BURN
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A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river; torrens, rivus Hefe upp ðíne hand ofer burna and ofer móras extende manum tuam super rivos et super paludes, Ex. 8, 5
BRǼDAN
To roast, broil, warm ⬩ assare, fovere
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To roast, broil, warm; assare, fovere We mágon brǽdan ða þing [þingc MS.] ðe to brǽdenne synd nos possumus assare qua assanda sunt, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 21. Brédan, weormian fovere, Cot. 86. Brǽdende assans, Cot. 195
earm-beáh
An arm-ring, bracelet ⬩ armilla
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An arm-ring, bracelet; armilla Brád earmbeáh a broad or large arm-bracelet; dextrochĕrium, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 30; Wrt. Voc. 61, 10. Earmbeága fela many bracelets. Beo. Th. 5520; B. 2763
ceacga
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Broom, gorse (? v. D. D. chag; cf. Chagford in Devon) On ceacgabróc, C. D. B. ii. 434, 38. On þone fearngáran . . . swá on ceacganseáð, C. D. v. 284, 17. Tó ceágganheale, 262, 8. On ceaggancum, iii. 411, 19
ge-sod
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Ox. 3759- metaph. trial as by fire. v. seóþan; Ic hié wolde geclǽnsian mid ðǽm gesode ðæs broces purgare eos per ignem tribulationis volui, Past. 267, 19. (O.H.Ger. ge-sot coctio)
sigel
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A clasp, brooch, jewel Sigl, sigil bulla, Txts. 45, 331 : fibula, 63, 874 : sibba, 97, 1856. Sigl bulla, gemma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 70 : fibula, 148, 57. Sigil bulla, i. 288, 7. Sigel, ii. 11, 34 : fibula, 35, 42
brastlung
A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; ⬩ strepitus, crepitus, fractio
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A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; strepitus, crepitus, fractio Híg tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge they broke the pitchers with great crashing, Jud. 7, 20. Brastlung treówa rustling of trees, Ælfc.
un-murnlíce
Carelessly ⬩ without compunction ⬩ without anxiety
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Carelessly, without compunction, without anxiety Brond ǽleþ ealdgestreón unmurnlíce, Exon. Th. 51, 9; Cri. 813. Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga unmurnlíce, Beo. Th. 903; B. 449. Se ðe unmurnlíce mádmas dǽleþ, egesan ne gýmeþ, 3516; B. 1756
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edisc
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An enclosed pasture, a park Edisc, deórtuun broel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 20. Broel, hortus cervorum deórtún vel edisc, 127, 23. Ad illum agellum qui dicitur Tatan edisc, C. D. iii. 383, 11. Greótan edesces lond, i. 273, 3.
bryrdan
stimulus, cuspis ⬩ To prick, goad, incite, urge, constrain ⬩ compungere, stimulare, instigare, urgere, compellere
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[brord stimulus, cuspis] To prick, goad, incite, urge, constrain; compungere, stimulare, instigare, urgere, compellere Se Ælmihtiga ealle gesceafta bryrþ mid his bridlum the Almighty constrains all creatures with his bridles, Bt. Met.
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flax-fóte
Broad-footed ⬩ flat-footed ⬩ web-footed ⬩ palmĭpes
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Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15
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ærne-weg
A running-way ⬩ a way fit for running on ⬩ a broad road ⬩ via cursui apta ⬩ platea
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A running-way, a way fit for running on, a broad road; via cursui apta, platea Æt sumes ærneweges ende at the end of some course, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 9. Gescroepe ærneweg via apta cursui equorum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41
efen-lang
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Licgað wilde móras wið eástan emnlange þǽm býnum lande, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 28. as long (as broad). v. efen*-*brád
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of-þinen
too moist
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Hig wǽron gemyndige ðæs tóweardan hungres ðý læs ða ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden and hig forcurfon ða sǽd they (the ants) were mindful of future hunger, and lest the grains that were too moist should sprout, they bit them, Shrn. 41, 5
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wíþig-þýfel
A willow-copse
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Anlang bróke on ánne wíðigþéfele, þiers ouer ðane mersc, 426, 26. Tóemnes ðám wíðigðýfelum bewestan flódan, v. 194, 32
byd
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Andlang bróces on Bydincel, of Bydincele . . . of thám forda on thá ealdan byd, andlang byd . . . of thám hamme on Byd, andlang Byd, C. D. B. iii. 44, 24-38. On bydyncel . . . ðæt on byd, C. D. iii. 81, 5-7
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ceart
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chart, 'a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken, &c.,' D. D. Haec sunt terrae ... Selebertes ceart, C. D. v. 62, 16. Silua quae dicitur cært, i. 261, 4. Cert, 273, 3. Cymeringes cert, 4
ge-týn
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Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren, Past. 35, 12. Wæs se blaca Heáwold má on wísdóme háligra gewrita getýd Niger Heauald magis sacrarum litterarum erat scientia institutus, Bd. S. 10; Sch. 600, 3. Galdre getýdum necromantia freto, An. Ox. 4133.
GEÁP
Open ⬩ spread out ⬩ extended ⬩ broad ⬩ roomy ⬩ spacious ⬩ wide ⬩ pătens ⬩ pătŭlus ⬩ amplus ⬩ lātus
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Open, spread out, extended, broad, roomy, spacious, wide; pătens, pătŭlus, amplus, lātus Gim sceal on hringe standan, steáp and geáp a gem shall stand in a ring, prominent and broad, Menol. Fox 505; Gn. C. 23. Steáp and geáp high and wide, Salm.