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(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Ꝥ ǽlc biscop béte Godes hús . . . and eác þone cyning myngige ꝥ ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene, Ll. Th. i. 246, 9-12. Hí Godes hús griðedan, 334, 24.

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10. Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma vel palustris, L.

stig-weard

(n.)
Grammar
stig-weard, es ; m.
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Mína cnihtas ða mína stíwardas witan, 59, 1. fig. a steward, guardian Mé þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan ðe mé égðer ys stíward ge ðas welan ge eác hys freónscypes, Shrn. 176, 20

Linked entry: stí-weard

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt oþþe betýnedne untýne, and hine eft ne betýne si quis aperuerit cisternam, et foderit, et non operuerit eam (Ex. 21, 33), L. Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6, note. Untýne insigloe aperire signaculum, Rtl. 29, 17.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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MSS.) wǽron, búton hí bútú ætsomne sién, Past. 125, 3. of number, single (with one) Wísdóm is án ánlépe cræft ðǽre sáwle, and ðeáh wé witon ðæt hé sié betera ðonne ealle ðá óðre cræftas, Bt. 32, 1; F. 116, 3.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a.

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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Grammar wítnian, with acc. of fault Ðæt hí heora synna wítnade and bétte, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 24. Sume wyllaþ wítnian stíðlíce ða læssan gyltas on heora underþeóddum, and nellaþ wítnian mid nánre wrace ða máran synna on him sylfum, Homl.

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Swylce man bycnige him, ꝥ him sélre wǽre ꝥ hý wunodon on clǽnnysse as if to signify to them, that it were better for them to live in chastity, Ll. Th. ii. 346, 20. Bécnende portendentes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 11. Bécnendo significantia, Rtl. 103, 28

Linked entry: bécnan

crísten-dóm

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Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 24-8. Nú is ðes dæg gehálgod on eallum crístendóme, Hml.

ús

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ús, dat.: ús, úsic; acc.: úser, usser; gen.; pron. pl. first person.

To ususof usour

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Ús ys betere expedit nobis, Jn. Skt. 11, 50. Ús nis ná álýfed, 18, 31. Ús neód is, L. Eth. vi. 42; Th. i. 326, 7. Hǽle ús (úsic, Lind. Rush.) salva nos, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 25.

Linked entries: úre úsic

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Beaduscrúda betst, Wélandes geweorc Beo. Th. 914; B. 455. Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.

Linked entry: Weolud

hwæþer

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Geþence þonne þára tída and nú þissa, hwæþre him bet lícien, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 22. where the alternatives are given Þá angunnon hí reahtigean hwæðer má mǽrlecra dǽda hæfde þe Philippus þe Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 26.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Ðǽm ánfealdan stræcum is tó cýðanne ðæt hié bet [ne] truwien him selfum ðonne hié ðyrfen ðonne hí nyllaþ geðafan beón óðerra monna geðeahtes aliter admonendi sunt pertinaces, atque aliter inconstantes.

Linked entry: strec

wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wirdan, p.de

To injurehurtannoyto injure,do wrong toviolate a lawhinder

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Ne bét hé hit, ac wyrt, 212, 20. Ða gnættas mid swíþe lytlum sticelum him deriaþ, and eác ða smalan wyrmas ðone mon werdaþ (wyrdaþ, v.1.), and hwílum fulneáh deádne gedóþ, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 12. Mec unsceafta innan slítaþ, wyrdaþ mec be wombe, Exon.

ge-beorg

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Voc. ii. 118, 74. verbal abstract. protection, saving of an object Bið sé gebeorges þe bet wyrðe, þe hé for neóde dyde ꝥ ꝥ hé dyde. Ll. Th. i. 412, 13. Gebeorhges, 328, 24.

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew]

to shewostendereto BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trustimpertire, adsignare, tradere, commendareto send, follow, pursuemittere, insequi, amandare

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Bos. 22, 12. to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust; impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare Ic betǽce híg ðam yrþlincge adsigno eos aratori, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 31.

(v.)
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Ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre. Bt. 34, 2; Fox 82, 10. Gif heó leng sý ðonne hé if she live longer than he, L. Edm. B. 3; Th. i. 254, 13. Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó. Ps. Th. 89, 10. Hé cwyð ðæt ic seó teónum georn, Cd.

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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Voc. ii. 58, 33. warlike force, military power (abstract or concrete) On Thessali hé ðæt gewinn swíþost dyde for ðære gewilnunge ðe hé wolde hî him on fultum geteón for heora wígcræfte, for ðon hié cúþon on horsum ealra folca feohtan betst Thessaliam

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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Spǽcon ðá Leófríces freónd and Wulfstánes freónd, ðæt hit betere wǽre, ðæt heora seht tógædere wurde, ðonne hý ǽnige sace hym betweónan heóldan; sóhtan ðá hyra seht. ( The terms are then given. ) Ðis wæs úre ealra seht, 377, 1-13.