a-biterian
To make sour or bitter ⬩ exacer-bare
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To make sour or bitter; exacer-bare
swemman
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To cause to swim, to bathe, wash
wyn-weorod
A joyous band
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A joyous band Wynwerede choro, Blickl. Gl
sige-þreát
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A triumphant band, Exon. Th. 53, 2 ; Cri. 844
un-geþungen
Vile ⬩ base ⬩ ignoble
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Vile, base, ignoble Ðú ungeþungena hund, Nar. 42, 12
wiþ-þyddan
To thrust back
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To thrust back Wiðþyddende retundens, Hpt. Gl. 505, 52
cyfes-boren
Born in concubinage, base-born ⬩ e concubina genĭtus
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Born in concubinage, base-born; e concubina genĭtus His cyfesborena bróðor siððan ríxode, se ðe wende to Scottum his base-born brother afterwards reigned, who had gone to the Scots, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 17
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ge-wuna
A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo
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Is nú geworden to full yfelum gewunan ðæt menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum it has now become the very bad custom for men to be more ashamed of good deeds than of bad ones, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161.
Eást-Seaxe
The East-Saxons, people of Essex ⬩ orientāles Saxŏnes
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The East-Saxons, people of Essex; orientāles Saxŏnes Hér Eást-Seaxe onféngon geleáfan and ful-wihtes bæþ in this year [A.
cist
A band, company ⬩ cohors
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A band, company; cohors On folcgetæl fíftig cista: hæfde cista gehwilc x hund tíreádigra in the number of the people were fifty bands: each band had ten hundred illustrious warriors, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 9-16; Exod. 229-232
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gál
Light ⬩ pleasant ⬩ wanton ⬩ licentious ⬩ wicked ⬩ lĕvis ⬩ libīdĭnōsus ⬩ luxŭriōsus ⬩ mălus
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Gecunnian hwæðer he wǽre god oððe gál to try whether he were good or bad, Gu. 17; Gdwn. 74, 6
on-standan
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</b> to insist, persist in demand :-- Hiá onstôdon stefnum miclum illi insta-bant uocibus magnis, Lk. L.
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ge-dryht
A host ⬩ company ⬩ band of retainers
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Ðǽr cyninges giefe brúcaþ eádigra gedryht there the band of the blessed enjoy the king's grace, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 26; Cri. 1664. Ðínra secga gedryht the band of thy men, Beo. Th. 3349; B. 1672
blerig
Bald
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Bald Bleri pittel scoricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel soricarius, 63, 8 (cf. bald as an epithet of birds, v. E. D. S. Bird-names). On Ælfstánes ðys blerian gewitnesse, Cht. Th. 174, 7
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a-geofan
to restore ⬩ give back ⬩ repay
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to restore, give back, repay,Heming, p. 104
wíþig-rind
Willow-bark
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Willow-bark Nim wíþigrinde, Lchdm. ii. 98, 9
rinden
Of bark
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Of bark Of rindenum corticeo, Germ. 390, 43
æfte-weard
After ⬩ back ⬩ late ⬩ latter ⬩ full ⬩ posterior
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After, back, late, latter, full; posterior Æfteweard lencten full spring. Wrt. Voc. 53, 27. Æfteweard heáfod the back of the head, 42, 43. Drihten ðé gesett ná on æfteweard the Lord will not set thee in the after-part, Deut. 28,13
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barian
To make bare ⬩ discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ denudare ⬩ prodere ⬩ in medium proferre
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To make bare, discover, disclose; denudare, prodere, in medium proferre
feax-cláþ
A head-cloth ⬩ hair-band ⬩ fillet ⬩ fascia crīnālis
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A head-cloth, hair-band, fillet; fascia crīnālis, Cot. 93