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B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Poverty ⬩ penury ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ calamity ⬩ distress ⬩ disorder

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Ðeós of hyre yrmþe eall ðæt heó hæfde sealde hæc de pænuria sua omnia quæ habuit misit, Mk. Skt. 12, 44.

Linked entry: earmþu

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce

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Ic eom asend ðé ðis bodian missus sum hæc tibi evangelizare, Lk. Bos. 1, 19: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 13. To bodianne godcunde láre ad prædicandum docerinam divinam, 5, 9, titl; S. 622, 4.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

á-cólian

(v.)
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Seó hǽto ðæs fýres ácólode, Hml. S. 30, 451. Se ofon ácólode sóna, Shrn. 31, 22. Ðú ðíne fét léte in deáðe ácólian, Angl. xii. 508, 15. Gif wund on men ácólod sý, Lch. i. 194, 23.

filmen

(n.)
Grammar
filmen, The gender varies, with meaning foreskin it is masc. or neut., otherwise fem.

skin ⬩ membrane ⬩ scale ⬩ skin ⬩ shell ⬩ husk ⬩ a crack

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Se milte hæfð þynne filmene . . . and sió filmen biþ þeccende þá wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 14-17. Be þæs miltes filmene, 166, 13. Filmena membra[na]rum (laterna membranarumtenui velamine facta, Aid. 142, 6), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 51: 57, 4.

Linked entries: film fylmen

móna

Grammar
móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðæs mónan geár hæfð seofon and twéntig daga and eahta tída. On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . .

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft

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Sorcery, witchcraft, the art of using drugs or potions for the purpose of poisoning, or for magical purposes Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worulde ... lyblác ... scíncræft hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... maleficium ... ars magica [cf.

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác

Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.

The Mercians ⬩ Mercia

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Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda ðǽr mon ǽrest Myrcna hǽt, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 15. Myrcena cining, land, Chr. 792; Erl. 59, 1: 796; Erl. 59, 39: L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 25: L. Eth. i. pref.; Th. i. 280, 4.

Linked entry: Myrce

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.

to cut ⬩ shear ⬩ to shave hair ⬩ to cut the hair of the head ⬩ to shear sheep

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Ne eówre hǽr ne sciron nec facietes calvitium super mortuos, Deut. 14, 1. Suíðe ryhte wæs ðæm sacerde forboden ðæt hé his heáfod sceáre (caput radere), Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 25. Heáfdu scieran mid scierseaxum caput radere, Swt. 139, 12.

Linked entries: scearan be-sceran ge-sceran sciran scyran

georn-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
georn-ful, -full; comp. -fulra; adj.

Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens

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Ðæt he swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde him ða hǽla úre þeóde tam sēdŭlam erga sălūtem nostræ gentis cūram gessĕrit, 2, 1; S. 501, 3: Hymn. Surt. 49, 21. Geornfulle men diligent men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 10.

Linked entry: gearnfull

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weak ⬩ sick ⬩ ill ⬩ infirm

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Nǽnig næs tó ðæs untrum, ðæt hé sóna hǽlo ne onfénge, 223, 23. Ðæt flǽsc is untrum caro infirma est, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 41. Man hwylcne dǽl his hrægles tó untruman men bróhte, ðæt hé wearð hál geworden, Blickl. Homl. 223, 25.

ed-wist

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Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágennyssa; án is seó líchamlice edwist, þæt is ðǽre sunnan trendel, 282, 8. Án sáwul is and án líf and án edwist . . . ná &amp; reó ædwiste . . . seó edvist, Hml. S. 1, 115-117: Hml. Th. i. 288, 24. Edwiste substantia, Hpt.

ge-beórscipe

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.

hræd-ness

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Hé mid ealre hrædnysse onféng his ǽrran hǽle salutem pristinam citius recepit, 157, 14.

hú-lic

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Add: in direct questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Húlic heáfod hæfð se Pater Noster?, Sal. K. 148, 14. predicative, of what sort Húlig is ðes? qualis est hic?, Mt.

leóma

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Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágennyssa on hire; óðer is se leóma oððe beorhtnys ǽfre of ðǽre sunnan, seó ðe onlíht ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 282, 9. Þonne se móna beó full, and his leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Angl. viii. 323, 6.

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink

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wet, moisture Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto, and ðæt wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33: Met. 20, 74. liquor, drink Hé ána gereorde, and be dǽle ǽt and wǽt gewanod sý reficiat solus, sublata ei portione sua de vino, R. Ben. 69, 14.

ge-deorf

(n.)

labour, toil, work ⬩ trouble, laborious effort, difficulty ⬩ trouble, tribulation, affliction

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labour, toil, work Gif gedeorf (labor) oðþe sumer-hǽte hwylces eácan ( an increase of food) behófige, R. Ben. 64, 17. Of folclicum gedeorfe ex plebeio labore, 138, 22. On sceortum gedeorfe labore breui, Wülck. Gl. 256, 27.

á-slacian

(v.)

to slacken ⬩ become slack ⬩ to make slack

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Hé hæfð tó gódum weorce gewunad, and lǽt ðæt,áslacian, Past. 65, 15. Gewilnunga lǽtan áslacian, Hml. S. 33, 120. Áslacad hand manus remissa, Kent. Gl. 318. Ásclacad dissoluta, 696. Ásclæcadun dimis(s)is. Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 52.

Linked entries: slacian á-slæcian

dǽlan

(v.)
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Hé dǽleð help and hǽlo hæleða bearnum, Sat. 581; Cri. 428. Hé máðmas dǽleð, B. 1756. Tungel heora wlite wíde dǽlað, Gen. 2191. Ofer ús dǽl rummódnise super nos effunde clementiam, Rtl. 41, 5.

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