breneþ
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beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð. Substitute = (?) berneþ, bærneþ. v. bærnan, and add
gyru
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Muddy, marshy On heán hangran middeweardne; ðanon on hwítan beorh. . . ðonon úp on gyran torr, C. D. iii. 412, 9. See preceding word
ǽg-moran
Eye-roots ⬩ nervi quibus oculus cum cerebro connectitur
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Eye-roots; nervi quibus oculus cum cerebro connectitur Ðe beóþ on ðan ǽgmoran sára which are sores in the eye-roots, Lchdm. iii. 98, 5
fram-anýdan
To force from or away ⬩ drive away ⬩ repellĕre
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To force from or away, drive away; repellĕre Ða feforas beóþ framanýdde the fevers will be forced away, Herb. 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13
þurh-hǽlan
to heal thoroughly ⬩ persanare
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to heal thoroughly; persanare Ealle ða þincg, ðe on ðæs mannes líchoman tó láðe ácennede beóþ, heó ðurhhǽleþ (þur-, MS. O.), Lchdm. i. 124, 22
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Northward, north Norþeweard, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre the northern part of Norway, where it was narrowest, might be three miles broad to the mountains, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 31.
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under-cyning
A dependent, tributary king ⬩ one who rules under another
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Griffin swór áðas ðæt hé wolde beón Eádwearde kings hold underkingc, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 35. Tiberius hæfde anweald ofer eall Rómána ríce, and him wæs undercyning Heródes, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 8.
beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, 5, 23. ꝥ hé wǽre fram Þám módorlicum beorðrum on ꝥ mynster befæst Hml.
bóc-lic
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Uton þencan, þonne wé þyllic gehýrað, ꝥ wé þe beteran beón þurh þá bóclican láre Hml. S. 28, 120. Se cræft (grammar) is ealra bóclicra cræfta (liberal arts) ordfruma and grundweall, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 289, 13.
fore-mǽre
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Þá federas scealon beón foremǽre on andgite, on þylde, on gesceáde (omnibus rebus excelsi), R. Ben. 137, 25. of things, material On þǽre dúne wæs gefyrn foremǽre templ, Hml. S. 3, 236.
ge-libban
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K. 16. to get by living, to live to do Hé cyng beón sceolde, gif hé hit gelifode he should have been king, if he had lived to do it, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 11. Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11
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or-sorg
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Add Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml, i. 302, 8
wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Þearfan hé lǽrde ðæt hí on lífes wǽdlunge geðyldige beón, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 15. Ne ðú ne wén ná ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.
on-lísan
to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) ⬩ to release, deliver, liberate
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Fram swá myclum cwylmnessum onlýsed beón, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10: 5, 19; S. 639, 42. Onlýsed ðý líchaman solutus corpore, 3, 19; S. 548, 29
sund
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[Heore ( fishes ) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326.] the act of swimming Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sǽnra, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436. Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát he beat you at swimming, 1039; B. 517. Hé mid sunde (cf.
wiga
one who fights ⬩ a (fighting) man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ a noble, strenuous man
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Wigena strengest( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 3091; B. 1543. Hí sendon máran sciphere strengran wihgena mittitur classis prolixior armatorum, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 16. Wigum and wǽpnum, Beo.
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symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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Swefan æfter symble, Beo. Th. 238;B. 119. Symle, 2020;B. 1008. Ðonne árás hé fram ðam symle surgebat a media coena, Bd. 4, 24;S. 597, 7.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Ic hine heardan clammum wríðan þohte I thought to bind him with hard bonds, Beo. Th. 1931; B. 963.
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for-pǽran
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Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme, hú hé ðá sáwle forpǽre, Hml. S. 21, 407. Wé ne mótan ná furðor embe þis (the nature of God) smeágan, gif wé nellað ús sylfe forpǽran (if we do not wish to work our own destruction), 1, 71. Add
grǽdignes
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Th. ii. 280, 16. in an unfavourable sense Ealle flǽsclice grǽdignyssa mid forhæfednysse beóð forcorfene omnes carnales cupiditates abstinentia resecantur, Scint. 55, 4