cǽg-bora
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A key-bearer; claviger, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19
æf-werdla
Damage ⬩ injury ⬩ loss ⬩ the amercement for it ⬩ detrimentum ⬩ jactura ⬩ damnum
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H.] let him bear the damage, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 16: R. Ben. 2 : Cot. 104
Linked entries: æf-werdelsa æ-wyrdla ewerdla ewyrdlu
bi-þencan
to consider, bear in mind, confide,
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to consider, bear in mind, confide, Exon. 19 b; Th. 51, 27; Cri. 822: 20 a; Th. 53, 14; Cri. 850: 51 b; Th. 179, 32; Gú. 1270: 66 b; Th. 245, 30; Jul. 52
hǽþ
A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land ⬩ a low barren heath or fell
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Bera sceal on hǽþe the bear shall [live] on the heath, Menol. Fox 518; Gn. C. 29
Linked entry: for-hǽþan
ge-þyncan
To seem ⬩ appear
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His loccas and his beard wǽron gylden geþúht his hair and his beard seemed of gold, Nar. 43, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 80, 12. Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3.
æht
Valuation ⬩ estimation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ council ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ deliberatio ⬩ consilium
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Valuation, estimation, deliberation, council; æstimatio, deliberatio, consilium Fira bearn æht besittaþ the sons of men sit in council, Andr. Kmbl. 820; An. 410.
wógian
To woo ⬩ marry
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Bearn worulde ðissere wógiaþ (nwbunt) . . . hí ne wógiaþ (nubunf), ne hí ne lǽdaþ wíf, 68, 14, 17
lind-hæbbende
Shield-bearer ⬩ warrior
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Shield-bearer, warrior, Beo. Th. 495; B. 245: 2808; B. 1402
tácn-berend
A standard-bearer
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A standard-bearer Tácnberend signifer, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 15
Linked entry: tácn
byrþestre
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A female bearer Berþestra gerula, portatrix, Hpt. Gl. 498, 18
Linked entry: berþestre
a-þylgian
To sustain ⬩ bear ⬩ be patient ⬩ wait patiently ⬩ sustinere
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To sustain, bear, be patient, wait patiently; sustinere For ǽ ðínre ic aþylgode ðé propter legem tuam sustinui te, Ps. Spl. 129, 4. Aþylgode sáwle min on worde his sustinuit anima mea in verbum ejus, 129, 5
up
That is above ⬩ that is on high
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v. up-godu), ealle upheá and æðele bearn dii estis et filii excelsi omnes, Ps. Th. 81, 6
drugaþ
DROUGHT, dryness ⬩ siccĭtas, arĭdĭtas
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Bearn Israéla eódon þurh drugode fīlii Israel ambulāvērunt per siccum, Ps. Lamb. fol. 189 a, 21
þreá-líc
Miserable ⬩ woeful ⬩ calamitous
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Miserable, woeful, calamitous Godes ágen bearn héngon fæderas ússe; ðæt wæs þreálíc geþóht, Elen. Kmbl. 851; El. 426. Wæs þreálíc þing ( the deluge ) þeódum tóweard, réðe wíte, Cd. Th. 79, 28; Gen. 1318.
byrele
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a cup-bearer, butler, Wrt. Voc. 290, 51: Beo. Th. 2327; B. 1161
Linked entry: byrle
wæter-berend
A water-bearer
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A water-bearer Wæterberendra lixarum(mercenariorum qui aquam portant), Hpt. Gl. 427, 14
leóht-bora
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A light-bearer Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, Vis. Lfc. 36
Linked entry: bora
riht-fæderencynn
Lineal descent or descendants on the father's side
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Gif héó bearn næbbe, feó ðonne an hire rehtfæderen[cynnes] sió néste hond, Chart. Th. 481, 21
Linked entries: fæderen-cyn riht-médrencynn
wíg-bora
An image-bearer
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An image-bearer Wícbora (wióbora, Anglia xiii. 35, 214) signifer Hpt. Gl. 495, 71
þeówdóm-hád
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Service Monige hí sylfe and heora bearn má gyrnaþ on mynster and on Godes ðeówdómhád tó syllanne ðonne hí synd bigongende woruldlícne camphád plures se suosque liberos, depositis armis, satagunt magis accepta tonsura monasterialibus adscribere votis,