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fóre-dúru

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-dúru, e; f: -dýr, es; n.

A fore-doorporchan entryhallvestĭbŭlumpropy̆læumπροπύλαιον

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A fore-door, porch, an entry, hall; vestĭbŭlum, propy̆læum = προπύλαιον Fóredýre vestĭbŭla, Cot. 190

be-gitend

(n.)
Grammar
be-gitend, es; m.
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One who gets Begetend (-ende?) conquirens, i. causans, meditans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 39

efen-neáh

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Middeweard se spaca bið ǽgþrum ende emneáh, Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 8. Add

un-tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tídlíce, adv.

Unseasonablyat a wrong time

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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27

Linked entry: tídlíce

heáfod-beáh

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Add: — Mon hehþ þone heáfodbeáh æt þæs ærneweges ende currenti in stadio jacet praemium corona, Bt. 37, tit.; F. xviii. 9

æfstigian

(v.)
Grammar
æfstigian, æfestigian; p. ode.

to envy, be envious of to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards

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D. 99, 7. with prep. to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards Ðes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum ðe hé hór gesihð, Ap. Th. 14, 25. Se áwyrgda gást æfestgaþ on ðá ðe hé gesyhþ tó Gode higian, Bl. H. 29, 21.

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

EODOR

(n.)
Grammar
EODOR, eoder, eodur, edor, eder, es; m. I.

a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum

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II. a limit, end, region, zone; ōra, margo, extrēmĭtas, plăga, rĕgio Gescóp heofon and eorþan and holma bigong eodera ymb-hwyrft [he] created heaven and earth and the seas' expanse, the circuit of zones, Exon. 67b; Th. 249, 17; Jul. 113.

Linked entries: eder edor eodur eðer

clúd

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Substitute for bracket at end: [v. N. E. D. cloud], and add Cluud scopulus, An. Ox. 8, 219. Clúdes collis, 1548. Fram þám heán clúde (clife, v. l., rupe ), Gr. D. 52, 23. Se heort ástáh on ánneh eáhne clúd, Hml. S. 30, 38.

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Hé ꝥ; ilce mynster þus gehradod hét S Marian gehálgian, Lch. iii. 438, 16. to cause to attain an end quickly, to prosper a person or undertaking God hí sóna gehradode, swá ꝥ hí þǽr gemétton áne mǽre þrúh, Hml. S. 20, 78.

Iudéas

Grammar
Iudéas, l. Iúdéas, and add: Iúdan, Iúdéan; gen.
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Cóm Godes wracu ofer Iúþan, 6, 3; S. 256, 34. ena, ana

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals), Ll. Th. i. 282, 16] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31

in-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
in-cuman, p. -com

To come inenter

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To come in, enter Ðonne gé incumaþ on ðæt lond ðe ic eów sille cum ingressi fueritis terram; quam ego dabo vobis, Lev. 23, 10. On swá hwilcum húse swá gé incumaþ whatever house you enter, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 8.

leád-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
leád-stæf, es; m.

A scourge

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A scourge Similar entries [cf. last entry under leáden] Leádstafum mastigiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 75

ge-nyttian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nyttian, p. ode; pp. od

To use, enjoy

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To use, enjoy He hæfde eorþ-scrafa ende genyttod he had enjoyed the last of his earth-dens, Beo. Th. 6085; B. 3046

Linked entry: nyttian

ge-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylling, e; f.
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Completion Ealre gefyllingce ł ǽlcre geændunge ic geseah ende omnis consummations vidi finem, Ps. L. 118, 96

ge-winful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-winful, -full; adj.

Full of labourlaborioustroublesomelabōriōsus

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Full of labour, laborious, troublesome; labōriōsus Agustīnus ðysses gewinfullan geflítes ende gesette Augustīnus hunc lăbōriōsi certāmĭnis fīnem fēcit, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 17

mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an actionsuitcause

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Eádwerd scylode ix scypa of mále ( = Icel. skilja af máli) put an end to the agreement with, paid off, nine ships, 1049; Erl. 174, 38. Hé sette ealle ða litsmen of mále, 1050; Erl. 176, 13.

hóc

a hookchaindragginga fish-hook

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Add: a hook at the end of a pole, chain, &c. for catching hold, dragging, &c. (lit. or fig.) Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27.

an-wadan

(v.)
Grammar
an-wadan, p. -wód

To invadeenter intoinvadere

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To invade, enter into; invadere Hie wlenco anwód pride invaded them, Cd. 173; Th. 217, 3; Dan. 17

Linked entries: an-wód wadan on-wadan