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baðian

(v.)
Grammar
baðian, beðian, beðigean, ic -ige, -yge; p. ode, ede; pp. od.

To wash ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ lavare ⬩ fovere ⬩ To BATHE ⬩ lavari ⬩ balneare ⬩ aquis se immergere

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Wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan we two washed ourselves in that brook, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 2; Hö. 132. v. intrans. To BATHE; lavari, balneare, aquis se immergere Seldon heó baðian wolde she would seldom bathe, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6.

Linked entries: bæðian beðian beðigean

blæsere

(n.)
Grammar
blæsere, blasere, blysiere, es; m.

A burner, incendiary ⬩ incendiarius

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[blæse I. a blaze, flame] A burner, incendiary; incendiarius Be blæserum of incendiaries, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 18. We cwǽdon be ðám blaserum we have ordained concerning incendiaries, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13

Linked entries: blasere blisgere blysiere

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular

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Ða unefne ł ungelíco burna woegas diversos rivulorum tramites, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 9

brand-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
brand-hát, brond-hát; def. se -háta, seó, ðæt -háte; adj. [brand II.
a burning
, hát
hot
]

a burning ⬩ hot ⬩ Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate ⬩ ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus

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Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th. 160, 2; Gú. 937

Linked entries: hát brond-hát

míl

(n.)
Grammar
míl, e; míle(?), an; f.

A mile

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Of ðære burnan tó míla stáne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 382, 22. Hund þúsenda míla, Cd. 229; Th, 310, 9; Sat. 724. Ehta hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 11. On nygan mílum, 4, 27; S. 603, 30

be-warian

(v.)

to guard ⬩ protect

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guard one's self against (wiþ) Mon hine bewarige wið ðá leohtmódnesse mentis levitas caveatur, Past. 308, 5. to ward off from þ ú inc bám twam meaht wíte bewarigan, Gen. 563. to guard, protect Hé bewarað (but the Latin word thus glossed is cernit) þá burn

Linked entry: be-warenian

frettan

(v.)
Grammar
frettan, p. te; pp. ed

To feed upon ⬩ eat up ⬩ consume ⬩ depasci

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Hie ðæt corn forbærndon, and mid hira horsum fretton on ǽlcere efenéhþe they burned the corn, and with their horses ate it up on every plain, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 12. Fretton comederunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 4

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum

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On grǽgsole burnan; andlang burnan on grǽgsole hagan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 336, 24. Wið Heortsolwe iii. 391, 32. Of ðam wylle on ðæt heorotsol; of ðam heorotsole ii. 249, 37. In ða heortsole; of ðære sole iii. 380, 6.

BEORGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEORGAN, ic beorge, ðú byrgst, byrhst, he byrgeþ, byrgþ, byrhþ, pl. beorgaþ; p. ic, he bearg, bearh, ðú burge, pl. burgon; impert. beorg, beorh, pl. beorgaþ, beorge ge ; pp. borgen; v. a.

cum ⬩ To save ⬩ protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ defend ⬩ fortify ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servare ⬩ salvare ⬩ ⬩ custodire ⬩ tueri ⬩ parcere ⬩ To defend ⬩ secure ⬩ guard against ⬩ avoid ⬩ defendere ⬩ arcere ⬩ cavere ⬩ vitare

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cum dat. To save, protect, shelter, defend, fortify, spare, preserve; servare, salvare, custodire, tueri, parcere Beorh ðínum feore salva animam tuam Gen. 19, 17. Woldon feore beorgan they would save their lives Andr. Kmbl. 3075; An. 1540. Beorh me,

Linked entries: bearg bearh

Cilt-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Cilt-ern, es; n. [ceald cold, ærn place]

The CHILTERN

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montes quidam excelsi in agris Bucingamiensi et Oxoniensi Námon hí [Þurkilles here] ǽnne upgang út þuruh Ciltern, and swá to Oxena forda, and ða buruh forbærndon they [Thorkell's army] took an upward course out through Chiltern, and so to Oxford, and burned

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force, the inhabitants of a place. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru, Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 22: Hierosolim-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66

Linked entry: wara

cot-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cot-líf, es; pl. nom. acc. -líf; gen. -lífa; n.

A village ⬩ villa

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Hý forbærndon óðra cotlífa fela they burned many other villages 1001; Erl. 136, 32

for-bærnan

Grammar
for-bærnan, -bernan.

burn ⬩ scald

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Ox. 4120. to injure by heat, burn, scald Gif hwá forbærned sý, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó þám bærnette, Lch. i. 216, 10. Wiþ bryne. Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, ii. 324, 12-14

stów

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Th. i. 98, 28. v. andfeng-, burn-, cenning-, costnung-, den-, gebed-, gebeorg-, gecwed-, gemynd-, geþing-, hege- (not heg-)

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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To flame, burn Forswǽlende combustos, i. flagrantes, An. Ox. 1434. v. [v. N. E. D. for-sweal. un-forswǽled

bryne

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Hié burnon þǽre Godes lufan ... Be ðǽm bryne wítgode Dauid, Bl. H. 133, 28. On þám bryne forligeres licgende, Hml. S. 23 b, 334. Godes lufu byrne caritatis ardore. Rtl. 64, 14

Grantan-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Grantan-brycg, e; f: Grante brycg, e; f: Granta-brycg, e; f. [Hunt. Grantebrige: Dunel. Grantabric, Grantnebrige, Grantebryge: Hovd. Grauntebrigge]
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Forbærndon Granta-bricge they burned down Cambridge, Chr. l000; Th. 264, 5, col. 1: 264, 8, col. 2: 265, 7, col. 1

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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C. 135 ], fire sprang up from Etna among the Sicilians, and burnt more of the land than it ever did before, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 16.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

ge-miltan

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Sele him þá mettas þá þe ne sién tó raðe gemelte, 196, 16. to weaken, abate Se gesíð hét sendan on fýr Agapan and Chonie, and þá ꝥ fýr waes gemelted (had burnt itself out), þá wǽron ðá fǽmnan tó Críste geleóred, and þá líchoman wǽron swá gesunde ꝥ him

cassuc

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc, cassoc, e; f. Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass; aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin
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Dó in gléde finol and cassuc and récels: bærn eal tosomne put fennel and hassock and incense upon a fire: burn all together, iii. 56, 5: L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 30: 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 6: 3, 64; Lchdm. ii. 353, 13. Weorc Cristes [MS.

Linked entry: cassoc

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