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átor-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
átor-berende, part.

Venom-bearing ⬩ venenifer

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Venom-bearing; venenifer, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii, 176, 5

deáþ-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
deáþ-berende, part.

Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortĭfer

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Death-bearing, deadly; mortĭfer Eue sealde deáþberende gyfl Eve gave the deadly fruit, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 8

Linked entry: deád-bǽrende

feorh-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feorh-berende, part.

Life-bearing ⬩ living ⬩ vītam fĕrens ⬩ vīvens

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Life-bearing, living; vītam fĕrens, vīvens Heó wile gesécan ǽghwylcne feorhberendra it will seek each of those bearing life, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 19; Rä. 40, 6: Cd. 92; Th. 117, 17; Gen. 1955

feðer-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feðer-berende, part.

Bearing feathers ⬩ feathered ⬩ pennĭger

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Bearing feathers, feathered; pennĭger, Cot. 150

wól-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wól-berende, adj.

Pestiferous ⬩ pestilential ⬩ pernicious

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Pestiferous, pestilential, pernicious, Grammar wól-berende, physical Æteówde wólberende lyft. Nar. 15, 31. Se wólberenda (pestifer) stenc ðære lyfte monigé ðúsendo monna and neáta fordilgade, Bd. l, 13; S. 482, 8. Ne sceþþeþ ðé wólberendes áwiht, Lchdm

bul-berende

(adj.)
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glosses bullifer. Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 71

Linked entry: bul

corn-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
corn-berende, adj.
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Corn-bearing Þá cornberendan granigera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 22

Linked entry: beran

deáþ-berende

(adj.)
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Add Þæs réþan and þæs deádberendan funesti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 12. Fram ðǽm deádberendum a funesto, 2, 30. of things, physical, deadly, pestilential Deáðberende smíc gǽð of heora múðe, Wlfst. 201, 1. Se deádberenda drinc pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 29

den-berende

(n.; adj.)
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a swine pasture Tresdecem denberende on Andrede, C. D. i. 229, 14. v. preceding word

helm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
helm-berende, adj.

leafy

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Having foliage, leafy Helmberendum wuldor-beágum frondigeris coronis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 19

leóht-berende

(adj.)
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Steorra leóhtberende lucifer, Ps. Lamb. 109, 3. Add

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

wæstm-berende

(adj.)
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wól-berende

(adj.)
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Se wólberenda drync ille pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 31. Add

wearg-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg-berende, adj.

Villainous, rascally

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Villainous, rascally Ða weargberendan furcifera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 1

æppel-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
æppel-berende, adj.

Apple-bearing

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Apple-bearing Æppilberende pomiferam, Rtl. 98, 33

ǽtter-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽtter-berende, part.

Poison-bearing ⬩ poisonous ⬩ venomous

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Poison-bearing, poisonous, venomous

ǽwisc-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-berende, part.

Bearing disgrace ⬩ unchaste ⬩ lewd ⬩ unclean ⬩ shameless ⬩ impudent ⬩ impudicus

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Bearing disgrace, unchaste, lewd, unclean, shameless, impudent; impudicus

fiðer-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fiðer-berende, part.

Bearing wings ⬩ winged ⬩ ālĭger

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Bearing wings, winged; ālĭger, Cot. 9: 170

stán-berende

(adj.)
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stone-bearing, stony In ðǽm stánberendum in glanigeris (glarigeris?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 51

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