áwesc-nis
Disgrace ⬩ blushing for shame ⬩ reverence
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Disgrace, blushing for shame, reverence, Ps. Surt. 34, 26
a-wyrdnys
Hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ damage ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ læsio ⬩ labes ⬩ damnum
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Hurt, injury, damage, ruin, destruction; læsio, labes, damnum Crist mihte, bútan awyrdnysse his lima, nyðer-asceótan Christ could, without injury of his limbs, cast himself down, Homl. Th. i. 170, 22. Awyrdnyss labes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25: 13
bealo-ben
A baleful wound
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A baleful wound
bealu-ben
A baleful wound ⬩ lethale vulnus
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A baleful wound; lethale vulnus, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 27; Exod. 238
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bærning
A BURNING ⬩ adustio
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A BURNING; adustio Sylle bærninge wið bærninge reddat adustionem pro adustione, Ex. 21, 25
bǽting
A cable ⬩ a rope ⬩ anything that holds or restrains ⬩ funis ⬩ retinaculum
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A cable, a rope, anything that holds or restrains; funis, retinaculum Lǽtan ða bétinge [Cot. bǽtinge] to slip the cable, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 15
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be-hýring
A hiring ⬩ letting out to hire ⬩ locatio
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A hiring, letting out to hire; locatio Behíring vel gehýred feoh locatio Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 123; Wrt. Voc. 20, 60
berendnis
Fertility ⬩ fruitfulness ⬩ fertilitas
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Fertility, fruitfulness; fertilitas, Leo 110
bet-nes
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Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompence; satisfactio, compensatio Ðæt ic búton betnesse beó mínra synna that I am, without amendment of my sins, L. De Cf. 10; Th. ii. 264, 16
bi-gegnes
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A going about or applying one's self to anything, the pursuit or study of anything; studium Bigegnes vel smeágung studium, Ælfc. Gl. 90; Wrt. Voc. 51, 27: Gr. Dial. 1, 10
bisceop-þénung
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The duty or office of a bishop; episcopi officium Þegnode se árwurþa bisceop Willferþ on ðám dǽlum ða bisceopþénunge árwurþlíce fif geár the venerable bishop Wilfrith exercised the office of a bishop in those parts honourably five years, Bd. 4, 13; S
blícettung
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A coruscation, shining; coruscatio Blícettunga coruscationes, Ps. Vos. 76, 18: 143, 8
brócung
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Sickness; ægritudo Þurh his brócunge through his sickness, Homl. Th. i. 472, 7
BYT
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A bottle, flagon, BUTT, tun; uter, dolium Byt uter, Wrt. Voc. 85, 82. Bytt uter, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 58. Ne híg ne dóþ niwe wín on ealde bytta; gyf hí dóþ, ða bytta beóþ tobrocene, and ðæt wín agoten, and ða bytta forwurðaþ. Ac híg dóþ niwe wín
ceást
Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal ⬩ lis, rixa, seditio
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Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; lis, rixa, seditio On ceáste in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, note 34. Gif he þurh unnytte ceáste man ofsleá fæste x geár si in inutili rixa hominem occident, x annas jejunet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, § 22
costnes
A temptation ⬩ tentatio
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A temptation; tentatio Som. Ben. Lye
be-hæfednes
A detention ⬩ care ⬩ conservatio
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A detention, care; conservatio Behæfednes fæsten sparingness, parsimony Cot. 191
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be-hogadnes
Use ⬩ custom ⬩ practice ⬩ exercitatio
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Use, custom, practice; exercitatio Cot. 114
císnes
Choiceness, niceness ⬩ fastidium, curiositas
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Choiceness, niceness; fastidium, curiositas, R. Ben. 39: L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174, 21
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cýp-strǽt
A street or place for merchandise, cheap street ⬩ vicus mercatorius
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strǽt a street] A street or place for merchandise, cheap street; vicus mercatorius Andlang cýpstrǽte along cheap street, Cod. Dipl. 1291; A. D. 996; Kmbl. vi. 135, 17