byrðen-strang
Burthen-strong, strong to bear burdens ⬩ oneribus portandis robustus
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Burthen-strong, strong to bear burdens; oneribus portandis robustus Assa is stunt nýten, and byrðenstrang an ass is a foolish beast, and strong for burdens, Homl. Th. i. 208, 13
Linked entry: strang
mægden-cild
A female child ⬩ girl
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Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm mǽdencildum hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 10-12. Tǽcende ðám mǽdencildum docendo puellas, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 16
deáþ-bǽre
death-bearing, deadly
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death-bearing, deadly, Som. Ben, Lye
Linked entry: deád-bǽre
disc-berend
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A dish-bearer; discĭfer, Cot. 65
feðer-berende
Bearing feathers ⬩ feathered ⬩ pennĭger
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Bearing feathers, feathered; pennĭger, Cot. 150
gár-holt
A javelin-shaft ⬩ javelin ⬩ hastæ lignum ⬩ hasta
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A javelin-shaft, javelin; hastæ lignum, hasta Ðæt ic ðé to geóce gárholt bere that I may bear the javelin-shaft for thy succour, Beo. Th. 3673; B. 1834
feoh-sceat
Money-tribute ⬩ wages ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ merces
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Money-tribute, wages; trĭbūtum, merces Nó ic wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas I bear not the Lord's decrees among nations for wages, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 14; Dan. 744
Linked entry: sceatt
mór-hop
A pool in a marsh
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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450
ceaf
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Þú deáðes bearn, ðú ceaf écum ontendnyssum gegearcod, Hml. Th. i. 594, 6. Sé ðe getimbrað ofer ðám grundwealle treówa, oþþe streáw, oððe ceaf (ligna, foenum, stipulam) . . .
swearte
Darkly, dismally, evilly
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Darkly, dismally, evilly Sió gítsung swearte swǽfeþ onlíce ðam munte ðe monna bearn Etne hátaþ, Met. 8, 47 (v. swǽfan). Satanus swearte geþohte (cf. Milton's 'dark designs,' andv. sweart, III), ðæt hé wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan. Cd.
feorh-berende
Life-bearing ⬩ living ⬩ vītam fĕrens ⬩ vīvens
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Life-bearing, living; vītam fĕrens, vīvens Heó wile gesécan ǽghwylcne feorhberendra it will seek each of those bearing life, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 19; Rä. 40, 6: Cd. 92; Th. 117, 17; Gen. 1955
fan-byrd
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Banner-bearing Fanbyrde vexillationis, An. Ox. 1744
Linked entry: byrd
æppel-berende
Apple-bearing
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Apple-bearing Æppilberende pomiferam, Rtl. 98, 33
byrgere
A burier, corpse-bearer ⬩ vespillo
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A burier, corpse-bearer; vespillo, Cot. 155
ofer-flówan
to overflow, cover with water ⬩ to overflow, pass beyond bounds
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to overflow, cover with water Seó eá ðæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6. to overflow, pass beyond bounds Gód gemet, geheápod and oferflówende hig syllaþ on eówerne bearm, Lk. Skt. 6, 38
berþ-estre
A bearer of children ⬩ genetrix
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A bearer of children; genetrix, Leo 110
Linked entry: berþ
cwild-bǽre
Pestilence-bearing, deadly ⬩ pestiferus
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Pestilence-bearing, deadly ; pestiferus Scint. 53: 63
Linked entry: cwyld-bǽre
fiðer-berende
Bearing wings ⬩ winged ⬩ ālĭger
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Bearing wings, winged; ālĭger, Cot. 9: 170
býrgean
to taste ⬩ gustare
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to taste; gustare He byreþ blódig wæl, býrgean þenceþ, eteþ unmurnlíce he will bear off my bloody corpse, will resolve to taste it, will eat it without repugnance, Beo. Th. 901; B. 448
loca
a bar ⬩ bolt ⬩ lock ⬩ locker
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Álýsde leóda bearn of locan deófla [hell], Elen. Kmbl. 362; El. 181. Under helle cinn under líges locan, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 7; Cri. 1621 : 72 b; Th. 270, 32; Jul. 19. Se ðe healdeþ locan who guards the lock, 8 a; Th. 2, 14; Cri. 19 : Salm.
Linked entry: loc