l. 1 for stǽrer (stǽnen?) l. stǽner, and at end of l. 2 for Mt. l. Mk. [Cf. staners the small stones and gravel on the margin of a river or lake; stanners the e]
wærcan
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for second passage substitute Wið healswíerce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh ; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7. dele. Cf. Ps. Rdr. 76, 4 Ic worhte exercitatus sum
bréman
celebrated ⬩ To celebrate, solemnise, make famous, have in honour ⬩ celebrare, honorare
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To celebrate, solemnise, make famous, have in honour; celebrare, honorare Ðæt hie ðæt hálige gerýne bréman mǽgen that they may celebrate the holy mystery [i. e. the sacrament ], L. E. I. 4; Th. ii. 404, 27. Á brémende ever celebrating, Exon. 13 a; Th
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beám-telg
Dye of a tree [ink] ⬩ tinctura arborea [atramentum scriptorium]
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Dye of a tree [ink]; tinctura arborea [atramentum scriptorium] Fugles wyn beámtelge swealg the bird's joy [i. e. the pen] swallowed dye of a tree, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 9; Rä. 27, 9
wód-frec
Furiously greedy ⬩ raging ⬩ ravening
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Furiously greedy, raging, ravening Ðæt se wódfreca werewulf (the devil) tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26 ; Th. i. 374, 30. Wódfræca, Wulfst. 191, 16
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cunning
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Substitute: <b>cunning</b> (-ung), e; f. Knowledge Ánum brýdsceamole gifoegedo cunnunga (cf. Cri. 198, given under cunnan) ðá unclǽnlico gifliǽ uni thoro juncta contactus inlicitorum fugat, Rtl. 110, 1
ge-hlyst
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Substitute: <b>ge-hlyst</b>, e; f. Hearing Þæs þe hí ágyltan áþor oþþe þurh gesihþe, oþþe þurh gehlyste ǽniges yfeles þinges, oþþe þurh ídele sprǽce, R. Ben. 128, 2
sǽ-weard
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Add: In a charter granting land in Cornwall the land is freed 'ab omni regali censu excepta expeditione arcisue munimine et uigiliis marinis,' Cht. E. 295. See, too, Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 63