biter-nes
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Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, R. Ben. 22, 19. Þes middangeard flýhþ from ús mid mycelre biternesse, Bl. H. 115, 17. Similar entries cf. biter, III. Biternes accedia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 9. Yfel biternesse anda, R. Ben. 131, 12
bitere
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Þú scealt þá sáwle bitere forgyldan, Wlfst. 177, 7: Bl. H. 195, 23. Add
bitere
bitterly, sharply
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bitterly, sharply, Ps. Th. 101, 18: 128, 2
biter-nys
BITTERNESS ⬩ amaritudo
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BITTERNESS; amaritudo Híg cómon to ðære stówe, ðe ys Mara genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys venerunt in Mara, nec poterant
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ofer-biterness
Excessive bitterness ⬩ amaritudo,
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Excessive bitterness; amaritudo, Ps. Spl. 13, 6
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bitre
Bitterly, sharply, cruelly ⬩ amare, acriter, atrociter
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[biter bitter] Bitterly, sharply, cruelly; amare, acriter, atrociter Ic eom bitre abolgen I am bitterly vexed, Exon. 119 b; Th. 458, 31; Hy. 4, 109: 120 b; Th. 463, 4; Hö. 65: Beo. Th. 4651; B. 2331. Unc he bitere forgeald he bitterly requited us, Cd
BITER
BITTER, sharp, severe, dire ⬩ amarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox
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BITTER, sharp, severe, dire; amarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox Ðæt bitereste [MS. biteroste] clyster botri amarissimi, Deut. 32, 32; the clustre most bittir, Wyc. Ðæt he bibúgan mǽge ðone bitran drync that he may escape the bitter drink, Exon. 45 a
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Add: bitter to the taste Biter wyrtdrenc picra, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 18. Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence, Past. 303, 12-17. Bitrum rancidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 62. bitter
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on-lísendlic
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That maybe released Ꝥ þone sweltendan seó biternes þæs deáðes gedyde onlýsendlicne fram þǽre scylde ut illum amaritudo mortis a culpa solubilem faceret, Gr. D. 345, 2
ge-sweorcnes
Cloudiness ⬩ gloom ⬩ horror ⬩ affliction ⬩ obscūrĭtus ⬩ horror ⬩ afflictio
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Cloudiness, gloom, horror, affliction; obscūrĭtus, horror, afflictio Ne ðǽr nǽfre biþ biternes, ne gesweorcnesse stów geméted nor is bitterness ever there, nor a place found for gloom, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 9
ofer-swingan
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to strike through Ꝥ húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33
wyrm-slite
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A snake-bite In weán and on wyrmslitum betweónan deádum and deóflum, in bryne and on biternesse, Wulfst. 188, 1
stræcness
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Add: cf. stræc; : severity, rigour, bitterness Seó biternes and strecnes þæs deáðes amaritudo mortis, Gr.
brægd-boga
to draw, bend, ⬩ deceit ⬩ a bow ⬩ A drawn ⬩ bent bow ⬩ a deceitful or fraudulent bow ⬩ arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus
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A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19
ge-soc
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Add: sucking Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, swá swá módor déþ hyre bearne, þonne hió hit fram hire breósta gesoce weneþ sicut ablactatus est super matrem suam, ita retribues in animam meam, R. Ben. 22, 21
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lactuca
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Gif se ríca ágylte, þreá hine; þonne ytst þú þíne eástru mid grénum lactucum, mid biternesse. ꝥ wát eall ceorlisc folc ꝥ gréne lactucas beóð bitere; swá synt þá rícan men tó þreágenne, Angl. viii. 323, 22. Add
wróht-bora
an accuser ⬩ informer
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Ðonne wróhtbora (the devil) in folc Godes forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl, Exon. Th. 47, 31 ; Cri. 763. one who brings false accusations, a malicious person. Similar entries v. wróht, II Wróhtbora factiosa (cf. ða fǽcnan factiosam, 77, 46), falsa, Wrt.
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forþ-onsendan
To send forth ⬩ emittĕre
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To send forth; emittĕre He in folc Godes forþonsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sends forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 33; Cri. 764.
drinca
Drink ⬩ potus
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Drince mylsce drincan sió gebét ða biternesse let him drink a mulled drink which will amend the bitterness, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2
ge-fandod
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Cf. fandian Sé ðe ús oferdrencð mid ðæs écan lífes liðe, hé gefandode geallan biternesse ðá hine ðyrstte aeterna nos dulcedine inebrians in siti sua fellis amaritudinem accepit, Past. 261, 15.