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be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown

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Besenced of ðǽm yfemestum tó ðæm nieðerhestan, Past. 134, 24. On helle besenct, Hml. Th. i. 330, 26. Besencedum summerso. An. Ox. 11, 99. Besente demersos, 3078. Besencte, Bl. H. 49, 8. Add:

hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.

An ornament suspended from the neck, ⬩ a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck

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Hie eall him gesealdon ðæt hie ðá hæfdon búton ðæt ǽlc wífmon hæfde áne yndsan goldes and án pund seolfres and ǽlc wǽpnedmon ǽnne hring and áne hoppan ita ut nihil præter annulos singulos, bullasque sibi ac filiis, et deinde per filias uxoresque suas

Linked entry: ge-hopp

scrid

(n.)
Grammar
scrid, es; n.

A carriage ⬩ chariot ⬩ litter

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Ðá héht se cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors tó scride and hine gebundenne in ðæt scrid ásetton . . . Hió gelǽddon ðæt scrid on heá dúne, Shrn. 71, 34. Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, 156, 11. Screoda siex hun[dred]a six hundred chariots (cf.

Linked entry: scriða

seód

(n.)
Grammar
seód, es; m.

A money-bag ⬩ purse ⬩ pouch ⬩ marsupium ⬩ a purse

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Ðæt feoh ðæt hí hæfdon on heora seódurn, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 262. Seódas loculos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 22: 74, 18. Wyrcaþ seódas (seádas, Rush. : seádo, Lind.) (sacculos) ða ðe ne forealdigeaþ, Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Seádo loculos, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6.

Linked entry: seád

inwidda

(adj.)
Grammar
inwidda, inwit; adj.

Guileful ⬩ deceitful ⬩ evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious

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Swá se inwidda ofer ealne dæg dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne so the evil one [Holofernes] all through the day his men drenched with wine, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 20; Jud. 28. Ealle weleras inwiddæn universa labia dolosa, Ps. Spl. T. 11, 3.

mapulder

(n.)
Grammar
mapulder, (-dur, -dor); m.(?) f.(?)

A maple tree

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On ðære (ðæne?) ealdan mapolder, Chart. Th. 146, 26. Tó ðon reádleáfan mapuldre; of ðam mapuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 298, 16. The word is found in several place-names in the Charters v. Cod. Dip. vi. 313, and still occurs, e.g.

Linked entry: mapul-treów

ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To name ⬩ nominare

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To name; nominare On ðære ceastre, ðe is genemned Nazareth in civitate, quæ vocatur Nazareth, Mt. Bos. 2, 23: 5, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 27; Gen. 130: 217; Th. 277, 16; Sat. 205: 221; Th. 287, 13; Sat. 366.

un-þinged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þinged, adj.

Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected

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Uninvited, sudden, unexpected Ðý læs iów geméte se réða and se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran unðinged, swǽ swǽ grin et superveniat in vos repentina dies illa.

Linked entry: un-geþinged

wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung, e; f.

Cursing ⬩ a curse

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Wyrgendras, ðæra múð bið mid wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) áfylled, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 43. Hé fordéð his sáwle mid ðære mánfullan wyriunge . . . Úre tunge is gesceapen tó Godes herungum, ná tó deófollícum wyriungum Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3-6.

Linked entry: wergung

be-hreówsian

(v.)
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Behreówsian heora yfelan dǽda, Hml. A. 8, 206. with clause Hé behreówsode ꝥ hé swá dyslice dǽde gedyde, Gr. D. 143, 19. to pity, compassionate Heora earfeða behreówsian, Hml. S. 23, 90. Behreówsiendes compatientis, An. Ox. 5267

bolla

(n.)
Grammar
bolla, bolle, an ; f.
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Gé syttað ealle niht and drincað oð leóhtne dæg . . . ac wite gé mid gewissan, ꝥ eów wurðað þá mycclan bollan bytere forgoldene, Wlfst. 298, l. Add: ;

mǽrsung

Grammar
mǽrsung, <b>. II.</b>
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Wé on lofsangum hyre mǽrða cýðað, ꝥ heó ús þingige tó hyre suna, ꝥ hé ús miltsige for ðǽre mǽrsunge þe wé hyre gedóó, Hml. A. 25, 34. ' v. sealmsang-, wíd-mǽrsung

wíf-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hád, es; m. 1.

womanhood

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Se ðreát ðæra Godes ðeówa in wífháde ancillarum Dei caterva, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 34

a-hwyrfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; p. de; pp. ed

To turn away ⬩ avertere

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To turn away; avertere Ðæt ic ðé meahte ahwyrfan from hálor that I might turn thee from salvation, Exon. 71a; Th. 264, 6; Jul. 360. Ne ahwyrf ne avertas, Ps. Th. 89, 3. Ahwyrfde, subj. perf. would cast, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 33; Gú. 430

Linked entry: a-hwerfan

bécnan

(v.)
Grammar
bécnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To indicate ⬩ denote ⬩ signify ⬩ indicare ⬩ significare

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To indicate, denote, signify; indicare, significare Ðe we mid ðæm bridle bécnan tiliaþ which we will denote by the bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 158; Met. 11, 79 : Exon. 110 a; Th. 421, 31; Rä. 40, 26 : 106 b ; Th. 407, 5 ; Rä. 25, 10

be-helian

(v.)
Grammar
be-helian, bi-helian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. trans. [be, helian to cover]

To cover ⬩ cover over ⬩ conceal ⬩ obscure ⬩ hide ⬩ condere ⬩ sepelire

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Se heofen mót ðæt leóht behelian the heaven may obscure the light Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 21 : Elen. Kmbl. 858; El. 429

Linked entries: be-hylian bi-helian

cyne-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-bearn, es; n.

A kingly child, royal offspring ⬩ regius puer, regia proles

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A kingly child, royal offspring ; regius puer, regia proles Ne mihton oncnáwan ðæt cynebearn they might not acknowledge the royal child, Andr. Kmbl. 1131; An. 566. Wuldres cynebearn the royal child of glory, Menol.

drop-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
drop-fáh, -fág; adj. [dropa a drop, fáh coloured, stained]

Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted ⬩ stillātus

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Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted; stillātus Stillātus, ðæt is on úre geþeóde, dropfáh stillātus, that is in our language, spotted, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 14.

fægre

(adv.)
Grammar
fægre, adv.

Pleasantly, slowly, fairly, beautifully ⬩ suāvĭter, pĕdĕtentim, pulchre

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Pleasantly, slowly, fairly, beautifully; suāvĭter, pĕdĕtentim, pulchre Ðæt on foldan fægre stóde wudubeám that a forest-tree pleasantly stood on earth, Cd. 199; Th. 247, 17; Dan. 498; Exon. 59 b; Th. 217, 2; Ph. 274. Fægre pĕdĕtentim, Ælfc.

FÆSL

(n.)
Grammar
FÆSL, es; m?

Offspring, progeny ⬩ fētus, prōles, sŭbŏles

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Offspring, progeny; fētus, prōles, sŭbŏles Ðǽr sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces there shall be offspring of every living kind, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 13; Gen. 1310: 67; Th. 80, 17; Gen. 1330. To fæsle for progeny, 67; Th. 82, 8; Gen. 1359