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bén-lic

(adj.)
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bén-lic, adj.
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That may be entreated Boenlic uæs ðú deprecabilis esto, Rtl. 172, 39

beód

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Críst gehál-gode on his beóde þá gerýnu úre sibbe, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 32: Lk. 16, 21. ꝥ Of þám crumum þe of hyra hláforda beódum (beád mensa L.) feallað Mt. 15, 27. Under beádum, Mk. R. 7, 28. Hé beheóld þá beódas and þá þénunga, Ap. Th. 14, 18.

blót-mónaþ

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Se mónoð is nemned on úre geðeóde blód*-*mónað, Shrn. 144, 5. Se mónað þe wé nemnað blódmónað, 153, 20. ¶ In Bede's 'De temporum ratione' it is said: 'November dicitur blótmónath ...

bóc-rǽding

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He his eágan upp áhóf fram þǽre bócrǽdinge, Gr. D. 164, 7. Add

blind-nes

obscurity

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Th. i. 130, 11. of a condition Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ꝥ wé ongyton þá blindnesse úre ælþeódignesse, Bl. H. 23, 2

brǽdan

(v.)

to broadento extendenlargeunfoldpitchTo spreadincrease

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R. 23, 5. to extend, enlarge Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde terminum suum dilatare est, Past. 367, 13. to spread out, unfold, pitch a tent Similar entries (v. brǽding) Wé þǽr úre geteld brǽddon ealle cuncta erecta temptoria, Nar. 22, 25.

Linked entry: brǽding

byht

Grammar
byht, [cf. búgan].
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Ðér sæ díc útt scǽtt æt ðám bihtæ, C. D. v. 74, 2. On heges byhte; of ðám byhte, iii. 419, 16. Add

bucca

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Buccan wé offriað oððe ticcen, gif wé úres líchaman gálnysse oferswíðað, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 31. Fearra flǽsc oððe buccena blód, i. 590, 15. Add

burg-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
burg-gemet, es; n.
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

burg-waran

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burg-waran, -ware.
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[Though plural forms are most frequent, the singular seems to be used in the following Yldest burhwara proceres, burhwara cives, Wrt.

canter-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
canter-stæf, es; m.
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A staff used by a cantor (v. preceding word)] III. canterstafas III. baculi cantorum (baculi quibus in ecclesia utebantur cantores, Migne), Cht. Th. 429, 23

brerd

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Tó briorde upp, Jn. R. L. 2, 7. Crocca sý ásett on eorþan oþ brerd, Lch. iii. 292, 4. Se ele feóll ofer þá brerdas þǽre bydene oleum ora dolii transiens, Gr. D. 160, 13. Add

bróþor

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Hát úre seofan bróþra (gebróðor, bróðor, v. ll. ) cuman, 4, 3; Sch. 356, 7. Biddað úre bróþro (bróðor, v. l. ), 357, 9

bróþor-licness

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Add: A title used in addressing an ecclesiastical brother Ðis mæg geþencean ðín bróþorlicnys, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 7. Is hé tó onbærnanne mid ðínre bróþorlicnysse lufan . . . Ealle Brytta biscopas wé bebeódaþ ðínre bróþorlycnysse, 492, 19, 24

ceás

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ceás, e; f.
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For úre ceáse ex nostra increpatione, 23

Linked entry: ceást

ceddran

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Ic hopige ꝥ cherubin se mǽra wylle ... mid his gyldenan tange þǽre glédan spearcan tó mínre tungan gebringan, and þæs dumbes múðes ceddran æthrínan ( the passage seems based on Is. 6. 6, 7: Unus de seraphim, et in manu ejus calculus, quem forcipe tulerat

Linked entry: ǽeder

cum-líþe

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Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add

cunning

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>cunning</b> (-ung), e; f. Knowledge Ánum brýdsceamole gifoegedo cunnunga (cf. Cri. 198, given under cunnan) ðá unclǽnlico gifliǽ uni thoro juncta contactus inlicitorum fugat, Rtl. 110, 1

cuppe

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Ne mage gé samod drincan úses Drihtnes calic and ðæs deófles cuppan, 17, 218. Man sceal habban . . . mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. Add

cwiferlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: Actively, zealously Ðonne hé wel þénaþ and úres Drihtnes heorde cwiferlíce gealgað and tó rihte manað, R. Ben. 122, 2