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bregdan

(v.)

to pluckpulldrawdragto bindknotto changeto changeto movebe pulledto flash

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Shrn. 154, 28 : 74, 30. to bring a charge (braid in up-braid) Þe lǽs þé God up bréde þone godspellican cwide lest God bring up against you that saying of the gospel, Wlfst. 248, 9. to change Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne tó menn, Hml. S. ii. 222.

ealdor-duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-duguþ, aldor-duguþ, e; f.

The chief nobility procĕres

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The chief nobility; procĕres. Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 310

Linked entry: aldor-duguþ

un-áwendendlic

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Drihten, þú þe simle unáwendenlic wunast, Solil. H. 55, 16. Add

Linked entry: á-wendendlic

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, a time, season. l, byre,
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and add Ǽ þám byre, þe hé wite eal, Wlfst. 123, 5. Oð ðone byre, þe hí God áwehte, Hml. S. 23, 336

on-birgan

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Ic hálsige þé. . . ꝥ þú ná geþrístlǽce ꝥ þú þises húsles onbyrige ( ut non audeas hanc eucharistiam percipere), Ll. Lbmn. 413, 25. Add

práfost-scír

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þá synderlíce práuost hátað þe under óðrum ealdrum þǽre práuostscýre gýmað (prioratus curam gerunt), Chrd. 52, 15. Add

reádian

(v.)
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Þæt þú wite hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelícnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian fægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 112. Eágan reádiað, Lch. ii. 258, 14. Wyl þás þreó on meolcum oþ ꝥ hý reádian, 292, 5. Add

lǽlan

(v.)

to be bruised

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Kemble and Grimm read líclǽlan spots [of blood] on the body, on the body, but cf. lǽlian

Linked entries: lǽl líc-lǽlan

sáwlung

(n.)
Grammar
sáwlung, e; f.

expiring

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wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.'

Linked entry: sáwlian

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Gegafsprǽce and ídele word and þá word þe leahter ástyrien on eallum stówum wé forbeódaþ scurrilitales vel verba otiosa et risum moventia in omnibus locis dampnamus, R. Ben. 22, 4. Add

locc

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Þá tær hé his loccas heófende and wolde hine sylfne ádrencan, Hml. S. 30, 180. Add

fífel-streám

(n.)
Grammar
fífel-streám, es; m.

The frightful or horrid streamthe oceanōceănus

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The frightful or horrid stream, the ocean; ōceănus Nǽnigne merehengesta má ðonne ǽnne ferede on fífelstreám he led not more than one of the sea-horses on the ocean, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 51; Met. 26, 26

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Th. 117, 19. Ðæne se geat-weard lǽt in whom the porter lets in, Jn. Skt. 10, 3. Hé áwearp ða scyllingas in on ðæt templ he cast the money into the temple, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 5.

beáh

(n.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, beág, bǽh, bég, béh; gen. beáges; dat. beáge; pl. beágas; m. [beáh, beág; p. of búgan to bend]

Metal made into circular ornamentsA ringbraceletcollargarlandcrownanulusarmilladiademacorona

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Gehwearf in Francna fæðm cyninges se beáh the collar of the king went into the grasp of the Franks, Beo. Th. 2427; B. 1211. Sceal bryde beág a ring shall be for a bride, Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 24; Gn. Ex. 131.

GEAT

(n.)
Grammar
GEAT, gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.

A gatedoorportaostiumjānua

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Ðǽr is geat gylden there is the golden gate, Cd. 227; Th. 305, 19; Sat. 649. Þurh ðæs wealles geat through the gate of the wall, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 32; Jud. 151 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 21; Jul. 401.

Linked entry: helle-geat

clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSINGinclosureconclusion of a sentenceperiodclaustrumperiodusπερίοδος

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Th. i. 332, 20. Hí on hellícere clýsunge andbídodon they waited in the hellish inclosure Homl. Th. ii. 80, 6. Clýsunga claustra R. Ben. Interl. 67.

Linked entry: clýsung

geótan

(v.)
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Th. 17, 4. Flód ofslóh, gifen geótende, giganta cyn, B. 1690. Geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, An. 1592. of the motion of many bodies Þá gástas on ǽlce healfe in guton subeuntibus ab undique illis, Guth.

cealre

(n.)
Grammar
cealre, calwer, es; m.

calmaria, gabalacrum

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Nim þa wyrta and wyrce togadere swá micel swá cealras take the herbs and wort them together as thick as curds, Lchdm. iii. 118, 14. Calwer gabalacrum, Cot. 96

Linked entries: calwer celras

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, frohtian.

To fear

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Swíðe forhtigende þæt hí his fandian dorston in great fear because they had dared to try him, Hml. Th. ii. 168, 19. Frohtende timens, Mt. R. 25, 25: metuens, Mk. p. 2, 11. Ondo frohtendes (pauescentis) Petres, Lk. p. 4, 18.

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Þat wil, Shor. 16