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be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
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v. be-know
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Ic forð brenge proferam, Kent. Gl. 9. Ic brengo (adduco) hine út. Jn. L. R. 19, 4. micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ þám unmedeman, Bt. 27, 2; F. 96, 10 : 16, 3 ; F. 54, 25. þe brengð (bring(ð), v. l.) lác. Past. 342, 8.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Add: Heard dira, heardre dirae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 64, 72. of material Wæs hió (an iceberg) hetegrim . . . bordweallas (the sides of a ship) gróf heard (or under VI ?) and híþende, . 34, 7. Gúðbyrne . . . heard, handlocen, B. 322.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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underþiódaþ unþeáwum, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 28. God ðú ðe sealdest ðæt ic meahte swylc wíte dón mínum feóndum, and swylc folc underþýdes (-þeodes, Ps. Surt.) Deus qui das vindictas mihi, et subdidisti populos sub me, Ps. Th. 17, 45.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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To burn (intrans.) Ic byrne ardeo, ðú byrnst ardes, ic onginne byrnan ardesco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 212, 6. of fire, light, &c. Bir[n]ð ardescit (ignis ), Kent. Gl. 573. þá leóhtfatu onǽlde and burnon, Gr. D. 43, 19.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep, d.

Beforeante

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Ǽr ðam before that, before; antequam, Mt. Bos. 6, 8: Exon. 61a; Th. 224, 22; Ph. 379. Ǽr ðam ðe before that which, till; priusquam, Ps. Spl. 38, 18: Mt. Bos. 12, 20

ge-feá

Grammar
ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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Add: joy; — Mid mycle gefeán gewuldrad, Bl. H. 139, 1. Ðám unblíðum sint cýðanne ðá gefeán (laeta) ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 187, 16.

wedd

Grammar
wedd, v. wed[d].

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cýþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cýþ-ness, Gr. D. 120, 7.

Similar entry: cwíþ-ness

dere

Grammar
dere, (Gr. D. 207, 14).

Similar entry: DARU

hege-rife

Grammar
hege-rife, hairif (N. E. D.)
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Wiþ cneówwærc, wuduweaxe and hegerife, Lch. ii. 66, 11: 140, 3. Wyl æscrinde, . . . hegerife, marubian . . . and líc gnid mid þǽre hegerifan, Wyrc sealfe of marubian, . . . hegerifan, 78, 11-16. Hegerifan corn, 344, ii.

swun

(n.)
Grammar
swun, C. D. iv. 202, 11.

Similar entry: swín

Angle

(n.)
Grammar
Angle, g. d. acc. of Angel

Anglen

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Anglen Ðæt land, ðe man Angle hǽt the land, which they call Anglen, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 37

be-tytene

Grammar
be-tytene,
  • C. D. B. iii. 561, 29
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bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOKlibera charterchartafor the books which a priest ought to possessfor his canonical hours

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a BOOK; liber Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30. On fórewerd ðære bóce [MS. bóc] oððe on heáfde bǽc awriten is be me in capite libri scriptum est de me, Ps. Lamb. 39, 9.

frician

(v.)
Grammar
frician, (frícian (?) the MS. has frícudun (fricedan, v.l.) ; but cf. (?) frick to move briskly, D. D.).
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a-rýpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rýpan, p. de, te; pp. ed, d, t

To tear offto ripevellereabscindere

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To tear off, to rip; evellere, abscindere He me of hýd arýpeþ he tears off my hide from me, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 15; . 76, 7

Baddan-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Baddan-burh, g. -burge; d. -byrig; f.

BADBURY, DorsetshireBaddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil

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BADBURY, Dorsetshire, formerly Baddanburgum; Baddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil, An. 901; He gewícode æt Baddanbyrig wið Winburnan he encamped at Badbury near Winburn, Chr. 901; Th. 178, 26. ;

dippan

(v.)
Grammar
dippan, p. de, te; pp. ed, d, t
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To dip, Ps. Spl. 67, 25: Ex. 12, 22

ge-dihtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dihtnung, a dispensation, disposing, Gr. D. 146, 28.
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