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BOLCA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLCA, an; m.

The gangway of a shipforus navisthe cargo of a ship

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Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway, Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602. He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway, 610: An. 305

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

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

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

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.

þurh-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wund, adj.

Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through

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Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through Gif mon biþ on hrif wund, geselle him mon .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múðe .xx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96, 11. [Cf.

wealg

(adj.)
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Tie meaning 'insipid, nauseous' is borne out by what follows áspiwen For ðǽm ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðǽm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólað, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ongunne wleccan. The '?

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

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

hand

(con.)
Grammar
hand, [ = and(?)]

also

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also Ymbe midne dæg and nóntíde Bode se hírédes ealdor út and dyde hand swá gelíce exiit circa sextam, et nonam horam: et fecit similiter, Anal. Th. 74, 4.

ellen-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-róf, adj.

Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis

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Ellenrófe weras the bold men, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 9; Rä. 23, 20: Cd. 94; Th. 122, 33 ; Gen. 2036: Andr. Kmbl. 2284; An. 1143

armélu

(n.)

Field or wild rue

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Field or wild rue, which is called Mōly [ = μώλυ] in Cappadocia and Galatia, and by some Harmāla; hence the botanical name = pēgănum harmāla, Lin. vol. ii. p. 327, = πήγăνον άγριον wild rue Armélu wyl on buteran to sealfe boil wild rue in butter to a

metsian

(v.)
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Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the body

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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Bos. 16, 5: Cd. 149; Th. 186, 25; Exod. 144. Ne forgit ðú þearfena ne oblīviscāris paupĕrum, Ps. Lamb. second 9, 12: 44, 11: Ps. Th. 73, 18, 22.

Linked entry: for-gietan

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Where. in direct questions Gyf ic cweþe ubi posuisti meum librum, hwǽr lédest ðú míne bóc ðonne is se ubi interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 60. Hwǽr ys se Judéa cyning ðe ácenned ys ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? Mt.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Hergian and hýnan to ravage and ill-use, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 1. Of ðæs handum ðe hine hýnan wolde from the hands of him that would have laid him low, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 23.

Linked entry: hénan