oxa
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Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg, and wæterian hig, and scearn heora beran út, Coll. M. 19, 13-20, 3. Þá þá hé his oxan rǽpte, þá scóc án his heáfod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 785. Hét hé spannan oxan tó, 9, 106.
GÆRS
GRASS ⬩ a blade of grass ⬩ herb ⬩ hay ⬩ grāmen ⬩ herba ⬩ fænum
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Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spica, Mk. Bos. 4, 28 : Gen. 1, 11 : Num. 22, 4.
EAR
EAR of corn ⬩ spīca
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An EAR of corn; spīca Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spīcam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spīca, Mk. Bos. 4, 28.
BREGDAN
To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid
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Ic gefrægn sunu Wihstánes beran brogdne beadu-sercean I heard that Wihstan's son bore his weaved war-sark, 5503; B. 2755. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the woven mail-shirt, Elen.
Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan
an-sín
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Fearres gelícnysse and beran ansýne, 48, 2. Englas gehwyrfde on manna onsýne, Bl. H. 233, 5. Gedyde ic þæt þú onsýn hæfdest mǽgwlite mé gelícne, Cri. 1383. of things Seó sǽ þe ǽr gladu onsiéne wæs, Met. 5, 11.
Linked entry: an-sýn
cunnian
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Þá apostolas hine létan heora seódas beran ꝥ hié woldan mid þon his gítsunga cunnian, Bl. H. 69, 12. Hé hleóp cunnigende his féðes, hwæðer hé cúðe gán, Hml. S. 10, 33.
hálsian
To beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, conjure, exorcise ⬩ augurari ⬩ to salute, greet
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Ic eów hálsige scucna englas ðæt gé leng ne beran I adjure you, devils' angels, that ye bear him no longer, 189, 7.
symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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Hé hét beran on ðæt hús manegra cynna symbel, Shrn. 152, 25. Hé geaf mé sinc and symbel, Beo. Th. 4853; B. 2431. Symbel (ge)þicgan, 1242; B. 619: 2025; B. 1010. Symbel ymbsittan, 1132; B. 564. Symbel habban epulari, Ps. Th. 67, 2.
búr
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Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30
ságol
A staff, cudgel, club
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Ða ságlas (vectes) sticiaþ inn on ðám hringum ða earce mid tó beranne . . . Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm ságlum, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 171, 5-12. Hié Claudium mid ságlum of beótan, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 26.
sceáf
A sheaf, bundle ⬩ a sheaf ⬩ a bundle (of herbs)
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Heora sceáfas (manipulos) beraþ, Ps. Th. 125, 6. a bundle (of herbs) :-- Dippaþ ysopan sceáf (sceaft, Thw.) on ðam blóde fasciculum hyssopi tingite in sanguine, Ex. 12, 22.
Linked entry: sceáb
BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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Ða beón beraþ árlícne anleofan and ǽterne tægel the bees carry a delicious food and a poisonous tail Frag. Kmbl. 34; Leás. 19. Be ðám ðe beón bewitaþ concerning those, who keep bees L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 35.
Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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Ðá him ðá ðæt sǽd broht wæs ofer ealle tíd tó sáwenne and ofer eallne hiht wæstm tó beranne ðe hé on ðam ylcan land seów ðá georn ðǽr sóna upp genihtsumlíc yrþ and wæstm ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur.
Cwénas
The Quaines
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Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór; hwílum ða Norþmen on hý; and ðǽr sint swíðe micle meras fersce geond ða móras; and beraþ ða Cwēnas hyra scypu ofer land on ða meras, and ðanon hergiaþ on ða Norþmen.
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lind
a shield
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Beraþ linde forþ, Thw. 24, 16; Jud. 191. Scyldas wégon, linde bǽron, Byrht. Th. 134, 45; By. 99: Beo. Th. 4719; B. 2365. Hwíte linde, Cd. 158; Th. 107, 4; Exod. 301
ge-mang
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A. 204, 309. a collection of objects, throng, crowd of persons Berað linde forð in sceaðena gemong, Jud. 193. Hí herepað worhton þurh láðra gemong, 304.
frófor
- Shrn. 202, 16
consolation ⬩ the action of consoling ⬩ the state of being consoled ⬩ alleviation of distress ⬩ comfort ⬩ freedom from distress ⬩ a consolation ⬩ a particular action that consoles ⬩ a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or comfort ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Þæt he wǽre gemedemod him forgyfan hwylcehugu frófre (aliquod solatium ) þǽr tó eardianne . . . and sóna hé gemétte ǽnne beran standan beforan þám durum, Gr. D. 206, 5. Gedó nú fræmsume frófre þíne benigne fac, Ps. C. 130. Fyrena frófre, B. 628.
ge-leáfa
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Beran in breóstum beorhtne geleáfan, Gú. 770. <b>I a.</b> belief in God, Christian faith :-- Hé lǽrde þá leóde on geleáfan weg, An. 1682. Þám þe ic lífes ofonn, leóhtes geleáfan, Jul. 378. Hé hí tó geleáfan onbryrde, Bl. H. 107, 2.
LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Wé sceolon on ðisum dæge beran úre leóht tó cyrcan and lǽtan hí ðǽr bletsian we must on this day carry our lights to church and have them blessed there, Homl. Th. 1, 150, 27
Linked entry: líht
swǽr
- Halliwell
- Jamieson's Dictionary
unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.
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.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his bæce, Homl. Th. i. 212, 4.