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Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST ⬩ Christus

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Bos. 1, 16. Crist wæs acenned, Hǽlend geháten Christ was born, called Jesus [Saviour] Menol. Fox 1-7. Hér is on cneórisse bóc Hǽlendes Cristes liber generationis Iesu Christi Mt. Bos. 1, 1.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

an-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
an-búgan, p. -beáh, -beág, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen; v. intrans.

To bend or bow one's self in ⬩ submit to any one ⬩ se inflectere ⬩ se submittere alicui

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To bend or bow one's self in, submit to any one; se inflectere, se submittere alicui To ðon ðæt hí him anbugon that they might submit to him, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 25

Linked entry: on-búgan

a-bycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bycgan, -bicgan; p. -bohte, pl. -bohton; pp. -boht [a, bycgan to buy, procure].

to buy ⬩ pay for ⬩ ernere ⬩ redirnere ⬩ to perform ⬩ execute ⬩ præstare

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to buy, pay for; ernere, redirnere, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 7. to perform, execute; præstare Áþ abycgan jusjurandum præstare, L. Wih. 19; Th. i. 40, 18

Linked entry: a-bicgan

bogen streng

(n.)
Grammar
bogen streng, es; m.

The string of a bow; a BOW-STRING ⬩ arcus chorda, anquina

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[bogen = bogan; gen. of boga a bow; streng a string] The string of a bow; a BOW-STRING; arcus chorda, anquina, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 37; Wrt. Voc. 35, 26

ge-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bindan, ic -binde, ðú -bintst, -binst, he -bint, pl. -bindaþ; p. ic, he -band, -bond, ðú -bunde, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden [ge-, bindan to bind, tie] 1.

to bind ⬩ tie up ⬩ lĭgāre ⬩ allĭgāre ⬩ vincīre ⬩ constringĕre ⬩ to deceive ⬩ fallĕre

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; fallĕre He hine on ðære wénunge [wenunge Thorpe] geband he deceived him in that hope, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 25

Linked entries: ge-bond ge-bunden

fyr

(adv.)
Grammar
fyr, fyrr, fier; adv. [comp. of feor; adv. far, q. v.]

Farther ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ longius

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Bod. Ǽr gé fyr heonan feran ere ye proceed farther hence, Beo. Th. 510; B. 252 : 288; B. 143. Fyr faran longius īre, Lk. Bos. 24, 28. Fyr fleón to flee farther, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 4

Linked entries: fier fyrr

-ere

(suffix)
Grammar
-ere, -er, es; m. as the termination of many nouns, signifies a person or agent, v. fulwer and fullere a fuller, bleacher, Mk. Bos. 9, 3: from wer a man; plegere a player; sǽdere a sower; wrítere a writer.

ǽg-ðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-ðer, [ = ǽg-hwæðer] ; pron.

Either ⬩ each ⬩ both ⬩ uterque ⬩ ambo

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On ǽgðre hand, on ǽgðere healic on either hand or half, on both sides, Ors. 1, 11; Bos. 34, 40: 1, 14; Bos. 37,33. On ǽgðre healfe weard towards both sides, Ælfc. Gr.

Linked entry: égðer

byxen

(adj.)
Grammar
byxen, adj.
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Of box Sió bixne buxeus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 21

Linked entry: bixen

beorm-teág

(n.)
Grammar
beorm-teág, e; f.
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A yeast-box Man sceal habban . . . bearmteáge, Angl. ix. 264, 20

Linked entry: bearm-teág

ge-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To fold up ⬩ wrap ⬩ plĭcāre ⬩ involvĕre

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Bos. 20, 7. Miððý gefeáld ðæt bóc cum plicuisset librum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 20

Linked entry: ge-fildan

cæpse

(n.)
Grammar
cæpse, an; f.
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A box Wyrcað áne níwe cæpsan eówrum lácum tó fætelse. Nap. 11

ge-bycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bycgan, -bicgan, -bicgean; ic -bycge, -bicge, ðú -bygest, -bigest, he -bygeþ, -bigeþ, -bigþ, pl. -bycgaþ, -bicgaþ; p. -bohte, pl. bohton; pp. -boht

To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere

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Bos. 13, 44. Hine gebohte Putifar emit eum Putiphar, Gen. 39, 1 : Cd. 149; Th. 187, 15; Exod. 151 : Beo. Th. 1951; B. 973 : 4956; B. 2481. God us deópum ceápe gebohte Deus redemit nos alto pretio, L. C.

Linked entries: ge-bicgan ge-bigeþ ge-boht ge-bygeþ

crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατος ⬩ χρίσω ⬩ the chrism ⬩ unction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptism ⬩ oleum chrismatis ⬩ the white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism ⬩ chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptism; oleum chrismatis Eálá ge mæsse-preóstas, míne gebróðra, we secgaþ eów nú ðæt we ǽr ne sǽdon, forðonðe we to-dæg sceolan dǽlan úrne ele, on þreó wísan gehálgodne, swá swá us gewissaþ seó bóc

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

yrse-binn

(n.)
Grammar
yrse-binn, [ = ? yrsen- = ísern-: cf, Wülck. Gl. 142, 2 irsenhelm cassis, where Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 4 has iren], e; f.
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An iron box Yrse-binne (cf. hunigbinna, 264, 15), Anglia ix. 265, 1

BURN

(n.)
Grammar
BURN, e; f: burne, an; f: burna, an; m. [from burnon, p. pl. of beornan to boil, bubble; fervere]
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A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river; torrens, rivus Hefe upp ðíne hand ofer burna and ofer móras extende manum tuam super rivos et super paludes, Ex. 8, 5

Linked entries: burna burne

bodian

(v.)

to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief

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Boda heom be þám Hǽlende, 21

cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
cristen, def.se cristena; sup. se cristenesta; adj. [Crist Christ]

Christian ⬩ christianus

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Fram óðrum cristenum mannum from other Christian men Ors. 6, 9; Bos. 120, 22; 6, 12; Bos. 121, 25. Hí cristene men pinedon they tormented Christian men 6, 11; Bos. 121, 17;f 6, 19; Bos. 123, 16.

on-þenian

(v.)

to extend, stretch, bend ( a bow)

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to extend, stretch, bend ( a bow) Hí onþeneden ( intenderunt ) boga, Ps. Spl. T. 63, 3

be-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fealdan, bi-fealdan ; p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden, -falden

To fold ⬩ infold ⬩ clasp ⬩ involve ⬩ surround ⬩ inwrap ⬩ cover ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ implicare ⬩ involvere ⬩ amplecti ⬩ circumdare

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Ðá he ða bóc befeóld cum plicuisset librum, Lk. Bos. 4, 20. He befeóld his handa mid ðæra tyccena fellum pelliculas hædorum circumdedit manibus, Gen. 27, 16. Mec hý-gedryht befeóld a body of domestics surrounded me. Exon. 94b; Th. 353, 32; Reim. 21

Linked entries: be-feóld bi-fealdan

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