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for-bærst

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-bærst, pl. -burston

burst asunder

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burst asunder, Beo. Th. 5354; B. 2680: Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 6;

ge-býran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býran, (?) to furnish with gebúras,
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Cf. á-búrod

Linked entries: -býran ge-býred

assen

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Hors of stédan and of assenne burdo, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 24. Add

min

(adj.)
Grammar
min, adj.

smallmeanvile

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small Ne ðé sunne on dæge ne gebærne ne ðé móna on niht min ne geweorþe may the sun not burn thee by day, nor the moon withhold her light from thee by night, Ps.

Linked entry: min-dóm

nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample uponcrushsubdue

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To trample upon, crush, subdue Oft ic cwice bærne nǽte mid níþe oft the living I burn, painfully oppress them, Exon. Th. 389, 7; Rä. 7. 4.

be-hringed

(v.)
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Burh útan behringed mid feóndum, 17, 28. Mid costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde (-hring-, v. l. ). Past. 163, 16. Ábútan beringede mid leahtrum circumdati vitiis, Scint. 103, II

ge-sprintan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprintan, p. ge-sprant, pl. ge-sprunton
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To burst forth (? cf. Icel. spretta; p. spratt, of water, to burst out, spirt out. The word, however, seems used with causative force. Cf. ge-springan; ), to send forth words.

Linked entries: sprintan gi-sprunt

a-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
a-brecan, ic -brece, ðu -bricst, he -bricþ; p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To breakvanquishto take by stormto assaultdestroyfrangereeffringereexpugnare

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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

Linked entries: a-bræc a-brocen

be-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-birgan, -birigan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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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

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-leahter, es; m.

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

BELGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BELGAN, ic belge, ðu bilgst, bilhst, he bilgþ, bilhþ, bylgþ, pl. belgaþ; p. ic, he bealg, bealh, ðú bulge pl. bulgon; pp. bolgen.

To cause oneself to swell with angerto make oneself angryirritate oneselfenrage oneselfira se tumefacerese irritarese exasperareTo swell with angerto be angryto be enragedira tumereindignariirasci

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Grammar BELGAN, v. reflex. acc. To cause oneself to swell with anger, to make oneself angry, irritate oneself, enrage oneself; ira se tumefacere, se irritare, se exasperare Nelle ðú on écnesse ðé áwa belgan non in æternum indignaberis Ps. Th. 102, 9.

feówerþe-móder

(n.)
Grammar
feówerþe-móder, indecl. in sing; but dat, sing. -méder; pl. nom. acc. -módra; gen. -módra; dat. -módrum; f.

A great-great-grandmotherăbăvia

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A great-great-grandmother; ăbăvia, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 13; Wrt. Voc. 51, 58

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend frompass bydeclineavoidshuneschewrecēdĕreprætĕrīredeclīnāreevītāredevītāre

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To bend from, pass by, decline, avoid, shun, eschew; recēdĕre, prætĕrīre, declīnāre, evītāre, devītāre He mæg forbúgan ða þegnunga he can decline the ministrations, Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a. 14: Wald. 25; Vald. 1, 15. Hú man sélost mæg synna forbúgan

bǽrning

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Add:: a burnt-offering Bærningum holocaustis, Ps. Vos. 50, 18. v. for-bǽrning, on-bǽrning

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn.

Linked entry: helpe

ofer-winnan

(v.)

to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdueexpugnare, superare, devincere

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Gif ðú wille ǽnige buruh oferwinnan expugnare Deut. 20, 10: Jos. 10, 4. Ðæt hí mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28.

on-springan

(v.)

to burst asunderto spring or burst forth, (of streams), to rise

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to burst asunder Seonowe onsprungon, burston bánlocan, Beo. Th. 1639; 8. 817. to spring or burst forth, (of streams), to rise Ðǽr lagnstreámas, wyllan onspringaþ, Exon. Th. 202, 2; Ph. 63. Ðǽr se flód onsprang, Andr. Kmbl. 3269; An. 1637.

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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On sumor geneát sceal bytlian and burh hegegian, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 261, 10. Cf. botl, ge-bytlu

récan

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Gif sinwe síen gescruncene . . . wyl on wætre, beþe mid, and réce þá sinwe geornlíce, 328, 8. to cause to emit smoke, burn incense Ꝥ hú (= heó) récte ut adholeret (thymiama diis), An. Ox. 8, 238. Rícenne turificare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 63: 26, 76