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land-bóc

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Ðis is ðǽra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá ðe Eádgár cing hæfð gebócod Cénulfe on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 457, 23. Add

heáfodeht

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfodeht, adj.

Having a head

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Having a head [of plants] Heáfdehtes porres of a leek having a head to it, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 230, 10

bróðor-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-lícnes, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

BROTHERLINESSfraternitas

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BROTHERLINESS; fraternitas Ðín bróðorlícnys is on Mynstres reogolum getýd and gelǽred tua fraternitas Monasterii regulis erudita est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 10

FIREN

(n.)
Grammar
FIREN, fyren, e; pl. nom. acc. firene, firena; f.

a wicked deedsincrimescĕluscrīmenpeccātumtribulationtormentsufferingpaintrībŭlātiotormeutumcrŭciātus

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Wǽron ealle fægen in firnum they were all glad in their sufferings, Cd. 223; Th. 292, 3; Sae. 435

Linked entries: fyren fyrn-

GEORN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
GEORN, comp. m. geornra; f. n. geornre; sup. geornast; adj.

Desirous, eager, anxious, ardent, zealous, studious, intent, careful, diligentcupĭdus, appĕtens, sollĭcĭtus, studiōsus, intentus, dīlĭgenseagerlybrisk, quickearnestlyearnestly, eagerlywillingly, earnestlydesirouswillinglywillinglywillinglydesirousintentus, cupĭdus, stŭdiōsus, prōnusyearning forgladlyfain, willinglyeager, willing

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Ic beó láreów georn I am a diligent instructor, 71 b; Th. 267, 3; Jul. 409. Mǽrþa georne eager for glory, Cd. 80; Th. l01, 5; Gen. 1677.

be-wyrcan

surround

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up in a building Hét hire faeder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre, Shrn. 105, 33

capitol

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Add: in connexion with books, a chapter Hér geendiaþ þá capitulas expliciunt capitula, R. Ben. 8, 31: 6, 4. Hér onginnað ðisse bóce capitulas, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 5, 7. Hér onginð seó óðer bóc mid hire capitulon, 180, 40.

eahtian

(v.)
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Wé þæt hýrdon hæleð eahtian, déman dǽdhwate, þætte in dagum gelamp Maximianes, Jul. 1. Þæs biscéopes líf swá swíðe swá mannum riht is tó eahtienne (eht-, æht-, v. ll.) uitam illius quantum hominibus aestimare fas est, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 21

faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ, faroþ, es; m.

oceanwavesshore

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The MS. has oð ꝥ brim faroþæs: in Az. 38 the reading is oð brimflódas) the spacious vault of heaven down to the waters of ocean (i. e. to the horizon), the entire expanse of the sky, Dan. 322.

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes tún wæs, in ðám his gebúr ( colonus ) hæfde sunu, Gr. D. 11, 4.

Linked entry: ge-býr

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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Voc. ii. 134, 35. Hǽð calomacus, 13, 33. Haeth, haedth, haet thymus, Txts. 102, 1007. Hǽþ timus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 68. Hǽð alucurus vel thimus, ii. 10, 38. Hǽþ brogus, 127, 25 : mirica, i. 33, 54.

wyrd

Grammar
wyrd, <b>. IV</b> 2.
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add: what is done, a deed, an action Gif hé ó wǽre gecnysseð mid mænniscre herenesse fram þám mægne þyssere wyrde in virtute facti (a miracle just performed) favore humano pulsatus, Gr. D. 59, 31.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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H. 45, 2. with acc. of action that is recompensed Ic heora synne swinglum forgylde visitabo in verberibus peccata eorum, Ps. Th. 88, 29. Forþon þú ús þus dydest, wé hit þé forgyldaþ, Bl. H. 241, 18.

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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On .xiiii. nihte mónan is gód on níwne híred tó fǽrenne, Lch. iii. 178, 32.

Dene-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Dene-mearc, Dene-marc,e ; f: -marce, -mearce, -merce, an; f.

DENMARK Dānia

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The Saxon Chronicle, in 1005, 1023, 1036, has Denemearc; Denmearc, in 10l9, 1075; Denmarc, in 1070 and 1119.

Linked entry: Dena mearc

botl

(n.)
Grammar
botl, es; n.

An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, halldomus, ædes, domicilium, atrium

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An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, hall; domus, ædes, domicilium, atrium Gif he him nán botl ne selþ if he do not give him an abode, L. In. 67; Th. i. 146, 5. Fordrífe ðý botle let him be driven from the abode, 68; Th. i. 146, 8.

Linked entry: ge-bytlu

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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It is found, too, as the name of a plaything En la rue vus juvetz a toup (a top of tre), Wrt. Voc. i. 144, 25. Top of chylderys pley trochus, Prompt. Parv. 496. Sweype for a top flagellum, 482

neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþan, adv.

Downbeneathfrom beneath

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On heofenum and on eorþan neoþan in coelo sursum et in terra deorsum, Jos. 2, 11. Ealle stówa hé neoþan underwreþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 23, 20. Ðæt wæter wæs sweart under ðæm clife neoþan, 211, 2 : Cd. Th. 20, 18; Gen. 311.

Linked entries: under under-neoþan

óþ-sacan

(v.)
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Eth. ii. 4; Th. i. 286, 18. Borges mon mót óþsacan gif hé wát ðæt hé ryht déþ, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 2. Cf. æt-sacan

stunian

(v.)
Grammar
stunian, p. ode.
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hǽtte ðeós wyrt. . . stond heó wið áttre stunaþ heó wærce stíðe heó hátte wiðstunaþ heó áttre it resists poison, dashes on pain, stiff is it called, dashes against poison, Lchdm. iii. 32, 22.

Linked entry: stinan