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BYT

(n.)
Grammar
BYT, bytt, e; f: pl. bytta
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Sed vinum novum in utres novas mittunt, et ambo conservantur, Mt. Bos. 9, 17: Jos. 9, 4: Ps. Lamb. 32, 7

Linked entries: ele-byt bitt

cystig

(adj.)
Grammar
cystig, adj.

Munificent, benevolent, bountiful, liberal, generous, goodmunificus, largus, probus, bonus

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Seó módor clǽngeorn biþ and cystig the mother is pure and bountiful, Exon. 128a; Th. 492, 25; Rä. 81, 21. Cystig largus vel dapsilis, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 34; Wrt. Voc. 47, 38: larga, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 51.

dúru

(n.)
Grammar
dúru, gen. e; dat. e , a ; acc. e, a, u; pl. nom. a; gen. ena; dat. um; acc. a, u; f: dúre, an; f.

An opening, a door, the door of a houseostium, jānua, fŏris

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Seó dúru wæs belocen clausa erat jānua, Mt. Bos. 25, l0. Dúru sóna on arn soon he rushed on the door, Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Dúra, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. l001. Ðá ða dúra wǽron belocene cum fores essent clausæ, Jn. Bos. 20, 19.

Linked entry: dúre

Defenas

(n.)
Grammar
Defenas, Defnas; gen.a ; dat.um ; pl. m.

Devonians, the inhabitants of Devonshire in a body, Devonshire Devonienses, Devōnia

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Ǽgðer ge on Defenum [Defnum, col. 2] ge welhwǽr be ðæm sǽriman both in Devon and elsewhere on the sea-shore, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 8, col. 1: 981; Th. 234, 31: 997; Th. 246, 5. Forþférde Ælfgár on Defenum Ælfgar died in Devonshire, Chr. 962; Th. 218, 38

forþ-geleoran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-geleoran, p. de; pp. ed

To pass forthpass awaydepartdietransīredecēdĕremŏri

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Nymne seó clǽnsunge tíd forþgeleore nĭsi purgātiōnis tempus transiĕrit, 1, 27; S. 493, 39, MSS. B. T.

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigningpretencesimulationhypocrisy

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Hwǽr com seó manigfealde lícetung heora freónda what is become of the manifold flattery of their friends? Blickl. Homl. 99, 33. Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge] intus pleni estis hypocrisi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28.

mand

(n.)
Grammar
mand, mond, e; f.

A basketmandmaund

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Parv. mawnd, skype sportula, p. 300, see the note for other examples) Mand corvis, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 20: cophinus, ii. 74, 47: 104, 62: qualus, 118, 47: corben, 104, 42. Manda coffinos, 17, 47: 72, 68.

box

(n.)
Grammar
box, es; m? n? [box the box-tree]

A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOXbuxom, pyxisa box

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Seó hæfde box mid deórwyrþre sealfe she had a box of precious ointment, Mt. Bos. 26, 7. Ellenes blósman gedó on box put blossoms of elder into a box, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 288, 3. Hundteontig boxa a hundred [of] boxes, Jn. Bos. 19, 39

ge-nípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nípan, p. -náp, pl. -nipon; pp. -nipen.

to darken, become darkcālīgāre, obnūbĭlārito rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui

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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep

Linked entry: nípan

sund-búend

(n.)
Grammar
sund-búend, es; m.
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A sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind; cf. fold-búend Saturnus ðone sundbúende héton, hæleþa bearn, Met. 26, 48.

stirn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stirn-líc, adj.
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Seó heofone ús winþ wið, ðonne heó ús sendeþ styrnlíce stormas, 92, 17

Linked entry: styrn-líc

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

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Unsearchable, past finding out, inscrutable Seó godcundnys is unásmeágendlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 4: Ham]. Skt. i. 1, 33. Ðín myldheortnys is swíðe mycel and unásmǽgendlíc, 3, 548.

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

ymbeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ymbeaht, es; m.
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See Engl. Stud. xi. 492

dór

(n.)
Grammar
dór, dúru.
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Sete dor pone ostium, Ps. Th. 140, 4: Rtl. 179, 9. Cnylsiga ꝥ dor pulsare ostium, Lk. L. R. 13, 25. ¶ Of secbróce tó þan heán dore (gate, Kemble: pass, Earle, Chr. p. 328); of þan (heán, C. D. iii. 79, 3) dore tó brýdbróce, Cht. E. 447, 8

efen-eald

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Seó beorhtnys is efeneald þám fýre . . . ealswá eald swá þæt fýr, Hml. Th. i. 278, 20-32. Lǽswede heó sceápum mid óþrum mægdenum hire efnealdum ( with other maidens of like age with herself ), Shrn. 101, 16.

fore-settan

prefer

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Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó foresette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. of degree, rank. &c., to put at the head, prefer Foresette praeposuit (omnibus gradibus ), An. Ox. 344. Foresettan preferre, 17, 51. Sí foreset preferatur, 8, 36

Linked entry: fór-settan

Grendel

(v.)
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See Grmm. D. M. (trans.) p. 243

hæfern

(n.)
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Substitute : hæfern (hæf sea, ærn (ræn-), ern house), <b>hræfn</b> (q. v. in Dict. ), es; m. A crab, crab-shell (?) Haebrn, hafaern cancer, Txts. 47, 379. Hefern (nefern, MS. ), 108, 1106.

lustfull-nes

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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.

líþ-ness

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(See next passage). Hé sceal mencgan þá réðnesse wid þá líðnesse miscens terroribus blandimenta, R. Ben. 13, 10. Liéðnesse, Past. 125, 13. Eáwlá, wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and Sórum líðnessum (lenitivis) ?