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brýd-ealo

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-ealo, -eala; gen. -ealowes; n.

aleA bride-ale, bride or marriage feastnuptiale convivium

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-eala], ðæt wæs manegra manna bealo there was the bride-ale, which was many men's bale, Chr. 1076; Erl. 213, 26

beót

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Hié tó beóte (bote, MS.) balde gecwǽdon þæt hié þæs wíges wihte ne róhton, Dan. 200. Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:

beán-belgas

(n.)
Grammar
beán-belgas, beán-coddas; pl. m. [beán a bean, belg or codd a bag]

Bean-podshuskscodsshellsfabarum sacculisiliquæ

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Bean-pods, husks, cods or shells; fabarum sacculi, siliquæ Of ðám beáncoddum de siliquis, Lk. Bos. 15, 56: Cot. 200

Linked entry: bién-codd

ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, meat, food (?). v. bed-gerid,
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3

Linked entry: -rid

blǽtan

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Blétid balatus (balat? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 61. Blǽteð, 10, 79. Add

clyne

(n.)
Grammar
clyne, es, m?, n? clyna; clyne; clyno

A masslumpballmetalmassasphærametallumσφαῖρα

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A mass, lump, ball, metal; massa, sphæra, metallum; σφαῖρα Clynes, trendles sphæræ Mone B. 3491. Ǽlces cynnes wecg, vel óra oððe clyna metallum Ælíc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 8; Wrt. Voc. 34, 67. Clyne;clyno massa, metallum Cot. 132: 182.

bælca

(n.)
Grammar
bælca, balca (-e ?), bælcan; m. (f. ?).
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., s. v. balk, 'a wooden frame for securing the cow's head while being milked') Mistlice þreála gebyriað for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas, lobban oððe bælcan, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 27.

fetor

(n.)
Grammar
fetor, e; f.

A fettercompes

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Ísen fetor bălus, Cot. 23

rǽd-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
rǽd-líce, adv.
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wisely, skilfully, cleverly Hé rǽdlíce slóh swá hé hine ( the ball ) nǽfre feallan ne lét, Ap. Th. 13, 5.

cwide-gied

(n.)
Grammar
cwide-gied, cwide-giedd, es; n. [gid, gied a song, lay]

A song, ballad carmen

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A song, ballad ; carmen Fela cúþra cwidegiedda many [of] known songs, Exon. 77a. Th. 289, 28; Wand. 55

ÆPPEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÆPPEL, æpl, appel, apl, eapl, es; m; nom. acc. pl. m. æpplas; nom. acc. pl. n. æppla.

an APPLEfruit generallymalumpomumwhat is round as an applethe apple of the eyea ballboluspillquidvis globosumpupillaglobusboluspilula

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Írenum aplum with iron balls, Salm. Kmbl. 56; Sal. 28

Linked entries: æppyl appel eapl epl

ge-máh

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Gemáh vel bald frontuosus, 151, 26. Se gemá inportunus, 43, 71. Gemáh scínhíw flíhð pervicax monstrum (the devil) fugit, Hy. S. 142, 12.

beó-wyrt

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

BEE-WORTbalm mintsweet flagapiastrumacorus calamus

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BEE-WORT, balm mint, sweet flag; apiastrum, acorus = άκoρos, acorus calamus, Lin Beówyrt apiastrum, Cot. 12 : Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 55; Wrt. Voc. 30, 9.

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

cimbala

Grammar
cimbala, (cym-).
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Hé slóh cymbalan (cim*-*balan, v. l.) percussit cymbala, Gr. D. 62, 16, 23. Add

Linked entry: cymbala

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

-icge

(suffix)
Grammar
-icge, a suffix of nouns denoting a female agent, v. ácennicge, bar-[r]icge, drýicge, galdricge, hunticge, scericge (scern- ?), sealticge, synnicge.
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See Kl. Nom. Stam. § 44

ge-resta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-resta, an; f.

One who rests with another, consort

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Heó Balan sealde Iacobe to gerestan Bilham dedit Iacobo quacum concumberet, Gen. 30, 4

Linked entry: resta

sundor-irfe

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-irfe, es; n.
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Eal ðæt se rinca baldor sinces áhte oððe sundoryrfes, Wilsumne regn wolcen brincgeþ and ðonne áscádeþ God sundoryrfe pluviam voluntariam segregabis, Deus, haereditati tuae, Ps. Th. 67, 10

Linked entry: irfe

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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To burn (intrans.) Ic byrne ardeo, ðú byrnst ardes, ic onginne byrnan ardesco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 212, 6. of fire, light, &c. Bir[n]ð ardescit (ignis ), Kent. Gl. 573. Hé þá leóhtfatu onǽlde and hý burnon, Gr. D. 43, 19. Ðætte se spearca bierne (birne

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

æpplian

(v.)
Grammar
æpplian, æplian; p. ede; pp. ed [æppel an apple]

To make into the form of applesto make into balls or bossesin pomorum formam redigereglobosum facere

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To make into the form of apples, to make into balls or bosses; in pomorum formam redigere, globosum facere, Exon. 63a; Th. 232, 14; Ph. 506: 75b; Th. 283, 30; Jul. 688: Elen. Kmbl. 2517; El. 1260

Linked entries: æplian æppled