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beám

a beamposta beam of light

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Add: a tree Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl bútan heardan beáman (cf. tree heard) arborem sicomorum, Lk. L. 19, 4, Lch. i. 398, 8. a beam, post Beám trabes, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 13: trabs, 290, 6. Swá swá greát beám (or tree?)

symbelness

(n.)
Grammar
symbelness, e; f.

Festivity, solemnityfestivity, feastinga religious festivalsolemnityfestive nature

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., ac háligra symbelnys ðǽr þurhwunaþ á bútan ende, Wulfst. 143, 2. Symbelnes, Blickl. Homl. 65, 21. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða symbelnessa and ða ídelnessa and ða ungemetlícan hleahtras?

Linked entries: symbel symbel-calic

miltsung

(n.)
Grammar
miltsung, mildsung, e; f.

Mercypitycompassiona shewing mercypardonindulgence

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Bútan forgifenysse ł miltsunge (milsunge) sine respectu, Hpt. Gl. 487, 53. Hé ús mid his miltsunge ( sua miseratione ) gescylde, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 24.

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Hé nówiht ágnes hæfde bútan his cyricean and ðǽrtó feówer æceras, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 32. marking association Ðá stód ðære sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum on áne healfe; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt and ða oxan ðǽrtó, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 24.

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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Bútan hit swá limpe ðæt hwylc cuma unmyndlunega cume, R. Ben. 67, 12. Gif him ǽfre unmendlinga geberede ðæt..., Met. 25, 30

Linked entry: myndlinga

drenc

(n.)
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Se líchoma bútan mete and drence leofian ne mæg, Bl. H. 57, 10. Drenc, fódan haustum, pastum, Hy. S. 103, 35. a draught, cup Drences potationis, An. Ox. 4990. Deáðes scencende drenc mortis propinans poculum, Hy. S. 31, 15. Drencas biberes, R. Ben.

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Ne teó se hláford ná máre bútan his rihtan heregeate (-a, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 412, 30. Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe þá heregeata (-u, v. l.) binnan twelf mónðum, 416, 16. ¶ For instances of heriots see C.

lyre

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Th. ii. 450, 30. (2 a) loss by death in battle :-- Bútan þǽra manna lyre þe him mid cómon, Hml. S. 27, 53. detriment, disadvantage, damage Forðelgiað leras sustinuere dispendia, Kent. Gl. 1019

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, bútan hit má wǽre . . . Ðá cwæð hé tó his geféran ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. <b>I b.

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Ne wyrta gaderunge mid nánum galdre (incantatione) bútan mid Pater noster, Ll. Th. ii. 192, I. Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen . . . and þá ðe cunnan galder ágalan, Wlfst. 194, 18. ꝥ ic móte þis gealdor tóðum ontýnan, Lch. i. 400.4.

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor.eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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an elderman, ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king; mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. The

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A toothtusk

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Bútan tóðum suaeder, Txts. 101, 1967. Hié (walruses; so Icel. tönn is used of walrus-tusk) habbaþ swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóðum; ða téð hié brohton sume ðæm cyninge. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1. Hé tóðum gristbitaþ stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18.

Linked entry: fóre-téþ

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág

ceáp

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. ¶ bútan ceápe gratis, without payment :-- Hé ágeaf hí bútan ceápe (weorðe, v. l.) sine pretio, Gr. D. 83, 5. Scottas him andlyfene búton ceápe ( sine pretio ) sealdon, Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 318, 4.

féðe

(n.)
Grammar
féðe, es; n.

The power of going on footwalkinggoingmotionpacefăcultas pĕdĭbus eundiambŭlātiogressuspassus

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The power of going on foot, walking, going, motion, pace; făcultas pĕdĭbus eundi, ambŭlātio, gressus, passus Ðæra hǽðenra anlícnyssa habbaþ fét bútan féðe the idols of the heathen have feet without the power of going, Homl. Th. i. 366, 27.

Linked entry: an-féðe

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis, Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

a band, fettervinculumcaptivity, bondage, imprisonment, keepingcaptivitas, custodiaa bond, chainclasp, rivetimprisonment

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a band, fetter; vinculum Bútan hæftum without bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 823; Sal. 411 : Cd. 222; Th. 291, 8; Sat. 427. Tó hæftum geferian to bring into bonds, 216, Th. 274, 2; Sat. 148 : 215; Th. 270, 17; Sat. 92.

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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Ðonne oncúðon impugnabant hié mé bútan scylde, Past. 46, 7; Swt. 355, 15. Hié sylfe be ðdon oncúðon, ðæt hié swá ne dydon, Blickl. Homl. 215, 12. Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5.

Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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:-- Bútan heora hwilc wolde áwegan (-wǽgan?) v. áwǽgan his geleáfan, Hml. S. 35, 228. to weigh. to put in a balance (lit. or fig.) Hé áwecþ ealle dúna mid ánre handa, Hml. Th. i. 8, 30. Hé áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan, ii. 436, 12.

land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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And nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse oððe ðæs mæssepreóstes oððe ðæs landhláfordes, L.

Linked entry: hláford