ge-wascan
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Niman hí him bréc of hrægelhús; eft swá hý ham cumen, betǽcan him gewoxene (-wahsene, v. l.) femuralia de vestiario accipiant; revertentes lota ibi restituant, R. Ben. 91, 10. Add
Brondingas
The Brondings ⬩ populi nomen
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Breoca weóld Brondingum Breca ruled the Brondings, Scóp Th. 51; Wíd. 25
heópe
A hip ⬩ seed-vessel of the dog-rose ⬩ also the plant on which the hip grows[?]
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Genim brér ðe hiópan on weaxaþ take briar on which hips grow, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 15
hús-brice
Housebreaking ⬩ burglary
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Housebreaking, burglary Húsbrice [-brec, MS. A.] and bærnet æfter woruldlage is bótleás housebreaking and arson are according to the secular law inexpiable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 5.
ge-hú
In any manner
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In any manner He is gecweden hláf ðurh getácnunge and lamb and leó and gehú elles he is called bread typically and lamb and lion and in any other way, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 17.
Linked entry: HÚ
æig
An egg ⬩ ovum
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An egg; ovum Ðæt æig getácnaþ hiht: ǽrest hit biþ æig, and seó módor siððan mid hihte bret ðæt æig to bridde the egg betokens hope: first it is an egg, and the mother then with hope cherishes the egg to a young bird, Homl. Th. i. 250, 22-24
þeorf-dæg
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A day on which unleavened bread was to be eaten Ðæt geríst preóstum tó witanne hwæt beó betwyx Eástron and ðeorfdagum.
on-efn
by, near
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by, near Hí gemétton fýr, and hláf onem they found a fire, and bread close by, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 5. Onefen ðone hagan . . . norþ onefen ðæt gelád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-13. Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33.
Linked entry: efen
brýden wah
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Dele, and see breden
ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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A word of uncertain meaning, but descriptive of a certain kind of bread Ǽlc gegilda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf let each gild-brother give a 'gesufel' loaf, L. Æthelst. 5, 8; Th. i. 236, 36.
Linked entry: ge-syfled hláf
a-berstan
To burst ⬩ break ⬩ to be broken ⬩ perfringi
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To burst, break, to be broken; perfringi
at-berstan
To break out ⬩ escape ⬩ erumpere
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To break out, escape; erumpere, Chr. 607; Ing. 30, 9
bærstlian
To break ⬩ burst ⬩ crepare
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To break, burst; crepare Bærstlaþ crepuerit, Cot. 39
for-brycst
breakest or shalt break
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breakest or shalt break, Ps. Th. 9, 35;
for-styntan
to break ⬩ knock ⬩ blunt ⬩ contundĕre
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to break, knock, blunt; contundĕre. Cot. 48: 177
prician
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Ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21
egean
To harrow or break clods ⬩ occāre
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To harrow or break clods; occāre, Som. Ben. Lye
forþ-berstan
To burst or break forth ⬩ erumpĕre
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To burst or break forth; erumpĕre, Som. Ben. Lye
twi-browen
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Twice-brewed On twybrownum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 120, 10
leód-hwæt
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In the passage l. leódhwata, and add: cf. brego-róf, cyning-beald