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Anglo-Saxon

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beótian

(v.)
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R. 9, 30. Add

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, (?), berig (?); gen. ber(i)ges; pl. berig; n.
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Rdr. 77, 47

be-sceáwod

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In ipsis imperiis suis prouidus et consideratus , R. Ben. 121, 2-15. Seó besceáwode geornfulnyss gemetegað ealle þá missenlicnyssa þises lífes, Nap. 75, 19. Add

manian

(v.)
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Add Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað si cum hominibus potentibus volumus aliqua suggerere, R. Ben. 45. 20. III. add :-- On óðre wísan sint tó monianne (cf. lǽranne, 21) ðá iungan, Past. 179, 19.

mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Exsurgent ab Aquilone spurcissimae gentes, quas Alexander rex inclusit, Gog et Magog. See for this legend Bousset, 'The Antechrist Legend,' translated by Keane. v. mun-clýse).

mann-sleán

(v.)
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non occidere, R. Ben. 16, 18. (?)

mann-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-swǽs, adj.
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Rdr. 24, 9. Cf. mann-þwǽre

Linked entry: swǽs

maþelig

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Substitute: Talkative, talking much and loudly as a drunken man Maðeli (luxuriosa res, vinum, et) tumultuosa (ebrietas), Kent. Gl. 725

matt

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Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó haebbenne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster stramenta lectorum sufficiant matta et sagum, lena et capitula, R. Ben. 90, 15.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Ben. 101, 6), R. Ben.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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Hé sylf on þám gewrite róde tácen mearcige signum faciat, R. Ben. 101, 6. Tácna on sǽlicum þá þá mearcode strandum signa in glarigeris cum sulcaret litoribus, An.

earm

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Add: the arm of a cross Under þǽre róde swýðran earme, Vis. Lfc. 53

eáþe

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add: (2 a) that may be easily moved to do something Munuc eáþe and hræd on hlehtre ( facilis ac promptus in risu ), R. Ben. 30, 9

ed-hwirfan

(v.)
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Rdr. 108, 15. Hé edhwyrfte recalcitravit, p. 288, 15

Linked entry: hwirfan

ed-wendan

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Rdr. 77, 39

fǽcnig

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Rdr. 72, 18

dæg-red

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Rdr. 62, 7. On dægeredum, 100, 8. Add

dærst

Grammar
dærst, <b>. I.</b>
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Rdr. 74, 9. Add

díglian

(v.)
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Rdr. 9, 16. <b>I a.</b> to hide something from a person :-- Of þysum þe hý dýgledon mé, 30, 5

dílgian

(v.)
Grammar
dílgian, dílegian.
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Rdr. 50, 11. Add

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