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bed-clýfa

Grammar
bed-clýfa, l. -cleofa (-clyfa).
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In bedcleofan (cubili) his, Ps. Srt. 35, 5. Bedcleofum cubilibus, 4, 5: 149, 5. Add

ge-wrixl

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Voc. ii. 132, 8.

geán

(prep.)
Grammar
geán, prep.

Againstover againston the opposite sidecontra

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Against, over against, on the opposite side; contra Mónaþ is ðonne se móna gecyrþ niwe fram ðære sunnan, óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán a month is when the moon returns new from the sun, until it [the moon] again comes opposite it [the sun], Bd.

beót-word

(n.)
Grammar
beót-word, es; n.

a word of threateningthreatsminæa word of boastingjactationis verbum

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[beót III. a boasting] a word of boasting; jactationis verbum Beówulf beótwordum spræc Beowulf spake in words of boasting Beo. Th. 5014; B. 2510

Linked entry: word

bile-witness

(n.)
Grammar
bile-witness, bil-witness, e; f.

Mildness, simplicity, innocencesimplicitas

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Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they passed their lives in simplicity, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5

Linked entries: bil-wetnes bil-witness

ge-reording

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reording, -ung, e; f.

A meal, refectionprandium, refectio

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Th. i. 60, 18. On gereorduncge in prandio, Th. An. 28, 9. On ánre gereordinge in una refectione, 34, 37. Ofer wæteru gereordunga super aquam refectionis, Ps. Spl. 22, 2. Giriording a meal, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 19, 37

út-fær

(n.)
Grammar
út-fær, es; n.

A going outegressexit

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On útfære in exitu, 73, 5. Ðæt wé symle ðone mǽran gylt forfleón þurh útfære ðæs læssan, Homl. Th. i. 484, 8. Ðeáh heó nán útfær ne gemét, 4 10, 10. On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13

on-sendan

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Þîne bêne onsend in þâ beorhtan gesceaft, El. 1089. to put in possession of a non-material object Ic him in onsende bitre geþoncas, Jul. 404. Sige hŷ onsendað sôðfæstra gehwâm, Sal. 244. Þê sâwle onsende þurh his sylfes hand Meotod, Seel. 28.

deóp-lic

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Add: I. where great knowledge is shewn or required Dis fers is swíðe deóplic eów tó understandenne, Hml. Th. ii. 386, 3. Hit wile þingcan ungelǽredum mannum tó deóplic, Lch. iii. 244, 10.

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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Wé sceolon ǽgðer ge on gelimpe ge on ungelimpe cweðan: 'Ic herige mínne Drihten on ǽlcne tíman, Homl. Th. i. 252, 13: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 251. Ic andette míne scylda and seófige mín ungelimp, Ps. Th. 21, 2: Homl. Th. i. 584, 5.

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Se síþfæt is þyder tó lang, 231, 26. Ǽrende wé þyder habbaþ, 233, 11. <b>I a.</b> in an indefinite sense :--- On healfa gehwǽr, sume hyder, sume þyder, Elen.

Linked entry: þyder

fird-faru

Grammar
fird-faru, Take here fyrd-faru,
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Frig ǽlces woruldlican weorces búton ðám ðe eallum folce gæméne is, ðót is fyrdfara, sig hit on scipfyrde, sig hit on landfyrde, C. D. iv. 51, 18. and add

ofer-brǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-brǽdels, m.
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Ic eom oferwrigen mid þám oferbrǽdelse Godes wordes, Hml. S. 23 b, 584. Twá mæssereáf. . . ij weóvedsceátas and ij overbrǽdels, C. D. B. iii. 660, 34

wicel

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the next article is: Gif ðú lytel drencefæt habban wylle) blede tácen is ðæt ðú árǽre up ðíne swýþran hand and tósprǽd ðíne fingras, Techm. ii. 125, 9

ÆPPEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÆPPEL, æpl, appel, apl, eapl, es; m; nom. acc. pl. m. æpplas; nom. acc. pl. n. æppla.

an APPLEfruit generallymalumpomumwhat is round as an applethe apple of the eyea ballboluspillquidvis globosumpupillaglobusboluspilula

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Írenum aplum with iron balls, Salm. Kmbl. 56; Sal. 28

Linked entries: æppyl appel eapl epl

neáh-lǽcan

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D. 85, 8. of movement in time. with a noun or pronoun as subject Se dóm neálǽceþ, Bl. H. 91, 19. Nú neálǽceþ ǽgþer ge þín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýþnes, 187, 22. Ic neálǽhte mínum ende, Gr. D. 243, 20. Þonne seó tíd neálǽce, Bl. H. 205, 28.

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To failfaintbe wearylanguishceaseperishdeficerefatigarilanguereexterminari

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Be wege hí geteorigeaþ deficient in via, Mk. Bos. 8, 3. For swíðlícre hǽtan geteorud wearied by the excessive heat, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 23. Beóþ geteorode exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. 36, 9.

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

cneów

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Th. ii. 284, 31. Cneówa, Hml. S. 23 b, 83. Hí bígdon heora cneów, Mt. 27, 29: Hml. Th. ii. 148, 9. Knéwa, Mk. L. 15, 19. a generation, a degree of descent in a genealogy [v. N. E. D. knee, ll. 11; Grmm. R.

hwilc

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Ic þ é wille secgan hwelc se lǽcecræft is . . . Hé is swíðe biter on múþe and hé þé tiþ on ðá protan . . . Ac hé werodaþ, siþþan hé innaþ, Bt. 22, l; F. 76, 28. Wé nyllað geþencan hwelc hit þá wæs, Ors. 3, II; S. 152, 33.

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, p. de; pp, ed

To burnburn upconsumescorchūrĕreexūrĕrecombūrĕreconcrĕmāreexæstuāre

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Th. ii. 496, 27. We sind mid lígum forswælede we are scorched up with flames, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 20