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bearn

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Betwuh bearnum inter natos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 46. Add

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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On ða fremdan þístro into the strange darkness, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 10

ge-mittan

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Hereforda and of Gleáweceastre, and him wið gefuhton, Chr. 915; P. 99, 17. (2 a) to meet attack, encounter hostility :-- Hí sǽdon ꝥ hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne gemitton þonne Ulfcytel him tó bróhte, Chr. 1004; P. 136, note I. io come into

ge-yppan

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Geypped exortatus 145, 73. to bring into view, display Þeáh hé ( May ) wynsumlíce blówe and blǽd-nyssa fæegere geyppe, Angl. viii. 311, 2. Geypped wæs æðelinga wynn ( St.

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Hwá rít intó ðam porte quis equitat in civitatem? Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 52. Ðín cyning rít uppan tamre assene, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

hof

(n.)
Grammar
hof, es; n.

A house hall, dwelling, buildingædes, domus

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Se hálga wæs tó hofe lǽded in ðæt dimme ræced the saint was led to the building [prison] into that dark house, Andr. Kmbl. 2616; An. 1309. Of ðam engan hofe, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 12; Jul. 532: Elen. Kmbl. 1420; El. 712.

be-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon ; pp. -dolfen

To dig in or aroundto buryintercircumfoderesepelire

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To dig in or around, to bury, inter; circumfodere, sepelire Óþ i hine bedelfe usque dum fodiam circa illam, Lk. Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081

FÝLÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FÝLÞ, e; f.

FILTHimpurityrottennessspurcĭtiaputrēdo

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FILTH, impurity, rottenness; spurcĭtia, putrēdo Hig synt innan fulle ealre fýlþe intus plēna sunt omni spurcĭtia, Mt. Bos. 23, 27. Wið áne cwénan fýlþe adreógaþ cum ūna meretrīce spurcĭtiem ăgunt, Lup. Serm. 1, 11; Hick.

dryht-sib

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-sib, dryht-sibb, e; f. [sib peace, kinship]

Peace between two nations, lordly kinship pax vel amīcĭtia inter duas gentes

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Peace between two nations, lordly kinship; pax vel amīcĭtia inter duas gentes Ic Heaðobeardna ne talige dryhtsibbe dǽl Denum unfǽcne I esteem not part of the Heathobeards' lordly kinship to the Danes guileless, Beo. Th. 4142; B. 2068

eást-ern

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-ern, -erne; adj. [ern a place]

EASTERN, oriental orientālis

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Se wer wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum eásternum ĕrat vir ille magnus inter omnes orientāles, Job Thw. 164, 7

mirgen

(n.)

that which causes delightpoetry

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Fox introd. 9; Met. Einl. 5

Linked entry: mirig-ness

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Grn. 6, 29. to return :-- Hé áwende his swurd intó dǽre sceáðe, Hml.

Linked entry: on-wendan

leóht-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-berende, adj.

Light-bearingLuciferluminous

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Swylce án ofen eall smóciende and leóhtberende fýr férde ofer ða lác apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis inter divisiones illas, Gen. 15, 17

frý

(adj.)
Grammar
frý, adj.

Freelíber

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Free; líber Betwyx deádum fry inter mortuos līber, Ps. Lamb. 87, 6. Gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne mon on eallon his ríce if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 25

be-twuh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twuh, prep. dat. acc.

Between, amonginter

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Between, among; inter He gewícode betwuh ðǽm twám hergum he encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Th. 164, 23, col. 1. He betwuh him wunaþ he dwells among them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4

healseta

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The Latin of the original narrative is: Evenit ei, ut coluber per caput eius inter tunicam et ventrem irreperet et latus suis morsibus laniaret, Mart. H. 238. Add:

Linked entry: healsed

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Ox. 978. to transfer possession of from one to another, bring into the power of. Cf. ge-hweofan; 3 a Se hálga stede wæs gehwyrfed ðám cyninge tó handa locus regali fisco subditus erat, C.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

sige-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
sige-þeód, e ; f.
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Secgeaþ his wuldor geond sigeþeóde ( inter gentes ), Ps. Th. 95, 3

wæl-slihta

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-slihta, (?), an; m.
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22

Linked entry: slihta

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poulticeemplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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Ðyssa wyrta genim ða læssan, wyrc to clýðan take the lesser of these herbs, make it into a poultice, 143, 5; Lchdm. i. 266, 15: 173, 4; Lchdm. i. 304, 15.

Linked entries: cleóða clýða