in-gán
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Wé ðá cynelican burh Porres mid úrum wǽpnum ineódon (printed metdon) urbem regiam Pori armis inuasimus, Nar. 4, 19. Add
grundlinga
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Hí tobrǽcon ða burh grundlinga they destroyed the city to its very foundations, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 3; i. 72, 5. Grundlunge, ii. 164, 16
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á-brecan
to break up, break to pieces, destroy the connexion between the parts of an object ⬩ to break down a wall ⬩ to break off, separate forcibly ⬩ to destroy a person ⬩ to break, violate ⬩ to take by storm, to storm a place ⬩ To break out, forth, away, &c.
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Ǽr hé helwara burg ábrǽce, Rä. 56, 7. Ábrecan expugnare, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 12: capere, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20: Chr. 921; P. 101, 8.
bærstlian
To break ⬩ burst ⬩ crepare
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To break, burst; crepare Bærstlaþ crepuerit, Cot. 39
be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Hé hine lét ofsleán and deópe bedelfan, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 38. to bury, put in a grave or tomb Git métað weal; bedelfað on ðám þone líchoman, Shrn. 139, 27. Bebyrge ł bidelfa sepelire, Jn. L. 19, 40
sténan
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Th. 37, 8. of sound made with things, to roar, sound loudly Cóm ðá wigena hleó þegna þreáte (þrýðbord sténan ( loud sounded the shields)), beaduróf cyning burga neósan, El. 151
scild-hreóða
Shield-covering ⬩ a shield ⬩ buckler ⬩ the arrangement of shields as in the scild-burh
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Th. 184, 26; Exod. 113. the arrangement of shields as in the scild-burh, q. v. Scyldréðan testudine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 31. Sumum wíges spéd giefeþ æt gúþe, ðonne gárgetrum ofer scildhreádan (-hreoðan?)
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wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf.
ealaþ
Ale ⬩ cervĭsia
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Ale; cervĭsia Twelf ambra Wilisces ealaþ [MS. B. ealoþ] twelve ambers of Welsh ale, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17: Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103. 33
swerian
To swear, make oath. ⬩ absolute ⬩ to swear by or on ⬩ to swear to anything ⬩ to swear an oath by something ⬩ to swear by, on . . . that . . .
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To swear, make oath. absolute Se ðe sweraþ (swereþ, Ps. Th. Surt.) néhstan his qui jurat proximo suo, Ps. Spl. 14, 6. Ðæt land ðe ic fore swór heora fæderum terram pro qua juravi patribus eorum, Num. 14, 23. Ðæt land ðe ðú hira fæderum fore swóre, 11
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seámere
A beast of burden ⬩ a mule
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A beast of burden, a mule Hors equus, hengest caballus, seámere burdus (= burdo; hic burdo, i. genitum inter equum et asinam, 219, col. l.) Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 42-44. Seámere burdus, oxa bova, ii. 11, 61-62
forþ-blǽstan
To blast forth ⬩ puff out ⬩ burst out ⬩ insufflāre ⬩ erumpĕre
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To blast forth, puff out, burst out; insufflāre, erumpĕre, Cot. 74
sám-swǽled
Half-burnt
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Half-burnt Sámswǽlede semiustos, sámswǽled semiustus, Hpt. Gl. 508, 55-57
forþ-berstan
To burst or break forth ⬩ erumpĕre
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To burst or break forth; erumpĕre, Som. Ben. Lye
lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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The idea which lies at the root of the various meanings of this and of the next word seems to be that of motion. Thus lácan and Icel. leika are used to describe the motion of a vessel riding on the waves, the flight of a bird as it rises and falls in
ful-berstan
To burst fully or thoroughly ⬩ plēne rumpi
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To burst fully or thoroughly; plēne rumpi, Off. Reg. 3
a-brecan
To break ⬩ vanquish ⬩ to take by storm ⬩ to assault ⬩ destroy ⬩ frangere ⬩ effringere ⬩ expugnare
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Hú ǽnig man mihte swylce burh abrecan how any man could take such a town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 16
be-birgan
To bury ⬩ sepelire
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To bury; sepelire Mín fæder me byd ðæt ic hine bebirgde pater meus adjuravit me, ut eum sepelirem, Gen. 50, 5 : 50, 6. He hine bebirigde he buried him, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6. 2. Hine bebirgdon sepelierunt eum, Gen. 50, 13. Bebirged sepultus, 50, 14.
ofer-feohtan
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Máre sige bið þæt se man hine sylfne ðurh geðyld gewylde, ðonne hé wiðútan him burga oferfeohte, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 11. Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig fyrdendra þegena and wolde oferfeohtan ꝥ Júdéisce folc, Hml. S. 25, 364.
heáfod-leahter
A capital offence, mortal sin
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Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17