BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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We are speaking of the earliest times, for beer is mentioned in Beowulf ☞ Beer was the common drink of the Anglo-Saxons, hence a convivial party was called Gebeórscipe, q. v : a place of entertainment, beórsele a beer-hall, or beórtún a beerenclosure.
Linked entry: biór
dreám
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</b> musical sound of voice or of instrument :-- Efenhleóþrung vel dreám concentus, i. adunationes multarum vocum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 8. Dreámes melodiae, An. Ox. 402: psalmodiae, 982.
á-teón
to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents
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S. 8, 105. with direction determined by an adv. or prep. of movement Seó orþung þe wé in áteóð, Hml. S. I. 215. Þæt ic áteó þás hringan up of ðysum hlyde, 21, 66. Forþ átogene prolata (suspiria), An.
Driht'
the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten
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the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten
hún-spuran
- Lye
dolones
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dolo, dolones; great spars or staves with small heads of iron, and swords within,' Som. Cot. 62
Linked entry: spora
hyge-þrýþ
insolence
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Pride of heart or mind, insolence Higeþrýþe wæg was insolent, Cd. 102: Th. 135, 6; Gen. 2238
in-hirdmann
body-guard
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A member of a retinue or body-guard Þegnas ł innheardmenn milites, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 9
un-deáþlíce
Immortally ⬩ to immortality
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Immortally, to immortality Úre Drihten on ðam ðriddan dæge undeáþlíce of deáðe árás, H. R. 5, 24
Linked entry: deáþlíce
un-ácnycendlíc
Not to be knocked off ⬩ indissoluble
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Not to be knocked off (of bonds), indissoluble Unácnycendlícre sibbes bende insolubili pacis vinculo, Rtl. 108, 21
cealc-seáþ
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A chalkpit Tó cealcseáðan; of cealcseáðan, C. D. iii. 82, 7. On ðá cealcseádas, v. 325, 15
ende-furh
an end-furrow
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an end-furrow, bounding trench Inn on ðére endefureh; of ðére endefureh, C. D. iii. 384, 18
Linked entry: furh
fearr-lic
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Of a bull [Æt] swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearłc ( = fearlican) suovetaurilia, An. Ox. 11, 187
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fen-hóp
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Land in the midst of fens (v. N. E. D. hope) Fleón on fenhopu, B. 764. Substitute:
ge-sídan
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The sides of an object On gesíitum húsys þínys in lateribus domus tue, Ps. Cam. 127, 3
Linked entry: síde
ge-byhte
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A bight, bend Andlang díces oð þaet gebyhte; of þám gebyhte andlang hagan, C.D. i. 257, 33
Linked entry: -byhte
glæterian
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Of glæteriendum híwe beorhtmeð flaua (auri) specie splendescit, An. Ox. 532: Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 20. Add
helle-mægen
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the force or host of hell Þæt eall hellemægen for þæs fýres hǽto forweorðeð, Verc. Forst. 166
hlípe-burna
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A brook with a fall in it Of þám cumbe on hlýpeburnan, C. D. iii. 457, 4
pól
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On blacan pól; of ðám poole, C. D. vi. 220, 15. v. mǽr-, teám-, wíþig-pól. Add
rýmetleást
Want of room
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Want of room Maria hire sunu for rýmetleáste on ánre binne geléde, Homl. Th. i. 34, 22
Linked entry: rýmet