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be-gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
be-gýmen, be-gímen, e; f.

Care ⬩ regard ⬩ observation ⬩ shew ⬩ pomp ⬩ observatio

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Bos. 17, 20

Linked entry: be-gímen

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.

Necessary ⬩ behoveful ⬩ necessarius

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Bos. 14, 28. Behéfe þing necessary things, necessaries C. R. Ben. 46

drehnigean

(v.)
Grammar
drehnigean, drehnian, dreahnian; p. ode ; pp.drehnigod

To strain out, DRAIN ⬩ excolāre, percolāre

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Bos. 23, 24

Linked entry: dreahnian

fódrere

(n.)
Grammar
fódrere, es; m.

A fodderer ⬩ forager ⬩ pābŭlātor

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A fodderer, forager; pābŭlātor Þunor ofslóh xxiv heora fódrera thunder killed twenty-four of their foragers, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 1

ge-wyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyld, -wild, es; n.

Power ⬩ dominion

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Power, dominion Æfter ðam ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Inde him to gewyldon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67. 21

ge-biterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-biterian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, biterian to embitter]

To make bitter ⬩ amarefacere

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Bos. 15, 23

ge-ríne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríne, es; pl. nom. acc. -u, -o, -a; n.
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Bos. 4, 11

cneóris

(n.)

a generation ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family

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Bos. 8, 12; Ps. Th. 74, 6; 121, 4; Cd. 79; Th. 98, 29; Gen. 1637

BREÓTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREÓTAN, ic breóte, ðú breótest, breótst, brýtest, brýtst, he breóteþ, breót, brýteþ, brýt, pl. breótaþ ; p. ic, he breát, ðú brute, pl. bruton; pp. broten; v.a.

To bruise, break, demolish, destroy; ⬩ conterere

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Heremód breát bolgen-mód eaxlgesteallan Heremod in angry mood destroyed his bosom friends, Beo. Th. 3430; B. 1713

Linked entries: breátan breóðan

BYDEN

(n.)
Grammar
BYDEN, bydenn, e; f.
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Bos. 4, 21: Lk. Bos. ll, 33. a barrel, tun, butt; dolium, cupa Hí mec baðedon in bydene they bathed me in a tub, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 24; Rä. 28, 6. Byden cupa, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 94; Wrt. Voc. 34, 24

fǽmnan hád

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmnan hád, fǽmn-hád, es; m. [fǽmne a virgin, woman]

Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ⬩ virgĭnĭtas

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On fǽmnan háde in virginity, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 5. Heó lyfode mid hyre were seofen geár of hyre fǽmnháde vixĕrat cum vĭro suo annis septem a virgĭnĭtāte sua, Lk. Bos. 2, 36

Fariseisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Fariseisc, def. se Fariseisca; adj.

Pharisean ⬩ Phărĭsæus

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Bos. 11, 37. Ongan se Fariseisca on him smeágan and cweðan Phărĭsæus cæpit intra se repŭtans dīcĕre, 11, 38. Cómon to him ða bóceras and Fariseisce accessērunt ad eum Scrībæ et Phărĭsæi, Mt. Bos. 15, 1.

furlang

(n.)
Grammar
furlang, furlung, es; n.

A FURLONG ⬩ stădium

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Bos. 11, 18. Twentig furlanga stădia vīginti, 6, 19: Lk. Bos. 24, 13. Se is þreóra furlunga brád qui est latitūdĭnis circĭter trium stădiōrum, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 20

fyr

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

Farther ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ longius

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Bos. 24, 28. Fyr fleón to flee farther, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 4

Linked entries: fier fyrr

be-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceótan, he -sceóteþ, -scýt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go ⬩ injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire

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Curtius besceát Curtius se præcipitavit, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 5. Ðæt hí on grúnd ne bescuton ut in abyssum ne irent Lk. Bos. 8, 31

Linked entries: be-scuton be-scýt

COCCEL

(n.)
Grammar
COCCEL, es; m.

COCKLE ⬩ darnel ⬩ tares; ⬩ zizania

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Bos. 13, 27, 29, 30. Coccela zizaniorum Mone B. 2332

agén-bewendan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-bewendan, p. de; pp. ed

To turn again ⬩ return ⬩ reverti

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Bos. 14, 40

a-middan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-middan, adv. [a = on in, into; mid middle]

In the middle ⬩ into the midst ⬩ in medium

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Bos. 6, 8

Linked entry: on-middan

be-hyldan

(v.)

to put off to flay ⬩ skin ⬩ excoriare

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to put off to flay, skin; excoriare He hét hý behyldan he ordered to flay it Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

cyn-ryn

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ryn, es; n.

A family course, generation ⬩ generatio, progenies

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Bos. 12, 34

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