for-fang
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Th. 411, 31. Add: ¶ for-fang occurs in a list of emoluments accruing to the king (Edward the Confessor) and granted by him to Westminster
ofer-higian
to overreach
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Sinc eáþe mæg gold on grunde gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian hýde se ðe wylle easily may treasure, gold in the ground, overreach every man (i. e. make the effort at concealment vain), hide it who will, Beo. Th. 5525; B. 2766
Linked entry: higian
bonda
A husband, an householder, a master of a family ⬩ maritus
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A husband, an householder, a master of a family; maritus Se bonda sæt the husband dwelt, L. C. S. 73; Th. i. 414, 21: 77; Th. i. 418, 24
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Bune
Boulogne in France ⬩ Bononia
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Boulogne in France; Bononia Se micla here férde to Bunan [Bunnan, Th. 162, 20, col. l] the great army went to Boulogne, Chr. 893; Th. 163, 20, col. 3
ge-bræc
A breaking ⬩ crashing ⬩ noise ⬩ fractio ⬩ frăgor ⬩ strĕpĭtus
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A breaking, crashing, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Ðá Wearþ borda gebræc then there was a crashing of shields, Byrht. Th. 140, 28; By. 295: Beo. Th. 4510; B. 2259
up-rodor
the firmament on high ⬩ the visible heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ heaven
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the firmament on high, the visible heavens, the sky Wolde hé ðæt him eorðe and uproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceafte, Cd. Th. 7, 1; Gen. 99. Ðás woruld, eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor, 179, 10; Exod. 26: 205, 2; Exod. 429.
Linked entry: up-heofon
BÚR
A BOWER, cottage, dwelling, an inner room, storehouse ⬩ tabernaculum, conclave, casa
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Th. 2624; B. 1310. On his suna búre in his son's dwelling, Beo. Th. 4902; B. 2455. Æfter búrum along the dwellings, Beo. Th. 282; B. 140
feówer-féte
Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes
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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Se ælmihtiga God eallum mancinne forgeaf ða feówerfétan deór the almighty God gave to all mankind the four-footed beasts, Ælfc. T. 8, 26.
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geoc
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The word is given as Kentish in the D. D., and the charter from which the following passage is taken is Kentish. Cf. geoc-led Ðonne is ðes londes xvi gioc ærðelondes and medwe all on ǽce ærfe tó brúcanne, C. D. i. 316, 25
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Th. 615, 24
mǽrþu
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Tó þám geweorce bróhte ꝥ folc gold and seolfor and deórwirþe gimstánas and menigfælde mǽrþa, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3. 31
be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Add: to dig a grave Þá byrgena mon feor on eorðan bedelfe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml.
be-
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have a privative sense, as,-Be-niman to deprive, be-reáfian to bereave, be-heáfdian to behead. sometimes they do not indicate any perceptible variation in the sense, as,-Be-cuman to come, be-sencan to sink. be-, bi-, big- have the same effect when prefixed
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læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Ðæt hé ðý lætra biþ tó uncystum that it [the body] be the less ready to vices, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 20.
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Gé him ǽghwæs oftugon hrægles nacedum móses mete-leásum ye withheld from them everything, raiment from the naked, food from the hungry, Exon. Th. 92, 8; Cri. 1505.
hyrnan
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To project in the shape of a horn or wedge Andlang ðæs streámes on ðone mǽdham ðe hyrnþ into Scylftúne and fram Scylftúne andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere ðe nymþ intó duceling dúne along the stream to the meadow-enclosure that projects wedge-shaped
Linked entry: ge-hyrned
ende-mes
together ⬩ coincidence ⬩ straightway ⬩ at once
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Th. 34, 24: 39, 16. combined with eall: Hí hine fleóð ealle endemes (omnes simul), Ps. Th. 13, 4: Hml. S. 18, 96: 32, 142: Hml. Th. i. 70, 26: ii. 516, 13. Þá óþre ealle endemes (-mest, v. l.) férdon áweg, Hml. S. 5, 345: Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 10.
ge-swebban
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., and add: of living things, to send to sleep, lull Ðá drýmen hæfdon him mid twégen ormǽte dracan; ac se apostol þá dracan geswefode, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 7, Geswefed sopitus (somno), An. Ox. 4975. þá weardmenn wǽron ǽr geswefode, Hml. S.
Linked entry: ge-swefian
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
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Mearh moldan træd the steed trod the ground, Elen. Kmbl. 109; El. 55. earth (the dwelling place of men) Ne mihte ða on moldan man geríman no man on earth might number them, Ps.