Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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D. 650, Birinus the bishop died, Chr. 650; Th. 51, 1, col. 2. Hér Ægelbryht of Galwalum æfter Biríne [Byríne, col. 2, 3] ðam Rómániscan bisceope onféng Wesseaxna bisceopdóme here, A.
Linked entry: Byríne
fiscere
A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo
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A FISHER; piscātor Ic eom fiscere ĕgo sum piscātor, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 1: Wrt. Voc. 73, 40. Hí wǽron fisceras ĕrant piscātores, Mt. Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16.
be-sencan
To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown
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Besencean oþþe gecwylman mergere aut mortificare, Coll. M. 24, 33. Besencendum submergente, An. Ox. 1739. Besenced of ðǽm yfemestum tó ðæm nieðerhestan, Past. 134, 24. On helle besenct, Hml. Th. i. 330, 26. Besencedum summerso. An. Ox. 11, 99.
erian
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Ǽlce dæg ic (the ploughman) sceal erian fulne æcer oþþe máre, Coll. M. 19, 21. Hwylc man áþóhte ærest mid sul tó erianne? Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add
ǽs
food ⬩ a bait
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Angel vel ǽs ic (the fisherman ) wyrpe, Coll. M. 23, 11. Fugel, ðonne hé gífre bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs escam on eorðan, and ðonne for ðǽm luste ðæs metes hé forgiet ðæt grin, Past. 331, 17
be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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Th. ii. 438, 27. to exercise, practise an art Þæt cræft mínne ic begancge (exerceam), Coll. M. 22, 34.
wíg-bed
An altar
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Wígbedes (weófodes, col. 1), 3, 17; S. 544, 3, col. 2. Weófodes (wígbeddes, Lind.: wí-bedes, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 1, 11. Weófodes þén, Homl. Ass. 22, 206. Weóuedes (weófedes), R. Ben. 55, 2. On wígbede tó hálsienne ariolandi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 15.
BANA
A killer ⬩ murderer ⬩ manslayer ⬩ the devil ⬩ interfector ⬩ occisor ⬩ homicida ⬩ diabolus
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Hie nǽfre his banan folgian noldon they never would follow his murderer, Chr. 755; Th. 84, 33, col. 1: L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 7: L.H.E. 2, 3, 4; Th. i. 28, 1, 5, 7. On banan fæðme in the embrace of the murderer, i.e. the devil, Andr.
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felgan
To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre
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Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende wǽron óþ hý ðǽrinne fulgon they were fighting about the gates until they entered therein, Chr. 755; Th. 87, 3, col. 1. Siððan inne fealh Grendles módor when Grendel's mother came in, Beo. Th. 2567; B. 1281.
Linked entry: ge-felgan
þrowere
a sufferer ⬩ a sufferer for religion ⬩ a martyr
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Sce Ciricius tíd ðæs þroweres, Chr. 916; Th. i. 190, col. 2. Ðrowres, Rtl. 50, 15. Ðrowre martyrem, 2. Monge Godes þrowera, Exon. Th. 113, 5; Gú. 153: 111, 25; Gú. 132. Ðrowara ðínra martyrum tuorum, Rtl. 63, 16, 34. Ðrowerana, 44, 32.
lafian
To lave ⬩ bathe ⬩ pour water on
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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wyllewætre gecnuwa ða wyrta swíðe wel lege on ðæt wæter lafa on ðone swile make the bath of the same herbs in cold spring-water, pound the herbs very thoroughly, lay on, pour the water on to the swelling, L.
ylp
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Ylpes bán ebur, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9: Lchdm. iii. 204, 2, 3. Hé sende þrittig ylpas tó wíge gewenode . . . and on ǽlcum ylpe wæs án wíghús getimbrod, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 561.
Linked entry: elp
be-héfe
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15.
æg
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Wyrta and ǽgra, Coll. M. 34, 27. and add
Æðelbald
Æthelbald ⬩ Æthelbaldus
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D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and Ethelbert to the kingdom of Kent, Chr. 855; Th. 129, 16-19, col. 1.A.D. 860, hér, Æðelbald cyning forþférde here, A.
CILD
A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer
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Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7. Eálá ge cildra O pueri, 35, 33. Mid cilde beón, weorþan, or wesan to be with child, Bd. Whelc. 487, 22
Linked entry: cyld
cuppe
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Gif wé þám þearfan gerǽcað cuppan fulle cóles wæteres, Hml. A. 141, 82. Hé genam áne cuppan mid cwealmbǽrum drence . . . and begól þone drenc, Hml. S. 14, 73. Ne mage gé samod drincan úses Drihtnes calic and ðæs deófles cuppan, 17, 218.
hǽwe
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Grǽg, hǽwe ferrugine (cf. ísengrǽg ferrugine, i. ferreo colore, 31: ferrugo vel ferrugineus, i. color purpurae subnigrae, Wülck. Gl. 236, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34. v. wann-hǽwe, and next word
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 27. Tó úhtsange, tó æftersange ad nocturnam, ad matutinam, Anglia xiii. 396, 449: 401, 523. Ðæt ðære nihte tó láfe sié æfter ðam úhtsange quod restat post vigilias, R. Ben. 32, 17.