ge-þreodian
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To determine, resolve Forneáh hé geþreodode ꝥ hé forlét (þóhte tó forlǽtenne, v. l.) ꝥ wésten ut pene deserere eremum diliberaret, Gr. D. 101, 7
Bricg-stów
- Flor
- Hunt
- Sim. Dun
- Hovd
- Kni
a bridge ⬩ a place ⬩ BRISTOL in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire ⬩ Bristova in finibus agrorum Glocestriensis et Somersetensis
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BRISTOL in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire; Bristova in finibus agrorum Glocestriensis et Somersetensis Híg férdon to Bricgstówe they went to Bristol, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 18
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hlæder-wyrt
Ladder-wort, ⬩ ladder to heaven, ⬩ Jacob's ladder; ⬩ polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum
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Ladder-wort, ladder to heaven, Jacob's ladder; polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum [v. E. D. S. No. 26, 'ladder to heaven'], Lchdm. iii. 8, 25
hlýrian
to puff out the cheeks as in blowing a trumpet, ⬩ to blow [a trumpet]
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to puff out the cheeks as in blowing a trumpet, to blow [a trumpet] Býmaþ ł hlýriaþ mid býman buccinate tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4
BÆC
BACK ⬩ dorsum ⬩ tergum
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BACK; dorsum, tergum [dorsum is opposed to venter, especially in animals; and tergum to frons, v. hricg] Mínra feónda bæc ðú onwendest to me inimicorum meorum dedisti mihi dorsum, Ps. Th. 17, 38.
Linked entries: baca bacu bæc-slitol ge-bæcu bec
bærnan
to expose to the action of heat ⬩ to cauterize ⬩ to cause to give light ⬩ to consume by fire
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Add: to expose to the action of heat Hý leomu rǽcað tó bærnenne synna tó wíte, Cri. 1622. Bærned vel gehyrsted frigi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 77. to cauterize:-- Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, Hml. Th. i. 472, 15.
á-biterian
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MS.) ðá bléda fructus amarescit Past. 340, 24. to make bitter, to embitter, exasperate Exasperat .i. sevit, provocat vel ábiterie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 60
bycgan
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Add: to buy goods Hwá bigþ hí?, Coll. M. 23, 25. Bege eme , Kent. Gl. 895. ꝥte metto bochton, Jn. L. 4, 8. in reference to marriage Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, Ll. Th. i. 122, 3. to hire workmen Bycgæ wyrhta conducere operarios, Mt. R. 20,1
ge-rípian
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Add: of vegetables, to get ripe: — Hé hé him bringan bere tó sǽde . . . Hit weóx . . . and wel gerípode, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13. of non-material objects to get mature Se mynstres hordere si . . . wis, on gerípedum þeáwum (maturis moribus), R.
reordian
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Tó hriordanne, 32. to feed Wé hriordadun ðec pavimus te, Mt. L. 25, 37
un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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an easy matter to you to call and to teach; adolescens loquere vix, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 10
leásing
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A false person [cf. earming] Nǽfre ðú gelǽrest ðæt ic leásingum dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gaful onháte never shall thou persuade me to promise tribute to false creatures, to dumb and deaf idols [or is leásingum = with lies, falsely. v. leásung]
bisceop-ríce
A BISHOPRIC, diocese, province of a bishop ⬩ episcopi provincia, diœcesis
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Seaxulf his biscopríce onféng Saxulf succeeded to his bishopric, 4, 6; S. 573, 35
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ge-loccian
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Substitute: To allure, entice, win over by gentle means Ólehte, i. geloccadea delinuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 50. Héhí swá unróte óleccende tó him geloccode tristem blanditiis delinivit, Past. 415, 18.
ge-sprintan
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To burst forth (? cf. Icel. spretta; p. spratt, of water, to burst out, spirt out. The word, however, seems used with causative force. Cf. ge-springan; ), to send forth words.
fón
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</b> add: to lay hold of :-- Þá féng se portgeréfa tó þǽre tége, Hml. S. 23, 764. Fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17
un-wlitigian
to make ugly ⬩ deprive of beauty, ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to become ugly
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to make ugly, deprive of beauty, disfigure Ða hé gewlitegaþ; hwílum eft unwlitegaþ, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9. to become ugly Se wǽta ástígd tó ðæm lime, ðonne ásuilð hit and áhefegaþ and unwlitegaþ humor ad virilia labitur, quae cum molestia dedecoris
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ofer-fæðman
To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope
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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.
be-brecan
To break to pieces
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Dele second passage, for which see be-brúcan, and for the rest substitute: To break to pieces (acc. of object and dat. of part broken) Beám heó bebriceþ telgum she breaks the tree to pieces in its branches (cf. Sia (acc.)
ge-hwyrfan
To change ⬩ turn ⬩ convert ⬩ mutare ⬩ convertere
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Manige Israhela bearna he gehwyrfþ to heora drihtne many of the children of Israel he shall turn to their Lord, 165, 13.