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BEORNAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEORNAN, byrnan; ic beorne, byrne, ðú beornest, beornst, byrnest, byrnst, he beorneþ, beornþ, byrneþ, byrnþ, pl. beornaþ; p. ic, he bearn, barn, born, ðú burne, pl. burnon; pp. bornen.

To BURNbe on fireardereexarderecomburiTo BURNurerecomburere

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To BURN; urere, comburere Swá fýr wudu byrneþ sicut ignis comburit silvas Ps. Th. 82, 10

ge-edstaðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edstaðelian, p. ode; pp. od

To restoreinstauraresuscitare

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Se cyng férde and ða burh geædstaðelede the king went and restored the town, Chr. 1092; Erl. 228, 15 : Th. Apol. 27, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 456

Linked entry: ge-edstaðolian

sorh-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
sorh-leóþ, es; n.

A sorrowful songa lay of grief

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A sorrowful song, a lay of grief Gesyhþ sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne . . . nis ðǽr hearpan swég, gomen in geardum swylce ðǽr iú wǽron. Gewíteþ ðonne, sorhleóð gæleþ, Beo. Th. 4912; B. 2460.

fóran

(prep.)
Grammar
fóran, prep.

Beforeante

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Fóran ongeán ða burh ex adverso contra urbem, Jos. 8, 5. Fóran-to before, Chr. 920; Erl. 104, 31.

potian

(v.)
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to push, thrust, strike, butt Hwæt wǽron hí, búton fearra gelícan, ðá ðá hí, mid leáfe ðære ealdan ǽ, heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon? Homl. Th. i. 522, 25.

fefer-ádl

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Þá folc bútú on feferádle mid ungemete swulton gravissima pestilentia uterque exercitus angebatur, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 35. Wearð hé untrum on feforádle, Bl. H. 217, 16: 227, 5: 209, 11. Miclum feberádlum magnis febribus, Lk. L. 4, 38: Mt. L. 8, 15.

bádian

(v.)
Grammar
bádian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To pledgeseizetake by way of a pledgepignerarepignus auferre

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To pledge, seize, take by way of a pledge; pignerare, pignus auferre Of ǽgdran stæðe on óðer man mót bádian, búte man elles riht begytan mǽge from one shore to the other one may take a pledge, unless he can get justice in another way, L. O.

Linked entry: níd-bád

circe

(n.)
Grammar
circe, an; f.

A churchecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία

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We lǽraþ, ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige we enjoin that they do not bury any man within a church, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 15: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 5

deór-fald

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Voc. ii. 129, 64. [ a deer-park Se king rád in his dérfald, Chr. 1123; P. 251, 5. þis wæs segon on þe selue derfald in þá tune on Burch and on ealle þá wudes, 1127; P. 258, 21. ]

ofer-scínan

(v.)

to cover with light, illumine

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to cover with light, illumine Næs ná ðæt án ðæt ðæt leóht ða dúne áne oferscíneþ, ac eác swylce ða burh, Blickl. Homl. 129, 2. Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5.

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst hweðer hyt wére ðe lǽne ðe ǽce but

Medeshámstede

(n.)
Grammar
Medeshámstede, es; m.

Peterborough

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Hé geaf hit ðá tó nama Burch ðe ǽr hét Medeshámstede, 963; Erl. 123, 34. See also Cod. Dip. Kembl. vi. 312

ymb-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wyrcan, p. -worhte.
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to surround with works Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh on mycelre heánnesse ymbworhte (v. l. ymbsealde. v. ymb-sellan), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24 note.

beorcan

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Se wrítere sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelice on ánne man, Hml. S. 31, 1132. Add

burg-man

Grammar
burg-man, (burh-).
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Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. Add

clúse

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Ox. 3110. a narrow passage, pass, defile Hé búta þá clúsan on his gewealde hæfde angustias Thermopylarum ingreditur, easque occupatas emuniit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 28, 23

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30. Hér Eádmund cyning Myrce geeode, burga fífe, . . . Snotingahám . . . 942; Erl. 116, 13

untrymness

(n.)
Grammar
untrymness, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessillnessinfirmity

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Weakness, sickness, illness, infirmity Hwaet is sáwla hǽlo, búte rihtwísnes? oððe hwæt is hiora untrymnes búte unþeáwas? quid vero aliud animorum salus videtur esse, quam probitas? quid aegritudo, quam vitia? Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 18.

heorcnian

(v.)
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Cuæð hé, 'Hú meahte ic somod ge in heofon gehéran ge hér sprecan,' Shrn. 72, 24. Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre, An. 654. Hé wolde hyrcnigan hálges lára, mildes meðelcwida, Gú. 979. with dat. Hé heora wordum heorcnode, Hml.

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, dióre; adv.

Dearly, with great pricecāre, magno

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Dióre gecépte drihten Créca Troia burh the lord of the Greeks dearly bought the city of Troy, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

Linked entry: dióre