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ge-lúcan

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Add: to close what is open Hyt þá wunda áclǽnsað and ðá dolh gelýcð, Lch. i. 108, 22. to lock, fasten with a bolt, & c. Gelocen boge an arblast (v. arblast), a crossbow; balista, . Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 56

hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

Linked entry: heg-stæf

fette

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fette, fetched, brought, married,
  • Gen. 48, 10: Mt. Bos. 22, 25
  • ;
p.
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of fetian

brádre

(adj.)
Grammar
brádre,
  • Ors. 2, 6
  • ;
  • Bos. 50, 22
comp. f. n. of brád.

broader

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broader

bræsna

(adj.)

strong, bold,

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strong, bold, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 16; Dan. 449

dǽd-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-hwæt, pl. ; adj.

Deed quick or active, strenuous, boldpromptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus

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Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold; promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus Hæleþ dǽdhwate men prompt of deed, Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 26; Jul. 2. Ge wǽron dǽdhwæte ye were bold of deeds, Elen.

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Add: to declare, proclaim, make known Ðá geleáfullan bodiað (bodigeað, v. l.) be Gode ðæt sóð is ecclesta ore fidelium de Deo, quaeque vera sunt, testatur, Past. 367, 9. Sé . . . þe hé tówearde sægde and bodode, Bl. H. 9, 16. Weorþian wé Sancta Marian

nebwlát-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
nebwlát-ful, adj.

Boldimpudentshameless

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Bold, impudent, shameless Nebwlátful, scamleás frontosa, Hpt. Gl. 506, 78

Linked entry: wlát-ful

gebyld

(adj.)
Grammar
gebyld, adj.

Boldcourageousaudax

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Bold, courageous; audax Gebyld swiðe ðurh God, Jud. 4, 14

un-campróf

(adj.)
Grammar
un-campróf, adj.

Unwarlikenot bold in battle

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Unwarlike, not bold in battle Uncamprófes inbellis, Germ. 399, 420

Linked entry: camp-róf

dearf-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dearf-lic, adj.
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Bold, presumptuous From dearflicum a praesumtoribus, Mt. p. 2, 1

Linked entry: dearr-lic

on-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
on-mód, adj.

Bold, courageous,

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Bold, courageous, Exon. Th. 146, 29; Gú. 717

Linked entry: an-mód

scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.
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A bar, bolt Ða scytelses (scittelsas, MS. O.) tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348. Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas, Wulfst. 230, 31. Scytelsas seras, Ps. Spl. 147, 2. Scettelsas, Hymn. Surt. 122, 28. Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349

Linked entry: scytels

eofor-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
eofor-hwæt, adj.
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Bold as a boar Eoforhuaet (a proper name), Txts. 160, 1

Linked entry: hwæt

heard-hicgende

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-hicgende, adj.

Bold in purpose

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Bold in purpose, Beo. Th. 793; B. 394: 1602; B. 799

dýr

(adj.)

brave, bold

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brave, bold, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 10; Dan. 37

þríst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-lic, adj.
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Bold Se Jeáð is þrístlic. Verc. Först. 104, 1

fyrd-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrd-hwæt, adj.

Bold in warfarewarlikebravebellĭcōsus

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Bold in warfare, warlike, brave; bellĭcōsus Ðæt wǽron mǽre men ofer eorþan, and fyrdhwate those were famous men throughout the earth, and bold in warfare, Andr. Kmbl. 16; An. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 2356; El. 1179: Apstls. Kmbl. 33; Ap. 12: Beo.

Linked entry: fird-hwæt

dearf

(adj.)
Grammar
dearf, [ = W. S. deorf]
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Bold Dearfe ł dyrstige audaci, Mt. p. 9, 3

hild-from

(adj.)
Grammar
hild-from, adj.

Stout or bold in war,

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Stout or bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2405; An. 1204