-becc
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used for the name of places, or as a termination to the names of places, denotes the situation to be near a brook or river
ciól
A ship ⬩ navis
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Fox 26,46 ; Met. 26, 23
cyne-gild
A king's compensation ⬩ regis compensatio
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H.] as offering for the king's compensation, L. M. L. Th. i. 190, 7
delfere
A digger ⬩ fossor
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A digger;fossor Gif se delfere ða eorþan nó ne dulfe if the digger had not dug the earth, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 7
FIERSN
The heel ⬩ calx
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The heel; calx Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan thou [the serpent] shall lie in wait for her [Eve's] heels, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 17; Gen. 913
Linked entry: fyrsn
gár-níþ
A spear-battle ⬩ spear-war ⬩ hastātōrum pugna
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A spear-battle, spear-war; hastātōrum pugna Geríseþ gárníþ werum spear-war is fitting for men, Exon. 91 a; Th. 341, 19; Gn. Ex. 128
Ealleríca
Alaric, king of the Goths
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Alaric, king of the Goths Rædgota and Ealleríca Rómáne burig abrǽcon Rhadgast and Alaric broke into the city of Rome, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 2
náwiht-wela
False wealth ⬩ wealth that is not really wealth
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MS.) síen eówra gesǽlþa, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 37
niht-langes
For the night
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For the night Ic bidde eów ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse and ðǽr wunion nihtlanges, Gen. 19, 2. [Ne moste nihtlonges istonden, Laym. 15504.]
be-styrman
To BESTORM, storm, agitate ⬩ flatibus agere, agitare
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To BESTORM, storm, agitate; flatibus agere, agitare Ðonne hit bestyrmaþ ðisse worulde ungeþwǽrnessa quando ipsam agitant hujus mundi inquietudines, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8
Linked entry: styrman
ge-berhtan
To make bright ⬩ brighten ⬩ enlighten ⬩ illūmīnāre ⬩ clārĭfĭcāre
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Fox 21, 64; Met. 21, 32
Linked entries: ge-birhtan ge-byrhtan
unriht-dóm
Wrong ⬩ iniquity
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Wrong, iniquity Hié for ðam cumble on cneówum sǽton, efndon unrihtdóm, swá hyra aldor dyde ... hyra freá unrǽd efnde, Cd. Th. 227, 7; Dan. 183
Linked entry: riht-dóm
ungemet-fæst
Extremely firm
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Extremely firm Ðǽr hé mæge findan eáðmétta stán ungemetfæstne, grundweal gearone (cf. on ðam fæstan stáne eáðmétta, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 22), Met. 7, 33
un-gemetfæstness
Intemperance
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Intemperance Ðú wilt cweþan ðæt wrǽnnes and ungemetfæstnes hí ofsitte sed transversos eos libido praecipitat, sic quoque intemperantia fragiles, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 2
Linked entry: ge-metfæstnys
wyrdness
Condition ⬩ state
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.), Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 32
abbod-leást
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Lack of an abbot Ðæt mynstres þincg ne forwyrþan for abbudleáste ut non res monasterii abbatis privatione depereant, C. D. B. i. B. 155, 37
be-sǽtian
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To lie in ambush for Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽrðǽr hió geþóht hæfdon p hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 11
blód-þigen
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Gif wíf þicgð (gustaverit) hire weres blód for hwylcum lǽcedóme, 156, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 130, 18
Linked entry: þigen
cwén-fugol
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For 'Som . . . Lye,' substitute Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix ) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 91
ciric-gemána
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Church-communion, membership of a church Sume men sculan of cyricgemánan áscádene weorðan for synnan, eal swá Adam wearð of engla gemánan, Wlfst. 103, 23