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besta

(adj.)
Grammar
besta, m : seó, ðæt beste

the BESToptimus

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the BEST; optimus Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b

Linked entry: betera

cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
cneówian, cneówigan; part. cneówigende;p. ode;; pp. od [cneó, cneów a knee]

To bow the kneeto kneel; genuflectere

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To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc

Linked entry: cneówlian

ge-fér-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-rǽden, -réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e; f.

companionshipfellowshipcongregationchurchsocietascomitatuseeclesiasynagogafamiliarityfriendshipfamiliaritasamicitia

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Bos. 18, 17 : Jn. Bos. 9, 22. familiarity, friendship; familiaritas, amicitia Ðæs cyninges geférrǽden mæg nǽnigne mon gedón weligne the king's familiarity can make no man wealthy, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 102, 2

Linked entry: ge-fǽrréden

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, p. -líffæste; pp. -líffæsted, -líffæst

To make alivequickenvivificāre

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Bos. 5, 21. He wolde swá synfulle sáwle gelíffæstan he would quicken so sinful a soul, Homl. Th. i. 496, 15 : ii. 206, 17. Mid gesceádwísre sáwle gelíffæst quickened by a rational soul, 270, 20

Linked entry: líf-fæstan

ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, p. ode; pp. od

To offendto depart from the lawto dissemblescandalizaredeficere ab aliquo

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Bos. 5, 29

án-cenned

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
án-cenned, def. se án-cenneda; part. [án unus, cennan gignere]

Only-begottenuni-genitus

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Bos. 1, 18: 3, 16

Linked entries: án-cænned án-cenda

eáster-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-ǽfen, eástor-ǽfen, es; m.

Easter-even dies ante festum paschæ

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Bos. 28, 1; notes, p. 577, 28, I a

Linked entry: eástor-ǽfen

ge-nefa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nefa, an; m.

A nephewnepos

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A nephew; nepos Caius his [Agustuses] genefa nolde gebiddan to ðam ælmihtigum Gode Caius his [Augustus's] nephew would not worship the almighty God, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 116, 18

under-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
under-folgoþ, es; m.

An office under a superior

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An office under a superior Hé ( Julian ) sǽde ðæt nán cristen man ne móste habban nǽnne his underfolgoþa (sunder-folgeþa, Swt. 286, 5), Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 24

hwicce

(n.)
Grammar
hwicce, hwice (?), an; f.
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A box, chest: — Huice trio (tria columbarium species, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 76. Hwicce clustella (ut t In loco ubi ruricoli nominantur Huiccewudu, C. D. ii. 10, 5

Linked entry: hwæcce

wǽpned-cild

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-cild, es; n.

A male childa boy

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A male child, a boy Tó ðan ðæt wíf cenne wǽpnedcild, Lchdm. i. 344, 22: 346, 3. Ða þínena heóldon ða wǽpnedcild (mares), Ex. 1, 17: pueros, 1, 18

brádiende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brádiende, part. [brád broad, spread out]

broad, spread outStretching out, extending, reachingamplificans, extendens, tendens

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Stretching out, extending, reaching; amplificans, extendens, tendens Fram ðam heofone brádiende niðer óþ ða eorþan reaching from the heavens down to the earth, Ors. 5, 10;Bos. 108, 25

CÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍDAN, to cídenne; cídde, cíddon, cídon; cíded, cídd [cíd strife, chiding]

To CHIDE, rebuke, blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complainincrepare, rixari, altercari, queri

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Bos. 4, 35: Mk. Bos. 1, 25: 8, 33: Homl. Th. i. 300, 24: ii. 44, 21. His leorningcnihtas cíddon him discipuli ejus increpabant illos, Lk. Bos. 18, 15. Cíde he wið God let him blame God, Homl. Th. i. 96, 1.

GÆRS

(n.)
Grammar
GÆRS, gers, græs, es; n.

GRASSa blade of grassherbhaygrāmenherbafænum

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Bos. 4, 28 : Gen. 1, 11 : Num. 22, 4. Ðá he hét ða menegu ofer ðæt gærs hí sittan cum jussisset turbam discumbĕre sŭper fænum, Mt. Bos. 14, 19 : Ps. Sp1. 105, 20. Ofer gærsa cíþas sŭper grāmĭna, Deut. 32, 2

Linked entries: græs gers

for-gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESSremissionindulgencepermissionremissiovĕniaindulgentia

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Bos. 3, 29. On hyra synna forgyfenesse in remissiōnem peccātōrum eōrum, Lk. Bos. 1, 77: 3, 3. On synna forgyfennesse in remissiōnem peccātōrum, Mt. Bos. 26, 28.

for-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
for-leósan, he -lýst; p. ic, he -leás, ðú -lure, pl. -luron; subj. pres. -leóse, pl. -leósen; p. -lure, pl. -luran, -luren; pp. -loren

To loselet godestroyamittĕreperdĕredestruĕre

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Bos. 15, 4. Ic forleás perdĭdĕram, Lk. Bos. 15, 9. Ðú forleóse láþra gehwylcne mayest thou destroy every one of my enemies, Ps. Th. 142, 12. Ðam ðe ǽr his elne forleás to him who had before lost his courage, Beo. Th. 5715; B. 2861.

Linked entry: be-leósan

BEORMA

(n.)
Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.

Barmleavenyeastfrothfermentum

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Bos. 13, 33 : Lk. Bos. 13, 21. Nim ele and hunig and beorman take oil and honey and barm Lchdm. i. 398, 6 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 11; Jul. 396

Linked entries: and-beorma ge-byrman

CWECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWECCAN, part.cweccende ; ic cwecce, ðú cwecest, cwecst, he cweceþ, cwecþ. pl. cweccaþ ; p. cwehte, cweahte , pl. cwehton, cweahton ; pp. cweaht

To vibrate, movetorquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre

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Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29

ge-somnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-somnung, e; f.

A congregationsynagoguechurchcongrĕgātiosy̆năgōgaecclēsia

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Bos. 4, 23: 6, 2, 5: 9. 35

æl-tæw

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-tæw, -teaw, -teow; comp. re; sup. est; adj.

All goodexcellententiresoundhealthfulperfecthonestomnino bonussanus

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Ealle ða æltæwestan ofslógen they slew all the best men, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 16

Linked entries: æl-tæwlíce æl-teaw