West-Wille
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The people of some district in England West-Willa landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 29
wíþig-mǽd
A meadow where willows grow
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A meadow where willows grow Ǽrest æt wíðig*-*mǽde . . . ðæt eft on wíðigmǽde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 464, 18-30
ellen-lǽca
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Cot. 15' substitute
ge-mengung
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For ' mixtura, Cot. 35" substitute Gemengiunge (gimaengiungiae, Ep. gemengiungae, Erf. ) confusione, Txts. 53, 522. Gemengunge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 68
un-scennan
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þá oxan arator disjungit boves, Coll. M. 20, 27. (?)
Linked entry: un-spannan
heard-sǽlness
Misfortune, calamity
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Misfortune, calamity Ðá com eác seó ofermǽte heardsǽlnes then came also the excessive calamity, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 17
Linked entry: -sǽlness
wiliht
Having willows
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Having willows On wylihte mǽdwan (the meadow with willows in it); of wylihte mǽdwan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 235, 16
Linked entry: welig
ofer-wintran
to winter, pass the winter
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Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1
Linked entry: -wintran
frum-byrdling
Englisc
ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus
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Cot. Faust. A. x. 150b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 31
lufiend
A lover
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Swá swíðe se cyning wæs geworden lufiend ðæs heofonlícan ríces, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 5 col. 2. Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend I have another lover, Homl. Skt. 7, 27. Se wísdóm gedéþ his lufiendas wíse, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 1. Lufigendas, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 27
mǽsc-wyrt
Mash-wort ⬩ the wort in the mash-tub
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On the malt boiling water is poured and allowed to stand three quarters of an hour; the liquid is wort, or mash-wort,' Lchdm. ii. 399, col. i Máxwyrte amber fulne, L. M. 1, 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 16.
heóf
Lamentation ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow
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Lamentation, grief, sorrow Maximus mid micelum heófe gedréfed him tó com Maximus troubled with great grief came to him, Homl. Th. i. 414, 17. Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS.
Linked entry: heáf
niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 3. a copy of the service Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . . Hé ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28
calwer
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Cot. 96
fram-adrífan
To drive from or away ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre
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To drive from or away, expel; expellĕre Gif gé me framadrýfaþ si me expellĭtis, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 23
lám-seáðe
A clay- [or mud-] pit
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A clay- [or mud-] pit Of sceadwellan in lámseáðan; of lámseáðan in ledene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 80, 14
mylen-wer
A mill-weir ⬩ mill-dam
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A mill-weir, mill-dam Andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 92, 30
wíþig-ford
A ford by which willows grow
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A ford by which willows grow On wíðigford, of wíðigford, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 14: 252, 20, 36
wíþig-will
A spring by which willows grow
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A spring by which willows grow On ðone fúlan wylle . . . on wýðigwylle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 213, 16-21