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ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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v. intrans. To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg when it may happen, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22; Met. 4, 11. Syle me mínne dǽl mínre ǽhte, ðe me to gebýreþ da mihi portionem substantiæ

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

mæsse-sang

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-sang, es; m.

The service of the mass

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Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 282, 17

treów-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
treów-weorþung, e; f.
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Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 30. Cf. Wé forbeódaþ ǽlcne hǽðenscipe. . . ðæt is, ðæt mán weorðige .. . stánas oððe ǽniges cynnes wudutreówa, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i. 378, 17-21. v. Grmm. D. M. c. 21

Eádgár

(n.)
Grammar
Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]

Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975

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Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great.

hundredes ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
hundredes ealdor, es; m.

a centurion

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Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 8. Cýðan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, 8; Th. i. 274, 28

a-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drǽfan, -dréfan; p. de; pp. ed

To drive awayexpellere

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To drive away; expellere Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ then was driven away the beloved hero, Chr. 975; Th. i. 228, 22; Edg. 44. He adrǽfed wæs ejectus est, Gen. 3, 24.

Linked entry: a-dréfed

tæflere

(n.)
Grammar
tæflere, es; m.

A gamester, dicer, gambler

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Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 8

Linked entry: teblere

býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
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Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17

mæsse-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-reáf, es; n.

Vestment used when celebrating mass

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Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 250, 28: L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 19. Ic geann ánes mæssereáfes mid eallum ðam ðe ðǽrtó gebyreþ, Chart. Th. 529, 8

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Rand the edge of the upper leather, a seam of a shoe, Bailey. Icel. rönd a stripe : Ger. rand border, edge, margin.] the word however is used generally of a shield, denoting the whole or part of it.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

circe

(n.)
Grammar
circe, an; f.

A churchecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία

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Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 15: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 5

massere

(n.)
Grammar
massere, es; m.

A merchant

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Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 246, 24: L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 1

scolere

(n.)
Grammar
scolere, (scólere?), es; m.
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Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 246, 24

wíg-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-steall, es; n.

The part of a church where the altar stands

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Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9

cyric-neód

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-neód, e; f.

Church-need ecclesiæ necessitas

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Edg. C. 55, note 4; Th. ii. 256, 30

missan

(v.)
Grammar
missan, p. miste.

to missfail to hitto escape the notice of a person

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Edg. C. 32; Th. ii. 250, 25

tinen

(adj.)
Grammar
tinen, adj.

Of tin

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Edg. C. 41; Th. ii. 252, 21 note. Tynen, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, note 2. On tinum ( = tinenum) fæte, Lchdm. ii. 236, 5. With tynnen tonges, Pall. 152, 99

un-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gleáw, adj.

without understandingwithout skillnot sagaciousignorantblinddullnot apt for service

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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor

bóc-fel

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-fel, -fell, es; n.

A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellumcharta pergamena, membrana

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Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11

Linked entry: fel

ofer-druncen

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-druncen, es; n.

Drunkenness, inebrietyebrietas, crapula

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Edg. C. 57; Th. ii. 256, 13. Gif preóst lufige oferdruncen, L. N. P. L. 41; Th. ii. 296, 11