boh
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Eorl sceal on eós boge rídan a chief shall ride on a horse's back [lit. shoulder ], Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 11; Gn. Ex. 63. Ðú nymst of ðam ramme ðone swýðran boh tolles de ariete armum dextrum, Ex. 29, 22.
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swǽtan
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Voc. ii. 139, 37. to sweat, send forth like sweat, to exude (of persons or things) Hí fleóþ and blóde hí swǽtaþ, Nar. 35, 33. Fýre swǽtaþ blácan líge they sweat fire and flame. Exon. Th. 385, 12; Rä. 4, 43.
Linked entry: swítan
æcer
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Th. i. 224, 9. v. bydel-, lín-, sulh-æcer, bóc-æceras
bí-geng
practice ⬩ exercise ⬩ doing ⬩ cultivation ⬩ tillage ⬩ observance ⬩ worship
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Ox. 2283 infra.) practice, exercise, doing Líf mid gódra weorca bigenge frætwian, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 5. Bígencge, Hml. Th. ii. 48, 28. Biggenge, R. Ben. 3, 7. For lárlicere bígenge propter gymnicum (philosophiae) stadium, An. Ox. 2283.
Linked entries: -geng bí-genge heofon-bígenged
gelimplic
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JOS ealle lima mé gesceópe tó menniscum bricum gemǽte and gelimplice (apta), Angl. xi. 112, 18
ge-metfæst
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Hé wæs líðe and gemetfæst on his worde, and hé wæs geþyldig and eádmód erat colloquio blandus, temperantia modestus, Guth. Gr. in, 82. Hé wæs swiðe geþyldig and eáðmód and gemetfæst on eallum his lífe. Bl.
Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce
heáh-fæder
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Th. i. 396, 9. in Christian times, a father of the church Rǽde him mon líf þǽra heáhfædera ( vitas patrum ), R. Ben. 66, 17. the chief of a religious community, an archimandrite Héhfæder, láreów archimandrita, i. princeps ouium, An.
hwettan
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Z. 167, l. to sharpen the edge of an imple-ment (lit. or fig.) Se lǽce hýt his seax and hwete (hwæt, v. l. ), Past. 166, 6. Þá undeádlican wyrmas hwettað hyra téð tó þon ꝥ hig. . . úrne líchoman slítan, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 6.
on-ginnan
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Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ, 25, 248
lang
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Þæt longe líf, Cri. 1464.
Andred
The name of a large wood in Kent ⬩ the city of ANDRED or Andrida ⬩ Andredes ceaster
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Seó eá, ðe we ǽr embe sprǽcon, líð út of ðam wealde the mouth [of the Limen] is in the east of Kent, at the east end of the same wood which we call Andred.
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CEARU
CARE, sorrow, grief ⬩ cura, dolor, mæror
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Mid cearum hí cwíðdun sorrowfully [lit. with sorrows] they mourned, Exon. 24b; Th. 69, 35; Cri. 1131: 21a; Th. 55, 31; Cri. 892
CREÓPAN
To CREEP, crawl ⬩ repere, serpere
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Mægen creópendra wyrma biþ on heora fótum the power of reptiles [lit. creeping worms] is in their feet. Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 44; Gen. 7, 21.
FEAX
Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus
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Licgaþ æfter lande loccas todrifene, fex on foldan throughout the land lie my driven locks, hair upon the ground, Andr. Kmbl. 2853; An. 1429.
for-leósan
To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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To lose, let go, destroy; amittĕre, perdĕre, destruĕre; — He wolde forleósan líca gehwilc he would destroy each body, Cd. 64; Th. 77, 26; Gen. 1281. His treowe for feógýtsunge forleósan fĭdem suam amōre pĕcūniæ perdĕre, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 40.
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on-gin
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Yða ongin the violent action of the waves, 931; An. 466. action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours Ðǽr wæs wuldres wynn, wígendra þrym, æðelíc onginn, næs ðǽr ǽnigum gewinn, 1775; An. 890.
ór
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Lind. 13, 8. Dæges ór onwóc geleáfan the day-spring of belief awoke, Apstls. Kmbl. 130; Ap. 65. Næs him fruma ǽfre ór geworden, Cd. Th. l, 11; Gen. 6. Ðǽr wæs yfles ór, Andr. Kmbl. 2763; An. 1384. On ðæm wæs ór writen fyrngewinnes, Beo.
swæþ
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a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or a series of footprints (lit. or fig.) Mé (the plough) biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5.
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swán
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a herd, particularly a swineherd; the herds of swine formed a very important item in the live-stock of the Anglo-Saxons. v. swín. For some account of the duties and rights of different kinds of swánas, see L. R.
be-týnan
to enclose ⬩ surround ⬩ to shut in ⬩ out ⬩ shut up ⬩ to close ⬩ shut ⬩ to close ⬩ end
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Voc. ii. 132, 52, to close, end He faegere ende his lif betynde and geendade pulchro uitam suam fine con*-*clusit, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 8. Hé þá ýtemestan word on his herenesse betýnde, Sch. 491, 19