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bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Bǽdde, 30, 16. to urge, press, compel, impel Bǽdt inpulerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 28. Beadætþ (= bǽdeþ) angarizaverit (= angariaverit, Mt. 5, 41), 72, 17.

be-gnagan

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ꝥ seó nǽddre hí ábítan sceolde and hire bán be-gnagan, Shrn. 103, 6. Add

mete-bælg

(n.)
Grammar
mete-bælg, es; m.

A bag for foodwallet

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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35

pung

(n.)
Grammar
pung, es; m.
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A small bag, purse Pung cassidele, Txts. 54, 297 : Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 19: ii. 13, 39

Linked entry: wung

un-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽd, es; n.

Bad seed

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Bad seed Ealle unþeáwas áweallaþ of deófle, and hé ðæt unsǽd sáweþ tó wíde, Wulfst. 40, 23

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hǽle, ; adj.
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

hion

Grammar
hion, l. hión,
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Gif ꝥ úterre bán bið þyrel, Ll. Th. i. 92, 15. and add:

mis-gewider

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gewider, es; n.

Bad weather

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Bad weather Hwanan sió ádl cume be misgewiderum, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 11

Linked entry: mis-wider

(n.)
Grammar
bý, n.?Add: The Danish form býr is m.
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Bý in local names is found in Baddan-, Bad-, Bé-, Kirk-bý. v. C. D. vi

tindting

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Dele: the word seems only a bad reading of tyhting. Cf. Tyhtingce suasionis, An. Ox, 3382

leódan

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Him brega engla of líce áteáh liódende bán ( the rib from which Eve was made), Gen. 182. Add

plegol

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Add: in a bad sense, wanton Seó plegole (lasciua) geogoð þe byð hræd tó singienne, Chrd. 54, 22

sceanc-gebeorg

(n.)
Grammar
sceanc-gebeorg, es; n.

a greave

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A protection for the leg, a greave Bán*-*berge, scan[c]gebeorg ocreas Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 35

un-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
un-lyft, e; f.

Bad airmalaria

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Bad air, malaria Rómáne and eall súðfolc worhton him eorþhús wið ðære unlyfte, Lchdm. ii. 16, 2

mód-lufu

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Hé hine mid bám handum beclypte and mid eallre módlufan sette tó his breóstum, Nap. 45. Add

gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Buffoonery, scurrility

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, Bas. 50, 28

Linked entry: gaf

westan-wind

(n.)
Grammar
westan-wind, es; m.
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A west wind Hé bád westanwindes and hwón norþan, and siglde ða eást, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 17, 15

snóca

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For 'bend, bay (?)' substitute: A projecting point or piece of land, a promontory, a snook (v. N. E. D.)

hæfte-neód

(n.)
Grammar
hæfte-neód, e; f.

Custody, prison

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Úre bán syndon tóworpene be helwarena hæfteneódum dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum, Ps. Th. 140, 9

Linked entry: hæft-níd

un-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽg, es; m.

One who is not a kinsmanan aliena bad kinsman

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One who is not a kinsman, an alien; or a bad kinsman Unmǽgas, Wald. 102; Vald. 2, 23