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sinc-hroden

(adj.)
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sinc-hroden, adj.
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Treasure-laden, adorned with costly ornaments Ðec biddan hét se ðisne beám ágróf, ðæt ðú sinchroden gemunde. . ., Exon. Th. 473, 11 ; Bo. 13. Salu sinchroden halls richly adorned, Andr. Kmbl. 3342 ; An. 1675

holm-wudu

(n.)
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He wes ifloȝen into þan haȝe wude, in tó þan haȝe holme, Laym. 20712.] cf. firgen-beám

cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]

Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, diresollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus

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Wæs Meotud on beám bunden fæste cearian clomme the Creator was bound fast on the tree with dire bond, Exon. 116b; Th. 449, 6; Dóm. 67.

Linked entries: carig ceareg ceari

be-irnan

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be-irnan, <b>II 2</b>.
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Hé ne beam (georn, v. l. ) on synne, Gr. D. 22, 28. Godes yrre on tó beyrnanne Dei iram incurrere , Chrd. 109, 28. Add

brand-stefn

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Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?

Linked entry: brond-stæfn

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Add: to come, get, local, of completed movement (arrival, traverse) Ecbyrht becuman wolde on Germaniam . . . ac hé ne mihte; ac Wihtbyrht ðyder becom . . . and eft wæs hám hweorfende on Scotland, þanon hé ǽr becom, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 589, 5-12. Hé lange

bégian

(v.)
Grammar
bégian, p. ode; pp. od [bég a crown]

To crowncoronare

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To crown; coronare Ðú bégodest us coronasti nos Ps. Spl. C. 5, 15

Linked entry: beágian

big-gyrdel

(n.)
Grammar
big-gyrdel, bí-gyrdel, -gerdel; g. -gyrdles, -gerdles; m. [big, bí, gyrdel a girdle, belt, purse]

A belt, girdlea purse, public purse, treasuryzōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus

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A belt, girdle, and as girdles were used to carry money, hence, a purse, public purse, treasury; zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus Næbbe ge feoh on eówrum bígyrdlum nolite possidere pecuniam in zonis vestris, Mt. Bos. 10, 9. Bígerdel saccus, Ælfc.

Linked entries: bí-gerdel bí-gyrdel

gird-weg

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Cf. beám-weg

wer

(n.)
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Twýgen weoras in fluvio qui dicitur Stúr, i. 598, 8. v. beám- (C. D. v. 148, 21), sǽ-wer; see also Midd. Flur

bere-tún

(n.)
Grammar
bere-tún, es; m. [bere barley, corn; tún an inclosure, a place shut in]

A barley-enclosurecourt-yardthreshing-floorcorn-farmgrangecorn-villageBARTONhordei areavilla frumentaria

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A barley-enclosure, court-yard, threshing-floor, corn-farm, grange, corn-village, BARTON; hordei area, villa frumentaria. 'BARTON, Prædium dominicum, vel terræ quas vocant Dominicales, hoc est, quas in distributione manerii dominus non elocavit hæreditarie

Linked entries: Barton bere-wíc

for-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
for-beornan, -byrnan; p. -bearn, -barn, -born, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, -burnen; v. n.

To burn upbe destroyed by firebe consumedcombūriignĭbus consūmi

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To burn up, be destroyed by fire, be consumed; combūri, ignĭbus consūmi On ðære Sodomitiscra gewítnunge forbearn seó eorþe in the punishment of the Sodomites the earth was burnt, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 33. Forbarn broden mǽl the drawn brand was burnt, Beo.

Linked entry: for-byrnan

girel-gyden

(n.)
Grammar
girel-gyden, the goddess of dress, Vesta (the name has been connected by the glosser with
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vestis) Gyrlgyden Uesta, Germ. 397, 511

Linked entry: gyden

betrian

(v.)
Grammar
betrian, betrigan; p. ode; pp. od; [bet well, betra better]

To be better, to excel, to make better, to grow bettermeliorari, emendare

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To be better, to excel, to make better, to grow better; meliorari, emendare Ic betrige melioror, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 13

Linked entry: beterian

bed-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cófa, l. -cofa; m.; -cofe; f. , and add
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Bedcofa cubiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 8. Bedcof[a] cubile, Gern. 388, 10. Hyt ys belocen on mýnre bedcofan, Hml. A. 189, 242

ge-þyldigean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldigean, -þyldgian, -þyldian; p. ode; pp. od

To be patientto bear patientlyendureto bearenduresustainsustinerepatientiam haberetolerarepati

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To be patient, to bear patiently, endure, to bear, endure, sustain; sustinere, patientiam habere, tolerare, pati He ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele he cannot bear to conceal it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 6, 8. Geþyldega patientiam habe, Mt.

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Dele II, and add: a bath for washing Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice, R. Ben. I. 68, 1) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod, R. Ben. 60, 22. v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?) five pence for the expenses

bǽran

(v.)
Grammar
bǽran, p. de; pp. ed

To bearbear oneselfferretransferre

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To bear, bear oneself; ferre, transferre He ne geþafode, ðæt ǽnig man ǽnig fæt þurh ðæt templ bǽre, Mk. Bos. 11, 16; he suffride not, that ony man schulde bere a vessel thurȝ the temple, Wyc

byren

(adj.)
Grammar
byren, adj.
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Belonging to a bear; ursinus, Som. Ben. Lye

æ-réfnan

(v.)

to bear

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to bear, Ps. Spl. T. 24, 5