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BǼL

(n.)
Grammar
BǼL, es; n.

fireflameignisflammathe fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burneda funeral pileroguspyra

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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308.

Linked entries: beel bell

GANOT

(n.)
Grammar
GANOT, ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlfen-duckăvis mărinafŭlixfŭlĭca

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Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ, Óslác of earde, ofer ýþa gewealc, ofer ganotes bæþ then the brave man, Oslac, was driven away from the land, over the billows' roll, over the gannet's bath [the sea], Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo.

Linked entries: ganet ganet

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.

mæðtel-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
mæðtel-cwide, es; m.

Discourseconverse

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Hyrcnigan hálges lára mildes meðelcwida to listen to the instructions of the holy man, the discourses of the kind one, 47 b; Th. 162, 23; Gú. 980. Meaht ðú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan are words at thy command for discourse, Th. 163, 4; Gú. 988.

BODIG

(n.)
Grammar
BODIG, es; n.

bigness or height of body, staturestaturathe trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bonetruncus corporisthe BODYcorpus

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bigness or height of body, stature; statura Ðæt se mon wǽre lang on bodige quod esset vir longæ staturæ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33.

un-gerisene

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, -gerisne; adj.

unsuitableinappropriateunseemlyindecent

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Nis ungerisne ðæt wé án wundor of monegum ásecgan nec ab re est unum e pluribus miraculum enarrare, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 38. unseemly, indecent Ðý læs hé ówiht unwyrþes oððe ungerisenes dyde mid his múþe ne aliquid indignum suae personae vel ore proferret

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un-seht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-seht, adj.

Not in agreementin hostilityat variance

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Florence of Worcester, who says that Edric summoned two Welsh kings to help him and laid waste Hereford.

weorc-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
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Nabochodonossor him dyde Israéla bearn, wǽpna láfe, tó weorcþeówum ( si quis evaserat gladium, ductus in Babylonem servivit regi, 2 Chron. 36, 20), 220, 21; Dan. 74.

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wronglyunjustlyperverselywickedly

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Seó lagu lahlíce gewítnode ða ðe wólíce singodon, L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 23. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276. Nú dó wé swýðe wólíce, gif wé ne wurðiaþ God, 13, 180: 17, 233 : Wulfst. 105, 9 : Homl.

be-lǽdan

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Þe lǽs ús se lytiga belǽde on his sylfes wíte, Hml. A. 195, 10. Nellan on belǽdan (inferre) swincgla ús, Coll. M. 18, 22. Of rihtan wege belǽdan, Btwk. 196, 19. On belǽdan inrogare, ingerere. An. Ox. 3944

dyncge

(n.)
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Th. i. 438, 22. manured land Dincge navalium (cf. naualis, campi culturae dediti, Corp. Gl. H. 80, 3), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 56. Dyncgum noualibus, i. inrigationibus, An. Ox. 1409. Dincgum, 2367. On dengum in novalibus, Kent.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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læg dumb swá oð deáþ beswungen . . . hé þá geedcucode, Hml. S. 25, 794

hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

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irfe-weard

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Monega land wǽron bútan ǽlcum ierfwearde largissimae hereditates et nulli penitus heredes, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 2. Míne ǽrfeweardas, C. D. i. 316, 24. Gestrýnendlicra yrfwearda (erf[w]erda, Hpt. Gl. 439, 30) liberorum procreandorum, An. Ox. 1402.

norþ

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ, adj.
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[This passage is added in a late hand.] Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add

secgan

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Add Þe lǽs þe hig sæggon, 'Hwǽr is heora god?,' Ps. L. 78, 10. 2. Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . .

æfter-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-fylgan, æfter-fyligan; p. de

To follow

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Ðás æfterfylgendan (-fylig-, v. 1.) láre, Gr. D. 1, 16. Ðá æfterfiligendan yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 408, 18

ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

ofer-módigian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan

to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride

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Ðé læs ðe hira fýnd ofermódegodun ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Deut. 32, 27. Hwý gé ofer óðre men ofermódigen, Met. 17, 16

Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian