eges ful
Fearful, terrible, wonderful ⬩ tĭmōre plēnus, terrĭbĭlis, admīrābĭlis
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Bera sceal on hǽþe, eald and egesfull the bear shall be on the heath, old and terrible. Menol. Fox 519; Gn. C. 30: Beo. Th. 5850; B. 2929. Drihten ys mǽre God and mihtig and egefull Dŏmĭnus est Deus magnus et pŏtens et terrĭbĭlis.
BOLCA
The gangway of a ship ⬩ forus navis ⬩ the cargo of a ship
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Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway, Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602. He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway, 610: An. 305
dol
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Gif se gilda mid dysie and myd dole stleá, bere sylf ꝥ hé worhte, Cht. Th. 612, 2
eofor
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Hé hét in beran eafor, heáfodsegn, B. 2152. ¶ in local names. Efer-bróc, Eferæs cumb, Efer-dún, Eofor-sol, C. D. vi. 284, 285
hand-full
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'Horse mete is bere ꝥ hé ús forgeaf, underfó hé gærs.' Þá underféng se hálga þá handfulle, Hml. S. 3, 218. Sé ðe gripa ł handfulla gæderaþ qui manipulos colliget, Ps. L. 128, 7. Genim þreó handfulla mucwyrte, þreó sealtes. Lch. ii. 38, 10
ge-rísan
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Add: with noun subject þænne dream gerist. Men. 58. Fǽmne ast hyre bordan geríseð, On. Ex. 64 : 67. I a. with dat. of object Ðé gerist mára campdom. Hml. Th. i. 418, 8. Dam aide ne gehrtseð (conuenil) Ssceapa, Lk. L. 5, 36. with pronoun subject, referring
brægd
- Beo. Th. 1593 ;
- B. 794 ;
bent,
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bent
bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
brægd-boga
to draw, bend, ⬩ deceit ⬩ a bow ⬩ A drawn ⬩ bent bow ⬩ a deceitful or fraudulent bow ⬩ arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus
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A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19
Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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Ethelbert king of Kent, for fifty-six years, from A.D. 560-616. Ethelbert was converted to Christianity by the preaching of St. Augustine: v. Augustinus A. D. 560 [MS. 565], hér, féng Æðelbryht [MS. Æðelbriht] to Cantwara ríce here, A. D. 560, Ethelbert
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wearda
A watchman or a watch
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Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg a look-out place: O. H. Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16
deóg
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of deágan
feára
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few, feáwa
ge-bríwan
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Beren breaacute;d, clǽne níwe buteran and niacute;we beren mela oððe grytta tógædre gebríwed swá coacute;cas cunnon, 220, 11
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Bebban burh
- Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641 ;
- Th. 49, 3 : 993 ;
- Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2 :
- Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6 :
- Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40 :
BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland ⬩ Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum
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BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland: Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum Hér Ida féng to ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cyne-cyn onwóc, and ríxode twelf geár. He timbrode Bebban burh, seó wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and ðǽr æfter mid wealle here [A. D.
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hleówe
Warm, ⬩ sheltered
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Warm, sheltered Gefere ðæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan and wearmne gereste him swíðe wel hleówe ðǽr and wearme gléda bere man gelóme inn carry the man into a room very fast shut and warm, let him rest himself there quite warm and snug, and let warm
hwítel
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Hí ne mihton hine beran búton on ánum hwítle ( sago ), Gr. D. 125, 18. Rúhne hwítel (printed hwien,Lch. i. lxi, 3) amphiballum Hpt. 31, 8, 140. Hwítla stragularum, An. Ox. 1035. v. under-hwítel ( printed hwida, Hpt. Gl. 430, 67.) Add
berian
to beat ⬩ berry
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to beat, berry (v. N. E. D. )
ragu
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Ragu and meós ( rubigo ) fornymþ ealle eówre landes wæstmas, Deut. 28, 42. v. berc-, sláhþorn-ragu
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unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam