be-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.
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
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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.
sín
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Oft ic sýne ofteáh, áblende beorna unrím, Exon. Th. 270, 21 ; Jul. 468. Næfde sellícu wiht sýne ne folme, 415, 3 ; Rä. 33, 5. the instrument of sight, the eye Sýne pupillam, Hpt. Gl. 487. 54
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.
deáh
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of dugan
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úþ-genge
Fugitive ⬩ transitory ⬩ not to be retained ⬩ passing out of one's possession
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Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them, Exon.
bát
a boat.
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Flota wæs on ýðum, bát under beorge, B. 211. On bátes fæðm, An. 444: Bo. 5. Báte lembulo, Germ. 399, 455: lintre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 25: 52, 11. Lytle báte lintrum, 52, 12. Bát lintrem, 75, 9: 52, 24: lembum, naviculum, i. ratem, Wülck. Gl. 254, 25.
wád
Woad,
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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.
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þeorf
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so Cockayne) Dó on beór swá on wín swá on þeorfe meoluc, Lchdm. ii. 270, 29
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote that mixture of colour which the hair assumes on approaching or increasing senility, Price's Warton i. xcvi. note 20 Gelpan ne þorfte beorn
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stocc
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On ðone lytlan beorg ðǽr se stoc stód . . . on gerihte tó ðam stocce on eásteweardan ðam leá, of ðam stocce súðrihte on ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 9-17. Tó ðam wón stocce, ðanne fram ðam wón stocce, 73, 22.
on-wreón
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L. 118, 18. add: to show to others, to make known a material object Meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, Gú. 118. a non-material object Melchisedech godþrym onwráh éces alwaldan, Cri. 139. a fact (stated in a clause) 'Ðú eart þæs lyfigendes Godes Sunu' .
slóh
A slough, hollow place filed with mire, a pathless, miry place
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Tó ðam ealdan sló; of ðam sló tó ðam lytlan beorhe Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 38, 27. In reádan slóe 391, 31. On ðæt reáde slóh; of ðam slóh 376, 5. On ðæt fúle slóh; of ðam sló 406, 32. In ðone fúlan sló 381, 5. On horgan slóh Cod. Dip. B. ii. 394, 30.
telga
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Beorc byþ on telgum wlitig, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 30; Rún. 18: Ps. Th. 57, 8: 103, 16. Telgo frondes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8: ramos, 4, 32.
BÚAN
To dwell, live ⬩ habitare, versari aliquo loco ⬩ To inhabit, occupy ⬩ inhabitare, colere, incolere
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Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount, Beo. Th. 5676; B. 2842. v. a. acc.
án-lípe
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On ðone ánlípan beorh, C. D. ii. 317, 24. Ðæt ǽgðer wǽre unnyt ge mildheortnes ge steór, gif hié ánlípe (-lépe, Cott.
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ge-beorglic
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Sý on þǽre bóte swilc forgifnes swilce hit for Gode gebeorglic (-beorh-, v. l.) sý (as that there be no danger of incurring God's anger. Cf. Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28 under gebeorgan ; I. 2.
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