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ælan

(v.)
Grammar
ælan, p. de; pp. ed; v. a.

To kindle ⬩ set on fire ⬩ burn ⬩ bake ⬩ accendere ⬩ urere ⬩ comburere ⬩ coquere

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Fýr æleþ uncyste the fire burns the vices, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 17; Ph. 526. Flǽsc and bán ádlég æleþ the fire of the pile burns flesh and bones, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 9; Ph. 222.

Linked entry: alet

be-byrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrian, p. ede, ide; pp. ed

To bury ⬩ sepelire

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To bury; sepelire Ðæt hí móston ða deádan bebyrian that they might bury the dead, Ors. 3,1; Bos. 54, 29. Hine árlíce bebyride eum honorifice sepelivit, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 20

ge-waran

(n.)
Grammar
ge-waran, gen. -warena; pl. m;

inhabitants ⬩ dwellers ⬩ incolæ

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used as a termination to denote inhabitants, dwellers; incolæ Ða Rómániscan ceastergewaran noldon geþafian ðæt Gregorius ða burh forléte the Roman citizens would not consent that Gregory should leave the city, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 13. v. waran

ymb-set

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-set, es; n.
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Hé ne mihte ne mid gefeohte ne mid ymbsete ( obsidione ) ða burh ábrecan ne gegán, 3, 16; S. 542, 19

swǽsende

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

Linked entries: swésende swoese

un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrel ⬩ inhostility

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Absence of quarrel, inhostility Se ðe þeóf slihð hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, and ðæs deádan mǽgas him swerian unceáses (-ceástes, MS. H.) áð the kinsmen of the dead man shall swear to the slayer an oath that they will have

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force, the inhabitants of a place. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru, Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 22: Hierosolim-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66

Linked entry: wara

ýþung

(n.)
Grammar
ýþung, ýþgung, e; f.
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Movement as of waves (v. ýþian, 1), fluctuation (v. ýþian, 3) Seó burh Naim is gereht ýðung oððe styrung, Homl. Th. i. 492, 1. Ýðgunge, ýðgunga fluctuationem, Ps. Spl. C. T. 54, 25: Ps. Surt. 54, 23: Blickl. Gl

Linked entry: ýþgung

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

glorious ⬩ vainglorious

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Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious. Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15.

Linked entry: wuldor

spring

(n.)
Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )

a source of water ⬩ scaturigo, scatebra ⬩ fons ⬩ fons ⬩ a springing, rising, spring in day- spring, ⬩ what springs up or from. ⬩ an ulcer, a sore, pustule ⬩ a flux ⬩ a squirting, sprinkling

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a source of water Spring casta (castalia? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 31. Æt ðæs wæteres sprynge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 389, 7. [Prompt. Parv.sprynge scaturigo, scatebra: O. L. Ger.gi-springfons O. Sax. aho-spring:O. H. Ger.ur-springfons.] Similar entries v

Linked entries: ge-spring sprengan

heáfod-bán

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bán, es; n.

Head-bone, skull ⬩ skull

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Head-bone, skull Monnes heáfodbán bærn tó ahsan burn a man's skull to ashes, L. M. 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 2. Wulfes heáfodbán bærn swíðe burn a wolf's skull thoroughly, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 3

bernan

(v.)

to burn ⬩ ardere

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to burn; ardere, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 5

fýr-smeortende

(adj.)

smarting like a burn ⬩ ignitos ciniphes

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Add: smarting like a burn. The Latin has ignitos ciniphes

bi-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-byrgan, p. de; pp. ed

To bury

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To bury, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 21; Cri. 1159

sunn-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-bryne, es; m.
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Sun-burn:?-Wiþ sunbryne, Lchdm. ii. 324, 16: 300, 30

bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
bærnan, p. bærnde; pp. bærned; v. a.

To kindle ⬩ light ⬩ set on fire ⬩ to BURN ⬩ burn up ⬩ accendere ⬩ urere ⬩ comburere ⬩ exurere

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To kindle, light, set on fire, to BURN, burn up; accendere, urere, comburere, exurere Bærnaþ nú eówer blácern light now your lamp, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 5. Hí bærndon gecorene they burned the chosen, Exon. 66a; Th. 243, 26; Jul. 16

Linked entries: BEORNAN bærnett

a-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
a-beornan, p. -bearn, -barn, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, v. intrans.

To burn ⬩ exardere

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To burn; exardere Fyr abarn exarsit ignis, Ps. Th. 105, 16

in-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
in-beornan, p. -bearn

To burn

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To burn, be on fire Inbiorne wé inardescamus, Rtl. 95. 27

bi-grafan

(v.)

to bury ⬩ sepelire

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to bury; sepelire,Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 33; Cri. 1466

for-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
for-beornan, -byrnan; p. -bearn, -barn, -born, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, -burnen; v. n.

To burn up ⬩ be destroyed by fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ combūri ⬩ ignĭbus consūmi

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To burn up, be destroyed by fire, be consumed; combūri, ignĭbus consūmi On ðære Sodomitiscra gewítnunge forbearn seó eorþe in the punishment of the Sodomites the earth was burnt, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 33.

Linked entry: for-byrnan

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