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cild-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-cláþ, es; n.

A child-cloth, a swaddling-clothinfantilis pannus

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Bos. 2, 7

emn-sceólere

(n.)
Grammar
emn-sceólere, es; m.

A fellow-scholarcondiscĭpŭlus

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He ofslóh his emnsceólere he slew his fellow-scholar, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 12

Linked entry: scolere

fóre-stóp

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fóre-stóp, ðú -stópe, pl. -stópon

stepped beforepreventedwent beforepreceded

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Bos. 18, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 82, 22;

fyrhtnes

(n.)
Grammar
fyrhtnes, -ness, e; f.

Feartĭmor

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Fear; tĭmor Mid micelre fyrhtnesse with great fear, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 14; Mt. Kembl. Lind. 14, 26

ge-anlícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anlícian, p. ode; pp. od [líc like]

To make likelikenassĭmĭlāre

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Bos, 4, 30

be-stæl

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-stæl, pl. -stǽlon

stole upon

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stole upon, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 33 : Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 13; Similar entries p. of be-stelan

ge-belimpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belimpan, p. -belamp, pl. -belumpon; pp. belumpen

To happenoccurbefallevĕnīreaccĭdĕrecontingĕre

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Bos. 13, 7

Linked entry: be-limpan

ge-blendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blendan, p. -blende; pp. -blended, -blend [ge, blendan to blind]

To blindmake blindcæcāre

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Bos. 8, 17

Linked entries: blendan ge-blandan

be-rénian

(v.)

to ornamentadorn

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to ornament, adorn: — Bóc mid sylure berénod, and iii. róde mid sylure berénode, C. D. vi. 101, 24. Add:

wǽpned-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-bearn, es; n.

A male childa boy

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A male child, a boy For wǽpnedbearne . . . for wífcilde pro masculo . . . pro femina, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 14

Linked entry: bearn

Hæfeldan

(n.)

the name of a Slavonic people

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the name of a Slavonic people Wylte ðe man Hæfeldan hǽt, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 39 : 19, 18

fiscaþ

(n.)
Grammar
fiscaþ, es; m.

A fishingpiscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Ðǽr biþ swýðe mycel fiscaþ there is very much fishing, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 14

fyligean

(v.)

to followattendfollow or carry out

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Bos. 5, 37: 8, 34: Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 17

é

(n.)
Grammar
é, dat. or inst. to or

from a river

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from a river Of ðære é Indus from the river Indus, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 16, 25 ; dat. sing

Eallríca

(n.)
Grammar
Eallríca, an; m.

Alaric, king of the Goths

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Alaric, king of the Goths Eallríca Gotona cyning Alaric, king of the Goths, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 37

eall-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-swá, adv.

Also, so, so as, likewise, even as, even sosīcut

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Bos. 14, 16

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.

Yond, yonder, thither, beyondillucthere

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Hyder geond yonder, Mt, Bos. 26, 36

un-gebét

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebét, un-gebétt; adj.

unamendeduncorrectednot amended through the penance prescribed by the churchunatoned because 'bót' has not been made

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Ealle scylda, ðe wið God beóð ungebétta, beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. of persons, unatoned because 'bót' has not been made Ðá wæs hé ðisse spǽce, ǽgðer ge on lífe and æfter, ungeládod ge ungebétt he was, both when alive and

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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Sax. eln-boga, el-boga the elbow: Dut. elle-boog: Ger. ellen-boge.] Ell is an old Teutonic word being used in the oldest German, the Gothic translation of Ulphilas about A. D. 360: in Anglo-Saxon about 895.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

-ærn

(suffix)
Grammar
-ærn, -ern, es; n. [ærn a place] is generally used as a termination, and denotes a place; thus, Eorþ-ærn, es; a

An earth-place or housethe grave

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Bos. 27, 27. Hédd-ern a heeded-place, store-house, cellar, Lk. Bos. 12, 24