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á-beran

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Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c. Ábere se borh ðæt hé áberan scolde, L. Edg. ii. 6; Th. i. 268, 9

hæleþ

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Byð for eorlum æðelinga wyn hors hófum wlanc, þǽr him hæleþe ymb welege on wicgum wrixlað sprǽce, 19.

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To springto leapboundto burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., to fly to grow as a plantto rise as the sunto move as a spring movesto spreadbe diffusedto spring as blood from a woundto spring as waterto burstcrack

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Hig hrædlíce up sprungon, for ðam ðe hig næfdon ðære eorðan dýpan, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5. to rise as the sun, cf. spring II:-- Up sprungenre sunnan sole orto, Mt.

Linked entry: sprincan

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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A tablet, a table for notes, a waxed tablet; indicatorium, astula, pugillaris.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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years more over these five counties, from 860 to 865 ; he was therefore king for ten years, from A.D. 855-865: A.

Linked entry: Berhte

blis

(n.)
Grammar
blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]

BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasurelætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitasfriendship, kindness, benevolence, gracecomitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia

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Ðanon com ǽrest cristendóm and blis fór Gode and fór worulde whence first came christianity and joy before God and before the world, Chr. 1011; Erl. 146, 22. Ðú eart blis mín tu es exultatio mea, Ps. Spl. 31, 9.

Linked entry: blíþs

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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Nó ic ða stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weóp that (hard) time I bewailed not, nor wept for the wound, Exon. Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14.

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Th. 104, 26. til is found in proper names, see for examples Txts. 497

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Se byp hlúd for ðære lyfte brádnysse, and frecenfull for ðæs fýres sceótungum, Lchdm. iii. 290, 2-15. Þunor tóslóg heora godes hús aedes Salutis ictu fulminis dissoluta est, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 18.

ge-beorgan

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Gyf hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, 440, 16 : Dan. 436. to protect an object (acc.) from (wiþ ) Hí wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 420.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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Cf. ge-treówian; III. ge-tríwan; III Sé þe óðres mannes man underfó þe hé for his yfele him fram dó, and him [hine ?] getrúwian ne mæge his yfeles ...

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Sende ðá his béne fore bearn Godes, Andr. Kmbl. 3224; An. 1615. Sendon hira béne fore bearn Godes, 2055; An. 1030. Þinga gehwylces ðara ðe ðú mé sendan wylle tó cunnunge, Exon. Th. 453, 32 ; Hy. 4, 23.

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Similar entries v. un-tela; til; and cf. wel for similar uses

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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Först. 96, 3-II. Gewyrde ( secundum) historiam, An. Ox. 8, 15 a (v. ge-wyrdelic; gewyrd-wrítere). Ge-wyrda fata, i. fortuna, eventus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 28. Cf. Gewyrd fatus, ta, tum (ut rerum tibi fata latentia solvant, Aid. 153, 9), An.

mearc-land

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-land, es; n.

a border-landwaste land lying outside the cultivateda districtcountryterritory

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Cf. what is said before of his dwelling place :-- Wæs seó londes stów bimiðen fore monnum, óððæt meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, 34 b; Th. 110, 32-35), Exon. 35 a; Th, 112, 17; Gú. 145.

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moonmoon as in new, full moon

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Móna se forma, se óðer, se þridda, etc., pp. 184-196. [Ful]les mónan plene lunae, Kent. Gl. 210. Nǽfre búton on níwum mónan, Lchdm. iii. 242, 23. On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ... on tweigra nihta mónan, etc., 154, 15-28, 156, 1-16.

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1 : Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11; Dan. 245.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; n.
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Scipes flór fori vel tabulata navium, 63, 40. Lytlum scipe cimbula, ii. 22, 34. Scipe cercilo, 17, 72: 76, 30 (cf. aesc cercilus, 103, 56). Ðá wende hé on scype (scipp, Lind.) ascendens nauem, Lk. Skt. 8, 37. Scyp ástígan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 13.

freóls

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Ðes freóls á écelíce forð þurhwunige, vi. 203, 6. Ic on ðysum gewrite geswutelie be Ciltacumbes freúlse, v. 113, 22. Freóls iubileus, s. annus, An. Ox. 3831: 2, 256. Of ðǽre stówe wearð árǽred þises dæges freóls, Hml. Th. i. 502, 7.

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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Hit biþ unnyt ðæt mon hwelces yfles bógas snǽde búton mon wille ða wyrtruman forceorfan ðæs staðoles incassum foras nequitia ex ramis inciditur, si surrectura multiplicius intus in radice servatur Past. 33, 5; Swt. 222, 15. to hew or trim stones.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan