Beran burh
BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire
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BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3
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écra
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of éce
eton
to eat
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to eat
FEOH
cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes
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cattle, living animals; pĕcus, jūmenta Gif ðé becume óðres monnes giémeleás feoh [G and H] on hand if the stray cattle of another man come to thy hand, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9. Feoh bútan gewitte the cattle without understanding, Salm. Kmbl. 46; Sal
ferh
Life ⬩ vīta
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Life; vīta Ferh ellen wræc power drove out life, Beo. Th. 5406; B. 2706. He fromne ferdrinc fere beserode he deprived the brave warrior of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22. Ealne wídan ferh to all eternity, Exon, 44 b; Th. 151, 3; Gú. 789
Finns buruh
Finnsburg
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Finnsburg Swylce eal Finnes buruh [MS. Finns] fýrenu wǽre as if all Fin's castle were on fire, Fins. Th. 72; Fin. 36. This Finnsburg is no doubt the same as the Finnesham mentioned by Beowulf, — Swylce hie æt Finnes hám findaa meahton such as they might
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BLEOH
A colour, hue, complexion ⬩ color, species
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A colour, hue, complexion; color, species Bleoh color, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 70; Wrt. Voc. 46, 27. Mislíc bleó a mixed colour, 79; Som. 72, 78; Wrt. Voc. 46, 35. Blió color, Prov. 23. Ðæt wæs hwítes bleós swá cristalla it was of a white colour like
bold-getimber
The timber of a house ⬩ ædificii tignum
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The timber of a house; ædificii tignum Leóht [fýr] briceþ and bærneþ boldgetimbru light [fire] breaketh and burneth the timbers of the house, Salm. Kmbl. 826; Sal. 412
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Wrong, perversity, injustice, error Englas nánes wóges (wós, v. l. ) ne wilíniaþ. Bt. 40, 7 ; Fox 242, 23. Gif wé wilnigen ðæt hie ðæs wós geswícen hos cum conamur instruere, ne perversa sentiatit, Past. 48; Swt. 367, 23. Wóes ł wohfulníse nequitia.
gyru
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Mud, filth, dung Gyr (gyru?, gor, ?? cf. letamen gor, scear[n]. Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 38), dincge letamen, An. Ox. 4773. Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre
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burg-waran
Inhabitants of a city, citizens ⬩ urbis incolæ, cives
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Inhabitants of a city, citizens; urbis incolæ, cives Ealle burgwaran all the city-inhabitants, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 6; Hö. 134: 120b; Th. 462, 23; Hö. 56. Burgwarena fruma the chief of the citizens, Scóp Th. 182; Wíd. 90
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mertze
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Ger. merzi merx, Grff. ii. 861.] (?)
an-æðelian
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Ger. ant-adalen to degrade.]
cecil
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Ger. chahhala cacabus.]
smeortan
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Ger. smerzan cremare) arsuros, An. Ox. 1431
berend
A carrier
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Germ: 393, 149: gerula (floris, Aid. 54, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 82 : 41, 38. Berend geruli (Aid. 179, 19), 94, 23 : 41, 46
ge-mearr
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Prud. 662 substitute Germ. 397, 496, and add: futility, vanity Ná on gemear þú gesettest suna manna non uane constituisti filios hominum. Ps. Rdr. 88, 48
á-scuniendlic
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Áscuniendlica intestabilis, Germ. 393, 77. Þá áscuniendlican inepta, i. abjecta, An. Ox. 1900. Add
rǽdels
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Ger. rádislo (-i). Add
hand-gemǽne
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Germ. handgemein werden to fight hand lo hand) Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs handgemǽne there for a time it was for the two of us hand-to-hand fighting, B. 2137