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a-býsgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-býsgian, -býsgan, -býsean, -bisegian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [a, býsgian to busy]

To occupy ⬩ preoccupy ⬩ prepossess ⬩ occupare

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To occupy, preoccupy, prepossess; occupare Ðeáh unþeáwas oft abísegien ðæt mód though imperfections oft prepossess the mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 32. Biþ hyra seó swíþre symble abýsgod ðæt hí unrihtes tiligeaþ dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis. Ps. Th

Linked entry: a-bísegien

mann-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-bǽre, adj.

Productive of men

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Productive of men Ic tówurpe ðás burh and tó yrþlande áwende, swá ðæt heó biþ cornbǽre swíðor ðonne mannbǽre, Homl. Th. i. 450, 12

for-byrnan

(v.)

to burn up

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to burn up Hig forbyrnaþ they burn up. Jn. Bos. 15, 6

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.

food, victuals, refection ⬩ flatteries, blandishments, fair speech.

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food, victuals, refection Swǽsende fercula Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 19. Swǽsendo fercula, cibaria 147, 83. Hé þanc gesægde ðá hé gereordod wæs : ;Ðé ðissa swǽsenda Meotud leán forgilde,; Andr. Kmbl. 771; An. 386. Ðæt hí on his hús ne eodon ne of his swǽsendum

Linked entries: swoese swésende

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30. Hér Eádmund cyning Myrce geeode, burga fífe, . . . Snotingahám . . . 942; Erl. 116, 13

ed-staðelig

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-staðelig, adj.

Firm, strong ⬩ firmus

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Firm, strong; firmus Beó se awirged, ðe ǽfre eft gedó edstaðelige ðas burh Hiericho mălĕdictus vir qui suscitāvĕrit et ædifĭcāvĕrit [restĭbĭlītam fēcĕrit] cĭvĭtātem Jĕrĭcho, Jos. 6, 26

eácnung

(n.)
Grammar
eácnung, e; f.

Increase, a conception ⬩ conceptio

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Increase, a conception; conceptio Hú ðú eácnunge onfénge bearnes burh gebyrde how thou didst receive increase through child-bearing, Exon. 9 a; Th. 5, 26; Cri. 75

folc-ágende

(adj.)

ruling

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Breca gesóhte swǽsne éðel, leóf his leódum, lond Brondinga, . . . þǽr hé folc áhte, burh and beágas, B. 522. Add: For force of ágende

byri-weard

(n.)
Grammar
byri-weard, es; m.

a city ⬩ a guard ⬩ A city-guardian ⬩ urbis custos, ædilis

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[ Similar entries byrig, dat. of Similar entries burh a city, Similar entries weard a guard] A city-guardian; urbis custos, ædilis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 54

Linked entries: burg-weard byri

Tróia

(n.)
Grammar
Tróia, Trógia

Troy

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Troy Tróia, Gréca burg, áwésted wæs, Ors. 2, 3 Swt. 64, 20. Trógia burg barn. Bt. 16,4; Fox 58, 4. Tróia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost. Met. 9, 16 : 26, 20

Linked entry: Trógia

birgean

(v.)

to bury

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to bury Iosue hét hí birgean Joshua ordered to bury them, Jos. 10, 27

Affrica

(n.)
Grammar
Affrica, indecl: but Lat. Affrica, gen. æ; acc. am; f.

Africa

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Africa Asia and Affrica togædere licgaþ Asia and Africa lie together, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 14. Ðære Affrica norþ-west gemǽre the north-west boundary of Africa, id; Bos. 16, 4. Nú wille we ymbe Affrica now will we [speak] about Africa, id; Bos. 24, 26.

Linked entry: Africa

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limb ⬩ joint

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A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree Án lim membrum; má lima membra, Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21. Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 204,

Linked entry: leomu

beado-wrǽd

(n.)

A war-company

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áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best troop for fighting disease, so that wounds may neither burn nor burst, Lch. ii. 350, 29

Linked entry: wrǽd

líg

(n.)
Grammar
líg, lég, es; generally masc. but ðæt lég occurs.

Flame ⬩ lightning

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Flame, lightning Líg flamma, Wrt. Voc. 76, 49: 82, 52. Lég, 284, 12. Ðæt fýr and ðæt lég [se líg MS. C.] swíðe weóx ... Ðá fór se wallenda lég ... ðǽr se lég mǽst wæs, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 19-24. Se lég ongan sleán ongeán ðone wind, Blickl. Homl. 221, 12

Linked entry: lég

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly

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Not well, ill, badly Ða scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, búton hit mon him sæcge impudentes se delinquere nesciunt, nisi a pluribus increpentur, Past. 31; Swt. 206, 1. Swá micle hí onfóð ðǽr máre wíte, swá hí hér gearor witon ðæt hí untela dóð, and

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.

Ware ⬩ merchandise

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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oferbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2. Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt

birigan

(v.)

to bury

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to bury

fore-þingung

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Seó burh hæfð Agathen miccle foreþingunga, 9, 135. Add

bétende

(n.; v.; adj.)
Grammar
bétende, bétend, es; m.
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v. bétan, I (1), burh-bót, ge-bétung) Brosnade burgsteal bétend crungon the buildings were in ruins, those who should have repaired them were dead, Ruin. 28. Substitute: