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Anglo-Saxon

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BYRGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYRGAN, birgan, byrigan, birigan, birgean, byrigean, byrian; p. de; pp. ed [beorg tumulus]; v. trans.
Entry preview:

Hine man byrigde swá him wel gebýrede they buried him as well became him, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 21: Hy. 10, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 29

Linked entries: a-byrgan be-byrgan be-byrigean byrged byrian byrigean beorgan bergan birgan ge-byrgan

byrgen-stów

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen-stów, byrigen-stów, e; f.
Entry preview:

A burying-place, cemetery; sepulcri locus, cœmeterium, Cot. 75: Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

byrigan

(v.)
Grammar
byrigan, birigan; p. de; pp. ed
Entry preview:

Bos. 9, 59 : 9, 60: Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 21: Hy. 10, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 29: Nicod. 21; Thw. 10, 30: 21; Thw. 11. 4

Linked entry: be-byrigan

býrignes

(n.)
Grammar
býrignes, bírgnes, -ness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Bírgness gustus, Cot. 97

Linked entry: bírg-nes

Byr-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Byr-tún, es; m. [Hovd. Burhtun: Brom. Burton super Trent: Stub. Kni. Burton]
Entry preview:

BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire; oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi Se cyng geaf him ðæt abbotríce on Byrtúine the king gave him the abbacy at Burton, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 16

býsenian

(v.)
Entry preview:

to give an example, C. R. Ben. 2

bysmor-líce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20

býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
Entry preview:

C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17

Linked entries: býsenian býsnigan bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian

býsnigan

(v.)
Grammar
býsnigan, to give or
Entry preview:

C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17

bytte-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
bytte-hlid, es; n.
Entry preview:

A lid of a butt; dolii opertorium, Cot. 208: Mann

cac

(n.)
Grammar
cac, es; m?
Entry preview:

Dung, excrement; stercus, foria, merda, Som. Ben. Lye

cac-hús

(n.)
Grammar
cac-hús, es; n.
Entry preview:

A privy; latrina, Som. Ben. Lye

cæd

(n.)
Grammar
cæd, ced, es; m.
Entry preview:

A boat; linter, Mone B. 120, Ettm

Linked entry: ced

cæfester

(n.)
Grammar
cæfester, es; m?
Entry preview:

A halter, head-stall; capistrum, Cot. 31: 33

CÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
CÁF, comp, ra, re; sup. est, ost; adj.
Entry preview:

Ðæt hí sceoldon beón cáfe [MS. caue] to Godes willan that they might be prompt for God's will, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 31. Sume earniaþ ðæt hie síen ðý cáfran some merit that they may be the more nimble, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 8

cáf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cáf-líce, adv.
Entry preview:

Quickly, hastily, stoutly, manfully, valiantly; velociter, viriliter Ðám gemettum wæs beboden ðæt hí sceoldon cáflíce etan the partakers were commanded to eat quickly, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 3: i. 494, 11: Glos. Prudent. Reed. 146, 38: Byrht. Th. 136, 19

Linked entry: cóf-líce

cáf-scype

(n.)
Grammar
cáf-scype, es; m.
Entry preview:

A quickness; velocitas, R. Ben. 5

Linked entry: cóf-scipe

calwa

(n.)
Grammar
calwa, an; m. A disease which causes baldness, the mange; alopecia = ἀλωπεκία , Cot. 12.

calwer

(n.)
Grammar
calwer, es; m.
Entry preview:

Cot. 96

calwere

(n.)
Grammar
calwere, es; m? n? [calu bald]
Entry preview:

A bald place on the top of the head, a skull, place of skulls, place for burial; calva, calvaria, Som. Ben. Lye

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