hwelian
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Mænige andan mid wunde hweliað multi inuidię liuore tabescunt, Scint. 77, 2. Be óþres fremum þú ná hwela de alterius profectibus non tabescas, 8. For ' Lchdm. . . . col. 1' substitute Scint. 76, 19 and add: to waste away, pine: —
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara lexin hig forcyrrað, Angl. viii. 313, 19. Hý wǽron mid strǽlum scotode, ac ðá strǽlas forcyrdon hý and slógon ðá hǽðnan, Shrn. 135, 29.
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
stípel
A tower
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Ðæt hé gesáwe ða burh and ðone stípel (the tower of Babel), Gen. 11, 5. Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19: ii. 472, 25. Timbrian ánne stýpel turrem aedificare, Lk. Skt. 14, 28.
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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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be-byrgan
To bury ⬩ sepelire
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To bury; sepelire Bebyrgeþ bán and ýslan buries bones and embers, Exon. 60 a ; Th. 217, 26; Ph. 286 : Gen. 23, 19. To bebyrgenne sepelire, Mt. Bos. 27, 7 : Jn. Bos. 19, 40
Beran burh
BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire
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BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3
Linked entry: Bearan burh
fǽr-cwealm
A sudden pestilence ⬩ repentīna pestĭlentia
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A sudden pestilence; repentīna pestĭlentia Æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode in the pestilence which much afflicted and decreased his people, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 8
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be-smiðian
To forge ⬩ excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere
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To forge, to make or work as a smith does; excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere Innan and útan íren-bendum searoþoncum besmiðod within and without, cunningly forged with iron bands, Beo. Th. 1554; B. 775
ge-bédian
To pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ worship ⬩ ōrāre ⬩ adōrāre
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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T
ge-rǽf
Fixed ⬩ fixus
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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note
Linked entry: -rǽf
ge-metsian
To furnish with provisions
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To furnish with provisions Ðæt scip ðe Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod and gemetsod the ship that Earl Sweyn had before prepared and provisioned for himself, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 14
Linked entry: metsian
ge-mildsiend
A pitier ⬩ mĭsĕrātor
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Ðú góda cyngc and earmra gemiltsigend thou good king and pitier of the poor, Th. Apol. 18, 11
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ge-mind
A remembrance, memorial ⬩ mĕmŏriāle ⬩ remembrance
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A remembrance, memorial; mĕmŏriāle Ðú Driht on écnysse þurhwunast, and gemind ðín on cynrine and cynrine tu Dŏmĭne, in æternum permănes, et mĕmŏriāle tuum in generatiōne et generātiōnem, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 13
fetels
A belt
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A belt Þat suerd on hundtuelftian mancusas goldes and four pund silueres on þan fetelse, Cht. Th. 505, 32. Ic gean þæs swurdes mid þám sylfrenan hylte . . . and þone gyldenan fetels, 558, 12
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geond-récan
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne hé restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6
ge-byrdlic
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Orderly, harmonious Þú hý hæfst æalle gesceapene gebyrdlice and gesóme, and tó þám geþwǽre þæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 13
ge-unweorþian
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to dishonour Hí befýlað fracodlíce hí selfe and eác geunwurðiað, Wlfst. 305, 11. ꝥ hé é Se crístendóm weorð geunwurðod syððan, Hml. S. 19, 149. Gé beóð geunwurðode and eác gewítnode, 11, 95
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lang-wyrpe
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Oblong Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille, þonne strece þú þíne wynstran hand and wege hí, and sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 13
middel-ríce
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A middle kingdom, a kingdom lying between two others Earnulf wunode on þǽm londe be-eástan Rín, and Róþulf féng tó þǽm middelríce, and Oda tó þǽm westdǽle, Chr. 887; P. 80, 24
orsorg-ness
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</b> want of due care, carelessness Ꝥ úre folc ne wurðe losad þurh náne orsorhnesse (negligentia) bútan fulwihte and bisceopunge and predicunge, Chrd. 50, 4