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B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

freme

(adj.)
Grammar
freme, an. Take the passages under fremu.

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bixen

(adj.)
Grammar
bixen, adj. [box the box-tree]

Belonging to box, BOXEN, made of box-wood ⬩ buxeus

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Belonging to box, BOXEN, made of box-wood; buxeus Bixen box a box made of box-wood; pyxis, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 96; Wrt. Voc. 25, 36

Linked entry: byxen

bogen

(n.)
Grammar
bogen, the name of some plant.
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Bogen and redic and hwíte clǽfran, Lch. ii. 64, 3: 134, 17: 322, 21. [In 310, 17 bogenes is corrected to boþenes.] Add

lærest

Grammar
lærest, l. lǽrest. The r for
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s may be explained by Verner's Law

met-cund

Grammar
met-cund, The Latin word glossed is
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catalectico

þurh-smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smirwan, þurh-smirian
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to anoint thoroughly Hé mid ele and mid crísman mé þurhsmyrede, Wlfst. 229, 3

Linked entry: smirwan

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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In the war between Ecgfriþ and Æþelred the former's brother was slain.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder

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Eafora æfter yldrum the son after the parents, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 1; Gen. 1129. Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum I taught sons to obey their parents, Blickl. Homl. 185, 20.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

fyrd-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-sócn, e; f. [sócn the seeking]

The seeking of the army ⬩ military service ⬩ mīlĭtia

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The seeking of the army, military service; mīlĭtia Ðæt hit sý gefreód ealra þeówdóma, búton fyrdsócne, and burhgeweorce and bryggeweorce that it shall be freed from all services, except military service, castle-building, and bridge-work, Th. Diplm.

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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Grammar þyncan, where the subject of the verb is expressed Ðynceþ him swíðe leoht sió byrðen ðæs láreówdómes pondus magisterii levius aestimant, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 9. Mé ðeós (ród) heardra þynceþ, Exon.

Linked entries: ge-þyncan þincan

þeówracian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówracian, v. þeów-[w]racian.

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ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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[Ilk is used as late as the time of Chaucer, and remains yet in the phrase 'of that ilk'; but its place was gradually occupied by same (the Icelandic sami))]

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Ealle wyllspringas and eán þurh hig ( the earth ) yrnaþ. Swá swá ǽddran licgeaþ on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ ðás wæter-ǽddran geond ðás eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 254, 23. On stemne wæterǽdrena (-édrana, Ps. Lamb.cataractorum )ðínra, Ps.

Linked entry: ǽdre

món

(n.)
Grammar
món, in the phrase full món

plenilunium

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plenilunium Fullum móne plenilunio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 42. [Cf. O. H. Ger. -máni in niu-máni neomenia; uol-máni plenilunium; unter-máni interlunium, Grff. 2, 795.]

sunn-scín

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-scín, sun-shine (?the word glosses
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speculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 14)

Linked entry: scín

un-gewyrht

Grammar
un-gewyrht, in the phrases be ungewyrhtum

undeservedly ⬩ not according to one's deserts ⬩ gratis

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undeservedly, not according to one's deserts; gratis, Ps. Surt. 34, 7, 19: 68, 5: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 2: 118, 161

ge-rǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽwe, in the phrase on gerǽwe
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in a row Hí ealle on gerǽwe sǽton, Hml. S. 23, 779. Of ðám alre tó ðám twám wycan standað on geréwe swá ðæt gemére gǽþ, C. D. iii. 424, 8

þefian

(v.)
Grammar
þefian, For the second passage substitute
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Hé ongann on his geþance þefian aestuare coepit in cogitatione, Gr. D. 64, 3

burig

(n.)
Grammar
burig, the dat. of burh

to a city ⬩ a city

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= Similar entries byrig to a city, Ors. 6, 23, MS. C; a city

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