bold-getimber
The timber of a house ⬩ ædificii tignum
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The timber of a house; ædificii tignum Leóht [fýr] briceþ and bærneþ boldgetimbru light [fire] breaketh and burneth the timbers of the house, Salm. Kmbl. 826; Sal. 412
ge-eówan
to shew ⬩ discover ⬩ ostendere
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to shew, discover; ostendere He hit eft gehýt and eft geeówþ it [the divine providence] again hides it and again discovers it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 12
ge-huntian
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Ic cóm ꝥ ic mé þé ætýwde þurh þysne heort, and for hine þé gehuntian and gefón mid þám nettum mínre mildheort-nysse. Hml. S. 30, 49. Add
ge-buterod
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buttered, dressed with butter Seóþ henne and hocces leáf on wætre, ádó þone fugel of and þá wyrta, sele súpan ꝥ broð wel gebuterod, Lch. ii. 336, 14
Linked entry: buterian
ofet
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Sume hí leofodon be ofete and wyrtum, Hml. Th. i. 546, 5. Hé æt him ofet, and þæt þæt hé on wuda findan mihte, ii. 38, 8. Add
sixtig
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Feówer hunde wintrum and feówer and siextigum, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 2. Add
tídre
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Ealde menn sweltaþ, and óðre men ádlseóce bióð, and mænigra eágan tédra bióð, Archiv cxx. 298, 22. Þone hád týdera manna infirmantium personam, Gr. D. 267, 18. Add
heáh-cleófa
A principal chamber
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A principal chamber His brýdbúras and his heáhcleófan ealle wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis ðǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami cubiliaque margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, Nar. 5, 2
hearm-cwidian
To revile, calumniate, speak ill of
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To revile, calumniate, speak ill of Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan [-cwidian, Cott.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33
tó-þerscan
To knock to pieces
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To knock to pieces Ðá com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót and tóþræsc, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5
sib-æðeling
A prince and kinsman
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A prince and kinsman Sibæðelingas (Beowulf and Wiglaf; a few lines before the former is spoken of as the mǽg of the latter). Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708
á-cennedness
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Gif gé willað ðone fruman sceaft geþencan, and ðone scippend, and siþþan eówer ǽlces ácennednesse si primordia vestra, auctoremque Deum spectes, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18. Add
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sele
A hall ⬩ house ⬩ dwelling
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Hé anlícnesse geseh on seles (or from sæl, cf. 1523; An. 763) wáge, Andr. Kmbl. 1428; An. 714: Exon. Th. 394, 17; Rä. 14, 4. Þegen ðe on cinges sele his hláforde þénode, L. R. 3; Th. i. 192, 1. Hé (Pharaoh) lǽdan héht wíf tó his selfes sele, Cd.
Linked entry: burn-sele
wícnian
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Sum æðelboren cild heóld leóht ætforan his mýsan, and ongann módigian ðæt hit on swá wáclícum ðingum him wícnian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 25
Linked entry: wíce
deór-fald
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Substitute: an enclosure or cage for wild beasts Deórfald cavea, domus in theatro, Wrt.
ge-lǽððe
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Perhaps genéðde should be substituted; the phrase aldre genéðde occurs in ll. 17, 50, and the construction with tó is found in An. 1353 :-- Tó þám ánhagan aldre genéðan
gás-ríc
An impetuous creature, a furious animal
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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom
ræpsung
seizing (?), reproving (?) ⬩ an interval
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Raepsung interceptio (v. preceding word, and cf. O. H. Ger. rafsunga correptio, invectio, increpatio ), Txts. 69, 1068. an interval Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ...
gód
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Fródne and gódne fæder Unwénes, Víd. 114. Geongne æðeling sceolan góde gesíðas byldan tó beaduwe and tó beáhgife, Gn. C. 14. (4 a) as an epithet in courteous address Nú hæbbe ic his hér on handa, herra se góda, Gen. 678.
wígle
Divination ⬩ heathen practice
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Ant. i. 131, 27.] [His (the devil's) wiȝeles and his wrenches, A. R. 300, 5.] [Wieles, 92, 21 : Fragm. Phlps. 8, 54.] [Wiheles, Marh. 13, 9.]