Huntan-dún
Huntingdon
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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19
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
ge-berstan
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to burst: Hnescað se swile and gebersteþ, Lch. ii. 202, ii. —
Linked entry: berstan
breneþ
burns
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burns, Runic pm. 15; Kmbl. 342, 11; Hick. Thes. i. 135
G
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gen. e; f. burge of a town; beorh a hill; gen. es; m. beorges of a hill; pl. beorgas hills.
weorold
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Seó burh Iericho mid hire seofon weallum getác*-*node ðás áteorigendlícan woruld, ðe tyrnð on seofon dagum, and hí symle geedlǽcaþ, óð ðæt seó geendung eallum mannum becume, Homl. Th. ii. 214, 29.
foxes fót
Fox's foot ⬩ bur reed ⬩ a water plant ⬩ sparganum simplex ⬩ xiphion ⬩ ξιφίον
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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm
min
small ⬩ mean ⬩ vile
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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
To trample upon ⬩ crush ⬩ subdue
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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.
on-springan
to burst asunder ⬩ to 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.
feówerþe-móder
A great-great-grandmother ⬩ ăbăvia
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A great-great-grandmother; ăbăvia, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 13; Wrt. Voc. 51, 58
for-bærst
burst asunder
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burst asunder, Beo. Th. 5354; B. 2680: Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 6;
fisc-fell
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Ofer ðǽr burge fiscfell (-pól, L. ) super probatica piscina, Jn. R. 5, 2
ge-býran
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Cf. á-búrod
assen
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Hors of stédan and of assenne burdo, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 24. Add
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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, crepare, fremere to break or burst forth, make a noise or crash; Geseah streám brecan of beorge [he] saw a stream burst forth from the mount, Bec.
ge-sprintan
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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.
wín-sele
A wine-hall ⬩ a hall where there is feasting
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Gesyhð on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, Beo. Th. 4903; B. 2456
Linked entry: wín-sæl
ge-ceápian
To buy ⬩ purchase ⬩ trade ⬩ ĕmĕre ⬩ negotiari
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To buy, purchase, trade; ĕmĕre, negotiari He sǽde, ðæt man náne burh ne mihte ýþ mid feó geceápian he said that no city could be more easily bought with money, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 16.
bǽrning
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Add:: a burnt-offering Bærningum holocaustis, Ps. Vos. 50, 18. v. for-bǽrning, on-bǽrning