and-efn
An equality ⬩ a proportion ⬩ measure ⬩ an amount ⬩ proportio
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An equality, a proportion, measure, an amount; proportio Be hire andefne by its proportion, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 14
Linked entry: ond-efen
belone
Henbane
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Henbane Henne-belone, óðrum naman belone henbane, by another name bane Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 5, note 9
níd-bysig
Troubled by distresses
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Troubled by distresses Ðǽr ( in hell) ðú (the devil ) nýdbysig fore oferhygdum eard gesóhtes, Exon. Th. 267, 31; Jul. 423
bi-feohtan
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To deprive by fighting; pugnando privare Feore bifohten deprived of life, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 23; Rä. 4, 32
Linked entry: be-feohtan
stigel-hamm
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An enclosure reached by a stile (?) On stigel*-*hammas; of stigealhammum on wígferðes leáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 289, 2
for-delfan
to dig up
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to destroy by digging (?), to dig up On ðone díc ðǽr esne ðone weg fordealf, C. D. ii. 28, 33
Linked entry: delfan
geréf-land
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Substitute: Land held by a reeve þa mǽde þa ge-byrað tó ðám geréflande, C. D. B. i. 544, 1
eág-gebyrd
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Substitute: The nature of the eye Is seó eággebyrd stearc the eye is by nature strong; ingentes oculi, Ph. 301
sǽ-clif
a cliff by the sea
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a cliff by the sea Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum, Bt. 7,4 ; Fox 22, 27
a-dreópan
To shed drop by drop ⬩ guttatim effundere
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To shed drop by drop; guttatim effundere Nú is mín swát adropen now is my blood sprinkled, An. 1427, note
þistel-geblǽd
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a blister caused by the prick of a thistle Wið þorn-geblǽd, wið þys[tel]geblǽd, Lchdm. iii. 36, 22
þúsend-gerím
Numeration by thousands ⬩ counting with the unit a thousand
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Numeration by thousands, counting with the unit a thousand Ðría ðreóténo ðúsendgerímes thirty-nine thousand, Salm. Kmbl. 582; Sal. 290
æt-þringan
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Add: To thrust away, deprive of by violence Hé his feorh him ætþrang ejus animam excussit . Gr. D. 75, 26
be-siftan
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To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155
ge-roscian
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To dry by heat Geroscod parsus (1. passus), Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 60. Geroscade pascsos (1. passes), ii. 116, 31
wind-filled
Wind-felled ⬩ blown down by the wind
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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10
Linked entry: fillan
hleów-feðer
A sheltering wing
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A sheltering wing Gefór hleówfeðrum þeaht journeyed covered by [his creator's] sheltering wings, Cd. 131; Th. 165, 31; Gen. 2740
be-flówan
To come by flowing ⬩ to flow to
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Add: To come by flowing, to flow to Welan þeáh þe tó beflówan diuitiae si affluant, Ps. L. 61, 11
ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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To hraðe hine gelette lidmanna sum ðá he ðæs eorles earm amyrde too soon one of the seamen hindered him when he disabled the earl's arm, Byrht. Th. 136, 40; By. 164.
Linked entry: lettan
scild-burh
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When this arrangement is abandoned, they are said 'bregða skjaldborginni,' c. 95] Wearð scyldburh tóbrocen, Byrht. Th. 138, 56 : By. 242. Hæleþ higerófe scildburh scǽron, Judth.
Linked entry: bord-haga