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býdla

(n.)
Grammar
býdla, an; m.
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Cf. buan

ge-wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wítnung, e; f.

Punishment

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Punishment On ðære Sodomitiscra gewítnunge forbearn seó eorþe in the punishment of the people of Sodom the earth was burnt, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 33

sulh-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-beám, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 126, 79: buris, 12, 54: i. 15, 4

BERSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BERSTAN, part. berstende; ic berste, ðú birst, he birsteþ, biersteþ, birst, byrst, bierst, pl. berstaþ; p. ic, he bærst, ðú burste, pl. burston; pp. borsten.

to BURSTbreakfailfallcum fragore dissilirecorruererumpifrangito make the noise of a bursting or breakingto crashdashcrackfragorem ederesonarecrepare

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to BURST, break, fail, fall; cum fragore dissilire, corruere, rumpi, frangi Heofonas berstaþ the heavens burst, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 10; Cri. 933. Burston bán-locan the bone-inclosures burst, Beo. Th. 1640; B. 818.

Linked entries: bærst biersteþ

æt-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gædere, adv. [æt, gædrian = gadrian to gather]

Togetherunasimul

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Blod and wæter bu tú ætgædre blood and water both together, Exon. 70a; Th. 260, 5; Jul. 292. Bismærede ungket [ = uncit] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together. Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30

be-dícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-dícian, p. ode ; pp. od ; v. a.

To REDIKEto moundto fortify with a moundaggere munire

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To REDIKE, to mound, to fortify with a mound; aggere munire Bedícodon ða buruh útan they embanked the city without, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 8, col. 1

wígbed-heorþ

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-heorþ, es; m.

The altar-hearththe part of the altar where the offering is burnt

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The altar-hearth, the part of the altar where the offering is burnt Hé genom on ðam wíbedheorðe ðæs dustes dǽl, Lchdm. iii. 364, col. 1

Linked entry: heorþ

hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre, hwæððre, hweðre; adv.

Yethowevernevertheless

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Yet, however, nevertheless Ac nǽnig hwæðere him gelíce dón ne mihte but none however could do like him, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 39. Hwæðere ðú meaht mé singan attamen mihi cantare habes, 597, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hwæðere

láðettan

(v.)
Grammar
láðettan, p. te

odioushatefulbe hatedbe hostileto abominatehate

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Ðás gyltas ne mǽgon úre sáwla ofsleán ac hí mágon hí áwlǽtan and Gode láðettan these sins cannot destroy our souls, but they can pollute them and be hateful to God, Homl, Th. ii. 590, 29.

midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-wardmiddle of

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Seó eá is irnende þurh middewearde Babylonia burg mediam Babylonian interfluentem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 3: 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6. As a noun :-- On middeweardan innoþes mínes in medio ventris mei, Ps. Lamb. 21, 15

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A changeinterchangevicissitudeturncourse

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Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til ðæt hie on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum nor was the exchange good, that they on both sides must buy with the lives of friends, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304.

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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Homl. 71, 7. therein Hér is án lytele burg, ðǽr ic mæg mín feorh on generian. Hió is án lytel, and ðeáh ic mæg ðǽron libban, Past. 51; Swt. 399, 24. Áwyrtwala grǽdignysse of ðínre heortan, and áplanta þǽron ða sóþan lufe, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 2.

Linked entry: on

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Synful yrsaþ, tóþum torn þolaþ, þearle þindeþ (in this and the next passage the Latin verb is tabescere, but tumescere seems in each case to have been read), Ps. Th. 111, 9.

Linked entry: a-þindan

þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.
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The passage describes a calf sucking from its mother; if þeótan is an infinitive, it must refer to the sound made by the milk coming from the teat, but perhaps gesceap-þeóte may be a compound noun meaning the teat ), Exon. Th. 420, 2; Rä. 39, 4

drípan

(v.)
Grammar
drípan, p. te
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(v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8. Ceáces sure wið wín gemenge, ii. 32, 9. Gewyrce (cf. wyrc, 32, 5) him ... finul, wyl þá wyrta, 34, 9.

Linked entry: dryppan

wæl-cyrge

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-cyrge, -cyrige, -cyrie, an; f.

A chooser of the slain.

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But elsewhere it is used apparently with the sense of witch or sorceress Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 18. Wiccan and wælcerian, 165, 34. Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10

Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga

BÝRGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÝRGAN, býrian, býrigan, býrgean, býrigean, beorgan; p. de; pp. ed
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þégun æppel, býrgdon forbodene they both ate the apple, tasted the forbidden [fruit ], Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 11; Ph. 404. Nim ðé ðis ofæt on hand, bít hit and býrge take to thee this fruit in hand, bite it and taste, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 12; Gen. 519

ád-lég

(n.)
Grammar
ád-lég, es; m.

The flame of the funeral pileflamma rogi

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The flame of the funeral pile; flamma rogi Ádlég æleþ flǽsc and bán the flame of the pile burns flesh and bones, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 9; Ph. 222

ofer-hragan

(v.)

to come in stormsto sleeta storm

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Wǽtum hé oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305

Linked entry: hragan

M

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S. fíf, but Goth. fimf; A. S. sófte, O. H. Ger. samfto. Also for earlier fn is found mn, as in emn along with efn, Goth. ibn; stemn and stefn, Goth. stibna.