heáfod-ece
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Hé mid ele gesmyrode án licgende mǽden on langsumum sáre ðurh hefigtýmum heáfodece, and hire sóna wæs bet, ii. 150, 6
beado-rinc
A soldier ⬩ bellicosus vir
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A soldier; bellicosus vir Betst beadorinca the best of soldiers, Beo. Th. 2222; B. 1109: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 276
Linked entry: beadu-rinc
bencian
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To furnish with benches Hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . betweox húsan bricgian, beóddian, bencian, Angl. ix. 262, 22
ælmes-weorc
Alms-deed, work of charity
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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17
feotod
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of fetian
sám-lǽred
Imperfectly taught
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Imperfectly taught Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gelǽred preóst ne scænde ðone sámlǽredan, ac gebéte hine gif hé bet cunne, L. Edg. C. 12; Th. ii. 246, 19. Hieronimus ádwæscte ða dwollícan gesetnysse ðe sámlǽrede men sǽdon be hire forþsíðe. Homl.
burste
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of berstan
gnorn-word
A word of sadness ⬩ mournful discourse
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A word of sadness, mournful discourse Him oft betuh gnornword gengdon oft mournful words passed between them, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 27; Gen. 767
þeód-stefn
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A stock, people Betere is tó geblídanne ánne dæg mid ðé, ðonne óðera on þeódstefnum þúsend mǽla, Ps. Th. 83, 10. Cf, leód-stefn
híred-cúþ
Familiar ⬩ domestic
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Familiar, domestic Betere ys þincg híredcúþ beón gewanud þænne sáwle hǽle forwyrþan melius est rem familiarem minui quam animę salutem perire, Scint. 203, 13
wel-hǽwen
Beautifully blue
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Beautifully blue Ðæt bleóh ðæs welhǽwnan iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs blácan carbuncules coerulei coloris hyacinthus praefertur pallenti carbunculo Past. 52; Swt. 411, 28
be-wícian
To encamp ⬩ castra metari
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To encamp; castra metari Ælfréd cyning bewícode betuh ðám twám hergum king Alfred encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Gib. 92, 21
Linked entry: wícian
féþre
Laden ⬩ loaded
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Laden, loaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre better is often loaded than overloaded; meliora plura quam gravia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373
Linked entries: ofer-féþre fóþer
ymbren-dæg
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Gyf hwylc wydewe hý forlicge, béte .i. geár, and rihtymbrendagas tó eácan ðæs geáres ( et insuper quattuor temporum legitimis anni diebus ), L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 30
Linked entry: riht-ymbrendæg
wígbed-bót
A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders
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Gif hwá gehádodne man bende oððe beáte oþþe swýðe gebysmrige, béte wið hine swá hit riht sý, and bisceope weófodbóte be hádes mǽðe, L. C. S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23.
grep
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Á hé mæcg findan hwæt hé mæcg on byrig bétan ... grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19
ge-betron
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Cf. betera as substantive ?) witon wel hwæt byð lamentum, Angl. viii. 313, 12
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biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Add: to ask, make a request Hit bið swá þú bidest. Shrn. 89, 1. Biddað, and gé underfóð, Jn. 16, 24. Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera, Past. 285, 6. þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe, Bl. H. 19, 35. to ask, make request to
eásta
The east ⬩ ŏriens
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The east; ŏriens He férde syððan to ðam múnte, be eástan Bethel inde transgrĕdiens ad montem, qui erat contra ŏrientem Bethel, Gen. 12, 8. Be eástan Ríne syndon Eást-Francan to the east of the Rhine are the East-Franks, Ors. I.
edwít-líf
A disgraceful life ⬩ probrōsa vita
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A disgraceful life; probrōsa vita Deáþ biþ sélla eorla gehwylcum ðonneedwítlíf death is better for every man than a disgraceful life, Beo. Th. 5775; B. 2891