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feóllon

(v.)
Grammar
feóllon, fell,
  • Beo. Th. 2089
  • ;
  • B. 1042
  • ;
p. pl.
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of feallan

sund-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sund-lida, (Th.), -liden (Grn.), Beo. Th. 452; B. 223.

Similar entry: sund

punian

(v.)
Grammar
punian, p. ode
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To pound, beat, bray Puna pound (the roots ), Lchdm. iii. 292, 19

Linked entry: punere

pyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
pyrtan, p. te
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To strike, beat Wæs sceacen vibratur, pyrte ferit, Germ. 401, 47

Linked entry: portian

ge-cnocian

(v.)

to beat ⬩ pound

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to beat, pound, Herb. 64; Lchdm. i. 168, 6, MS. B

be-fón

to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action

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Add: to seize, catch, take, of persons Ýþelíce þú his hond beféhst, Nar. 31, 24. Hé (þone méce) mid handa beféng, Exod. 415. to seize, take forcible possession of:-- Laumeneda beféng ealle Asirie, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 28. implying restraint :-- Se anwealda

á-fýsan

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Add: to make eager, inspire with longing Þonne hwylc-um men gelimpeþ ꝥ his fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn langunga nabban æfter þǽm freóndum. Swá wiste úre heofonlica fæder his þá leófan bearn áfýsed æfter him, Bl. H. 131, 28

first

(n.)
Grammar
first, es; m.

A rafter ⬩ beam ⬩ perch ⬩ tĭgillum ⬩ pertĭca

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A rafter, beam, perch; tĭgillum, pertĭca First paratica? [ = pertica ], Wrt. Voc. 290, 3

slíþe

(adv.)
Grammar
slíþe, adv.

Cruelly

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Cruelly Bearn ðara ðe ofslegene slíþe wǽran filios interemtorum Ps. Th. 101, 18

ge-ágennud

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágennud, part. [ágen own]

Adopted ⬩ adoptīvus

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Adopted; adoptīvus Geágennud bearn an adopted child; fīlius adoptīvus, Som. Ben. Lye

belgan

(v.)
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Hé hine bealg wið Samuel, Past. 35, 16. intrans. Þára wóhnes bealh for þám þeáwum his riht-wísnysse quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat, Gr. D. 104, 14. Hiá bulgon bituih him seolfum indigne ferebant intra semel ipsos, Mk. L.

ge-metfæstlíce

(adv.)
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Þá mágas sceolon ymbe hyra bearn gemetfaestlíce dón ( modeste agere ), Chrd. 109, 23. Add

cyne-bænd

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Lye' substitute His þegnas geworhton þyrnene beáh for cynebænd, Nap. 15

scild-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
scild-wíga, an; m.

A warrior who bears a shield

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A warrior who bears a shield Scearp scyldwíga. Beo. Th. 581; B. 288

eafora

(n.)
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Hé bearna strýnde him byras wócan eafora (n. pl. parallel to byras, or gen. pl. parallel to bearna?) and idesa, Gen. 1234. Nǽfre geréfan rǽdaþ þíne eafora yrfe, 2187. Lǽd eaforan þíne, frumgáran þrý, 1333.

cele

(n.)
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the beak of a ship Neb vel scipes caeli (cæle, celae) rostrum, Txts. 93, 1748

Linked entry: cæle

slecgettan

(v.)
Grammar
slecgettan, p. te

To palpitate ⬩ beat ⬩ throb

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To palpitate, beat, throb Seó wamb cloccet, swá swá hit slecgete. Lchdm. ii. 220, 18

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ bend or bow down ⬩ procumbere

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To bend, incline, bend or bow down; procumbere Alútende he geseah procumbens vidit, Lk. Bos. 24, 12. He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten

ge-hrif

(n.)
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a womb Gemétte hé hí bearn hæbbende on hire gehrife, Hml. A. 134, 595

eást-rihte

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Add: due east Beág þæt land þǽr eástryhte, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 14