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bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr, e; f.

a BIER ⬩ feretrum ⬩ a couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ litter ⬩ grabatus

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Kmbl. 1742; El. 873. a couch, pallet, litter; grabatus On his þegna handum on bǽre boren wæs manibus ministrorum portabatur in grabato, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 22

mearc-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-stapa, an; m.

One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land

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One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land Grendel, mǽre mearcstapa, Beo. Th. 206; B. 103. Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ...

æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter, adv.

After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde

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Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned a son was afterwards born to him, Beo. Th. 24; B. 12. Word æfter cwæþ then he spake these words. Beo. Th. 636; B. 315. Ǽr oððe æfter sooner or later, Exon. 32b; Th. 103, 22; Cri. 1692.

Linked entry: æftera

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.

A son, child, descendant ⬩ natus, filius, soboles, proles

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Lamech bearna strýnde; him byras wócan eafora and idesa; he ðone yldestan Noæ nemde Lamech begat children; to him descendants were born of sons and daughters; the eldest he named Noah, Cd. 62; Th. 75, l; Gen. 1233

Linked entry: ge-byre

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden man ⬩ clinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

mearc-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-wæd, es; n.

Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore

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Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds

Linked entry: mearc-pæð

borgian

(v.)

to borrow ⬩ to lend

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Similar entries Cf. byrg(e)a, and Icel. borga fyrir to be bail for : Borgiendre sequestra, An. Ox. 3812

gár-secg

(n.)
Grammar
gár-secg, -sæcg, es; m. [gár a spear, secg man] .

a spear-man ⬩ the ocean ⬩ hŏmo jăcŭlo armātus ⬩ oceănus ⬩ a sea ⬩ măre

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Be norþan ðæm beorgum, andlang ðæs gársecges, óþ ðone norþ-eást ende ðyses middangeardes, ðǽr Bore seó eá scýt út on ðone gársecg to the north of the mountains, along the ocean to the north-east end of this mid-earth, there the river Bore shoots out into

Linked entry: secg

beorþor

child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus

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S. 23 b, 46 gestation Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres, Shrn. 61, 2. what is born partus, foetus Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe, Lch. iii. 146, 14. Mid beorþre foetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34.

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
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Bærst bordes lǽrig, Byrht, Th. 140, 6; By. 284. Ne him bealubenne gebiden hæfdon ofer linde lǽrig, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 29; Exod. 239.

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

BOLLA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLLA, an; m.

Any round vessel, cup, pot, BOWL, a measure ⬩ vas, cyathus ⬩ caput, globus ⬩ a punch-bowl ⬩ the brain-pan, skull ⬩ bowl

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Ðǽr wǽron bollan steápe boren æfter bencum there were carried deep bowls behind the benches, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 14; Jud. 17

scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
scǽnan, p. de

To break

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Breken brade sperren, bordes scænden, 5186

ge-eácnung

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Ox. 3136. what is born Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes Redemptor . . . partus virginis, Hy. S. 41, 34

lah-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
lah-ceáp, -cóp, es; m.
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In the note on the latter passage an illustration is quoted from old Danish Law, where 'bylagh' [town law] being lost under certain conditions after an absence of a year and a day, a man 'bör at köbe sigh thet igen a ny.'

Linked entry: land-ceáp

CEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
CEÓL, ciól, es; m.

KEEL ⬩ a ship ⬩ carina, celox, navis

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Ofer ceóles bord from the vessel's deck, 20b; Th. 54, 2; Cri. 86a: Andr. Kmbl. 620; An. 310. In ðam ceóle wæs cyninga wuldor the glory of kings was in the ship, 1707; An. 856: Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 9; Seef. 5. He ceól gesóhte he sought the ship, Andr.

Linked entry: ciól

sculan

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Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleep ⬩ to arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Ða men onwócan, and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 22. to arise, spring, be derived, be born Ðú wást ðæt ðú of mínre ( the speaker is Eve ) dehter, Drihten, onwóce, Blickl. Homl. 89, 20: Cd. Th. 292, 12; Sat. 439.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour

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humanity, human nature (generally in reference to Christ), incarnation Crist becom on hire innoþ and þurh hí on menniscnysse wearþ ácenned ( was born a man ), Homl. Th. i. 194, 8. Ne wearþ se Fæder mid menniscnysse befangen, 284, 23.

mennisc

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc, es; n.

Men ⬩ people

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Gif ðǽr óðer mennisc borh síe if other people be surety, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 19. Ðá wearþ micel mennisc geweaxen then men began to multiply, Homl. Th. i. 20, 21.