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beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; n. (not m.)
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Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode þone lofsang ásægde, swá swá sume men gewuniaþ, ꝥ hí singað. . . ǽr hí etan, v. l. ), Gr. D. 62, 9

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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On sumor geneát sceal bytlian and burh hegegian, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 261, 10. Cf. botl, ge-bytlu

earmian

(v.)
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[For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?

efen-gemæcca

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Substitute: An equal, a fellow, consort Þe lǽs gif hyra (suna) hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla ꝥ sé ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 14.

eorþ-waru

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Hé his þone hálgan sunu sendan wolde tó eorþwarum, Bl. H. 177, 13

gegaf-sprǽc

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gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78.

ge-screncan

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Ðá sáwle mid sumre leásunge gescræncan and beswícan animam ex aliqua falsitate laqueare, Gr. D. 339, 23. Ne bióð gescrencte (supplantabuntur) gongas his, Ps. Srt. 36, 31

græft

(n.)
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On heora græftum in sculptilibus suis, Ps. L. 77, 58: Ps. Vos. 105, 36. Ealle ðá græftas gé ofergyldað, Hml. S. 8, 61

Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.

hód

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Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si evangelium legit, cucullum vel cappam super humeros dejiciat Ll. Th. ii. 140, 25. For ' Cot. 31, Lye' substitute

leóþ

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Eác mé sceal áðreótan ymbe ealra þára Tróiána gewin tó ásecgenne, for ðon on spellum and on leóðum hiora gewin cúðe sindon (certamina, quae in fabulis celebrari solita sunt). Ors. 1. 8; S. 42, 14. Add

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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. § 361; in His wiðerbrecan, Gen. 66: Dan. 66 : Gú. 265. the third the quantity might be short on the analogy of such a verse as

subdiácon

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Þá gehádode se pápa Tranquillinum tó preóste, his twǽgen suna tó diáconum, and þá óðre tó subdiáconum, Hml. S. 5, 348. Add

wandung

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</b> Sé þe man for ylde oððe for sumre wandunge swingan ne mæg, si etas out qualitas personę prohibet, Chrd. 61, 34

bén-tíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
bén-tíðe, bén-tigðe, bén-tiðige; adj. [bén a prayer; tíða, tíðe possessing, having obtained; compos] .

having obtained a prayerbenefittedfavouredsuccessfulprecum vel supplications composfortunatusaccepting a prayerexorablegraciousdeprecabilis

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cols. 1, 2] wurdon æfter ðam geháte there, God be thanked, they were very successful after that vow Chr. 883; Th. 152, 9, col. 3. accepting a prayer, exorable, gracious; deprecabilis Beó ðú béntýðe vel gehlystfull ofer ðíne þeówan deprecabilis esto super

Linked entry: tíþe

Dauid

(n.)
Grammar
Dauid, es; m.

DavidDāvid, īdis

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Dauides sunu David's son, Homl. Blick. 15, 18, 20. Crist onwráh, in Dauides dýrre mǽgan, ðæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that, in David's dear kinswoman, the sin of Eve is all turned away, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 4; Cri. 96

flán

(n.)
Grammar
flán, es; m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.]

An arrowa dartsăgittatēlum

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Ðíne flána synt afæstnode [MS. afæstnade] on me săgittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 37, 2: 44, 7: Ps. Spl. 56, 6. Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23

Linked entries: FLÁ flǽn flániht

in-fiht

(n.)
Grammar
in-fiht, -feoht, es ; n.
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made upon a person by one inhabiting the same dwelling; it was a breach of the peace for which a fine had to be paid to the head of the house if he were competent to exercise jurisdiction Infiht [infitht, MS.] vel insocna est quod ab ipsis qui in domo sunt

mearh-gehæcc

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-gehæcc, es; n.

A kind of puddinga sausage

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[Halliwell gives 'hack the lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine: hackin a pudding made in the maw of a sheep or hog: hack-pudding a mess made of sheep's heart, chopped with suet and sweet fruits: hatcher a dish of minced meat.]

Linked entry: ge-hæc

or-wéna

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéna, adj. with gen.
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Hopeless, despairing Ðá wearþ his agen sunu yfele geuntrumed, and orwéna lífes læg æt /orþsíðe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 301: Beo. Th. 2008 ; B. 1002 : 3134; 6. 1565: Exon. Th. 329, 27; Vy. 40. Friþes orwéna, 261, 25 ; Jul. 320. Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd.

Linked entry: -wén