BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it.
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EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg
FIREN
a wicked deed ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ scĕlus ⬩ crīmen ⬩ peccātum ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ suffering ⬩ pain ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tormeutum ⬩ crŭciātus
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a wicked deed, sin, crime; scĕlus, crīmen, peccātum Næs ðǽr gefremed firen æt giftum there was no sin committed at the nuptials, Hy. 10, 17; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 17.
myne
the mind ⬩ mind ⬩ purpose ⬩ desire ⬩ love
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Th. 341; B. 169. love Hwǽr ic feor oððe neáh findan meahte ðone ðe in meoduhealle mine wisse (would feel love, would love), oððe mec fréfran wolde, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 7; Wand. 27
ge-frignan
to ask ⬩ interrogare ⬩ to learn by asking ⬩ hear of
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Ðá ic néðan gefrægn hæleþ to hilde then I heard that heroes went daringly to war, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 9; Gen. 2060 : 92; Th. 118, 4; Gen. 1960 : Beo. Th. 148; B. 74 : 4961; B. 2484. Gefregn, Cd. 224; Th. 298, 1; Sat. 526.
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sýfre
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Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect Sýfre (sýfer, Wrt., but see Anglia viii. 451) abstinens, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 8. Gif ðú drincst wín gemetlíce, sýfre ( sobrius ) ðú byst, Scint. 105, 17.
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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Ðá sceolde Ælfríc lǽdan ða fyrde, ac hé teáh forð ðá his ealdan wrenceas, . . . gebrǽd hé hine seócne, Chr. 1003 ; Erl. 139, 7. a stratagem in war Hé hié mid ðæm ilcan wrence beswác, ðe hé æt heora ǽrran métingge dyde, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 188, 32 : 6, 36
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ge-dreccan
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Hé mid þám gedræht wæs, Vis. Lfc. 4, 6. Manege scíran wurdon þærle gedrehte þurh þone weall þe hí worhton the building of the wall proved very burdensome, Chr. 1097; P. 234, 6.
hara
A hare
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Ne onscúnode nán hara nǽnne hund no hare was afraid of any hound, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 9. Ic gefeó hwílon haran capio aliquando lepores, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 33.
gíme-líst
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Th. i. 84, II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Ic wiste ꝥ þú út áfaren ware, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 33. by numerals Hé of þǽre ylcan stówe wæs uneáðe gefaren týn mílum feor (feorr, v. l.) a loco eodem vix decem millibus aberat, Gr. D. 120, 4.
æ-wyrdla
Damage ⬩ detriment ⬩ injury ⬩ detrimentum
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Damage, detriment, injury; detrimentum He sóna mycle wonunge and æwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ibi adhuc ecclesiæ crementis detrimento fuit, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 37: 1, 3; S. 475, 21; Herb. 141; Lchdm, i. 262, 11
a-lúcan
To separate ⬩ take or pluck away ⬩ withdraw ⬩ avellere
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To separate, take or pluck away, withdraw; avellere He wæs fram liim alocen avulsus est ab eis, Lk. Bos. 22, 41. Alúc ðú hine fram mínum weofode pluck thou him away from mine altar, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 1
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cenning-tíd
e ⬩ The time of bringing forth, birth-time ⬩ pariendi tempus, puerperii hora
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The time of bringing forth, birth-time; pariendi tempus, puerperii hora Ðá wæs gefylled Elizabethe cenningtíd, and heó sunu cende Elisabeth autem impletum est tempus pariendi, et peperit filium, Lk. Bos. 1, 57.
fylgend
One who follows or carries anything out ⬩ a performer ⬩ exsĕcūtor
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One who follows or carries anything out, a performer; exsĕcūtor Ðara þinga ðe he óðre lǽrde to dónne, he sylfa wæs se wilsumesta fylgend eōrum quæ agenda dŏcēbat ĕrat exsĕcūtor devōtissĭmus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 4, note, MSS. B. C
níd-bád
An exaction ⬩ a due ⬩ toll
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An exaction, a due, toll Ic Æðelbald Myrcna cincg wæs beden from bisceope Milréde ðæt ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, Chart. Th. 28, 25 : 29, 8. Hé nymeþ nýdbáde he (Grendel) takes toll, Beo. Th. 1200; B. 598
níþ-sele
A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe
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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513
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ge-risenlíce
Becomingly, fitly ⬩ apte
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Becomingly, fitly; apte Seó wæs gerisenlíce gehlidad mid gelíce stáne opercŏlo sĭmĭlis lăpĭdis aptissĭme tectum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 32: 3, 17; S. 544, 4, col. 1. Gerisenlícor aptius, 2, 13; S. 517, 2: 3, 29; S. 561, 29
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templ-geweorc
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A temple-building, temple His þegnas águnnon specan wið hine ymbe ðæt mǽre tempelgeweorc ðe ðǽr geworht wæs Gode tó wyrðmynte, Wulfst. 88, 17. Salomon wes se forma man ðe Gode tó lofe ǽrest on eorðan templgeweorc árǽrde, 277, 25
tún-mann
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Furseus oncneów ða sáwle; se wæs his túnman ǽr on lífe ( he had lived on the estate (tún) belonging to Fursey's monastery ), Homl. Th. ii. 344, 18
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