a-biddan
To ask ⬩ pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ pray for ⬩ obtain by asking or praying ⬩ petere ⬩ precari ⬩ postulare ⬩ exorare ⬩ impetrare
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To ask, pray, pray to, pray for, obtain by asking or praying; petere, precari, postulare, exorare, impetrare Wilt tú wit unc abiddan drincan vis petamus bibere ? Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30. Abiddaþ [Cott. biddaþ] hine eáþmódlíce pray to him humbly, Bt. 42;
gǽst-cwalu
Torment of soul ⬩ ănĭmæ tormentum
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Torment of soul; ănĭmæ tormentum Ðǽr eów is hám sceapen, grim gǽstcwalu there a home is made for you, bitter torment of soul, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 28; Gú. 651
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bí-breád
Bee-bread ⬩ apium panis
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Bee-bread; apium panis Þynceþ bíbreád swétre, gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seemeth sweeter, if he before has a taste of bitter, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9
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un-swéte
Unsweet ⬩ bitter ⬩ sour ⬩ offensive ⬩ fetid
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Unsweet, of taste, bitter, sour Hí mé geblendon bittre tósomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan, Exon. Th. 88, 12; Cri. 1439. of smell, offensive, fetid Ðonne ne biþ se þost tó unswéte tó gestincanne, Lchdm, ii. 48, 14
beadu-scearp
Battle-sharp ⬩ sharp in fight ⬩ applied to a sword ⬩ ad pugnam acutus
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Battle-sharp, sharp in fight, applied to a sword; ad pugnam acutus Cyning wælseaxe gebræd biter and beaduscearp the king drew his deadly knife bitter and battle-sharp, Beo. Th. 5401; B. 2704
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bord-gelác
A missile, dart ⬩ telum
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[lácan to play, sport, fly] What flies against a shield, hence,- A missile, dart; telum Ðý-læs ingebúge biter bordgelác under bánlocan lest the bitter dart enter in under the skin, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 9; Cri. 769
pur
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a bittern(?) Hæferblǽte vel pur bicoca, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 42. Ráradumbla, ðæt is pur onocrotalus, 62, 21
ráre-dumla
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A bittern Ráredumlæ onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, Shrn. 29, 6. Ráradumbla onocrotalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 21. Ráredumle, 280, 26 : 63, 70 : buban, 126, 61. [M. H. Ger. rór-tumel a bittern : Ger. rohr-dommel : M. Du. roes-domel. O. H.
sár-stæf
an insult, a reproach
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A term intended to pain, an insult, a reproach Godes andsacan sægdon sárstafum swíðe gehéton ðæt hé deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde God's adversaries said with bitter words, vehemently vowed, that he should suffer death, Exon. Th. 116, 10; Gú. 205
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swétian
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To be sweet or pleasant Ðætte ús biterige sió hreówsung, swá swá ús ǽr swétedon ða synna that repentance may prove bitter to us, as before sins were sweet to us, Past. 54, 5; Swt. 425, 14
breóst-cearu
the heart, mind ⬩ care ⬩ The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow ⬩ ægritudo, mæror
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Grammar breóst-cearu, [breóst the heart, mind, cearu care] The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow; ægritudo, mæror Ic bitre breóst-ceare gebiden hæbbe I have suffered bitter grief, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 7; Seef. 4: 115 b; Th. 444, 9; Kl. 44
of-slítan
to wound by the bite
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to wound by the bite (of a snake, dog, etc. ) Ða ðe ofslitene wǽron the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents Num. 21, 9
cald
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cold; gelidus, frigidus Ðonne cymþ forst fyrnum cald then cometh bitter cold frost, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 28; Gen. 316: 227; Th. 304, 29; Sae. 637: Andr. Kmbl. 619; An. 310. Caldra colder, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 10; Rä. 41, 54.
brægd-boga
to draw, bend, ⬩ deceit ⬩ a bow ⬩ A drawn ⬩ bent bow ⬩ a deceitful or fraudulent bow ⬩ arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus
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A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19
beór-þegu
A beer-receiving ⬩ beer-serving ⬩ beer-drinking ⬩ cerevisiæ acceptio vel ministratio ⬩ cerevisiæ potatio
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A beer-receiving, beer-serving, beer-drinking; cerevisiæ acceptio vel ministratio, cerevisiæ potatio Ðæt wæs biter beórþegu that was a bitter beer-serving Andr. Grm. 1533; An. 1535. Æfter beórþege after the beer-drinking Beo.
CÝTA
KITE, bittern ⬩ milvus, būteo
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A KITE, bittern; milvus, būteo, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 9; Wrt. Voc. 29, 32: Glos. Brux. Recd. 37, 3; Wrt. Voc. 63, 17
ban-cóða
A baneful disease ⬩ a fatal or deadly malady ⬩ erysipelas ⬩ lethalis morbus ⬩ ignis sacer
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A baneful disease, a fatal or deadly malady, erysipelas; lethalis morbus, ignis sacer Wæs him inbogen bittor bancóða a bitter malady was fixed in him, Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 23; Gú. 998.
bláte
Lividly, pallidly ⬩ livide, pallide
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Lividly, pallidly; livide, pallide Helle fýr bláte forbærnþ biteran lége the fire of hell lividly burns up with a dire [bitter] flame, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 107; Met. 8, 54.
DREPAN
To strike ⬩ percŭtĕre
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Ðonne biþ on hreðre, under helm drepen biteran strǽle then he will be stricken with the bitter shaft in the breast, beneath the helmet, Beo. Th. 3495; B. 1745. Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981
torn-cwide
A speech that causes grief, ⬩ bitter, grievous, distressing words
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A speech that causes grief, bitter, grievous, distressing words Heora tungan torncwidum serwaþ swá oft nædran dóþ acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.