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nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

a nebniba beaka beak-shaped thinga nosethe gristle of the nosethe facecountenance

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.), nib, a beak, a beak-shaped thing Neb rostrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 25. Ðæt nebb ( of the Phænix ) líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim, Exon. Th. 218, 24; Ph. 299. Neb ( of a ship ), 392, 1; Rä. 11, 1. Neb ( of a plough ), 403, 1; Rä. 22, 1.

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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(Ða bead se e Þa þa menn on heora bedde wæron and hit swiðe gedrih wæs Nap. 29. Cf. Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9. Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht, 256, 34.)

ge-wegan

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Add to bear, have a feeling, v. wegan; 3 Hé wynne gewigeð, Reim. 76. to weigh. to weigh in a balance, measure by weight In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk.

hefe-lic

heavygraveseriousgrievousoppressivehard to dolaboriousgrievous

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I. 56, 17. hard to bear, grievous, oppressive Gewearð swíðe hefelic and swíðe wólberendlic geár, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 27. ꝥ Þæt heom hefelice ne þince þás þing, Angl. viii. 321, 43, 1083; P. 215, 25 (in Dict.). hard to do, laborious Gif hwylcum bréþer

Linked entries: hefig hefig-lic

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time Hé tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.

helle-gást

(n.)
Grammar
helle-gást, -gǽst,
  • Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 28; Jul. 457
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  • 74 b; Th. 279, 17; Jul. 615
  • :
  • Beo. Th. 2552; B. 1274.

be-bycgean

(v.)
Grammar
be-bycgean, -bycgan ; part. -bycgende ; p. -bohte; pp. -boht

To sellto set or put to salevendere

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Iudas bebohte bearn wealdendes on seolfres sinc Judas sold the child of the Almighty for a heap of silver, Cd. 226; Th. 301, 5; Sat. 577 : Ps. Th. 43, 14 : 104, 15 : Beo. Th. 5591; B. 2799

Linked entries: be-bohte bi-bycgong

burh-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
burh-sittende, burg-sittende; part.
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Folca bearn burgsittende the sons of men dwelling in cities, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 24; Gen. 1089: Exon. 12b; Th. 21, 20; Cri. 337. Burgsittendra, gen. pl. 106b; Th. 407, 10; Rä. 26, 3

for-hwerfan

(v.)

To transformperverttransformārepervertĕre

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To transform, pervert; transformāre, pervertĕre Cnihtas wurdon ealle forhwerfde to sumum dióre the men were all transformed to some beast, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 172; Met. 26, 86: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 2.

hroden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hroden, pp. of hreóðan

Ladenornamentedadorned

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Laden, laden with ornaments, ornamented, adorned Brýd beága hroden a bride adorned with rings, Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 31; Cri. 292. Ðá wæs heal hroden feónda feorum then was the hall burdened with the lives of his foes [filled with the slain ], Bec.

Linked entries: hreóðan fǽtan

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

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A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388.

blótan

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Swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ǽgen bearn quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui, Past. 393, 9. Add: [a weak past seems used (ofredon and blótten (-on. Th., blóten, S. 162, 30)) in Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18; cf.

weg-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-leás, adj.

without a road, impassable out of the way, erroneous, unreasonable

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Weglǽsa beara aviaria, secreta nemora, 39, 11. fig. out of the way, erroneous, unreasonable Welise (= wílése? cf. wig =weg, and wí-férend = weg-férend, both in the same glossary) devium, Kent. Gl. 432. Gedwelde mid wegleásum errore devio, Hymn.

efesian

(v.)
Grammar
efesian, efosian, efsian; p. ode; pp. od [efes the eaves, q. v.]

To cut in the form of eaves, to round, to shear in rŏtundum attondēre, tondēre

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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, to shear; in rŏtundum attondēre, tondēre Ne gé eów ne efesion ne beard ne sciron neque in rŏtundum attondēbĭtis cŏmam nec rādētis barbam, Lev. 19, 27.

Linked entries: efosian efsian

hyngrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyngrian, hyngran; p. ode, ede

To hunger

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To hunger. with nom. of person Eádige synd gé ðe hingriaþ nú beati qui nunc esuritis, Lk. Skt. 6, 21. Eádige ða ðe rihtwísnesse hingriaþ beati qui esuriunt justitiam, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6.

Linked entries: hungrian hingrian

BUCCA

(n.)
Grammar
BUCCA, an; m.

a buckA he-goat, BUCKcaper, hircus

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Buccan beard a goat's beard, Wrt. Voc. 289, 10

Linked entry: buc-heort

a-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wríðan, p. -wráþ, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen [a, wríðan to wreathe, bind] .

to bind upbindwreathealligaretorquereto unbindloosensolvere

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Sylfa his wúnda awráþ he bound up his wounds; sua vulnera ipse alligavit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 36. to unbind, loosen; solvere Ðæt he awríðe bearn fordóndra ut solveret filios interemptorum, Ps. Spl. 101, 21

Linked entries: a-wráþ wríþan

ele-berge

(n.)
Grammar
ele-berge, an; f. [ele oil; berge = berie a berry]

An olive, the fruit of an olive-tree ŏlīva

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Syndon bearn ðíne swá swá nywlícra elebergena oððe guógaþ elebeáma sunt fīlii tui sīcut nŏvellæ ŏlīvārum, Ps. Lamb. 127, 3.He úteóde on ðæne múnt Oliuarum, ðæt is Elebergena egressus ībat in montem Ŏlivārum, Lk. Bos. 22, 39

plantung

(n.)
Grammar
plantung, e; f.
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Ðara bearn swá swá æðele plantunga, Ps. Spl. 143, 14 : Blickl. G1. Plantunga seten plantaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 76

gierwan

(v.)
Grammar
gierwan, p. ede; pp. ed

To make readyprepareput onclotheadornpărāreinduĕrevestīre

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Bearn fæder and módor gierwaþ father and mother adorn the child, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 23; Vy. 8