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býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m. An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός
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Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22. Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121

á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

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Átes-hwón (v. nátes-hwón) ullatenus, Angl. xiii. 434, 987. Áreccan fier ówihte to recount any further, Cri. 248. Leng ówihte, 343: An. 801. Láðra ówihte, B. 2432.

ofer-cýðan

(v.)

to bring stronger testimony than another

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Cf. mid áþe cýðan, gecýðan ðæt hý siððan áþwyrðe nǽron, L. Ed. 3; Th. i. 160, 20

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

Cisse-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cisse-ceaster, -ceastre; f. [Flor. Cissaceaster: Sim. Dun. Cissacestre]

CHICHESTER ⬩ Cicestria

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To Cisseceastre at Chichester, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 208, 3

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Light, not heavy, inconsiderable; not slow, quick, ready, nimble, fickle, easy Mín byrðyn ys leóht (Lind. léht; Rush. líht) onus meum leve est, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Hé is snel and swift

Hæestingas

(n.)
Grammar
Hæestingas, Hestingas, Hæstinga ceaster

Hastings

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Tó Hæstinga ceastre at Hastings, L. Ath. 1, 14; Th. i. 208, 2

feoh-gyrnes

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gyrnes, -ness, e; f.

Money-desire ⬩ avarice ⬩ avārĭtia

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Ath. Lye

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
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Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 7. To-écan ðám dómum ðe æt Greátanleá and æt Exanceastre gesette wǽron, and æt Þunresfelda in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, and at Exeter, and at Thunresfeld, v. pref; Th. i. 228, 9

blæsere

(n.)
Grammar
blæsere, blasere, blysiere, es; m.

A burner, incendiary ⬩ incendiarius

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Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 18. We cwǽdon be ðám blaserum we have ordained concerning incendiaries, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13

Linked entries: blasere blisgere blysiere

blasere

(n.)
Grammar
blasere, es; m.

An incendiary

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Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13

under-fangenness

(n.)
Grammar
under-fangenness, e; f.

Undertaking ⬩ assumption

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Undertaking, assumption Mid underfangennysse menniscnysse assumptione humani, Ath. Crd. 35

ge-boden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-boden, pp. of ge-beódan.

announced

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Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 27;

be-heáfdung

(n.)
Grammar
be-heáfdung, e; f.

A BEHEADING ⬩ decollatio

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Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 194, 21

dýpan

(v.)
Grammar
dýpan, p. dýpde = dýpte [dýp deep]

To make deep, deepen, increase, augment ⬩ profundius reddĕre, augēre

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To make deep, deepen, increase, augment;profundius reddĕre, augēre We cwǽdon be ðám blaserum, ðæt man dýpte ðone áþ be þrýfealdum we have ordained concerning incendiaries that the oath be augmented threefold, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 14

be-spyrigan

(v.)

to inquire, trace

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Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 14

fryþ-gegylda

(n.)

a member of a peace-guild

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Ath. v. prm; Wilk. 65, 5

swara

(n.)
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in áþ-swara Ðes áðswara hoc jus jurandum, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 88, 6

Linked entry: áþ-swara

ordál-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ordál-ísen, es; n.

The iron used in the ordeal,

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Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 14

bytt-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
bytt-fylling, e; f.
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Ath. v. § 8, l; Th. i. 236, 4

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