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rind

(n.)
Grammar
rind, e ; rinde, an; f.

Rind. ⬩ of a tree ⬩ the bark ⬩ crust ⬩ rind

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Rind. of a tree the bark Rind cortix, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 78. Rinde cortex, 79, 68. Súðerne rind cinnamonum, resina, ii. 131, 9. Ofersǽwisc rind Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Rómánisc rind i. 376, 5.

Linked entry: rinde

ful-geare

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-geare, -gearwe, -gere; adv.

Full well ⬩ very well ⬩ fully ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ sătis bĕne ⬩ plēne ⬩ pĕnĭtus

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Judas ne fulgere wiste be ðám sigebeáme Judas did not thoroughly know about the victorious tree, Elen. Kmbl. 1717; El. 860

Linked entry: ful-gere

líf-lic

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Add: having life, living, animate God gesceóp .iii. líflice gástas tres vitales spiritus creavit Deus, Gr. D. 263, 11. Ic com se líflica hláf, Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. long-lived Sé þe acenned bid, líflic (vitalis) hé bið, Archiv cxxix. 18, 11.

be-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stapan, he -stæpþ; p. -stóp, pl. -stópon; pp. -stapen

To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter ⬩ gradi, calcare, ire, inire

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To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter; gradi, calcare, ire, inire Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ omnem locum, quem calcaverit vestigium pedis vestri, Jos. 1, 3.

Linked entries: be-stæpþ be-stóp

ge-dæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dæftan, p. -dæfte; pp. dæft

To put in order ⬩ make ready ⬩ prepare

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To put in order, make ready, prepare Ða ðe mid ðám [treowum] Cristes weig gedæfton those who with the [trees] prepared Christ's way, Homl. Th. i. 212, 34. He eów betǽcþ mycele healle gedæfte ipse vobis ostendet cenaculum magnum stratum, Lk.

wer-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wer-beám, es; m.
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Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v. Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii. 476

bifian

(v.)
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Biuende treme*-*bundus, pavidus, An. Ox. 2994. Se bifigenda dóm the tremendous judgement. Wlfst. 227, 14: 228, 31: Bl. H. 57, 20. Fryhtendo ł bib*-*giende trementes, Rtl. 122, 16. Add

treddian

(v.)
Grammar
treddian, p. ode

To tread ⬩ step ⬩ walk

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To tread, step, walk Raþe æfter ðon on flór feónd treddode, Beo. Th. 1455; B. 725. Cyning of brýdbúre tryddode, 1848; B. 922. Hié of ðam grimman gryre treddedon, Cd. Th. 243, 21; Dan. 439.

Linked entry: tryddian

ge-géman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-géman, p. de; pp. ed

To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ amend ⬩ treat [as a patient]

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To heal, cure, amend, treat [as a patient] Ðæt hea gegéme all unhǽlo ut curarent omnem languorem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 1 : Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 2. Gegémde ł gehǽlde curavit, 6, 5. Gegéma corrigere, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 9. Gegémed, L. Æðelb. 62; Th. i. 18, 8

be-wǽfan

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Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy Hit hreás underbæc and forneán offeóll ða ðe hit ǽr forcurfan the tree fell backwards, and by its fall very nearly killed those who before were cutting it down, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 2.

bolt

A bolt ⬩ an arrow

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A bolt, an arrow þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt there is every free as straight as a bolt (cf. bolt-upright), E. S. viii. 477, 13. Speru, boltas catapultas (cf. An. Ox. 4238 (where the same passage is glossed)arewan, gauelucas) Wrt.

screádian

(v.)
Grammar
screádian, p. ode
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To shred, cut up or off, pare, (of trees) to prune Búton ða láreówas screádian ða leahtras þurh heora láre áweg, ne biþ ðæt lǽwede folc wæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 16.

ge-spornan

Grammar
ge-spornan, <b>ge-speornan</b>
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., and add: n : tread upon, light upon : — Ðæt deófol on ðá eorðan gewíteð, and þanon helle wésten gespyrreð (-spyrneð ?), Sal.

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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&nbsp; Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

BEARO

(n.)
Grammar
BEARO, bearu; gen. bearwes; dat. bearwe, bearowe, bearuwe; acc. bearo; pl. nom. acc. bearwas; gen. -wa; dat. -wum; m.

A grove ⬩ wood ⬩ nemus ⬩ lucus ⬩ silva ⬩ virgultum

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Se fugel of ðæs bearwes beáme gewíteþ the fowl departs from the tree of the grove, Exon. 57 b ; Th. 206, 5; Ph. 122 : 58 a ; Th. 207, 27; Ph. 148. Wíc mid bearuwe ymbsealde mansions surrounded with a grove, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 31.

Linked entries: bærwe bearowe bearu bearuwe bearwas beora

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum

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a young shoot of a herb or tree, a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote; germen, festuca Swá dropan ofer gærsa cíþas quasi stillæ super graminum germina, Deut. 32, 2.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

plantian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá swá treów ꝥ planted ( plantatum ) is wið ryne wætera, Ps. Rdr. 1, 3. figurative Þín hand plantade (plantavit) úre foregengan, Ps. Th. 43, 3.

þoden

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ꝥ feallende treów wende þá ongeán swilce hit sum fǽrlic þoden þydde underbæc, Hml. S. 31, 416. ꝥ Ðá fǽringa wæs geworden þoden of heofonum tunc repente turbo caelitus factus est, 42, 5. Syndon fram þodene ( turbine ) þá weallas tólýsede, 134, 7.

handlian

(v.)
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Ox. 17, 44. to treat a subject Nú wylle ic bysne ætýwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24

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