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be-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrgan, be-birgan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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To bury; sepelire Bebyrgeþ bán and ýslan buries bones and embers, Exon. 60 a ; Th. 217, 26; Ph. 286 : Gen. 23, 19. To bebyrgenne sepelire, Mt. Bos. 27, 7 : Jn. Bos. 19, 40

Linked entries: be-birgan bi-byrgan

Beran burh

(n.)
Grammar
Beran burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Beranbiri : Kni. Banbyry]

BANBURYOxfordshire

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BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3

Linked entry: Bearan burh

fǽr-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-cwealm, es; m.

A sudden pestilence repentīna pestĭlentia

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A sudden pestilence; repentīna pestĭlentia Æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode in the pestilence which much afflicted and decreased his people, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 8

Linked entry: cwealm

rǽg-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽg-hár, adj.
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Grey like the goat (v. rǽge) Oft ðæs wág gebád rǽghár and reádfáh ríce æfter óðrum oft did its wall, grey and redstained, see change of rule, Exon. Th. 476, 19; Ruin. 10

be-smiðian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smiðian, p. ode; pp. od; trans.

To forgeexcudere, fabricare, fabrefacere

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To forge, to make or work as a smith does; excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere Innan and útan íren-bendum searoþoncum besmiðod within and without, cunningly forged with iron bands, Beo. Th. 1554; B. 775

ge-bédian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bédian, bédigan; p. ode; pp. od

To praypray toworshipōrāreadōrāre

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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T

ge-rǽf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽf, adj.

Fixedfixus

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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note

Linked entry: -rǽf

ge-metsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metsian, p. ode; pp. od

To furnish with provisions

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To furnish with provisions Ðæt scip ðe Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod and gemetsod the ship that Earl Sweyn had before prepared and provisioned for himself, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 14

Linked entry: metsian

ge-mildsiend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mildsiend, -miltsiend, es; m.

A pitiermĭsĕrātor

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Ðú góda cyngc and earmra gemiltsigend thou good king and pitier of the poor, Th. Apol. 18, 11

Linked entries: miltsiend ge-miltsiend

ge-mind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mind, es; n.

A remembrance, memorialmĕmŏriāleremembrance

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A remembrance, memorial; mĕmŏriāle Ðú Driht on écnysse þurhwunast, and gemind ðín on cynrine and cynrine tu Dŏmĭne, in æternum permănes, et mĕmŏriāle tuum in generatiōne et generātiōnem, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 13

fetels

(n.)
Grammar
fetels, es; m.

A belt

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A belt Þat suerd on hundtuelftian mancusas goldes and four pund silueres on þan fetelse, Cht. Th. 505, 32. Ic gean þæs swurdes mid þám sylfrenan hylte . . . and þone gyldenan fetels, 558, 12

Linked entry: fetel

geond-récan

(v.)
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne hé restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6

ge-byrdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrdlic, adj.
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Orderly, harmonious Þú hý hæfst æalle gesceapene gebyrdlice and gesóme, and tó þám geþwǽre þæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 13

ge-unweorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unweorþian, ge-unwurþian
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to dishonour Hí befýlað fracodlíce hí selfe and eác geunwurðiað, Wlfst. 305, 11. ꝥ hé é Se crístendóm weorð geunwurðod syððan, Hml. S. 19, 149. Gé beóð geunwurðode and eác gewítnode, 11, 95

Linked entry: un-weorþian

lang-wyrpe

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-wyrpe, adj.
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Oblong Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille, þonne strece þú þíne wynstran hand and wege hí, and sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 13

middel-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
middel-ríce, es; n.
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A middle kingdom, a kingdom lying between two others Earnulf wunode on þǽm londe be-eástan Rín, and Róþulf féng tó þǽm middelríce, and Oda tó þǽm westdǽle, Chr. 887; P. 80, 24

orsorg-ness

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</b> want of due care, carelessness Ꝥ úre folc ne wurðe losad þurh náne orsorhnesse (negligentia) bútan fulwihte and bisceopunge and predicunge, Chrd. 50, 4

bresne

(adj.)
Grammar
bresne, adj.

Strong, powerful, bold;potens

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Strong, powerful, bold; potens Ic his cynn gedó brád and bresne I will make his race wide-spread and powerful, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 17; Gen. 2801: 180; Th. 226, 18; Dan. 173

on-flyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-flyge, es; m.

Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people flying at a person, fighting

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Infectious disease, disease which, as it were, flies at people Ðú miht wið áttre and wið onflyge, Lchdm. iii. 32, 2, 16, 30. and cf. Icel. á-flog, flying at a person, fighting

smeá-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wrenc, es; m.

A crafty device, sharp trick

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A crafty device, sharp trick Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc Chart. Th. 339, 8

Linked entries: smeáh sméh-wrenc