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bere-tún

(n.)
Grammar
bere-tún, es; m. [bere barley, corn; tún an inclosure, a place shut in]

A barley-enclosure ⬩ court-yard ⬩ threshing-floor ⬩ corn-farm ⬩ grange ⬩ corn-village ⬩ BARTON ⬩ hordei area ⬩ villa frumentaria

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Vox in Devonia, inquit Spelmannus, et plaga Angliæ Occidentali bene note,' Du Cange Glos Þerh-clǽnsade beretún his permundavit aream suam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12

Linked entries: Barton bere-wíc

peorð

(n.)
Grammar
peorð, the name of the Runic p. Its meaning is doubtful. Grimm notices the name for f in the old Sclavonic alphabet, fert, and the Persian name for one of the figures on the chess-board, ferz. Kemble seems to take the latter, translating the word by
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9.

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
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Neáh ðære ié ðe mon hǽt Temes (Temese, MS. C.) ad flumen Tamesim, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 238, 22. Sý eá hátte Temese, Chr. Erl. 5, 11. Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18.

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin

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Th. 265, II; Sat. 6. Seó lyft ábyrð ealle wolcnu (-a, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 274, 9, 24: Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 9.

bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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Voc. ii. 76, 25: 52, 11. Lytle báte lintrum, 52, 12. Bát lintrem, 75, 9: 52, 24: lembum, naviculum, i. ratem, Wülck. Gl. 254, 25. Hí wurpon hine on þone bát and reówan tó scipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 9. Bát on sǽwe, Hy. 4, 99

be-tíhan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tíhan, p. -táh, pl. -tigon; pp. -tigen, -tygen; [be, tíhan, II. to bring a charge against any one]

To accuse, impeach ⬩ criminari, accusare

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To accuse, impeach; criminari, accusare Gíf he oft betygen wǽre if he has often been accused, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6 : 37; Th. i. 124, 21 : 52; Th. i. 134, 12

Linked entries: be-teón be-tygen

Cwat-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Cwat-brycg, cwat-bricg,e; f. [Ethelw. Cantbricge: Flor. Quatbrig: Hunt. Quadruge: Matt. West. Quantebridge] Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidi nomen in agro Salopiensi
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2. Sǽton hie ðone winter æt Cwatbrycge [Bricge, Th. 174, 10, col. 2; 175, 9, col. 1: Brygcge

gellan

(v.)
Grammar
gellan, gillan, giellan, gyllan; part. gellende, gillende, giellende, gyllende; ic gelle, gille, gielle, gylle, ðú gilst, gielst, gylst; he gilleþ, gilþ, gielþ, gylleþ, gylþ, pl. gellaþ, gillaþ, giellaþ, gyllaþ; p. geal, pl. gullon; pp. gollen

To yell ⬩ sing ⬩ chirp ⬩ stridere ⬩ sonare

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Ic seah searo giellende I saw a yelling machine, 108 b; Th. 415, 1; Rä. 33, 4. Gyllende gryre with yelling horror, Cd. 167; Th. 208, 26; Exod. 489. Ic gielle swá hafoc I yell as a hawk, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 19; Rä. 25, 3.

Linked entries: giellan gillan gylian gyllan

meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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Ic hine bewurpe mid meoxe mittam stercora, Lk. 13, 8. God áhefð of meohse ( de stercore) þone mann þe hé wile, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 26. Meoxa stercorum, An. Ox. 3331

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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S. 236, 705. where the person addressed is divine. prayer, praying Hús mín hús gebeddes ( orationis ) is. Lk. L. 19, 46. Seó stemn þǽre heortan bið swíðe gedréfed on þǽm gebede ( in prayer ), Bl. H. 19, 10: 217, 28.

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton ; pp. -sóht; v. a.

to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere

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to seek, inquire, ask for; quærere, requirere, inquirere Ne mæg ic aldornere míne gesécan I cannot seek my life's safety, Cd. 103; Th. 136, 30; Gen. 2514. Gif he gesécean dear wíg if he dare seek war, Beo. Th. 1373; B. 684.

Linked entries: ge-sahte ge-soecan

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except

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Grammar nefne, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Cristes lof and nytte sprǽce, 223, 36: Exon.

Linked entries: nemne nymne

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
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Th. ii. 546, 35. Gif hé geméteþ óðerne æt his swister, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 28. Hé betǽhte hý his swyster, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 23. Tó hyre gingran swuster, Gen. 19, 31. Forlét hé Pendan sweoster, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 29.

Linked entries: suster swuster ge-sweostor

freógan

Grammar
freógan, <b>; II.</b> to love. Add:: to caress, show love by actions, v. ge-freógan; II.
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Cóm culfre and fleáh ymbe þone lýchaman and hyne freóde, Shrn. 154, 12

dǽd-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-fruma, an; m. [dǽd a deed, fruma II. an author, inventor]

A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer ⬩ facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor

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A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer; facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor Eádmund cyning, dýre dǽdfruma king Edmund, the dear deed-doer, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 9; Edm. 3: Andr. Kmbl. 149; An. 75. Grendel, diór dǽdfruma Grendel, the dire perpetrator, Beo

tæslum

(n.)
Grammar
tæslum,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 44.
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v. teosol and tæfl.

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hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, a crosier, l. hæcc, and in line 2 for dære l.
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þǽre

feorm

(n.)
Grammar
feorm, <b>; II.</b> of an arval feast
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Se gyldscipe hyrfe be healfre feorme þone forþféredan, Cht. Th. 611, 5

ól-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ól-fæt, ( = ál-fæt. v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39), es; n.

A cooking vessel ⬩ coculum

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Voc. i. 24, 41

Linked entry: ál-fæt

wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an;
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v. wlita, II.
); f.

aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament

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Ath. v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 25. Be his (a slave's ) wlites weorðe, 2; Th. i. 234, 6. Be his wlite, L. In. 26; Th. i. 118, 20. Mid wlite and mid wæstmum fæger fair in face and form, Blickl. Homl. 113, 16.

Linked entries: wlita wlitu

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