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be-weallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weallan, p. -weóll, pl. -weóllon; pp. -weallen,

To boil awaydecoquere

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To boil away; decoquere Óþ-ðæt þrydda dǽl sý beweallen till the third part be boiled away, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 328, 17 : 8, 10; Lchdm. i. 360, 1

ge-rúma

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rúma, an; m. [rúm room]

A room, place, spacelŏcus, spătium

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A room, place, space; lŏcus, spătium Ic his bídan ne dear réðes on gerúman I dare not await him fierce in my place, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 7; Rä. 16, 16

un-gefylled

(adj.)
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un-gefylled, adj.

Unfilledunsatisfied

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MS.) gítsunge woruldmonna nos ad constantiam, nostris moribus alienam, inexpleta hominum cupiditas alligabit? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 26

Linked entry: ge-fyllan

be-háwian

(v.)
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Beháues ðæt wyrt londes considerate lilia agri, Mt. L. 6, 28. intrans. Uton be-háwian be þám óþrum tídum de sequentibus horis videamus, R. Ben. 40, 21

fellen

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Hé hæfde fellenne gyrdel (gyrdils fillenu sonam pelliciam, L.) embe his lendenu Mt. 3, 4. Hé lǽdde his hálgan béc mid him in fellenum sæccum pelliceis sacculis, Gr. D. 34, 14. Add

godcund-meaht

(n.)
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divine majesty In seðel godcunndmæhtes his in sede majestatis suae, Mt. L. 19, 28. Ofer seðel godcundmæht his, 25, 31, Mið mægne menigo and godcundmæht cum virtute multa et majestate, 24, 30. (?)

militisc

(adj.)
Grammar
militisc, adj.
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Wǽron militisce men ( milites ) farende, 194, 13

Linked entry: -isc

of-standan

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Add: glossing exstare, exsurgere Ðe sǽ ofstód ł árás mare exsurgebat, Jn. L., R. 6, 18. Néde is tó cwoeðenne ofstóde ðára sum . . . necesse est dicere extitisse quosdam . . . Mt. p. 7, 8

slídan

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., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467

turf-hacce

(n.)
Grammar
turf-hacce, (?), an; f.
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A turf-hoe, implement for cutting turf Ligones, ferrum fossorium (fusorium, MS.) tyrfahga (turfhacce? v. N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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An unjust claim Hér kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífmon mid unrihte . . . Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre , Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

end

(con.)
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End, 430, 15: 453, 29: 446, 29: Mk. p. 1, 13. Þín bén is gehýred, end þín wíf gebereð sunu, Archiv cxxii. 253, 91

riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
riht-wísian, p. ode

To direct aright rule

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MS.) a Deo mundum regi non ambigis, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 14

sǽ-færeld

(n.)

a sea-passage,

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a sea-passage, med in reference to the attempt made by the Egyptians to pass the Red Sea Ðá hí ( the Egyptians ) oninnan ðæm sǽfærelde wǽron, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 33

scearn-wifel

(n.)
Grammar
scearn-wifel, es; m.

A dung-beetle

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A dung-beetle Scearnwifel (-fifel, MS.) scarabeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 69. Halliwell gives sharn-bug, a cockchafer, as a Sussex word. Cf. Ssarnboddes (beetles) þet louieþ þet dong, Ayenb. 61, 32

ǽ-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, an; f.: es; n.

A desert

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A desert Ǽlǽtan (á-, Wrt.) deserta, s. vocata quae mm seruntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 14. Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12

búr-cote

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cote, an; f.

a bowera couchA bed-chambercubiculum

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MS. 20b, 15

híwen

(n.)
Grammar
híwen, es; n.

A family, household

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mete eówrum híwenum in cibum familiis, 47, 24. Híwen domestici, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 36

be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go overto surroundoccupydwellcultivatetillperambularecircumdareincolerehabitarecolere to go tovisitattendto cherishhonourworshipobirecolereexcolereto commitexercisepractiseobservecommittereperficereobservare

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He begǽþ unmǽtas [MS. unætas] he commits gluttonies Deut. 21, 20. Begá ðé sylfne to árfæstnysse exercise thyself in or devote thyself to piety, 1 Tim. 4, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 8, 33; Met. 8, 17 : Ps. Th. 105, 12.

GEARD

(n.)
Grammar
GEARD, es; m.

An inclosureinclosed placeYARDGARDENcourtdwellinghomeregionlandseptumlŏcus septushortusāreahabĭtācŭlumdomĭcĭliumrĕgio

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On gearde deáþes sceade in rĕgiōne umbræ mortis, Mt. Bos. 4, 16. Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109.

Linked entry: mǽr-geard