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BURN

(n.)
Grammar
BURN, e; f: burne, an; f: burna, an; m.

A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river ⬩ torrens, rivus ⬩ to boil, bubble ⬩ fervere

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A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river; torrens, rivus [from burnon, p. pl. of Similar entries beornan to boil, bubble; fervere] Hefe upp ðíne hand ofer burna and ofer móras extende manum tuam super rivos et super paludes, Ex. 8,

Linked entries: burna burne burn-sele

freó

free ⬩ not in subjection to a master ⬩ having liberty of action ⬩ free ⬩ not in subjection to sin ⬩ liberal ⬩ at liberty ⬩ not in confinement or custody ⬩ free ⬩ free from work ⬩ disengaged ⬩ free from guilt ⬩ innocent ⬩ unimpeded ⬩ unhindered ⬩ acting of one's own will ⬩ unforced ⬩ free from trouble ⬩ exempt ⬩ immune ⬩ free ⬩ not liable to a tax ⬩ at one's own disposal

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Gif fríg man fréum stelð, Ll. Th. i. 6, 2. Mægðbót sí swá fríges mannes, 20, 9. Eall sió gioguð ðe nú is on Angelcynne frióra monna, Past. 7, 10. Eallum frióum monnum þás dagas sién forgifene, Ll.

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettle ⬩ ruin ⬩ frustrate ⬩ degenerate ⬩ deteriorate ⬩ perdere ⬩ degenerare

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To unsettle, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate; perdere, degenerare Hæleþ oft hyre hleór abreóðeþ a man often unsettles her cheek, Exon. 90a; Th. 337, note 18; Gn. Ex. 66. Abreóðe his angin he frustrated his enterprise, Byrht.

Linked entry: a-bruðon

a-windan

(v.)
Grammar
a-windan, ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind] .

To wind ⬩ bend ⬩ plectere ⬩ torquere ⬩ To strip off ⬩ detrahere ⬩ To whirl or slip off ⬩ labi

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To strip off; detrahere Gif him mon ðonne awint of ða cláþas if any man should strip off the clothes from him, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 44; Met. 25, 22. v. intrans.

Linked entries: a-wint a-wunden

bed-reda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]

One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus

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Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam bedredan [def. adj.] men, ðá feól he to ðæs apostoles fótum when the pharisee Josias saw that miracle in the bedridden man, then fell he at the apostle's feet, ii. 422, 11.

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus

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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum stówum, and on wyrtbeddum, and on mǽdum this plant, which in Latin is called veneria, and in our language bee-wort, is produced in cultivated places, and

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

flýma

(n.)
Grammar
flýma, fléma, an; m.

One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul

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One who flees, a runaway, an exile, outlaw, a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction; profŭgus, fŭgĭtīvus, exul Ðú bist flýma geond ealle eorþan profăgus ĕris sŭper terram, Gen. 4, 12: 4, 16.

Linked entries: fléma flíma

in-byrdling

(n.)
Grammar
in-byrdling, es; m.
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Ǽlc werhádes man on eówrum mǽgðum and inbyrdlingum and geboht þeówa omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam emptitius, 17, 12.

læt

(n.)
Grammar
læt, es; m.
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The word occurs only in the following passage Gif[man] læt ofslæhþ ðone sélestan lxxx scill. forgelde gif ðane óðerne ofslæhþ lx scillingum forgelde ðane þriddan xl scillingum forgelden if any one slay a 'læt' of the highest class, let him pay eighty

lang-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lang-ness, e; f.

Length

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Ðonne sceal man ðysne wyrttruman gedrígean and ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse this plant is to be dried, and its length cut up into pieces about the size of peas, Herb. 140, 1; Lchdm. i. 260, 15.

næs-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
næs-þyrel, -þyrl, es; n.

A nostril

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His ( the dead man ) næsþyrlo beóþ belocene, Blickl. Homl. 59, 14, Wið næsþyrla (næsþurla, 14, 11) sáre, Lchdm. i. 114, 19. Blódryne of næsþyrlon, 282, 12. Mid hundes lúsum, ða flugon intó heora múðe and heora næsþyrlum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 22.

Linked entry: nos-þyrel

ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ chosen ⬩ probātus

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Tried, proved, chosen; probātus Til mon, tiles and tomes meares, cúþes and gecostes a good man has care for a good and tame horse known and tried, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 14; Gn. Ex. 143. Heápe gecoste with a chosen company, Elen. Kmbl. 538; El. 269.

Linked entry: -cost

un-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sǽlig, adj.

unhappy ⬩ unblest ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ bringing misery

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of persons, unhappy, unblest, miserable as being evil Deófol sǽwð unwísdóm, ðæt unsǽlig man wísdómes ne gýmeþ, Wulfst. 52, 27. Ðú miltsige mé ( a devil ), ðæt unsǽlig (ic) ne forweorþe, Exon. Th. 269, 14; Jul. 450.

Linked entry: un-gesǽlig

wiþer-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-steall, es; m.

Resistance ⬩ opposition

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L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó, Wulfst. 138, 6.

Linked entry: wiþ-steall

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13. Hét hé þone byrle beódon Martine ǽrest, Hml. S. 31, 632. Ðǽm birilum ministris; the servants who bore the wine, Jn. L. 2, 5

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
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Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Angl. ix. 264, 22. Gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan (cillan, cyllan, v. ll., lampades; cf. leóhtfatu, 43, 18), Gr. D. 44, 14

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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Swá man bið mihtigra . . ., swá sceal hé deóppor synna gebétan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 14. [ O. H. Ger. tiufo alte, funditus, penitus. ]

dweorg

(v.)
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Wið [d]weorh man sceal niman .VII. lytle oflǽtan ..., 42, 3. Add

dyrstig

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Swíðe dysig is se man and dyrstig sé þe syngað gelóme, Angl. xii. 513, 27. Hé þá hálgan róde genam hám tó his earde árleáslíce dyrstig, Hml. S. 27, 26. Þæt heofonlice hors wearp ádúne þone dyrstigan Heliodorum, 25, 777.

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28