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butsa-carlas

(n.)
Grammar
butsa-carlas, [bátes carlas, i. e. bát-sǽ carlas]
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Seamen, sailors; nautæ, Chr. 1066; Ing. 259, 4

helle-hæft

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hæft,
  • Cd. 227; Th. 304, 16; Sat. 631.

be-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wrecan, bi-wrecan; p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen.

to exile, send forthpellere, propellereto strike or beat around, afflictcircum pulsareto drive or bring toappellere

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Kmbl. 537; An. 269. to drive or bring to; appellere Ceólas léton sande bewrecene they let the keels [ships] be driven to the sand [shore], Elen. Kmbl. 502; El. 251

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

UnlessexceptExcept

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Grammar nefne, conj. connecting clauses, Unless, except Hé hyra má ácwellan wolde, nefne him witig God forstóde, Beo. Th. 2116; B. 1056: 6101; B. 3054: Exon. Th. 340, 5; Gn. Ex. 106 : 345, 11; Gn. Ex. 186. Hí sǽdon, nemne ( nisi ) hí him máran andlyfne

Linked entries: nemne nymne

be-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sellan, p. -sealde, -salde, pl. -sealdon, -saldon; pp. -seald [be by, about, sellan to give]

To surround, bring oncircumdare, obducere

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To surround, bring on; circumdare, obducere Sinnihte beseald surrounded with perpetual night, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 27; Gen. 42

Linked entry: be-seald

snytro

(n.)
Grammar
snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.

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Prudence, wisdom, sagacity Snytru sapientia Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 2. Hwǽr com heora snyttro what has become of their wisdom? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31. Wera snytero Cd. Th. 295, 25; Sat. 492. Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Ic eom

helle-flór

(n.)
Grammar
helle-flór,
  • Cd. 214; Th. 269, 9; Sat. 70.

helle-scealc

Grammar
helle-scealc,
  • Cd. 216; Th. 273, 8; Sat. 133.

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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O. L. Ger. thianust, thienest, O. H. Ger. dionóst, Icel. þjónusta are to verbs thionón, dionón, þjóna respectively; or(?) þénest, þeónest the English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word occurs separately refers to

for-sáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sáwenness, (-saw- ?), e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt On forsáwennesse in abusione, Ps. L. 30, 19

Linked entry: -sáwenness

sealtan

(v.)
Grammar
sealtan, p. seóle; pp. sealten to salt. Take here <b>sealten,</b>
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and add Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, þonne twenge þú mid þínre swíðran neoþewearde þíne wynstran, þǽr se lýra þiccost sí, and dó mid þínum þrím fingrum swilcce þú sealte, Tech. ii. 125, 3

be-líðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-líðan, p. -láþ, pl. -liðon = -lidon; pp. -liðen = -liden [be from, líðan to go, sail]

To go fromto leaveeffugererelinquere

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To go from, to leave; effugere, relinquere Lífe belidenes líc the body of the left by life, i. e. the body of the lifeless Elen. Kmbl. 1752; El. 878 : Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 18, note; Gú. 1312 : Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 280. Ða belidenan [MS. behlidenan

Linked entries: líðan bi-liden

cwis

(n.)
Grammar
cwis, cwiss,e; f. [cweðan to say, speak]

A saying, speakinglocutio

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A saying, speaking; locutio

cweþ ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweþ ðú, say thou, cweðe he let him say, cweðaþ, cweðe ge say ye, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 33, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 9: Gen. 50, 19; impert.
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of cweðan

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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to sit round, surround, beset, besiege; circumdare, cingere, obsidere Ða Læcedemonian besǽton ða burh Mæsiane tyn winter the Lacedæmonians surrounded the city of Messene for ten years, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 15. Se cyng lét [hí] besittan ðone castel the

Linked entry: be-seten

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

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Unless, except Nimþe nisi, Wülck. Gl. 249, 9. Nimþe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 4 : 93. 3. Grammar nimþe, connecting clauses Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43. Ne sceal

Linked entry: nemþe

stán-ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
stán-ceosel, es; m.
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Sand Hí getimbrode hys hús ofer stánceosel, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24 MS. A. Stáncislas glareas, Hpt. Gl. 449, 16

Linked entry: ceosel

ceosel-stán

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel-stán, cysel-stán, es; m.

Sand-stone, gravelglarea, calculus

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Sand-stone, gravel; glarea, calculus Ceoselstán glarea, Wrt. Voc. 63, 70. Cyselstán calculus, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 46; Wrt. Voc. 19, 48

Linked entry: cysel-stán

be-grafan

(v.)
Grammar
be-grafan, bi-grafan; p. -gróf, pl. -grófon; pp. -grafen [be, grafan to dig]

To burydefoderesepelire

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To bury; defodere, sepelire Róda greóte begrafene [MS. be-grauene] crosses buried in the sand Elen. Kmbd. 1666; El. 835

Linked entry: bi-grafan

wullian

(v.)
Grammar
wullian, p. ode

To wipe with wool

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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24