EÁCAN
To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued ⬩ augēri, increscĕre
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Ðæt þurh bearnes gebyrd brýd eácen wearþ that through child-bearing the bride was increased, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 19; Cri. 38. Heó ongieten hæfde ðæt heó eácen wæs she had discovered that she was pregnant, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 4; Deór. 11.
Linked entry: ǽcen
dryht-guma
A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people ⬩ vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes
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Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn the sons of men, all mankind, shall wake from death, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 22; Cri. 887.
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níwian
To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore
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To renew, renovate, restore Nú mé Sethes bearn torn níwiaþ, Cd. Th. 76, 16; Gen. 1258. Hé níwade Cnutes lage (v. Freeman's Old English History, p. 241), Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35.
full-boren
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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. (1 a) figuratively Ðonne
naca
A boat ⬩ bark ⬩ ship ⬩ vessel
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On bearm nacan, Beo. Th. 433; B. 214. Néðan on nacan tealtum, Runic pm. 343, 22; Rún. 21. Flotan níwtyrwydne, nacan, Beo. Th. 596; B. 295 : Exon. Th. 474, 31; Bo. 39
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segn-berend
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One bearing a standard (or crest ?), a warrior Ne mæg mec oferswíðan segnberendra ǽnig ofer eorþan, nymþe se ána God, Exon. Th. 423, 13 ; Rä. 41, 20. v. next word
feónd-rǽs
an onslaught ⬩ assault
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A hostile attack, an onslaught, assault Ic fracoðlíce feóndrǽs gefremede . . . and reáfode beám on bearwe I (Eve) wickedly made onslaught and despoiled the tree in the garden, Gen. 900. Substitute:
sǽd-berende
seed-bearing
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seed-bearing Eorþe swealh sǽdberendes ( Similar entries v. sǽd,V.) Sethes líce, Cd. Th. 69, 33; Gen. 1145. Grówende wirte and sǽdberende herbam viventem et facientem semen, Gen. 1, 29
bær-synnig
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R. 2, 16. v. bear-, beor-swinig in Dict. Add
ildra
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Add: of relationship. a parent Sume habbað bearn genóge, ac ðá beóþ hwílum unhále oþþe yfele . . . ꝥ; ðá eldran for þám gnorniaþ, Bt. ii. i ; F. 32, 9. Mið ðý in lǽddun ældru his ( parentes eius ) ðone cnæht, Lk. R. 2, 27. Ældro, 43.
eár-plǽttan
To strike on the ear, to box the ear ⬩ cŏlăphum incŭtĕre
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To strike on the ear, to box the ear; cŏlăphum incŭtĕre Se byrle ðone apostol eár-plætte the cup-bearer struck the apostle on the ear, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12
ge-hwæðere
Yet ⬩ however
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Yet, however Weorðeþ heó ðeáh oft niða bearnum to helpe and to hǽle gehwæðere it becomes oft however help and safety nevertheless to the children of men, Runic pm. 10; Kmbl. 341, 12
ǽrendian
To go on an errand ⬩ to carry news ⬩ tidings, or a message ⬩ to intercede ⬩ to treat for anything ⬩ to plead the cause ⬩ nuntium ferre ⬩ mandatum deferre ⬩ intercedere ⬩ annuntiare
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To go on an errand, to carry news, tidings, or a message, to intercede, to treat for anything, to plead the cause; nuntium ferre, mandatum deferre, intercedere, annuntiare He mæg unc ǽrendian he may bear our messages, Cd. 32; Th. 41, 31; Gen. 665.
Linked entries: ǽrnddedon ge-ǽrendian érndian
a-rǽfnian
to endure ⬩ bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ support ⬩ sustinere ⬩ pati ⬩ supportare ⬩ to ponder in mind or heart ⬩ animo versare ⬩ ponderare
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to endure, bear, suffer, support; sustinere, pati, supportare Ic arǽfnige sustineo, Ps. Th. 129, 4.
Linked entry: a-rǽfniende
for-þyldian
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These two forms may be taken separately: <b>for-þyldian</b> to bear, suffer, take patiently Gif syngiende gefýstludegé forþyldiaþ ( suffertis ), Scint. 7, 16. Forþyldigaþ tollerant, An. Ox. 4270.
gár-berend
A javelin-bearer ⬩ soldier ⬩ hastĭfer ⬩ tēlĭfer
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A javelin-bearer, soldier; hastĭfer, tēlĭfer Grame gárberend the incensed javelin-bearers, Byrht. Th. 139, 30; By. 262. Gárberendra x hund ten hundred javelin-bearers, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 13; Exod. 231
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hnǽgan
To cause to bow, ⬩ bring low, ⬩ humble, ⬩ humiliate
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To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331
sóþ-bora
A truth-bearer ⬩ one who has exact knowledge
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A truth-bearer, one who has exact knowledge Ðone hæleð higegleáwe hátaþ wíde cométa be naman, cræftgleáwe men, wíse sóðboran (other MSS. have wóþboran, which suits better the alliteration), Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 27
nest
A nest ⬩ the young birds in the nest ⬩ nidus
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Ðíne bearn gegaderian swá se fugel déþ his nest ( nidum ) under his fiðerum, Lk. Skt. 13, 34. Heofones fuglas habbaþ nestþ (MS. A. nest : Lind. nesto) volucres coeli habent nidos, 9, 58. Nest (Lind. nestas ł nesto), Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20 : Homl.
steóp-cild
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Eówer bearn beóþ steópcild (pupilli), Ex. 22, 24. Steópcild orphani, Ps. Th. 108, 9. Heó wæs wuduwena and steópcilda árigend, Lchdm. iii. 430, 1. Stépcilda, Ps. Surt. 67, 6. Ne deriaþ wudewum and steópcildum, Ex. 22, 22: Blickl. Homl. 45, 1: Ps.