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óxta

Similar entry: óhsta

oxa

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Oxan horn bið .x. pæninga weorð, Ll. Th. i. 138, 21. Oxan tægl bið sciłł. weorð, cuus bið fífa penega. Oxan eáge bið fíf p. weorð, cús bið sciłł. weorð, 140, 2-4. Cóm se deófol. . . and hæfde ǽnne oxan horn on hande, Hml. S. 31, 776. Ágife hire ( a widow

oxa

(n.)
Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
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An ox Oxa bos ... oxa on ðam forman teáme unus, on ðam æfteran teáme binus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 39, 47-48: ii. 48, 36. Oxa bova, i. 287, 54. Wilde oxa bubalus, 22, 46. Oexen boves, Ps. Surt. 49, 10 : ií. p. 291, 11. Án getýme oxena, Lk. Skt. 14, 19. Oxna

Linked entries: axan exen

feld-oxa

(n.)
Grammar
feld-oxa, an; m.
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An ox out at pasture (opposed to a fat ox) His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . twelf fǽtte oxan and twéntig feldoxan (oxen out of the pastures; boves pascuales, 1 Kings 4, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 576, 33

hýr-oxa

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-oxa, an; m.
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A hired ox, L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 7, note

Linked entry: oxa

oxna-lyb

(n.)
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ox-heal; helleborus foetidus and h. viridis, Lchdm. iii. Glossary

Oxna-ford

(n.)
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Oxford Tó Oxnaforda, Chr. 912; Erl. 100, 31. On Oxonaforda, 1015 ; Erl. 151, 27

feld-oxa

(n.)
Grammar
feld-oxa, an; f.

A field or pasture ox ⬩ pascuālis bos

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A field or pasture ox; pascuālis bos Feldoxan pascuāles bŏves, Hymn. in Dedic. Eccles

Linked entry: feld-hrýðer

steór-oxa

(n.)
Grammar
steór-oxa, an; m.
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A steer Steóroxa anniculus vel trio, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 41

Linked entry: steór

óxn

(n.)
Grammar
óxn, e ; f.
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The arm-pit Óxn ascella, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 65 : 64, 70. Under his óxne sub ascella sua, Kent. Gl. 992. Heó ðone fúlan stenc ðæra óxna áfyrreþ, Lchdm. i. 284, 7. [O. H. Ger. uohsana ascella.] Cf. óhsta

oxan-slyppe

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-slyppe, an; f.
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Oxlip; primula veris elatior, Lchdm. ii. 32, 26 : iii. 30, 8

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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An oxherd Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú? Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode,

óhsta

(n.)
Grammar
óhsta, an ; m.

The arm-pit, oxter

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The arm-pit, oxter (in northern dialects, e. g. Yorkshire, Cumberland, Scotland) Óhsta ascella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 5. Ócusta, Ep. Gl. 2 b, 19. Óxtan ascilla, Wrt. Voc. - i. 283, 9

Linked entry: óxta

axan

(n.)
Grammar
axan, = oxan

oxen ⬩ boves

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oxen; boves Sceáp and axan oves et boves, Ps. Spl. 8, 7

woxo

Grammar
woxo, ( = oxan)

bovem

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bovem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 15

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4. Here (unless ánre might be read

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

Boéties

(n.)
Grammar
Boéties, Boótes; m. Boätes; Bŏōtēs, æ; m. [ = βoώτηs, oυ; m. a ploughman, from βoυs an ox].

The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, ⬩ the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs

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The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, Similar entries v. arctos the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs Hwá ne

ge-beden

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-beden, compulsus, An. Ox. 4580. l.
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(?) ge-béded (-= ge-bǽded)

ge-fǽrede

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-fǽrede, larvatos, An. Ox. 2, 405. [For (?) [un-]gefæ[g]rede; v. ǽ-fægred.]

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