bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Hé hét hí forbærnan, ac þá bán belifon æfter þám bærnette, 11, 261. Isaac bær ðone wuda tó his ágenum bærnete, Hml. Th. ii. 62, 22
ÉCE
Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus
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Bos. 17, 3. Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261. Ðé síe éce hérenis eternal praise be to thee, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 10; Cri. 415. Ðæt is écu rest that is eternal rest, Bt. Met.
Linked entry: ǽce
irmþ
Poverty ⬩ penury ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ calamity ⬩ distress ⬩ disorder
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Ne biþ him hyra yrmþu án tó wíte ac ðara óðerra eád tó sorgum nor alone shall their own misery be torment, but the bliss of the others shall be a grief, 26 b ; Th. 79, 19; Cri. 1293. For yrmþe unspédig[ra] propter miseriam inopum, Ps. Spl. 11, 5.
Linked entry: earmþu
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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Dóm unlytel, Beo. Th. 1775; B. 885: Apstls. Kmbl. 16; Ap. 8. Wundor unlytel, Cd. Th. 250, 26; Dan. 522. Unlytel spell a tale of serious import, 145, 14; Gen. 2405. Torn unlytel, Beo. Th. 1670; B. 833. Wundur unlytel mirabilia, Ps. Th. 104, 5
GRÓWAN
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Bos. 4, 27. Leáf and gærs geond Bretene blóweþ and gróweþ leaves and grass blow and grow over Britain, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 198; Met. 20, 99: 29, 140; Met. 29, 70: Ps. Th. 91, 11: 146, 8: Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 19; Gn. Ex. 159: Hy. 35; Hy.
Linked entry: ge-grówan
forþ-brengan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ fulfil ⬩ accomplish ⬩ proferre ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ effĭcĕre
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Se Metod eallra gesceafta ealle forþbrengþ the Creator of all things produces them all, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 19. Forþbrohte proferret, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 35. He forþbrohte swylce flód wæteru deduxit tamquam flūmina aquas, Ps. Lamb. 77, 16
á-gangan
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Bl. H. 117, 30-36
ge-þyldig
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Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú uþwita wǽre, gif þú gefyldig wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 4. Hé wæs swíðe geþyldig and eáðmód, Bl. H. 213, 7: Hml. Th. i. 472, 7. Giðyldig, Rtl. 102, 15. Gehyldig, Ps. Spl. 7, 12.
of-fillan
to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy
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to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy Gif mon óðerne æt gemǽnum weorce offelle (-fealle, MSS. B. H.), L. Alf. pol. 13; Th. i. 70, 9.
Linked entries: of-feallan of-fellan of-fyllan
hwíl-tídum
At times ⬩ sometimes
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Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan also at certain times he must be prepared for many kinds of work at the lord's pleasure, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3.
ge-beðian
To wash ⬩ bathe ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ warm ⬩ lăvāre ⬩ fŏvēre
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Of ðam wíne sýn ða lyðu gebeðede let the joints be bathed with the wine, Herb. 89, 5; Lchdm. i. 192, 25
wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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in order that the case against him might be brought; cf. Geornde se eorl griðes ðæt hé móste hine betellan æt ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe him man on léde, Erl. 180, 12), Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 7
búend
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Be ðǽm búgendum his eardungstówe de habitatore tabernaculi ejus, R. Ben. 4, 22. Stódon áwéste hús búton búgigendum, Hml. Th. ii. 122, 20
drohtnian
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Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe hé drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44, 23. Bæd hé ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him méde earnian; and hé ðǽr drohtnode fíftýne geár, Hml. S. 30, 216.
endian
to complete ⬩ finish
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Þes middangeard on ðás eldo endian sceal þe nú andweard is, Bl. H. 117, 35: 119, 1
ge-bǽran
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Wǽron hié ealle unróte, and sárlíce gebǽrdon, Bl. H. 225, 14. Wrec ðé gemetlíce, and eác swá gebǽr (behave with moderation), Prov. K. 46. Hé wolde ǽlcne cuman swíþe árlíce underfón and swíþe swǽslíce wiþ gebǽran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 32.
húsel-gang
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Wé beóð geclǽnsode þurh ðæs hálgan húselganges, Hml.
tó-sceád
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, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád ( the nails could be distinguished from the rest of the hand ), and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman eall wæs gesýne, Vis.
cweþan
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add: (1 a) where the words or sounds to be spoken are given Se biscop hine hét stafa naman cweðan: 'Cweð nú á'; ðá cwæð hé á, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. 'Hwí ðú úre goda biggencgas forseó' ...
sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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Beo. Th. 463 sqq