feld-wyrt
Field-wort ⬩ gentian ⬩ gentiāna
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Herba gentiāna, ðæt ys feldwyrt the herb gentiāna, that is, field-wort, Herb. cont. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 12, 16.
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ge-birhtan
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Take here ge-byrhtan and ge-brihtan in Dict. and add : to make bright -Geberhtes clarificabit, Jn. L. 16, 14. to become bright, to shine Ic áhyrde míne sunnan, and heó gebyrhteð ; þonne forbærned heó ealle þíne æceras, Wlfst. 260, 8.
swǽtan
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add: — Úre líchama is eorðe, and hé oft ðeáh swǽt, Hex. 22, 24. add Se stán cymð of eorðan, and hé swǽt swáþeáh, Hex. 22, 22. Hí gangende gemétton ꝥ stánclif swætende and wǽtende qui euntes rupem montis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 9
cométa
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Hér atíwede cométa, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. Hér atéwoden twégen cométan, 729; P. 45, 1. Add
ge-þeóde
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Ðǽr ðǽr hine nán man ne can ne he nǽnne mon ne furðum ðæt geþeóde ne can where no man knows him nor he any man, nor does he know even the language, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 23. Ðæt ys gereht on úre geþeóde quod est interpretatum, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 23: Mk.
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a-delfan
To dig ⬩ delve ⬩ fodere ⬩ effodere
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To dig, delve: fodere, effodere Cleopatra hét adelfan hyre byrigenne Cleopatra ordered her burying place to be dug, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 22. Seáþ adealf lacum effodit. Ps.
Bensing-tún
BENSINGTON ⬩ Benson in Oxfordshire ⬩ Bensington in agro Oxoniensi
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BENSINGTON or Benson in Oxfordshire; Bensington in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cuðulf feówer túnas genam, Liggeanburh, and Æglesburh, and Bensingtún, and Egoneshám here, in 571, Cuthwulf took four towns, LENBURY, and AYLESBURY, and BENSON, and ENSHAM Chr. 571
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ge-algian
To protect ⬩ defend ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre
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To protect, defend; tuēri, defendĕre Hér stynt eorl, ðe wile gealgian éðel ðysne here stands an earl, who will defend this land, Byrht. Th. 133, 18; By. 52.
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borh
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Th. i. 254, 21. add: of a body of persons Hér swutelað seó gewitnes and se borh þe þǽr æt wǽron ( here follows a list of names ), C. D. iv. 235, 19
yfele
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, Hex. 54, 10
áþ
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Hé cwæð ðæt hé nán ryhtre geðencan ne meahte þonne hé þone áð ágifan móste gif hé meahte ... and hé gelǽdde tó ðon ándagan done áð be fullan ... and cwæð ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt hé ... ðonne se áð forbufste ... and wé gehýrdan ðæt hé ðone áð be fullan
bæftan
After ⬩ behind ⬩ hereafter ⬩ afterwards ⬩ postea
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He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta he alone was left there behind, Gen. 32, 24. Mycel ðæs heres ðe mid hyre bæftan wæs much of the army that was behind with her, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 23
be-scerian
To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare
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He wæs eallra his lima þénunge bescyred he was deprived of the use of all his limbs, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38. He hæfþ us ðæs leóhtes bescyred he hath deprived us of the light, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 12; Gen. 392 : 21; Th. 25, 16; Gen. 394.
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fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
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He fór in Galwalas he went into Gaul, 380; Erl. 11, 2
Norþ-wíc
Norwich
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Norwich Hér com Swegen tó Norþwíc ... Ðá gerǽdde Ulfkytel wið ða witan on Eást-Englum, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 17. Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc; ðá lǽdde hé ðæt wíf tó Norþwíc, 1075; Erl. 213, 6
tó-fillan
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To cause to fall in different directions, to demolish, destroy, break to pieces God heáfdas feónda gescǽneþ and hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan ðe hér on scyldum swǽrum eodon Deus conquassabit capita inimicorum suorum; verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis
un-gód
Not good ⬩ evil ⬩ bad
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Not good, evil, bad Seldan hé bið eald; ungódan deáðe hé swylt, Lchdm. iii. 184, 23. On ylde ungódum deáðe heó swylt, 188, 28
creópan
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S. 4, 430. of human beings. literal Heó creáp on þám handum, and dróh on ðǽre eorðan ealne hire líchaman, Gr. D. 228, 10. to walk with crutches Hé árás and mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml.
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Hér Ælfred [MS. Aldfriþ] Norþanhymbra cining forþférde here, A.D. 705, Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died, Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 32