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biter-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
biter-líce, bitter-líce; adv.

BITTERLY ⬩ amare

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BITTERLY; amare He weóp biterlíce [Bos. bityrlíce] he wept bitterly, Mt. Jun. 26, 75. He ongan biterlíce [Smith, 600, 29, bitterlíce] wépan he began to weep bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; Whelc. 337, 43

Linked entries: bitter-líce bityr-líce

biter-líce

(adv.)
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Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce (amare) bærnð ðá earman sáula, Dóm. L. 166. Wearð seó móder biterlíce gegremod, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 3. Add

biter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
biter-lic, (?); adj.

Bitter

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Bitter Áterlicum oððe biter[licum] gorgoneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 56

ge-tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tirgan, ge-getirigan; p. de; pp. ed.
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Wearð seó módor biterlíce gegremod fram hire ánum cilde ... wolde ðone sunu þe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 20. 6. Sume ðá hǽðenan wurdon mid andan getyrigde, i. 562, 29. to vex, afflict, oppress Getyrged pertritus, Wrt.

Linked entries: ge-tyrgan tirgan

þoterung

(n.)
Grammar
þoterung, e; f.
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Hé weóp swíðe biterlíce and hé feóll tó Ióhannes fótum mid geómerunge and þoterunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 32. Hé symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12

heóflan

(v.)
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Hí biterlíce on wópe heófodon, Hml. S. 23, 66. For þám earmlican swǽsnyssum þissera heófiendra (-igendra, v.l.) 5, 56. Þ hé heófige for middan-geardes hryrum . . . þá sceolon heófian for middangeardes tóworpennysse, 612, 20-28. trans.

smearcian

(v.)
Grammar
smearcian, smercian; p. ode

To smirk, smile

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Ðonne ðú smercodest and hlóge, ðonne weóp ic biterlíce Wulfst. 140, 28. Ðá smearcode hé Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 17. Smercode (smearcode, Cote. MS.) 34, 12; Fox 154, 8: 35, 4; Fox 160, 31: 40, 2; Fox 236, 22. Smercode Blickl. Homl. 189, 4: Homl.

Linked entry: smercian

ge-bǽran

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Hé ongan biterlíce wépan . . . þá ꝥ his geféra geseah, hé hine ácsade, hwæt him wǽre, and for hwon hé swá gebǽrde (quod intuens comes, quarefaceret, inquisivit), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 498, 8. Hé hreówlíce beforan Gode gebǽrde, Hml. S. 23, 396.

flód

flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent

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Ýstendre sǽ flódas feruentis oceani flustra, 2476. a (fiery) stream: Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce bærnð ðá earman sáula fluvius ignivomus miseros torquebit amare, Dóm. L. 165. water as opposed to land or fire Eádweard cwæð: 'Lǽt mé land.'

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