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bryne

(n.)
Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m.

to burnA burning, fire, flame, heatustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor

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Brego Caldéa gewát to ðarn bryne the prince of the Chaldeans went to the fire, Exon. 55b; Th. 196, 27; Az. 180. Hie ðone bryne fandedon they proved the fire, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 29; Dan. 455: Exon. 72b; Th. 270, 31; Jul. 473.

Linked entry: byrne

rand-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
rand-beáh, -beág, es; m.
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Swilce lytel pricu on brádan brede oððe rondbeáh on scilde, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 5. Randbeáges umbonis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 83 : Hpt. Gl. 521, 8. Hrandbeága testudine, 495, 47. Under þiccum randbeáge subter densa testudine, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29.

wyllen

(adj.)
Grammar
wyllen, adj.

Woollenof woolwoollen stuff

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Ne hé wyllenra hrægla breác, ac línenra ealra, Shrn. 93, 7 : 94, 28. Heó nǽfre línenum hræglum brúcan wolde, ac wyllenum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6. ¶ used substantively, woollen stuff Heó wyllen weorode, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44: L. Edg.

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Hé sǽde ðæt eal ðes miðdaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Him is nyt ðæt hé hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6

scild-burh

(n.)
Grammar
scild-burh, f.
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When this arrangement is abandoned, they are said 'bregða skjaldborginni,' c. 95] Wearð scyldburh tóbrocen, Byrht. Th. 138, 56 : By. 242. Hæleþ higerófe scildburh scǽron, Judth.

Linked entry: bord-haga

forþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adj.
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Cf. forþ, 1 b Ic ( a lance ) hwílum éðelfæsten forðweard brece, Rä. 72, 23. expressing state reached, forward, advanced.

un-twifeald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-twifeald, adj.

not doublesimplesincerehonestpurenot doubleunitedwithout division

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Hí untweofealde treówa gehealdaþ, Met. 11, 95. not double, united, without division Ðeáh hé hwelcne wæstm forð brenge gódes weorces, gif hé ne bið of gódum willan and of untwiefaldre (-twy-, Cott.

Linked entry: twi-feald

ge-sundfulnes

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Ne breác Heródes his cyneríces mid langsumere gesundfulnysse ( with lasting prosperity) ac búton yldinge him becóm seó godcundlice wracu þe hine mid menigfealdre yrmðe fordyde, 84, 34 : Lch. iii. 440, 7 : Ll. Th. i. 256, 8.

med-micel

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L. 25, 45, margin. of things Hé þǽre ýtemestan yldo his lífes on ancorsetle mid medmiclum hláfe (coarse bread; pane cibario) and cealde wætere áwreþede, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 630, 18

offrung

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</b> the bread and wine offered in the Eucharistic service :-- Gyf þú offrunga habban wille, þonne wege þú þín reáf and hefe úp þíne twá handa, Tech. ii. 120, 3. v. ǽfen- (Chrd. 30, 21), eall-, ídelgild-offrung

hálsung

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung, heálsung, e; f.

Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greetingsupplicationomen, auspiciumgreeting

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breác ealdre heálsunge vetere usus augurio, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40. On hálsunge in auspicium, 2, 9; S. 510, 13. Mid eárum onfóh míne hálsunge auribus percipe obsecrationem meam, Ps. Th. 142, 1. Hálsunga dóþ obsecrationes faciunt, Lk. Skt. 5, 33.

Linked entries: hǽlsung hálsian

tó-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwísan, p. de

To shatter,break to pieces,crush,bruise

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To shatter, break to pieces, crush, bruise Ic tócwýse quasso, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 10. Ic tócwýse quatio, tócwýsde quassi, tócwýsed quassum, 28, 4; Zup. 169, 6. Ofer ðæne ðe hé fylþ hé tócwýst (comminuet), Lk. Skt. 20, 18. Tócwiésð, Ps.

hæleþ

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. §29, Sievers Grammar § 281]. used with complimentary force of both temporal and spiritual persons; implying excellence in worldly matters David wæs háten diórmód hæleð, Israéls brega æðele and ríce, cyninga cýnost, Ps. C. I.

húsel

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Th. ii. 268, 3, 5: 270, 17: 274, 14. húsl tóbrecan to break the bread Oð þæt se preóst þæt húsel tóbræc, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 18. húsles wirþe entitled to go to communion (see first passage under ) Her on lífe busies beón wyrþe, Ll.

for-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
for-sleán, he -slæhþ, -slyhþ, -slihþ; p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slægen, -slagen [sleán to strike]

To strike with violencesmitebreakslaykilldestroyvehementer fĕrīrepercŭtĕrefrangĕreoccīdĕreinterfĭcĕre

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To strike with violence, smite, break, slay, kill, destroy; vehementer fĕrīre, percŭtĕre, frangĕre, occīdĕre, interfĭcĕre Se ðe cinbán forslæhþ mid xx scillingum forgelde let him who breaks the chin-bone pay for it with twenty shillings, L.

Linked entry: for-slegenlic

líf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líf-líc, adj.

livingvital

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Ic eom se líflíca hláf ðe of heofenum ástáh I am the living bread, that came down from heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 202, 5.

ge-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wiht, -wyht, -wihte, es; n.

Weightpondus

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Gé etaþ hláf be gewihte ye shall eat bread by weight, Lev. 26, 26. Mid twám hundred mancosan goldes be gewihte and mid v. pundan be gewihte seolfres for two hundred mancuses of gold by weight and for five pounds by weight of silver, Th.

Linked entries: ge-wyht wiht

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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unleavened, used substantively, unleavened bread Gehafen hláf fermentacius panis, ðeorf azimus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 15-16. Þeorf azimum, ii. 6, 8. Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31.

Linked entries: þærf þorof

segnian

(v.)
Grammar
segnian, sénian ; p. ode.
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Ðonne ðú hláf brece, sǽna ðú ða cruman, 53, 18. Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . . Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, H. R. 105, 22.

Linked entries: sénian sægnian