be-twyx
betwixt, between
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betwixt, between Betwyx wífa bearnum inter natos mulierum, Mt. Bos. 11, 1l: Chr. 1126; Th. 377, 10
ge-nirwan
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L. 68, 16. to press into a small space, crowd to crowd a person give little space to Se Godes sunu wæs on his gesthúse genyrwed, þæt hé ús rúme wununge on heofonan ríce forgife, Hml.
Linked entry: ge-nyrwian
hrínan
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L. 16, 24. to come into contact with Nó hafað hió fót ne folm, ne ǽfre foldan hrán, Rä. 40, 10. to touch, strike with a (pointed) weapon Siððan ic hríno hildepílum láðgewinnum, Rä. 16, 28.
hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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Roger hét án of heom se hleóp into ðam castele æt Norþwíc Roger was the name of one of them, he threw himself into the castle at Norwich, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 34.
Linked entries: hleápere hleápettan hlípe
tó-middes
in the midst of, ⬩ amidst, ⬩ into the midst of ⬩ in the midst of, ⬩ in the middle of ⬩ into the midst of
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Th. 21, 15; Gen. 324. marking motion, into the midst of Hwænne ðú miht to ðam folce becuman mid ealre ðínre fare tómiddes Hierusalem, Homl. Ass. 110, 259. Hine ðanon ealle átugan tómiddes ðære cýpinge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 609. with gen.
beáh
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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Gehwearf in Francna fæðm cyninges se beáh the collar of the king went into the grasp of the Franks, Beo. Th. 2427; B. 1211. Sceal bryde beág a ring shall be for a bride, Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 24; Gn. Ex. 131.
ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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Ðá cómon ða weardas on ða ceastre then the keepers came into the city, Mt. Bos. 28, 11. Ðú in ða ceastre gong go thou into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 1878; An. 941. Ælla and Cissa ymbsǽton ceaster Ella and Cissa besieged the city, Chr. 491; Erl. 15, 6.
Linked entries: cæster Exan ceaster cester
EÁ
indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua
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On feówer eán into four streams, Gen. 2, 10
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . . And ic an Léfquéne fítténe acres and an toft . . . And Alfwold habbe, mid tón þe hé hér hauede, .xvi. acres mid tofte mid alle. Chart. Th. 580, 6-27. v. Grmm. R. A. 539
be-tweonum
Between ⬩ inter, in medio
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Between; inter, in medio Ne sí lang fæc be-tweonum ne sit longum spatium in medio, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 27
á-tídrian
To grow weak
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To grow weak Hé him ꝥ ondréde ꝥ hé sceolde innan átýddrian ne intus inanesceret, Gr. D. 59, 26
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staca
A stake
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On this practice, see, inter alia, Brand's Antiquities, ed. Hazlitt, vol. iii. p65, Grmm. D.
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fore-burh
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Foreburga praedia (lis satis cruenta inter duo populosa praedia gerebatur, Ald. 52, 16), An. Ox. 3790. Add:
on-scógan
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Ger. ant-(int-)scnohón denudare (pedem).] Cf. un-scóg(i)an
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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A human form, image of a man, statue Ǽfre siððan se monlíca ( the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned ) stille wunode, Cd. 119; Th. 155, 1; Gen. 2566.
be-stelan
To steal away or upon ⬩ fugere, obrepere
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To steal away or upon; fugere, obrepere Gif hwá on óðre scíre hine bestele if any one steal himself away into another shire, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10. Bestelan on Theodosius hindan to steal upon Theodosius behind, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25.
West-mynster
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Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre intó Westminstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 190, 12, 26. Ða gebróðere on Westminstre, 192, 5. The word occurs often in charters of Edward the Confessor.
be-swápan
to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up
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Substitute: to sweep; fig. to sweep into the mind, inspire with a resolution (cf. on-swápan under swápan, II in Dict.)
dragan
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Hí férdon æfter heom intó þám mynstre and woldon hig út dragan, 1083; P. 215, 6