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be-notian

(v.)
Grammar
be-notian, p. ode; pp. od [be, notian to use]

To use ⬩ consume ⬩ uti

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To use, consume; uti Hie hæfdan heora mete benotodne they had consumed their provisions Chr. 894; Th. 166, 15, col. 2

druncen-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen-wille, adj.

Drunken ⬩ ebrius

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Drunken; ebrius Drincþ mid ðám druncenwillum [drucen-willum MS.] monnum bibit cum ebriis, Past. 17, 8; Hat. MS. 24 a, 23

frihtere

(n.)
Grammar
frihtere, es; m.

A soothsayer ⬩ diviner ⬩ hariŏlus

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The translator has read dīvīni for divine

ge-máhlícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-máhlícnes, se; f.

Importunity, perverseness, dishonesty ⬩ importunitas

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Importunity, perverseness, dishonesty; importunitas Se forhwierfeda gewuna gemálícnesse the perverse habit of wantonness, Past. 13, 2; Swt. 79, 19; Hat. MS

Speónisc

(adj.)
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Spanish On Ispánian lánde þǽre Spéoniscan léode (the MS. has the accents on the a's and e's), Hml. S. 37, 1

byriga

(n.)
Grammar
byriga, an; m.

A surety ⬩ fidejussor

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A surety; fidejussor He him byrigan gesealdne hæbbe he has given him surety, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 17

Linked entry: berigea

gim-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
gim-rodor, Dr. Bradley suggests that this form may have arisen a mistaken reading of a gloss to dracontia gemma ex cereb gim ro dr , or some such form.

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be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Bihýdinys (bighýdignys, Hpt. Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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. ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5. On ðæt hǽð westeweard, 427, 33.

twin

(adj.)
Grammar
twin, adj.

Twin ⬩ double

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On twinne half, 3248

Linked entry: twinn

for-síðian

(v.)
Grammar
for-síðian, p. ode; pp. od [síðian to journey]

To perish ⬩ ĭter fātāle inīre

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To perish; ĭter fātāle inīre Hæfde ðá forsíðod sunu Ecgþeówes Ecgtheow's son had then perished, Beo. Th. 3104, note; B. 1550

Linked entry: síðian

an-wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
an-wealdend, es; m.
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A ruler: — From onwealdendum ( the Latin is abominationem which the glosser has misread as a dominatione ?), Ps. Spl. T. 87, 8

híg-síþe

(n.)
Grammar
híg-síþe, es; m.

A hay-scythe

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A hay-scythe Se Godes wer . . . bær on his eaxle his hégsíþe falcem fenariam in collo deferens, Gr. D. 37, 14

Linked entry: hég-síþe

sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, an; m.

Scathe,harm, injury

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Scathe,harm, injury Cwæð ðæt sceaþena mǽst eallum heora eaforum æfter siððan wurde on worulde, Cd. Th. 85, 4; Gen. 549

giefernes

(n.)
Grammar
giefernes, -ness, e; f.

Gluttony ⬩ gula

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Cot.] refrenant gulam, Past. 46, 2; Swt. 345, 23; Hat. MS. 66 a, 9

teám-byrst

(n.)
Grammar
teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine ( the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom he had obtained it) ...

ge-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wanian, -wonian; p. ode; pp. od.

to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting

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Ðá wæs ðæm tunglum gewonad heora beorhtnes then had the stars their brightness diminished, Shrn. 64, 22. to be wanting Giwonia deesse, Rd. 71, 37

Linked entries: ge-wane ge-wonian

am-byr

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
am-byr, gen. m. n. -byres; f. -byrre, -byre: dat. m. n. -byrum; f. -byrre, -byre: acc. m. -byrne; f. -byre; n. -byr; adj. [am even, equal, byr let it happen, from byrian to happen, pertain]. What is happening even or equal, —

Favourable ⬩ fair ⬩ æquus ⬩ secundus

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Favourable, fair; æquus, secundus Gyf man hæfde ambyrne wind if a man had a favourable wind, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 20

dol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
dol-scipe, es; m. [dol foolish; scipe termination, q. v.]

Foolishness, folly, error ⬩ stultĭtia, error

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Foolishness, folly, error ; stultĭtia, error Giongra monna dolscipe hí ofslihþ the folly of young men kills them, Past. 50, 2; Hat. MS

eóred-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
eóred-mæcg, es; m. [mæcg a man]

A horseman ⬩ ĕques

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A horseman; ĕques Hæfdonxi eóredmæcgas fríd-hengestas the horsemen had eleven war-horses, Exon. 106 a ; Th. 404, 6 ; Rä. 23, 3

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