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Eoforwíc-stól

(n.)
Grammar
Eoforwíc-stól, es; m.
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The see of York Féng Ealdulf aƀƀ of Burch tó Eoferwícstóle, Chr. 992; P. 127, 21

for-hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hýnan, p. -hýnde; pp. -hýned, -hýnd [hýnan to humble, put down]

To cast downhumbleoppresswastehŭmĭliāreopprĭmĕrevastāre

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Mid ðam bryne Róme burh wæs swíðe forhýned the city Rome was brought very low by that burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 41

leód-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
leód-rúne, an; f.

A witchpythonissa

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A witch, wise woman [cf. burh-rúne furia; helle-rúne pythonissa: Grmm. D. M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26.

ge-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fleón, -fleóhan; p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon

To fleeescape

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Se to ánre ðara burga gefliéhþ who to one of those cities escapes, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20; Hatt. MS. Geflég fugit, Rtl. 147, 15. Alle geflugun omnes fugerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Ðætte gifléga ut fugiant, Rtl. 118, 31.

scild-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
scild-hreóða, -hréða, an ; m.
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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?)

Linked entry: scild-réða

wín-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sele, es; m.

A wine-halla 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-wild

Grammar
ge-wild, ge-weold.
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Siþþan hé þá burg hæfde him tó gewildum gedón, S. 134, 32. Hé him Siuos and Iersomas tó gewildum gedyde Gessonas Sibosque oppressit, S. 134, 4. Þæt hié mehton ǽgðer ge þone cyning ge þá cuéne him tó gewildum gedón, 3, 11; S. 148, 9.

sundor-geréfland

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-geréfland, es; n.
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On ðæm sundorgeréflande in tribulano (in the same glossary in tribulanam is rendered in þa burh) territorio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 4. Cf. Æylmer habbe þat lond at Stonham þe ic hym er to hande let to reflande.

Linked entries: réf-land geréf-land

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfortsolaceconsolationhelpbenefitprofitrefugesōlāmensōlātiumconsōlātioauxĭliumrefŭgium

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comfort, solace, consolation, help, benefit, profit, refuge; sōlāmen, sōlātium, consōlātio, auxĭlium, refŭgium Sió frófor the comfort, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 32; Met. 21, 16. Wæs frófor cumen comfort was come. Cd. 72; Th. 89, 4; Gen. 1475. Frófor eft gelamp

ord

Grammar
ord, <b>I a.</b>
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In v. 35 hell is spoken of as a burh, and the burhwaran are the departed in hell, of whom Adam was the progenitor.] Add Hé bið heora deáðes ord eorum mortis auctor fit, Chrd. 92, 23

smicere

(adv.)
Grammar
smicere, adv.

Finely, fairly, elegantly

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In burh raðe smicere cymeþ wlitig scríðan þrymlíce on tún Maius Menol. Fox 150; Men. 76. Ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror minutas ac tenues voces format Past. 63; Swt. 461, 3

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directionssend away,disperse,scatterto destroy

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and the captivity of the inhabitants, so that burh seems to mean the city, not the citizens, and tósende = destroyed: v. 2 Kings 25, 9, 10; 2 Chron. 36, 17-20) the city and demolished the temple, Ælfc.

ceápian

(v.)
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Þæt mon náne burg ne mehte iéð mid feó geceápian, gif hiere ǽnig mon ceápode O urbem venalem, si emtorem invenerit! Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 21. Bochton ł ceápadon emerent, Jn. L. 4, 8. Ceápigan comparare, i. emere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 78.

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [býtla a builder]
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To build; ædificare Hí ongunnon býtlian heora burh they began to build their town, Cd. 90; Th. 112, 33; Gen. 1880: 99; Th. 131, 15; Gen. 2176. He ne býtlaþ of ðam grúndwealle he builds not from that foundation, Homl. Th. i. 368, 25.

Linked entry: byggan

for-weornian

(v.)
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Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet ], Gr. D. 134, 2. Forwærniað marcescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 35. Þæt mænnisce cynn forslagen forweornode humanum genus succisum aruit, Gr. D. 258, 13.

ben-geat

(n.)
Grammar
ben-geat, es; pl. -geato nom. acc.; n.

A wound-gatethe opening of a woundvulneris porta

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A wound-gate, the opening of a wound; vulneris porta Bengeato burston the wound-gates burst open Beo. Th. 2246; B. 1121

BÓR

(n.)

a borer, gimletterebraa lancet, a surgeon's or barber's instrument, a burin, or graving toolscalprum rasileterebra,

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a borer, gimlet; terebra, Leo 121. a lancet, a surgeon's or barber's instrument, a burin, or graving tool; scalprum rasile, Cot. 63

in-gán

(v.)
Grammar
in-gán, p. -eode

To go inenter

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To go in, enter On swá hwylce burh swá gé ingáþ ... Ðonne gé ingán on ðæt hús in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis . . . Intrantes in domum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 11, 12. Ðá hé ineode ingresso, Gen. 48, 3.

gylden

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Man hit cleopede þá Gildene burh, Chr. 1052; P. 183, 20. Gyldenu fatu and silfrenu. Bt. 36, l; F. 172, 19. Twá hund gildenra pænega, Ap. Th. 27, 26. On gyldenan faton, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 33. Ne wyrc þú þé gyldne (gyldíne, v. l. ) godas, Ll.

Lindcylene

(n.)
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Lincoln Burga fífe, Ligoraceaster and Lin[d]cylene ( the d is erased; Lindcylne, -kylne, Lincolne, v. ll. ). Chr. 942 ; P. 110, 17. Lindeylene (-cylne, -colene, v. ll. ) ceastre geréfan praefectum Lindocolinae ciuilatis, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 177, 20.