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bledu

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Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. On bleda in pateras (fialas), Germ. 389, 17.

ellen

Grammar
ellen, strength.
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Bæd ic þá fyrde ꝥ hié hæfdon gód ellen þára þinga þe ús on becwómon orabam Macedones ne aduersis casibus cederent, Nar. 14, 22.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Þá bær man þám cyninge cynelice þénunga on ánum sylfrenan disce . . . þá sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle (cf. dapes sibimet adpositas rex deferri pauperibus praecepit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 95.

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Carthaginians ⬩ Carthaginienses

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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.

weax-candel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-candel, weax-candell, e; f.

A wax candle

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Wexcandel cereus, 130, 16: funalia, i. candelabra, 151, 56, Genim ácmela and beolonan sǽd and weax, meng tósomne, wyrc tó weaxcandelle, and bærn, Lchdm. ii. 50, 18

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a band ⬩ collar ⬩ a ring

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Ic geseah in healle bring gyldenne (a cup) men sceáwian, . . . friþospéde bæd God gǽste sínum se ðe wende wriþan. Exon. Th. 440, 19; Rä. 60, 5. Similar entries v. beáh-, heals- (where misprinted -wiþa) wriþa; wríþan

Linked entry: wríþan

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.

The jaw, CHEEK ⬩ maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena

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The jaw, CHEEK ; maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena Ðæt tácen ðære bærnesse he on his ceácan bær signum incendii in maxilla portavit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 16. He gehrán his ceácan contigit maxillam ejus, 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Ceácan malæ, maxillæ, Wrt.

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

þost

(n.)
Grammar
þost, es; m.

Dung ⬩ ordure

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Bærn hundes ðost and gníd smale, 7. Nim drígne hundes þost, 11: ii. 48, 8

ge-hál

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Ne bæd hé nó ðæt hé hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac hé bæd dura tó, Past. 275, 23. Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf, Shrn. 50, 14.

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.

a chest ⬩ coffer ⬩ casket ⬩ box in which precious things are kept ⬩ a receptacle for the relics of a saint ⬩ a shrine ⬩ a cage in which a criminal is confined

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Ðá þwóh man ða hálgan bán, and bær intó ðære cyrcan on scríne, 100, 158.

bótian

(v.)
Grammar
bótian, p. ode
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To get better, recover from illness Sing ymb þone ceáp . . . bærn ymb récels . . . lǽt syþðan bótegean (beot-, MS.), Lch. iii. 56, 13.

Linked entry: beótian

réc

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Hóh ðá wyrte on feówer healfe . . . bærn, dó récels tó, lǽt yrnan ofer þone réc, iii. 56, 30. Add

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Heó bær drincan and ús eallum þénade and scencte óð ðæt ðæt gereorde gefylled wæs obtulit poculum, coeptumque ministerium nobis omnibus propinandi usque ad prandium completum non omisit, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 26.

æx

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Hé bær him æcse and adesan on handa, tácnode on ðám ꝥ hé nales tó ídelnysse on ꝥ mynster eóde, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Angl. ix. 263, l. Æxa bipennes , An. Ox. 2, 71. Æcssa, 2231. Mid ęcesum securibus , Ps.

ge-neósung

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(l a) visiting a sick person :-- Hé wearð fǽrlíce dumb, and his wíf ásende tó þám bisceope and bæd his geneósunge, Hml. S. 22, 74.

hǽðen-gild

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-gild, -gield, -gyld, es; n.

Heathen worship, idolatry ⬩ idol

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Hé bæd hig georne ðæt hig búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum tó ðam bysmorfullum hǽðengilde he prayed them earnestly not to turn from the worship of God to degrading idolatry, Jos. 23, 7.

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorance ⬩ laziness ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy

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Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C. V. nyte-) onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. 5, 200.

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

un-árímedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árímedlíc, adj.

innumerable ⬩ countless ⬩ boundless ⬩ infinite ⬩ shewn in countless instances

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Hé bæd hié ðæt hié gemunden ðæs unárímedlícan freóndscipes ðe hié hæfdon on ealddagum, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 19

hýr

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where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages (cf. hé bæd

on-bæcling

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Monige ðegnas his fromfoerdun onbæcling (-bæcc-, L. ), Jn. R. 6, 66. of reversing one's direction Ymbcerred wæs onbæclinc (-bægcling. L.) conuersa est retrorsum, Jn.