bí-libban
To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported ⬩ vesci, sustentari
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To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported; vesci, sustentari Sciððium wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc, ðe by mǽst bílibbaþ it was as agreeable to the Scythians to see [lit. that they saw] man's blood
for-neáh
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Forneáh þá mǽstan, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 29. Fornǽh ealle Weast-Centingas, Chr. 999; P. 133, 2. Fornéh circiter (X millia), An. Ox. 3421. Hé forneáh hungre swealt, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 30. Seó dǽd wearð forneáh Rómánum tó ðǽm mǽstan hearme, 4, 13; S. 210, 10
forþian
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Add: to send forth or out, dispatch Mann sceolde forðian út to Sandwíc scipu, Chr. 1052; P. 177, 8. to forward, promote the well-being of. Cf. forþ-dǽd He friðige and forðige ǽlce tilðe, Angl. ix. 259, 14. Yrðe georne forðian, 261, 21. Þá menn gehabban
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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A useless or injurious plant, a weed Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27. Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras Past. 47
ge-blissian
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Add: intrans. Hé geblissað on his heortan laetabitur corde, Ex. 4, 14. Ðá geblissiað qui letantur, Kent. Gl. 22. Geblissa letare, 108. Geblissa þú góda þeówa euge bone serve, Mt. 25, 23. On écum gesetednessum heó geblissige ( gaudeat ), Angl. xiii. 381
land-leód
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Add: a native of a country Landleód i[n]digena Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 69. Londleód incola Ps. Srt. 38, 13: 118, 19. Londleóde incolae 104, 12. Þá landleóde hí hátað Parcoadras, Ors. I, i; S. 14, 9. Þá landleóde on þǽre stówe incolae Gr. D. 97, 31. Ealle þá
á-wédan
to go mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be mad
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Add: to go mad Sé þe þurh sleápleáste áwét freneticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 60. Þæs mannes sunu áwédde, Shrn. 97, 15. Se cyng áwédde þe hine cwellan hét, and ealle þá hǽþenan bisceopas áwéddan and swulton, 121, 3-5. Ðá swín ealle áwéddan, Hml. S. 17, 194
a-lifian
To live ⬩ vivere
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To live; vivere He geþohte ðæt he wolde on fellenum gegyrelan ealle his dagas his lífes alifian he resolved that he would live all the days of his life in clothing of skins, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 13
un-neáh
not near ⬩ far ⬩ far from
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not near. Grammar un-neáh, as adv. far Syndan ealle hí fram ǽ ðínre unneáh gewiten a lege tua longe facti sunt, Ps. Th. 118, 150. Grammar un-neáh, as prep. far from Óþlæ unnég, Txts. 127, 1
bróþor-licness
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Add: A title used in addressing an ecclesiastical brother Ðis mæg geþencean ðín bróþorlicnys, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 7. Is hé tó onbærnanne mid ðínre bróþorlicnysse lufan . . . Ealle Brytta biscopas wé bebeódaþ ðínre bróþorlycnysse, 492, 19, 24
fore-gengel
A predecessor
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A predecessor Ealle þá forgiuenesse þe míne forgengles geáfen, Chr. 963; P. 117, 5, 9. Be cinga dagan mínra forgenglan (foren-, Chr. 693; Th. 66, n. 2), and be mínra mágan dagon, C. D. B. i. 137, 19
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ge-hringan
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To ring Sý gehringed þonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágau, R. Ben. 73, 14. Sé gehringed ( pulsetur ) belle, Angl. xlii. 380, 212. Beóþ gehringde ( pulsantur ) ealle bécnu, 428, 902. Gehrinde, 401, . 525. Gehringede, 402, 537. Gehringode, 530
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leger-bedd
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Marcellus sǽde ꝥ heó lǽge on paralisin. Þá áxode Títus þone apostol hwí hé geþafode ꝥ heó swá láge on þám legerbedde, þonne hé óðre áléfede ealle gehǽlde, and heó ána læg swá, Hml. S. 10, 237. Add
myne
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Add Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge þæs écean Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23, 155. a memorial, memory Þá ðá hǽðenan menn crístendómes leóman mid ealle ádwǽscan woldon, and ǽlcne myne ofer eorðan ádýlgian, Hml. S. 23, 11
bryrdan
stimulus, cuspis ⬩ To prick, goad, incite, urge, constrain ⬩ compungere, stimulare, instigare, urgere, compellere
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[brord stimulus, cuspis] To prick, goad, incite, urge, constrain; compungere, stimulare, instigare, urgere, compellere Se Ælmihtiga ealle gesceafta bryrþ mid his bridlum the Almighty constrains all creatures with his bridles, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 5; Met.
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strangness
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strength Strangnysse míne fortitudinem meam, Ps. Spl. 58, 10. force, violence Of him is bodud Godes ríce and ealle on ðæt Strangnysse wyrcaþ ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, et omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. Skt. 16, 16
un-forgifen
unforgiven ⬩ not given in marriage
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unforgiven Ealle scylda ðe wið God beóð ungebétta beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. not given in marriage (cf. Goth. fra-gifts espousal; Icel. ú-gefinn unmarried) Unforgifenum innupti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 19
tó-sceádenness
Separation ⬩ distinction
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Separation, distinction Gé syndon clǽne, cwæð hé tó his þegnum, næs ná hwæðere ealle. Hér on ðysum cwide wæs ðæra apostola tóscádennys here we have in these words a distinction made among the apostles, Homl. Ass. 158, 162
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burg-waran
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Inhabitants of a city, citizens; urbis incolæ, cives Ealle burgwaran all the city-inhabitants, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 6; Hö. 134: 120b; Th. 462, 23; Hö. 56. Burgwarena fruma the chief of the citizens, Scóp Th. 182; Wíd. 90
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ende-byrdlíce
Orderly, in order, in succession ⬩ successĭve
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Orderly, in order, in succession; successĭve Ealle ðás wǽron endebyrdlíce bisceopháda brúcende on Myrcna þeóde all these in succession enjoyed the bishopric of Mercia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 558, 4. Endebyrdlíce in order, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 7