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bí-gyrdel

(n.)

a girdle, purse

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Bos. 10, 9

Linked entry: gyrdel

ge-drync

(n.)

drinking

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drinking, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25

ge-fædred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fædred, part.

Fathered

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Fathered, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19

Linked entry: -fædred

brýme

(adj.)

famous

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famous, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30

ge-sýclian

(v.)

to be infirm,

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Bos. 4, 46

byþ

is, shall be

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Bos. 5, 14

FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISH ⬩ piscis

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Bos. 5, 6: Mt. Bos. 15, 34: Mk. Bos. 6, 43: 8, 7. Hí geféngon þreó hund fixa missenlícra cynna they caught three hundred fishes of diverse kinds, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 1.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

leáf

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</b> an artificial leaf :-- Gylden is se Godes cwide gimmum ástǽned, hafað silfren leáf, Sal. 64. a leaf of a book Hér on þysan óþran leáfe onginð seó æftere bóc, Gr. D. 92, 2. Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð, Verc.

háls

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In l. after 'forgeaf' add: gefreóde and gefreoðade folc under wolcnum, and at end: v. mund-heáls: <b>háls-bóc</b>. v. heáls-bóc: <b>halscod</b>

BYRGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYRGAN, birgan, byrigan, birigan, birgean, byrigean, byrian; p. de; pp. ed [
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beorg
tumulus]; v. trans.

tumulus ⬩ To raise a mound, to BURY ⬩ tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire

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Bos. 9, 59: 9, 60. Hine man byrigde swá him wel gebýrede they buried him as well became him, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 21: Hy. 10, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 29

feówertyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówertyne, adj.

FOURTEEN ⬩ quătuordĕcim

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Rachel acende feówertyne suna Rachel bore fourteen sons, Gen. 46, 22

Linked entry: feówertene

pliht

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Tó plihte þínre ǽhta and þínes ágenes heáfdes bodað þes þín cnapa swá bealdlíce be Críste, Hml. S. 35, 32. Add

wǽg-þel

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-þel, es; n.

A wave-plank ⬩ a ship

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On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713. Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras on wǽgþel, Cd. Th. 82, 6; Gen. 1358

dǽd-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-hwæt, pl. ; adj.

Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold ⬩ promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus

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Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold; promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus Hæleþ dǽdhwate men prompt of deed, Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 26; Jul. 2. Ge wǽron dǽdhwæte ye were bold of deeds, Elen.

CODD

(n.)
Grammar
CODD, es; m.

A bag ⬩ sack ⬩ COD ⬩ husk; ⬩ pera ⬩ folliculus ⬩ siliqua

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Bos. 9, 3; 22, 36; Mt. Bos. 10, 10; Mk. Bos. 6, 8. Nim wínberian coddas [MS. coddes] take husks of the grape Lchdm. iii. 112, 13

costnian

(v.)
Grammar
costnian, part. costnigende; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. gen. acc.

To tempt ⬩ tentare

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Bos. 4, 7; Lk. Bos. 4, 12

Linked entry: a-costnod

æfter-folgere

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-folgere, es; m.

A follower ⬩ successor

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A follower; successor, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 36

a-wyrþ

loses its strength ⬩ becomes insipid

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Bos. 5, 13

a-worden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-worden, pp. of a-weorþan; def. m. awordena

become worthless

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Bos. 5, 22

ciefes

(n.)
Grammar
ciefes, e; f.

A concubine ⬩ concubina

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A concubine; concubina, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 41