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án-wíg-gearo

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l. an wíg gearo

á-lísedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-lísedness, e; f.
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L. 27, 8. v. á-lýsednys in Dict

á-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-liþian, -leoþian (q. v. in Dict.); ode
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Álýsed and geleoðod (ályðod, v. l. ), 282, 17. Út álocene, up áliþode euulsum, i. abscisum, An. Ox. 2903

Linked entry: á-leoþian

á-lynian

(v.)
Grammar
á-lynian, -lynnan.
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Áhlinnað ł áhebbað gatu attollite portas, Ps. L. 23, 9. Eall hit wyrð gebunden, bútan gé þá bendas álynian, Wlfst. 178, 5. Ne mæg nán man of mínre handa út álinian ( eruere ), Deut. 32, 39. Út ályniende eiciens, An. Ox. 4424.

á-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
á-mǽran, -mǽrian; p. de
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Þá lond bígengan út ámǽran (-ian, v. l.) indigenas exterminare, 4, 16; Sch. 425, 4. Hí hæfdon út ámǽrde þá bígengan, 1, 16; Sch. 44, 10. Cf. ge-mǽre terminus

behát-land

(n.)
Grammar
behát-land, es; n.
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A promised land Gelǽddum his folce tó þám behátlande perducto ad terram repromissionis populo, Gr. D. 204, 12

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15.

be-heonan

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Behinon (-heonan, v. l. ) sǽ 878; P. 76, 9. Ge beheonan sǽge begeondan, Shrn. 114, 5

be-hlǽnan

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L. 116

be-hwylfan

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be-hwylfan, l. be-hwilfan,
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and substitute Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and

bígan

(v.)

To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend

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L. 18, 4. to turn, incline Bégan wé úre mód fram ðǽre lufan þisse worlde. Bl. H. 57, 22. intrans. To bend, move in a curve :-- Se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum. Hml. S. 12, 226. Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058

Linked entries: býgan bégan

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchion ⬩ a bill

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Se hálga man (Benedict) ágeaf þám Gotan þone gelóman (þæt bill, v. l.), and cwæð: 'Hér is þín bill (v. wudubill falcastrum, 113, 18), Gr. D. 114, 17.

bildu

(n.)
Grammar
bildu, (-o); indecl.: bild, e; f.

Boldness ⬩ confidence

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Ðæt hié habbað ðá arodnesse and ðá bieldo (bældo, v. l.) ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti, Past. 41, 17. Hé hæfde mid him myccle bælde (fiduciam) híwcúþnesse, Gr. D. 140, 7. Baeldo, Rtl. 89, 3.

Linked entries: byld bældu

bile-witlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-witlíce, (-hwit-, v. Dict.); adv.

Simply ⬩ innocently ⬩ uprightly ⬩ gently

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, bil-, v. l.) libban simpliciter vivere, 239, 22. Ðætte sé libbe getreówlíce, sé ðe bilwitlíce libbe qui ambulat simpliciter, ambulat confidenter, 243, 12. Hé sylfa mé geandette swíþe bilwitlíce (simpliciter), Gr. D. 242, 5

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpet ⬩ a tablet ⬩ billet

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Mid býman (béman, R., beám, L. tuba ), Mt. 24, 31. Ne bláu þú béman (nelle ðú béma ł stocc singa, L.) noli tuba canere, Mt. R. 6, 2. Gebreces and biémena dæg dies tubae et clangoris, Past. 245, 6. Býmum classibus, Hpt.

Linked entries: býme beám

bímere

(n.)
Grammar
bímere, es; m.

A trumpeter

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L. 9, 23

Linked entries: bémere beámere

birgan

(v.)

to taste

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Tó beorgenne (byrg-, v. l.), 4, 3; Sch. 366, 18

birhtu

(n.)
Grammar
birhtu, (-o).
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Tó ongietenne ðá bierhtu (birhtu, v. l.; bierhto, l. 24) ðæs sóðan leóhtes, Past. 69, 14. Ðæs dæges bierhto and ðǽre sunnan, 387, 15. Birhtu, Bt. 34, 8; F. 146, 2: claritatem. Ps. Srt. ii. p. 159, 21. In birhtum in splendoribus, Ps. Srt. 109, 3. Add

Linked entry: beorhtu

bisceop-hád

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Ðá geár gefilled wǽron his bysceophádes (-háda, v. l.), Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 267, 7: 4, 5; Sch. 380, 13. Twégen bisceophádes men, Hml. S. 23, 365. His sunu on biscepháde (sacerdotem), Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 31. Tó bisscepháde teón, Past. 61, 6.

be-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sirwan, (-si(e)rian); p. (e)de

To ensnare ⬩ entrap ⬩ circumvent

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Earme men wǽron beswicene and hreówlíce besyrwde (-sirwde, v. l.), Wlfst. 158, 12

Linked entries: be-syrewian sirwan