be-dícian
To REDIKE ⬩ to mound ⬩ to fortify with a mound ⬩ aggere munire
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To REDIKE, to mound, to fortify with a mound; aggere munire Bedícodon ða buruh útan they embanked the city without, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 8, col. 1
eorþ-burh
An earth mound or burying place ⬩ agger, hŭmātio
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An earth mound or burying place; agger, hŭmātio To ðare eorþ-byrig to the earth mound, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 335 ; A. D. 903 ; Kmbl. iii. 403, 31
langian
To belong ⬩ pertain
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To belong, pertain Alle ða land ðe longen intó ðare hálagen stówe all the lands that belong to the holy place, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 4
líget-sliht
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A flash of lightning Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs hǽðnan folces, Shrn. 57, 35. Légeðslæht fulgor, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 18
Linked entry: sliht
gilpna
A boaster ⬩ jactator
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A boaster; jactator Betra biþ se geþyldega wer ðonne se gilpna melior est patiens arrogante, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 14; Cot. MS: 20; Swt. 148, 19
ge-ebbian
To ebb ⬩ recedere ⬩ refluere
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To ebb; recedere, refluere Ðá ðæt wæter wæs geebbod fram ðám scipum when the water had ebbed from the ships, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 26, col. 2
geondan
Beyond ⬩ trans
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Beyond; trans Ðá sóne com Willelm eorl fram geondan sǽ then earl William soon came from beyond sea, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 29: 1048; Erl. 177, 28
Linked entry: geond
ge-mildscad
Mixed with honey ⬩ mulsus
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Gemildscad wín mulsum, i. e. mellis mistura cum vino, Cot. 137; Lye
þrístling
A bold person
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A bold person; found in the local name which occurs in the following passage On þrístlinga dene; of þrístlinga dene ufeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 28
wer-stede
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A weir-stead, place where thsre is a weir Of ðam wege on ða eá, and se werstede be súðan hreódbricge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 105, 11
wíc-weg
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Tó ðæm midlestan wíc-wege; ondlong ðæs weges eft tó ceastergeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 260, 11. Cf. wíc-herpaþ
heáfod-frætewness
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For 'Cot. 65, Lye' substitute Heáfod*-*fretennesse decriminalia (discriminalia capitum, Ald. 68, 31, glossed by eárpreónas, An. Ox. 4821), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 48. Heáfodfrætennesse, 26, 77
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heáh-mód
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Add: high-spirited Hú þá wihte (a cock and a hen) mid ús heáhmóde (heán-, MS. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17
on-styreness
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Ne seleð on onstyrenesse ( com-motionem ) ðînne fôt, Ps. Vos. 120, 3. Add
weald-bǽre
A place where trees grow affording mast for swine
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A place where trees grow affording mast for swine Ad hoc terram pertinent in diuersis locis porcorum pastus, id est uuealdbaera, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 184, 1
spíder
a spider
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Hér com in gangan in spíder wiht, hæfde him his haman on handa, Lchdm. iii. 42, 11. The passage is the beginning of a charm
ge-þráwan
To twist; ⬩ torquere
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Cot.] twín byssus torta, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 11; Hat. MS. 18 b, 15. Geþráwan torquere, Hpt. Gl. 435
sylu
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Ðis sint ða denstówa, bróchyrst and beaddan syla, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 318, 30
Linked entry: syle
gafelian
To rent ⬩ condūcĕre
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To rent; condūcĕre Ic geann ðárto twegra hída ðe Eádríc gafelaþ I give thereto two hides which Eadric rents, Cod. Dipl. 699; A. D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 305, 6
Linked entry: gafolian