BYRÐEN
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BURTHEN, load, weight, bundle; onus, sarcina, fascis Hefig byrðen onus grave, Ps. Th. 37, 4. Sorh biþ swǽrost byrðen sorrow is the heaviest burthen, Salm. Kmbl. 623; Sal. 311. Seám oððe byrðen onus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 14. Byrðen fascis, 9, 28;
CULTER
COULTER or CULTER ⬩ dagger ⬩ culter, sica
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A COULTER or CULTER dagger ; culter, sica Hwanon ðam yrþlinge culter búton of cræfle mínon unde aratori culter, nisi ex arte mea? Coll. Monasl. Th. 30, 31: Wrt. Voc. 74, 73 . Cultur sica, 287, 5 . Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid dære syl confirmato
feoter
A fetter ⬩ compes
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A fetter; compes Mið feotrum [Rush. feoturum] compĕdĭbus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 4
fyrd-searu
A war-equipment ⬩ bellĭcus appărātus
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A war-equipment; bellĭcus appărātus Him Onela forgeaf fyrdsearu fúslíc Onela gave him a ready war-equipment, Beo. Th. 5229; B. 2618. Fyrdsearo, 469; B. 232
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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In, into, within, from within. Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces intus estis pleni rapina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25. Hig synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, 23, 27. Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, Beo. Th. 2039; B. 1017. Breóst innan
Linked entries: innan-bordes innane innon on-innan
pín-hnutu
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A pine-nut, fir-cone Seó eorþe stent on gelícnesse ánre pínnhnyte, Lchdm.iii. 258, 6. Genim of pín-hnyte .xx. geclǽnsodra cyrnela, ii. 180, 19
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GNÆT
GNAT ⬩ culex
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GNAT; culex Gedrehnigeaþ ðone gnæt aweg ye strain out the gnat, Mt. Bos. 23, 24. Com hundes fleógan and gnættas venit cænomyia et cinipes, Ps. Spl. 104, 29. Aaron slóh mid ðære girde on ða eorþan, and gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe; and
BLÆD
A leaf, BLADE ⬩ folium palmula ⬩ folium
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A leaf, BLADE; folium palmula Brád blado broad leaves, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 8; Gen. 994. Róðres blæd the blade of an oar; palmula, Ælfc. Gl. 83; Som. 73, 77; Wrt. Voc. 48, 16
dysigu
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Folly, stupidity Neátum gelíce for eówre dysige, Bt. 26; F. 90, 3. v. dysig; n
Róm-wealh
A Roman ⬩ the Britons
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A Roman (cf. Bret-walas the Britons) Reht Rómwala jus Quiritum, Rtl. 189, 13. Ic wæs mid Rúmwalum, Exon. Th. 322, 27; Víd. 69
brýd-ealo
ale ⬩ A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast ⬩ nuptiale convivium
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[ealu ale] A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast; nuptiale convivium Ðǽr wæs ðæt brýdealo [Laud; MS. -eala], ðæt wæs manegra manna bealo there was the bride-ale, which was many men's bale, Chr. 1076; Erl. 213, 26
on-birgan
To taste of, taste, take (food)
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To taste of, taste, take (food) Gif hé bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 11: 13, 23. Onbirigþ, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26: 25; Fox 88, 11. Sume ðe deáþ ne onbyrigeaþ (-byrgeaþ, MS. A.: -byrigaþ, MS. B.) Mt. Kmbl. 16, 28. Onbyrigeaþ (-byrgaþ MS. A.), Mk. Skt. 9, 1. Nán
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or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous Orsorh securus, Kent. Gl. 365; Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 59. Orsorg lentus, ii. 96, 62 : consors, 15, 23 : 105, 18. Orsorh wǽpna securus armorum, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 9. Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of
bócung
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Dele' substitute: Conveyance by charter or deed Ic geaf ... ðonæ hagan ... tó ðǽre ilcan bócunga ðæ ðæt land gæbócod is, C. D. v. 257, 12
Wederas
The Geats, a tribe of southern Scandinavia
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The Geats, a tribe of southern Scandinavia Wedera leóde, Beo. Th. 455; B. 225. Wedera leód (Beowulf), 687; B. 341. Wedra ðeóden, 5305 ; B. 2656
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þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Hé for him þreá geaf kyningum corripuit pro eis reges, 104, 12. Gé hláfordas, dóð gé eówrum monnum ðæt ilce, and gemetgiaþ ðone ðreán vos domini eadem facite illis, remittentes minas, Past. 29; Swt. 203, 1.
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hund-nigontigoþa
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Oð ðæt hundnigonteóþe geár, Hml. A. 37, 330
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Iunius on ðam gim astíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre June in which the gem [sun] rises in the heavens highest in the year, Menol. Fox 216; Men. 109.
ofer-hragan
to come in storms ⬩ to sleet ⬩ a storm
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Wǽtum hé oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305
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weorold-wǽpen
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A weapon used in this world's warfare Ðá wæs feówer geár ǽr his fulwihte, ðæt hé woroldwǽpno Wæg ( he bore this world's arms ), Blickl. Homl. 213, 4