bisceop-wíte
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A fine payable to a bishop (cf. e.g. Ll. Th. i. 262, § 3: 474, § 17) Ðæt ðe scýrbiscop ... hádinge ne dó on ðis abbotríce, búton seó abbod hit him bydde, ne biscopwíte episcopus dioceseos ... non ordinationem ... sine abbatis fauore arroget, ... neque
bí-wyrde
A proverb ⬩ saying
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A proverb, saying Bíwyrde proverbium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 56. Bíwyrda proverbiorum, An. Ox. 5232
Linked entry: bí-word
blód-gemang
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A blood-mixture Of blódgemongum de sanguinibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 28
Linked entry: worms-gemang
bóc-cynn
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A kind of book Saga mé hwæt bóccynna and hú fela sindon, Sal. K. p. 192, 8
bóc-weorc
study
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Literary work, study Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið mid rihte his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc, rǽding oððon rihting, lár oððon leornung, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 19
bog-timber
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Wood for an arch Similar entries (? v. boga, II) Ic gegade-rode mé bohtimbru and bolttimbru (bolt = bold ? ef. boldgetæl (bolt-)) I gathered me wood for building, Shrn. 163, 7
Linked entries: boh-timber bolt-timber
breóst-nirwett
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Oppression of the chest, angina pectoris Wiþ breóstnyrwette, Lch. iii. 76, 3
Linked entry: nirwett
breóst-þing
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A part of the breast On þám eahtoþan mónþe him beóð þá breóstþing wexende (the organs of the breast are develop-ing), Lch. iii. 146, 18
Linked entry: þing
breóst-wærc
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Pain in the chest Wiþ breóst-wærce, Lch. ii. 58, 20, 25 : 316, 5. Substitute: ; m
brim-stæþ
Sea-shore
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Sea-shore Streámwelm hwíleð, beátaþ brimstæþo, An. 496
brocc-hol
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A badger's hole On broccholes weg, Cht. E. 239, 18
efen-hleóþor
el-lende
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Foreign parts Oþþe on ellende (ælþeóde, v. l.) oððe on heora ágenre gecýþþe, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 34. On ellende apud exteras nationes, 27, 4; F. 100, 10. In ellende ł in elðióde gefoerde peregre profectus est, Mt. R. 21, 33. On ellende færende peregre
eorþ-gemǽre
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An end of the earth Eall eorðgemǽru universi fines terrae, Ps. Th. 21, 25
fær-riht
fare
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Due payment for passage, fare Ðá cwæð hé: " Gif þú hæfst ꝥ færriht (færeht, v. l.), ne forwyrnþ þé heora ǽnig. " Ðá cwæð ic tó him : " Bróðor, næbbe ic nán færriht (færeht, v. l.) tó syllanne, ac ic wille faran and án þǽra scypa ástígan " then said he
fæst-land
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Land adapted to resist attack, that is hard to invade Fóran wé þurh ðá fæstlond and þurh þá ungeférenlican eorþan we marched through country which could easily have been defended and over ground that was almost impassable, Nar. 17, 6
fant-bæþ
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The baptismal font, font with water in it ready for baptism, the rite there performed Þonne is æfter eallum þisum mid rihtum geleáfan tó efstanne wið fontbæðes georne . . . Þá ðreó dýfinga on fontbæðe getácniað . . . Wlfst. 36, 1-10. Gelǽstan þæt þæt
feald
a fold
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a fold. Dele
fearn-edisc
A fern-pasture
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A fern-pasture On sacecumb, swá on fearn*-*edisc, C. D. B. i. 519, 2
feoh-land
Pasture-land
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Pasture-land Hé méé geset on swýðe good feoh*-*land in loco pascuae me collocavit, Ps. Th. 22, 1