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be-þurfan

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Ne ælmessan dǽlað swá swá beðorftan, 92, 10. impersonal Ðonne þé salteres beþurfe, Techn. ii. 121, 7. Gyf þé disces beþurfe, 122, 25: 128, 1. [O. Sax. O. L. Ger. bi-thurban : O. H. Ger. pi-durban.]

beorgan

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beorgað ðínre ylde, Hml. Th. i. 418, 31. to prevent the doing of ill (acc. or clause) by a person (dat. ) Hé him slǽp beorge let him take care not to sleep, Lch. ii. 270, II. Bútan ús beorgan ꝥ him ne ábelgan, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 7.

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Voc. ii. 95, 42. to inscribe the name of a person wǽron ádílegode of þám frumgewrite þe tó heofenum áwritene wǽron, Wlfst. 252, 13.

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hangian

(v.)
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Hangode, Met. 20, 266. to have the top bending beyond the lower part, to lean over: — Ofer þǽm mere hongiað bearwas, wudu wæter oferhelmað, B. 1363. to hang on, cling to, be unwilling to abandon Hangaþ úre mód ealne weg on þǽm þe æfter spyriaþ, Bt

blót-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
blót-mónaþ, es; m. [blót a sacrifice, mónaþ month]
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hý hǽðene wǽron, on ðam mónþe hý bleóton á, ðæt is, ðæt hý betǽhton and benémdon hyra deófolgyldum ða neát ða ðe hý woldon syllan this month is called Novembris in Latin,, and in our language the month of sacrifice, because our forefathers, when they were

Linked entry: blód-mónaþ

fleám

(n.)
Grammar
fleám, flǽm, es; m. [fleón to flee]

Flightfŭga

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Wurdon feówer on fleáme folccyningas four kings of nations were in flight, Cd. 95; Th. 125, 4; Gen. 2074: Chr. 477; Erl. 12, 31: L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 29: Jos. 7, 4.

Linked entry: flǽm

for-beornan

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

To burn upbe destroyed by firebe consumedcombūriignĭbus consūmi

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Wǽron ða bende [MS. benne] forburnene the bands were burnt, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435

Linked entry: for-byrnan

GEÁR

(n.)
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GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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Men hátaþ ðysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce ðes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne men call this day [new] year's day, as if this day were the first in the year's circuit, Homl. Th. i. 98, 16

Linked entry: gǽr

hord-ern

(n.)
Grammar
hord-ern, -ærn, es; n.
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Heora hordernu wǽron mid monigfealdum wlencum gefylde their storehouses were filled with manifold riches, Blickl. Homl. 99, 16. Hordærna sum, Beo. Th. 4548; B. 2279

hús-ting

(n.)
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hús-ting, es; n.

a meetingcourttribunal

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A word taken from the Scandinavians [Icel. hús-þing a council or meeting to which a king, earl or captain summoned his people or guardsmen], a meeting, court, tribunal, apparently so called from its being held within a building when other courts were

þurh-drífan

(v.)

to drive throughpiercetransfixto penetratepermeateimbueto drive violentlyperpellere

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Wes mon þurhdriuen upon þe rode homo cruci affixsus est, 1198.]

wǽdlung

(n.)
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wǽdlung, e; f.
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Ne ðú ne wén ná ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.

wígbed-bót

(n.)
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wígbed-bót, e; f.
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Gif man preóst ofsleá, forgilde man hine be fullan were, and biscope feówer and .xx. ór. tó weófodbóte; æt diácone .xii. ór. tó weófodbóte, 24; Th. ii. 294, 7-9.

belle

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Hrýðeres belle bið ánes scitt. weorð, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Bellan swég, Shrn. 149, 9. Beácn þǽre bellan gehýran, Hml. A. 168, 107. Áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðám stánclúde . . . Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml.

costigend

(n.)
Grammar
costigend, costnigend, es; m.

A tempter tentator

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A tempter; tentator Se costigend eóde to him the tempter went to him Homl. Blick. 27, 4. Se costnigend tentator Mt. Bos. 4, 3

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Eofor-wíc-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Eofor-wíc-scír, e: f.

YORKSHIRE comĭtātus Eboracensis

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YORKSHIRE; comĭtātus Eboracensis Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7

un-biddende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biddende, adj.

Not prayingwithout praying

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Not praying, without praying Gif hé nele biddan ðæs écan leóhtes, hé sitt ðonne blind be ðam wege unbiddende, Homl. Th. i. 156, 4

Weder-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Weder-mearc, e; f.
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The district occupied by the Wederas Óþ ðæt eft byreþ ofer lagustreámas leófne mannan wudu wundenheals tó Weder-mearce, Beo. Th. 602 ; B. 298

eorþ-græf

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Eorþgræf pæðeþ it (the bucket of a draw-well) makes its way through a passage dug in the earth, Rä. 59, 9. Substitutefor citation

on-wendendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wendendlic, adj.
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Changeable God ána unanwendendlic wunaþ and eallra ðára anwendendlicra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem conservat, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 10

Linked entry: -wendendlic