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ceaster-ware

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-ware, -wara; -warum; m.

City-inhabitants, citizenscives

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City-inhabitants, citizens; cives Wearþ Húna cyme cúþ ceasterwarum the coming of the Huns was known to the citizens, Elen. Kmbl. 83; El. 42: Andr. Kmbl. 3290; An. 1648

un-gewís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewís, adj.

Uncertainunknown

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Uncertain, unknown For ðam ðe him cúþ forþfór tóweard wǽre and ungewiis (ungewiss? q. v.) seó tíd ðære ylcan forðfóre eo quod certus sibi exitus, sed incerta ejusdem exitus esset hora futura, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16

-bald

(suffix)
Grammar
-bald, -bold;

Boldcourageoushonourableaudaxvirtuosus

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Cúþbold, Cúþbald from cúþ known, bald bold. Eádbald happily bold, from eád or eádig and bald

be-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen

To BECARVEcut offto cut or pare awayamputarepræcidere

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To BECARVE, cut off, to cut or pare away; amputare, præcidere Ðá hét he hine heáfde beceorfan then he ordered to cut of his head, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 3

Linked entries: be-corfen be-efesian

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, he -wyrþeþ, -wyrþ

To bebecomehappenfiĕri

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Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34

úte-weard

(adj.)
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Adj Útewardre hýde cute summa, superficietenus, extrema. An. Ox. 50, 23

cúþian

(v.)
Grammar
cúþian, p. ode
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Nú openaþ mé and cúþað seó rihte gesceádwísnis patet ratio, Gr. D. 305, 13. Ðú cúðades him innotuisti ei, Ps. Srt. 143, 3. Cúðie (hit cúþie ł gesweotelien, Ps. L.) innotescat, 78, 10

Linked entry: cuðudyst

Ægles burg

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles burg, Ægeles burg, [burh]; g. burge; f; Ægles byrig, e ; f.

AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire

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AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire Cúþwulf genom Ægeles burg Cuth-wulf took Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13. Genam Ægles burh id. Th. 32, 29, col. 2. Genam Ægles byrig id. Th. 33, 27, col. l.

Linked entry: Ægeles birg

sciran

(v.)
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to cut

a-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sníðan, p. -snáp, pl. -snidon ; pp. -sniden ; v. trans.

To cut offamputare

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To cut off; amputare

á-sníþan

to cut out, offto cut awayamputateto cut corn

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Add: to cut out, off His téþ wǽron swá ásniden ísen his teeth were as cut iron, Nar. 43, 15. to cut away, amputate Scealt þú eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, Lch. ii. 82, 27.

Linked entry: sníðan

ge-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blǽd, es; m. [ge-, blǽd I. a blast, blowing]

A blowing out in the skinblistervēsīca in cŭte

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A blowing out in the skin, blister; vēsīca in cŭte

holian

(v.)
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Cuth. c. xviii), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3

ge-sceran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceran, p. -scer, -scær; pp. -scoren

To cut, cleavesecare, dissecare

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To cut, cleave; secare, dissecare He him on heáfde helm gescer he clave the helmet on his head, Beo. Th. 5939; B. 2973. Helm gescær he cut the helmet, 3057; B. 1526

for-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-ceorfan, part, -ceorfende; ic -ceorfe, ðú -ceorfest, -cirfst, -cyrfst, he -ceorfeþ, -cyrfþ, pl. -ceorfaþ; p. ic, he -cearf, ðú -curfe, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen

To cut or carve outcut downcut off or awaycut throughdivideexcīdĕreconcīdĕresuccīdĕreincīdĕreintercīdĕre

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To cut or carve out, cut down, cut off or away, cut through, divide; excīdĕre, concīdĕre, succīdĕre, incīdĕre, intercīdĕre Ðí-!æs ðe se Hláford háte us mid deáþes æxe forceorfan lest the Lord command to cut us down with the axe of death, Homl.

ge-mimor

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mimor, adj.

Existing in the memory or mind[?], knownnotus

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, known; notus Leden him wæs swá cúþ and swá gemimor swá swá Englisc ðæt him gecyndelíc wæs linguam Latinam non minus quam Anglorum, quæ sibi naturalis est, noverit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 35. v. Grm. D. M. 352-3

Linked entry: mimor

lǽce-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrht, e; f.
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Cuth, c. 2), Hml. Th. ii. 134, 33

bisceop-ríce

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Cúþ þám biscope þe seó hálige stów on his bisceopríce is in notitiam episcopi ad cujus diocessim pertinet locus, R. Ben. 119, 9. Gedǽlen hí þæt feoh geond þá biscoprícea, C. D. B. iii. 75, 22. Biscopríca parrochias, diocesis, An. Ox. 2033. Add

tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in twocut in piecescut upto cut awaycut off

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to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . .

for-cippian

(v.)
Grammar
for-cippian, p. ode

To cut off

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To cut off Forcyppud precisa, Nap. 79

Linked entry: cippian