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twi-bytme

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bytme, (?); adj.
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Double-bottomed On ðæt twigbutme del; of ðam delle on beran del, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 28, 19

Linked entry: bytme

wíþig-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-bróc, es; m.

A brook by which willows grow

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A brook by which willows grow In wíðibróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 2. On wíðigbróch, 202, 3

wíþig-slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-slǽd, es; n.

A sladewhere willows grow

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A slade Similar entries (v. slǽd) where willows grow Tó wíðig*-*slǽde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 16

be-healdenness

(n.)
Grammar
be-healdenness, e; f.
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Bihaldennise observantiam, 9, I. con-tinence Bihaldennises continentiae, Rtl. 104, 4

Linked entry: -healdennes

wæfer-sín

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Cóm mycel werod tó pǽre wæfersýne þæs hálgan mannes deáðes ( ad spectaculum mortis), Gr. D. 254, 17. Add

brád-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
brád-þistel, gen. -þistles; m.

A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-hollyeryngium = ήρύγγιoνeryngium maritimum,

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A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly; eryngium = ήρύγγιoν, eryngium maritimum, Lin Brádþistel eryngion, Cot. 212

bridel-þwangas

(n.)
Grammar
bridel-þwangas, pl. m.

Bridle-thongsreinsfreni

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Bridle-thongs or reins; freni Ic wyrce bridelþwangas [MS. bridel-þwancgas] facio frenos, Coll. Monast. Wrt. 9. 9

Linked entry: brydel-þwang

broddetan

(v.)
Grammar
broddetan, brodettan

To tremble, quake, to pant for fear; tremere, trepidare, palpitare,

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Dial. 2, 25: Cot. 154, Som. Lye

Linked entry: ge-bryddan

Ceawan hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
Ceawan hlǽw, es; m.

Cheawan low, CHALLOW

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Abing. i. 138, 5: Cod. Dipl. v. 310, 33

be-heonan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-heonan, -heonon; adv. [be by, heonan hence]

On this sideclose byciscitraciterius

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 4 : Cot. 33

dyrn-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
dyrn-gewrit, es; n. [dyrne secret, gewrit a writing]

A secret writing, in the pl. books whose authors are not known, the apocryphal books occulta scripta, apocrypha

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A secret writing, in the pl. books whose authors are not known, the apocryphal books; occulta scripta, apocrypha, Cot. 10

flóh

(n.)
Grammar
flóh, e; f.

That which is flown offa fragmentpieceftagmenfrustum

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That which is flown off, a fragment, piece; ftagmen, frustum Flóh stánes a piece of stone; glēba sĭlĭcis, Cot. 99

heoloran

(v.)
Grammar
heoloran, holrian; p. ede

To weigh in a balanceto consider

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Heolorende librantes, Cot. 123: 180, Lye

Linked entry: holrian

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

hringed

(adj.)
Grammar
hringed, adj.
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Furnished with rings, formed of rings Hringedu byrne lorica, Cot. 121, Lye: Beo. Th. 2495; B. 1245: 5224; B. 2615

mes

(n.)

dung

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dung Gesomna cúe mesa collect cow-dung, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5. ['Mes stercus, fimus (Kilian),' Cockayne.] (?)

bord-þaca

(n.)
Grammar
bord-þaca, an; m.

Board thatch, a warlike engine, a cover or roof of a house, a snaretestudo, laquearium

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Board thatch, a warlike engine, a cover or roof of a house, a snare; testudo, laquearium Bordþacan laquearii, Cot. 119

stigel-hamm

(n.)
Grammar
stigel-hamm, es ; m.
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On stigel*-*hammas; of stigealhammum on wígferðes leáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 289, 2

sundor-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-mǽd, f.
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-Seó méd ðe ðártó gebyreþ wið Hummingtún seó his sunderméd, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 354, 30

þurh-þyddan

(v.)

to thrust throughpierce through

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to thrust through, pierce through Ðá com sum cempa swíþe gewǽpnod, and hyne sóna þurhþydde, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 273