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bí-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
bí-leofen, -lifen, e; f. [bí, leofen living, livelihood]

Food, provisions ⬩ annona, pulmentum

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Ben. 43. Bílifen pulmentum, Cot. 171

Linked entry: bí-lifen

blódig-tóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig-tóþ, adj.

Bloody-tooted, cruel ⬩ cruentus dentibus ⬩ crudelis

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Bloody-tooted, cruel; cruentus dentibus, crudelis Bona blódigtóþ the bloody-toothed murderer, Beo. Th. 4170; B. 2082

Linked entry: -tóþ

gegn-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
gegn-cwide, es; m.

A reply ⬩ answering again ⬩ responsum

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-cwiða] of thy replies, Beo. Th. 739; B. 367

Linked entry: geagn-cwide

ge-man

(v.)
Grammar
ge-man, ic, he

I remember, he remembers,

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I remember, he remembers, Beo. Th. 5259; B. 2633 : Jn. Bos. 16, 21; pres. of ge-munan

ge-mon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mon, ic, he

I remember, he remembers

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I remember, he remembers, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624: Beo. Th. 3407; B. 1701

þurh-fón

(v.)

to get through ⬩ penetrate

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to get through, penetrate Heó ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte láþan fingrum, Beo. Th. 3013; B. 1504

under-crammian

(v.)

to stuff full below ⬩ suffercire

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to stuff full below; suffercire Hí mid byrnendum glédum ðæt bed undercrammodon, Homl. Th. i. 430, 4

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíce, adv.

Unlawfully

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Ben. 16, 19. Unálýfedlíce illicite, Dial. 2, 2

un-swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-swíðe, adv.

Not strongly ⬩ weakly

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Not strongly, weakly Sió ecg bát unswíðor ðonne his ðiódcyning þearfe hæfde, Beo. Th. 5150; B. 2578

druncen-scipe

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye' Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncenscipes geswícan nellað, Hml. A. 145, 34

feþer-cræft

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Ben. Lye' substitute

hand-cræft

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Ben. 95, 16. Add

hún

(n.)
Entry preview:

a bear-cub, in proper names, e.g. Hún-bald, Ælf-hún. v. Txts. 635 for many examples

píe

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Hundes peó (beó, MS.) cinomia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 73. Handes pé, Ps. Vos. 104, 31. Add

Sunnan-niht

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Þá cildra þe beóð begiten on Sunnanniht . . . hí sceolan beón geborene bútan eágan, Nap. 26, 5. Add

for-lǽtan

Grammar
for-lǽtan, <b>; II.</b>
Entry preview:

Ben. 4, 18. Add

wæl-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fǽhþ, e; f.

Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying

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Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028

gúþ-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gúþ-fremmende, part. pres.

One doing battle ⬩ fighting

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One doing battle or fighting, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 14; Exod. 231; Beo. Th. 497; B. 246

hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl, es; n.

Omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspicium

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Omen, auspice Hǽl sceáwedon they observed the favourable omen (for Beowulf's undertaking), Beo. Th. 414; B. 204

Linked entry: hǽlu

hand-gestealla

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gestealla, an; m.

One whose place is close at one's hand, a comrade, an associate

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One whose place is close at one's hand, a comrade, an associate, Beo. Th. 5186; B. 2596

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