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byrd

(n.)
Grammar
byrd, e; f.
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Ger. burt.] bearing, Similar entries v. ende-, for-, fore-, mund-, stefn-byrd

Linked entry: byrd-scype

ge-wriþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wriþelian, (?); p. ode
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Ger. ge-ridilón vel ge-wittón discriminare (crinem).] Cf. wriþels

Linked entry: ge-wiþelode

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

sypian

(v.)
Grammar
sypian, (?), sipian (?); p. ode

To delay, be slow

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Sypigende senescens, frigescens, Germ. 397, 345

ofer-helian

(v.)
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Beón oferheled obtegi, Germ. 389, 22. Add

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, <b>II a.</b>
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add: to throw, scatter Hyt nyþer torfaþ iacit cumulos, Germ. 390, 80. to toss (intrans.) Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62

á-cumba

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Ácumb stuppa, Germ. 391, 20. Ácumba putamina, An. Ox. 3293: s[t]uppea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 9. Naptarum heordena ácumba, 59, 48. Ácumban putamine, An. Ox. 3728. Ácuman putamina, 2, 187. Ðá hét se undergeréfa ontendan hí mid ácuman, Hml. S. 4, 333. Add

á-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-líhtan, to alight.
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Álíhte, gehýþegode expedita libera, leuigata, Germ. 391, 33. to alight, descend Zachéus swiftlíce of ðám treówe álíhte, Hml. Th. i. 580, 35

eolone

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Eolene inola, Txts. 69, 1057: ybys, Germ. 394, 258. Elone horidanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 25. Elene, ii. 43, 18 : 63, 48 : inula (mula, MS.), 59, 41. Add

weorold-sacu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sacu, e;
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Ger. weralt-sahha mortalis res.]

and-bita

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Ger. int-pizzun refecerunt: im-piz refectio, prandium.] Cf. on-bítan

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, ealde-fæder; indecl. in s. but sometimes gen. -fæderes and dat. -fædere are found; pl. nom. acc. -fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

A grandfather, ancestor ⬩ ăvus, antecessor

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A grandfather, ancestor; ăvus, antecessor Ealdefæder ăvus, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 6; Wrt. Voc. 51, 51. Ðú forþfærst to ðínum ealdfæderum tu ībis ad patres tuos, Gen. 15, 15 : Beo. Th. 751; B. 373

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan

storm-sǽ

(n.)
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Ger. sturm-wint turbo: Icel. sturm-viðri tempest, for similar compounds.)

cyric

(n.)
Grammar
cyric, a church. v. in the compounds cyric-ǽwe, -belle, -bóc, -bót, -bryce, -burh, -dór, -friþ, -fultum, -georn, -geriht, -griþ, etc.

Linked entry: cyric-ǽwe

Ríc-

(prefix)
Grammar
Ríc-, -ríc = ríce, q. v.
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Ger. Graff ii. 389

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law

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Slita morsuum Germ. 392, 30. a coil of a snake (?) Nædre sprotum slitas (?) lices clyniende vipera sarmentis laqueos corporis inplicans Germ. 401 24. a breach, infraction of a law Similar entries v. lah-slit

Linked entry: slítan

BEARO

(n.)
Grammar
BEARO, bearu; gen. bearwes; dat. bearwe, bearowe, bearuwe; acc. bearo; pl. nom. acc. bearwas; gen. -wa; dat. -wum; m.

A grove ⬩ wood ⬩ nemus ⬩ lucus ⬩ silva ⬩ virgultum

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A grove, wood; nemus vel lucus, silva, virgultum Se hálga bearo sette the holy man planted a grove, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 7; Gen. 2840. Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67. Bearu nemus

Linked entries: bærwe bearowe bearu bearuwe bearwas beora

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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a son Mín se gecorena sunu (sune, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 17. Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes

Linked entry: suna

cweccan

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For first reference substitute Germ. 397, 504, and add Þá cwehte se déma his deóflice heáfod, Hml. S. 8, 91. Se cwellere slóh swíðe . . . him ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold þá þá hé swá hetelíce his handa cwehte, 12, 217. Cwahte vibrabit, Ps. Spl.

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