ge-byrd
birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum
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Wítgan cýþdon Cristes gebyrd prophets announced Christ's birth, 8 b; Th. 5, 5; Cri. 65. Bearnes gebyrda the infant's birth, 18 b; Th. 45, 24; Cri. 724 : L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 22.
óht
Fear, terror ⬩ or hostile pursuit, persecution, active enmity
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Th. 6, 5; Gen. 84. Ðǽr on fyrd hyra fǽrspell becwom, óht inlende (the pursuit by the Egyptians, or the terror which their coming caused); egsan stódan wælgryre weroda, 186, 9; Exod. 136
ge-wuna
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. ¶ on gewunan bringan, habban; tó gewunan niman to make a practice of, to be in the habit of using or doing :-- Nú þincð heom þis syllic tó gehýranne, for þám þe hig habbað heora yrmðe swá on gewunan gebróht, Wlfst. 269, 28.
ofer-welig
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Exceedingly rich Ðá forlegeran and þá godwracan and þá ofe[r]welgan, Nap. 50
All-walda
All-ruler ⬩ the Almighty
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All-ruler, the Almighty, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 15; Gen. 292
líc-hryre
death
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Fall of the body, death, s; Th. 67, 11; Gen. 1099
gifen
the sea
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the sea, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 29; Rä. 3, 3
lǽwan
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Be Iúdan Scarioth þe hine lǽwde, Ps. Th. 3, arg. Add
be-eástan-norþan
to the north-east of,
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to the north-east of, Ors. 1, 1; Th. 246, 16
hǽmere
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God fordémð þá dyrnan forligeras and þá unrihtan hǽmeras, Hml. A. 19, 145. Add
Frys-land
Friesland ⬩ Frīsia
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Friesland; Frīsia Be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland to the west of the Old Saxons is the mouth of the river Elbe and Friesland, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 36.
Linked entry: Fres-lond
blódig
bloodthirsty
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Add Blódge cruentos, þǽm blódigum cruentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 7, 8. of the nature of blood Ríneþ blódig regn, Bl. H. 91, 34. His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. Swilce blódig wæter, 202, 2.
weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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[The word is left in the phrase the weald of Kent and Sussex, the earlier woodland character of which district is shewn by its local names (v.
Linked entries: weald-leþer geald wealda wilde
innera
Inner ⬩ interior
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P. iv. 63; Th. ii. 224, 6. Se inra wind, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32. Þurh ða twá pund wæs getácnod ǽgðer ge ðæt ýttre andgit ge ðæt inre by the two pounds was signified both the external and the internal sense, 554, 34.
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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It behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of bees], that he then shall pay to the country what shall be agreed.
druncen
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Wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg of (fore, v. l. ) druncen beón, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21. Wíne druncen crapulatus a vino, Ps. Th. 77, 65: Gen. 1563: Jud. 67: B. 1467. Beóre druncen, 531. Se druncena ( ebriosus ) wín onféhþ, Scint. 107, 8.
pund
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D. 157, 33, which makes the debt twelve shillings (duodecim solidi )) . . . wearð gemét þæt feoh and twéntig penega tó eácan (cf. Gr. D. 158, 15, which makes the amount found thirteen shillings), Hml. Th. ii. 176, 34-178, 7
brýce
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Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml. S. 2, 283. <b></b> usufruct :-- Habban hí þone bryce (ðæs landes) healfne, and healfne þá munecas, Cht.
þing
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Be fullum ðingum fully, Wulfst. 51, 11: 57, 8. state, condition Ealles folces þing byþ ðe betere æt ðám þýfðum the condition of the whole people will be the better in the matter of the thefts, L. Ath. v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 20.
dógor-rím
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Is ðes þroht to ðæs heard dógorrímum this suffering is so hard in the days of my life, Elen. Kmbl. 1406; El. 705