hæferblǽte
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A snipe, or bittern (?) (the word translates bicoca and bugium) Hraebreblétae, hebreblétae, hæbrebléte bicoca, Txts. 44, 2. Hæferblǽte vel pur, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 42: 280, 28 : ii. 11. 7. Hæferblǽta, 126, 9. Hæuerbléta, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 307, 24.
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ge-þonc
Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ understanding ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens
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Ic onsende in breóstsefan bitre geþoncas I send into his mind bitter thoughts, 71 b; Th. 266, 29; Jul. 405. He us geþonc syleþ, missenlícu mód he gives us understandings, various minds, 89 a; Th. 334, 7; Gn. Ex. 13.
sáre
Sorely, grievously, bitterly
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Hí sáre sprecaþ they speak bitterly, 63, 4. Wé sittaþ andsáre wépaþ (cf. Icel. gráta sáran: Scot. to greet sair), 136, 1. Wæs se hálga wer sáre geswungen, Andr. Kmbl. 2791; An. 1398
æt-fæstan
To fix ⬩ fasten ⬩ drive into ⬩ afflict with ⬩ inflict on ⬩ impingere ⬩ infigere
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Bitere ætfæsted bitterly afflicted, 136, 8. Ne mágon we him láþ ætfæstan we cannot afflict him with pain, Andr. Kmbl. 2694; An. 1349
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ǽr-gewyrht
A former work ⬩ a deed of old ⬩ opus pristinum ⬩ facinus olim commissum
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A former work, a deed of old; opus pristinum, facinus olim commissum Ða byre siððan grimme onguldon gaful-rǽdenne þurh ǽrgewyrht the children since have bitterly paid the tax through the deed of old, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 17; Gú. 960: Elen.
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wráþ
wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed
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Ic eom wráþre (bitterer) þonne weimód sý, Exon. Th. 425, 22 ; Rä. 41, 60
byt
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On bitte in utre, Ps. Spl. 77, 16. Swilce man siwige áne bytte, Hml. S. 34, 317. Trinnu (= tríwenu?) byttæ flasce, eadem et flascones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78. In byttum aldum in utres veteres, Mk. L. 2, 22
hyge-méþe
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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442
hwón-líce
Little ⬩ slightly
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Hé byþ hwónlíce biter on byrgincge it is a little bitter of taste, Herb. 140, 1; Lchdm. i. 260, 9. Hwónlíce þyrnihte, 161, 1; Lchdm. i. 288, 16.
lactuca
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26.
sárlíce
sorely, painfully ⬩ sorely, grievously, lamentably ⬩ sorely, bitterly, heavily
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Sárlíce wépende weeping bitterly, Gen. 21, 16. Ðá onsác se Wísdóm then Wisdom sighed heavily, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 24: 40, 3; Fox 238, 7: Wulfst. 133, 14. Ðá wǽron hié ealle sóna unróte, and sárlíce gebǽrdon, Blickl. Homl. 225, 14
BEORGAN
cum ⬩ To save ⬩ protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ defend ⬩ fortify ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servare ⬩ salvare ⬩ ⬩ custodire ⬩ tueri ⬩ parcere ⬩ To defend ⬩ secure ⬩ guard against ⬩ avoid ⬩ defendere ⬩ arcere ⬩ cavere ⬩ vitare
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Ðæt se bittra bryne beorgan sceolde ǽfæstum þrím that the bitter burning should spare the pious three Exon. 53 b; Th. 189, 10; Az. 57.
eád
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Þǽr ( in Paradise ) him nǽnges wæs eádes onsýn ... him bitter wearð yrmðu æfter ǽte, Ph. 398. Næs his frymð ǽfre, eádes ongyn, 638. Wæs hyra tíres æt ende, eádes and ellendǽda, Jud. 273.
heard-líce
Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly
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Se Godes man ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan the man of God began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29. Hé heardlíce gewon wið Æþelbald cyning he struggled hard with king Ethelbald, Chr. 741; Erl. 46, 30.
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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Þynceþ bíbreád swétre; gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seems sweeter, if he before has had a taste of bitter Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.
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ge-sweorcan
To become dark ⬩ be darkened ⬩ saddened ⬩ angry
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Ðá geswearc se Godes man semninga and ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan then suddenly the man of God become sad and began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis vir Dei, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 3; Wand. 59.
GRIM
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Sharp, bitter, severe, fell, fierce, dire, savage, cruel, GRIM, horrible; acer, immanis, sævus, crudelis, atrox, dirus He him æt his ende grim geweorþeþ and hine gelǽdeþ on éce forwyrd he [the devil] will become cruel to him at his end, and will lead
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sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gesprǽcon, 92, 19; Cri. 1511. expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter Hé ðá wépende wéregum teárum his sigedryhten sárgan reorde grétte, Andr. Kmbl. 120 ; An. 60. Ðonne hé wrece sárigne sang, Beo.
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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It is very bitter in the mouth, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 28. Ðes lǽcecræft ys áfandud this remedy is a proved one, Herb. 183, 1; Lchdm. i. 320, 9. Brúce ðysses lǽcecræft[es] use this remedy, Lchdm. iii. 126, 20.
bryne
to burn ⬩ A burning, fire, flame, heat ⬩ ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor
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Hie sceolon þrówian biterne bryne they shall suffer bitter burning, Andr. Kmbl. 1231; An. 616. Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wáre priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18.
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