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hliþ

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Beorga hliða (hlida, MS.) búgað and myltað (cf. ðá beorgas búgað and myltað, Wlfst. 137, 6) colles liquescent Dómn. L. 101. Hliuða scuporum Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 37. Streámas weorpað on stealc hleoða stáne and sonde, Rä. 3, 7.

ge-drincan

(v.)

to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst ⬩ to drink intoxicating liquor convivially or for pleasure ⬩ to imbibe a liquid ⬩ to swallow the contents of a vessel ⬩ to absorb

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Þá hé hæfde gedruncn ( quo hausto), Gen. 27, 25. to drink intoxicating liquor convivially or for pleasure Is tó wyrnanne bearn-eácnum wífe ꝥ hió áht sealtes ete . . . oþþe beór drince, ne swínes flǽsc ete . . ., ne druncen gedrince (get drunk), Lch.

ræced

(n.)
Grammar
ræced, reced, es; m. n.
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Se beorn ( Noah ) reste on recede, 95. 25; Gen. 1584. In ræcede, Exon. Th. 314, 21; Mód. 17 : 413, 11; Rä. 32, 3. Recyde, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 11; Rún. 5. Ic seah rǽplingas in ræced fergan, Exon. Th. 435, 2; Rä. 53, 1.

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glæd-mód

(adj.)
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Cf. glæd; 4. of joy caused by temporal conditions Þǽr beorn monig glædmód, wlonc and wíngál wíghyrstum scán, Ruin. 34.

fealwe

(adj.)
Grammar
fealwe, fallow, pale yellow, dusky, bay, Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 24; Ph. 74: 60 a; Th. 219, 22; Ph. 311: Beo. Th. 1735; B. 865: 1837; B. 916; nom. acc. pl.
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of fealo

mearc-land

(n.)
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mearc-land, es; n.

a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory

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Cf. what is said before of his dwelling place :-- Wæs seó londes stów bimiðen fore monnum, óððæt meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, 34 b; Th. 110, 32-35), Exon. 35 a; Th, 112, 17; Gú. 145.

recene

(adv.)
Grammar
recene, adv.
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Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn of his breóstum ácýðan, Exon. Th. 293, 7; Wand. 112. Ðæt hé recenust tó þrowunge becóme ad martyrium ocius pervenire, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 11

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ge-mittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mittan, p. -mitte; pp. -mitted

To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre

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Hie æt burhgeate beorn gemitton they found the chief at the town-gate, 111; Th. 146, 23; Gen. 2426. Gif gé gemitton Esau mínne bróður si obvium hăbuĕris fratrem meum Esau, Gen. 32, 17

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gúþ-fana

(n.)
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Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n wé beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23. Beran þá gfiðfanan (vexilla) in on ðá ceastre, Prud. 74. ¶ in the following instances the form gúþ-fan ; n. seems to be used :-- Gúþfan labarum, An. Ox. 2130.

CANDEL

(n.)
Grammar
CANDEL, candell, condel, condell, e; f: candel, es; n.

A CANDLE ⬩ candela, lampas ⬩ a candle

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Glád ofer grúndas Godes condel beorht God's bright candle glided over the grounds, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 16, col. 1; Æðtelst. 15: Exon. 51b; Th. 179, 20; Gú. 1264: 72a; Th. 269, 23; Jul. 454.

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Worhton mid stánum ánne steápne beorh him ofer congregaverunt super eum acervum magnum lapidum, Jos. 7, 26. Steápne hróf, Beo. Th. 1857; B. 926. Þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan, Exon. Th. 397, 11; Rä. 16, 18. Steápe dúne, Cd.

hrǽw

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Eów in beorge bǽl fornimeð, and eówer hrá bryttad lácende líg, El. 579

be-fóran

(prep.)
Grammar
be-fóran, bi-fóran; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be by, proximity, fóran fore, as æt fóran]

BEFORE ⬩ ante ⬩ coram ⬩ præ ⬩ BEFORE

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BEFORE He oft befóran hine com ante illum venire consueverat Bd. 5, 2 ;S. 614, 42, note Sweord manige gesáwon befóran beorn beran many saw a sword borne before the hero Beo. Th. 2052 ; B. 1024.

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earn

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On earnes beorh, iii. 427, 18. (Earn occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. 282, col. 2.) Þæt feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml. S. 15, 184. Gif þú gesihst earn fleón wíf þín gegrípan, deáð getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 11. Add

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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. ¶ the word is found in many compounds, as the first part of words denoting localities, hǽþ-beorh, -burh, dún, -feld, -gára, -hricg, -leáh, -slæd, v. C. D. vi. 293, 294. as part of proper names, v. Txts. 595

gráf

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Add: [The word seems feminine in the compound wíþig-gráf in the following passage On beorg; ðonne on wíðiggráfe; ðonne on ðone weg, C.

ge-blówan

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Haswig feðra (the Phenix) grene eorðan áflýhð, foldan geblówene assueti nemoris dulce cubile fugit, 155. fig. flourishing, blooming Hé (the Phenix) bið feþrum gefrætwod, swilc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, Ph.

deáh

Grammar
deáh, is of use, is good or virtuous, avails, Herb. 2, 22; Lchdm. i. 86, 18. Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 15: Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 5; Fä. 48: Beo. Th. 1151; B. 573; pres.
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of dugan

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éhtend

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Gyf man méte ꝥ hé geseón ne mæge, lǽre ic hine ꝥ hé him wið his éhtend beorge, Lch. iii. 174, 28. a persecutor Hé ( Nero ) wæs monna ǽrest éhtend crístenra monna, Ors. 6, 5; S. 262, 5. Oehtende persecutore, Rtl. 64, 16.