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a-sǽdon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sǽdon, p. of a-secgan.

said outrelatedtold

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said out, related, told,Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 33;

cuning

(n.)

a king,

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Bodl. fol. 9a, 7

fleów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleów, pl. fleówon

flowedissued

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Bos. 19, 34: Ps. Lamb. 77, 20;

for-scrufon

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrufon, p. pl. of for-sceorfan.

ate off

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ate off, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, = for-scurfon;

for-spyllan

(v.)

to lose

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Bos. 16, 25

fylde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fylde, pl. fyldon

filled

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Bos. 6, 13;

líc-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
líc-fæt, es; n.

The body

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The body, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 20; Gú.1063

ge-cnycc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cnycc, es; n.

A bondnexus

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A bond; nexus Gicnyccum nexibus, Rtl. 59, 13; 66, 25

Linked entry: -cnycc

ge-meten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-meten, part.

Measured, measured back or againremensus

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Bos. 7, 2

byxen

(adj.)
Grammar
byxen, adj.
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Of box Sió bixne buxeus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 21

Linked entry: bixen

dearf

(adj.)
Grammar
dearf, [ = W. S. deorf]
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Bold Dearfe ł dyrstige audaci, Mt. p. 9, 3

crǽwst

(v.)
Grammar
crǽwst, he crǽwþ crowest, crows
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Bos. 22, 34

hild-from

(adj.)
Grammar
hild-from, adj.

Stout or bold in war,

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Stout or bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2405; An. 1204

for-gyfendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; adj.

Forgivingpardonabletolerableremissus

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Bos. 11. 22. Sodomwara lande byþ forgyfenlícreon dómes dæg, ðonne ðé terræ Sŏdŏmōrum remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii, quam tĭbi, Mt. Bos. 11. 24: Lk. Bos. 10, 14

for-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
for-leósan, he -lýst; p. ic, he -leás, ðú -lure, pl. -luron; subj. pres. -leóse, pl. -leósen; p. -lure, pl. -luran, -luren; pp. -loren

To loselet godestroyamittĕreperdĕredestruĕre

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Bos. 15, 4. Ic forleás perdĭdĕram, Lk. Bos. 15, 9. Ðú forleóse láþra gehwylcne mayest thou destroy every one of my enemies, Ps. Th. 142, 12. Ðam ðe ǽr his elne forleás to him who had before lost his courage, Beo. Th. 5715; B. 2861.

Linked entry: be-leósan

éhtnes

(n.)
Grammar
éhtnes, éhtnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Persecution persĕcutio

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Bos. 5, 10: Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 22: 1, 8; S. 479, 19, 21

be-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon ; pp. -dolfen

To dig in or aroundto buryintercircumfoderesepelire

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Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081

bern

(n.)
Grammar
bern, es; n.

A barnhorreum

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Bos. 12, 24 : 12, 18 : 3, 17 : Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. Bern horreum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131

Linked entry: bærn

blind-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blind-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

BLINDNESScæcitas

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BLINDNESS; cæcitas Ðá ge blindnesse bóte forségon when ye renounced the remedy of blindness, Elen. Kmbl. 777; El. 389: Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 28; Gú. 600. Ofer hyra heortan blindnesse super cæcitate cordis eorum, Mk. Bos. 3, 5: Elen.

be-metan

(v.)
Grammar
be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]

To measure bycompareestimateconsidermetiricommetiricomparareæstimare

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Ðæt hý heora miclan ánwealdes and longsuman hý sylfe siððan wið Alexander to náhte [ne] bemǽtan that, in respect of their great and lasting power, they estimated themselves at nothing against Alexander 3, 9; Bos. 65, 39 : 4, 6; Bos. 86, 17