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bærnett

burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire

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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.

fæþm

a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist

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Seó earc wæs .ccc. fæðmena lang and .1. fæðmena wíd and xxx fǽðmena heáh, Sal. K. 184, 29. an arm which embraces; in pl.

ge-þicgan

Grammar
ge-þicgan, [The strong and weak forms may be taken under one head.]
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Hé landriht geþah he became entitled to the same rights as a native of the country in which he had settled, became naturalized, Exod. 354. to take food Lima wyrm friteð ... and þá wist geþygeð, Reim. 76.

ge-férlǽcan

(v.)
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Hyra nán wið cuman (cumena, v.l.) hine geférlǽce hospitibus . . . non societur, R. Ben. 87, Beón geférlǽht sociari (choro), R. Ben. I. 77, 5 : 90, 9. Geférlǽht glomeratus, junctus, An. Ox. 7, 48. Ic eom þysum mǽdenum geférlǽht. Hml. S. 7, 256.

hlýdan

chatter

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Hlýdendum gar-rientibus, 4195. with object: Stefn smoeða hlýdeð vox canora concrepet Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 5. Hlýde garriat .i. uociferet (eundem adisse) An.

inc

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Past. 349, 12. with bégen Þé and ... þín ágen bearn ... inc bám ic geháte, Hml. S. 23 b, 449: Sat. 488: Wlfst. 259, 15, 16: Gr.

lyre

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God heóld hine wið his sáwle lyre. Hml. Th. ii. 454, 4. Þæt; hé ne sý on lyre forswolgen, R. Ben. 51, 6. the fact of losing something. the being deprived of, failure to keep a possession, faculty, &c.

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and þá wæs seó mæsse ásteald þurh Críst, Hml. A. 71, 158. Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, Tech. ii. 119, 25.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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</b> to trust to a person for something (clause with þÆt ), Gen. 248 (in Dict.). with gen., to trust in or to something, B. 2322 (in Dict.). with preps, (be, on, in), to be confident about, trust in, rely on Hé getrúwode be his láreówes mægene

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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so reached will be Septuagesima Sunday), Lchdm. iii. 226, 30-228, 2.

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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Nele mé Israhél behealdan holde móde Israel will not regard me with loyalty, 80, 11; 118, 112.

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace

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Ic lástas sceal wíde lecgan wide must I wander, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 3; Gen. 1026. Gewít ðú féran, lástas lecgan, 137; Th. 172, 26; Gen. 2850: 118; Th. 153, 9; Gen. 2536: l09; Th. 145, 3; Gen. 2400

Linked entry: lǽst

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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(l a) with swilc, another such a repetition of what has preceded :-- Ðá com ungemetlíc rén . . . eft wearþ óðer swelc rén, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 194, 20. Medmicel pipores, óðer swilc cymenes. Lchdm. ii. 256, 5. His mágas hine wið óð?

wá

(adv.; int.)
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Th. 118, 38. with dat. of person Ðé byþ ǽfre wá it shall be ever ill with thee, Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 12: Beo. Th. 369; B. 183: Exon. Th, 444, 25; Kl. 52: Blickl. Homl. 61, 2. Him biþ æt heortan wá, Salm. Kmbl. 210; Sal. 104. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Cd.

Linked entries: eów waa wǽ

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Forhwon sindun gé swæncende ( molesti ) ðam wífe? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 10. Fram unclǽnum gáste swenced beón ab immundo spiritu vexari, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11. Mid ða ádle swenced affectus incommodo, 4, 31; S. 610, 21.

meaht

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Hergan metudæs maecti, Txts. 149, 2. superiority of strength or power as used to enforce one's will Neádunge, mihte uim, An. Ox. 1237. associated with mægen Hé on mihte (mahte.

a-borgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-borgian, p. ode; pp. od

To be surety ⬩ to undertake for ⬩ to assign ⬩ appoint ⬩ fidejubere

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To be surety, to undertake for, to assign, appoint; fidejubere Gif he nite hwá hine aborgie; hæfton hine if he know not who will be his borh, let them imprison [lit. have, detain] him L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i 210, 8

bi-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen to run as a liquid, hence,-
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To wet, bedew; fluere, perfundere, irrigare Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearþ to swáte then many a tree became bedewed with bloody tears, their sap became [turned to] blood, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 19-23; Cri. 1175-1177

Linked entry: be-irnan

Bryt-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-land, Bryt-lond, es; n.
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The land of Britain, Wales; Britannia, Cambria Ðá fór Harold mid scipum of Brycgstówe abútan Brytland then Harold went with his ships from Bristol about Wales, Chr. 1063; Ing. 251, 21. Into Brytlande in Walliam, Chr. 1063; Gib. 170, 41, note l

Linked entry: Bryt-

ceác ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ceác ful, adj.

A pitcher full, jug full

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Gedó on ceác fulne wínes put [it] into a jug full of wine, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 23

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