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á-wille

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wille, (= án?, on- ?); adv.

Boldly ⬩ procaciter

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Boldly; procaciter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 43

furþ-an

(adv.)
Grammar
furþ-an, furþ-on, furþ-um; adv. [furþ = forþ forth, furþan, furþon, furþum, forþum, dat.]

Also ⬩ too ⬩ even ⬩ indeed ⬩ further ⬩ at first ⬩ etiam ⬩ quĭdem ⬩ prīmo

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Also, too, even, indeed, further, at first; etiam, quĭdem, prīmo Ic secge eów sóþlíce, ðæt furþon Salomon on eallum hys wuldre næs oferwrigen swá swá án of ðyson dico autem vobis, quoniam nec Salomon in omni gloria sua coopertus est sicut unum ex istis

Linked entry: furþum

open-ears

(n.)
Grammar
open-ears, -ærs, es; m.

A medlar ⬩ mespila

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A medlar; mespila,Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 50

ǽl

Grammar
ǽl, burning, v. on-ǽlan;
I a.

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an-bærnys

(n.)
Grammar
an-bærnys, on-bærnys, -nyss, e; f. [v. on-bærning, in-bærnis]

Incense ⬩ frankincense ⬩ incensum

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Incense, frankincense; incensum, thus Sý gereht gebéd mín swá swá anbærnys dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum, Ps. Spl. 140, 2

bí-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bí-geng, (big-).

practice ⬩ exercise ⬩ doing ⬩ cultivation ⬩ tillage ⬩ observance ⬩ worship

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Add: and e ; f. (? v. An. Ox. 2283 infra.) practice, exercise, doing Líf mid gódra weorca bigenge frætwian, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 5. Bígencge, Hml. Th. ii. 48, 28. Biggenge, R. Ben. 3, 7. For lárlicere bígenge propter gymnicum (philosophiae) stadium, An.

Linked entries: -geng bí-genge heofon-bígenged

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue

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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.] to bear, be pleased with Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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an EYE ; ocŭlus Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29. Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30. Eágum to wynne to

Linked entry: ége

leán

(v.)
Grammar
leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
    • .]

To blame ⬩ reproach ⬩ disapprove ⬩ scorn

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To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I blame thee not for loving either, Shrn. 197, 2. Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them

grund-wæg

Grammar
grund-wæg, l. grund-weg, grund-wæg, dele '
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A foundation,' and add: Cf. eorþ-weg, fold-weg, mold-weg

wæscing

(n.)
Grammar
wæscing, (?) washing in weascing-weg

a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?)

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a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?) Tó weascingwege nioðeweardun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: weascing

syrede

(v.)
Grammar
syrede, -on,

Similar entry: sirwan

Icenhilde strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Icenhilde strǽt, or <b>weg</b>
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the old road running from the coast of Norfolk through Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire, thus connecting g Ðis synd ðá landgemǽre intó Uffentúne ( Upton in Berkshire ) . . . intó Ikenilde strǽte; of Ikenilde strǽt, C. D. v. 252, 30. Úp on

ísern-helm

(n.)
Grammar
ísern-helm, on
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iron helmet Irsenhelm (Wrighi prints íren) cassis, Wulck. Gl. 142, 2

Linked entry: íren-helm

Breoten

Grammar
Breoten, (-on).
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Albanum seó wæstmberende Bryton (-en, v. l.) forðbereð, Bd. l, 7 ; Sch. 19, 18. Micelne dǽl Breotone (Brytene, v. l.), 1, 5; Sch. 17, 3. Hí férdon of ðisse Brytene, Shrn. 137, 3. Sé wæs on ðisse Brytene, 134, 12. Breotone, 93, 28. Ongla ðeód com on þás

-gin

(suffix)
Grammar
-gin, ginn. v. on-gin, on-ginn.

in-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
in-cerran, (=on-cirran, q.v.)
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to pervert, divert Gif aenig monn ðás úre gewitnisse incerre on ówihte, C.D. ii. 6, 11

Linked entry: on-cirran

pennian

(v.)
Grammar
pennian, v. on-pennad.

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Bercingas

(n.)
Grammar
Bercingas, in on (in) Bercingum

Barking

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Barking On Eástseaxena mǽgþe on stówe seó is nemned in Bercingum (Byrc-, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 6 ; Sch. 383, 19: 4, 7; Sch. 384, 17. On Bercingum (Bercc-, v. l.) þám mynstre, 10. Ðæt fǽmna mynster þ is nemned on Bercingum, Shrn. 138, 2

Linked entry: Byrcingas

here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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Add: On ðá strét; andlang strét. . . on ðone herepað; of ðám herepað . . . on ðá strét; of ðǽre stréte, C. D. iv. 49, 6-13. For weg see C. D. iii. 414, 23 infra] Þanon súþ tó þane herepade (to the lawepathe,later version; ad illam legalem semitam, Latin

Linked entry: her-pæþ

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