bregdan
to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to 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
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
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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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Wé þá synderlíce práuost hátað þe under óðrum ealdrum þǽre práuostscýre gýmað (prioratus curam gerunt), Chrd. 52, 15. Add
reádian
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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
to be bruised
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Kemble and Grimm read líclǽlan spots [of blood] on the body, on the body, but cf. lǽlian
sáwlung
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
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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
The frightful or horrid stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ ōceănus
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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
In ⬩ within
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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
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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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
A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua
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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
A CLOSING ⬩ inclosure ⬩ conclusion of a sentence ⬩ period ⬩ claustrum ⬩ periodus ⬩ περίοδος
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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.
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geótan
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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
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
forhtian
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
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Þat wil, Shor. 16