be-fóran
BEFORE ⬩ ante ⬩ coram ⬩ præ ⬩ BEFORE
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BEFORE He oft befóran hine com ante illum venire consueverat Bd. 5, 2 ;S. 614, 42, note Sweord manige gesáwon befóran beorn beran many saw a sword borne before the hero Beo. Th. 2052 ; B. 1024.
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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Ceorfende infindens, Cot. 111
emn
Even, equal, plain, level, just ⬩ æquus, plānus, æqualis
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To emnes over against, opposite; adversus, contra, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 21, 8: 3, 9; Bos. 68, 25: Cod. Dipl. 1102; A.D. 931; Kmbl. v. 194, 32; 195, 2
Linked entry: tó-efnes
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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Rípe yrþe maturam segetem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35, note. ploughed land Cf. on ða foryrþe eástewerde, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 449, 32 where Kemble translates foryrþ 'the land which is first ploughed,' xlii
neát
A neat ⬩ an ox or a cow ⬩ cattle ⬩ beast ⬩ animal
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A neat, an ox or a cow, cattle, beast, animal Gif neát mon gewundige, weorpe ðæt neát tó honda oððe foreþingie, L. Alf. pol. 24; Th. i. 78, 9. Nán neát nyste nǽnne andan tó óðrum, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 10.
ge-wylde
Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion
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Chart. 484, 30: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 120, 19. He ne funde nán máre landes ðe ðiderynn gewylde wǽre ðonne twá hída landes he found no more land belonging thereto than two hides, Th. Chart. 429, 3.
ge-bletsian
To bless ⬩ consecrate ⬩ benedīcĕre ⬩ consecrāre
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Sý gebletsod se ðe com on Drihtenes naman benedictus qui vēnit in nomine Domĭni, Mt. Bos. 21, 9: 23. 39. Ðú gebletsad eart thou art blessed, Cd. 192; Th. 241, 18; Dan. 406: 83; Th. 105, 13; Gen. 1752
ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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Cod. Dipl. iii. 78, 20. He ða gemǽro his rynes gefylde metas sui cursus implevit, Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 25. Eall eorðan gemǽru omnes fines terræ, Ps. Th. 66, 6 : 73, 16.
ge-nip
A mist, cloud, darkness, obscurity ⬩ nĕbŭla, cālīgo, nūbes, tĕnebræ
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Com stefen of ðam genipe vox facta est de nūbe, Lk. Bos. 9, 35. On ðæt genip in nūbem, 9, 34. In ðæt neowle genip into the deep darkness, Cd. 223; Th. 292, 25; Sat. 445: 217; Th. 275, 31; Sat. 180: Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 12; Sch. 79.
searu-cræft
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Þurh diófles searucræft, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 304, 26. Þurh searocræft, Andr. Kmbl. 217; An. 109. Searecræftum argumentis, Hpt. Gl. 471, 27: machinamentis, 478, 54. Bepǽht mid ðæs deófles searocræftum, Homl. Th. i. 192, 17: Exon.
steort
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Start Point in Devon, Start Island in the Orkneys) Andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ on norðeweardum cynges steorte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 9. Of ðæm weall tó steorte, 464, 25. Be gemǽre ðæt on ðone steort; of ðam steort on ða strǽt, 438, 22.
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þyrel
Perforated ⬩ having a hole or holes ⬩ pierced through
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From ðyrelan stáne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 29, 2. On ðone þyrlan stán, iii. 406, 11. Þyrlian, 436, 34. Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on ðyrelne pohchan ( in sacculum pertusum ), Past. 45; Swt. 343, 20.
un-gewiss
Uncertain ⬩ not having knowledge ⬩ ignorant ⬩ not known ⬩ of which there is not certain knowledge ⬩ not conveying certain knowledge ⬩ ignominious
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Ungewiss com se deófol tó Criste, and ungewiss hé eode áweig; for ðan ðe se Hǽlend ne geswutelode ná him his mihte, Homl. Th. i. 176, 9-11.
westan
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From the west, marking the direction of movement Ðæm fultume ðe him westan com, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15. Monige from eástan and westan (weosta, Lind.) cumaþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11. Cymeþ westa (woesta, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 29.
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weorold-cund
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Ðætte gé fore uueoroide sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum, and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum, Cod. Dip.
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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Ger. wintbrant rubigo: Ger. brand blight) Brond, com (? or brand-oom, q. v.) rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34. Possibly the word occurs in the obscure gloss 'Et didit erugini, i. brondegur̄ (=?? brond erugo),' An.
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cíping
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Hé cóm intó þǽre cýpinge þǽr gehwilce men heora ceáp be[ceápod]an, Hml. S. 23, 527. Hí hine átugan tómiddes þǽre cýpinge, 609. v. céping, cýping in Dict. and ceápung: flǽsc-cíping
earn
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D. vi. 282, col. 2.) Þæt feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml. S. 15, 184. Gif þú gesihst earn fleón wíf þín gegrípan, deáð getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 11. Add
eóred
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Hé arn betwux þám eórode middan oð þæt hé tó þám ylfe cóm, 25, 583. Eóroda legionum, Hpt. Gl. 413, 2. Yroda, An. Ox. 11, 24. Eórodum equitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 40: cohortibus, An. Ox. 279. ¶ a chariot ?
mennisc
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Of Japhet cóm þæt norðerne mennisc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 37. Hé lǽrde manepa þæs Engliscan mennisces, Angl. vii. 2, 4. Þá fúlan forligeras þæs fracodostan mennisces Sodomitiscra ðeóda, Hml. S. 13, 191: Ælfc. T.