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eorl

a hero

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Similar entries v. eorl-dóm. a hero, &c

foxes fót

(n.)
Grammar
foxes fót, es; m.

Fox's footbur reeda water plantsparganum simplexxiphionξιφίον

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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm

earfoþlícnes

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþlícnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Difficulty, pain diffĭcultas

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B.] ðæs migþan astyreþ it stirreth a difficulty of the urine [strangury ], Herb. 143, 1; Lchdm. i. 266, 3. Wið ðæs migþan earfoþlícnyssa [-nysse MS. H: -nesse MS. B.] for difficulties of the urine, 156, 3; Lchdm. i. 284, 4

heoru-dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
heoru-dreórig, adj.

bloody with sword-woundsgoryvery sad sad unto death,

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Sax. heru-drórag.] very sad, sad unto death, Exon. 59 a; Th. 212, 28; Ph. 217

Linked entry: dreórig

gicþa

(n.)
Grammar
gicþa, gyhþa, an; m.

Itchitching

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Wið gicþan against itch, Herb. 21, 3; Lchdm. i. 116, 23: L. M. 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 19, 24: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 6

Linked entry: gihþa

hæg-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-þorn, es; m.
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Genim hægþornes leáf take leaves of hawthorn, Herb. 37, 6; Lchdm. i. 138, 17. Of ðam mappuldre tó ðam hægþorne from the maple to the hawthorn, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 424, 3

Linked entries: haga-þorn hege-þorn

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.
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BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire Offóron hie ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne on Sæferne staðe they followed after the army to Boddington on the bank of the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22. Mr.

folc-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
folc-cwén, e; f.

Folk's queenqueen of the peoplepŏpŭli rēgĭna

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Folk's queen, queen of the people; pŏpŭli rēgĭna Eóde freólícu folc-cwén to hire freán sittan the noble queen of the people went to sit by her lord, Beo. Th. 1286; B. 641

hold-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
hold-rǽden, e; f.
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Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior Hire hyrdeman þurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh her herdsman in the discharge of his duty had ascended an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 30

Linked entry: hyld-rǽden

a-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þindan, p. þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden

To puff upswellinflateintumescere

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Gif he aþunden sý if he be swollen, Herb. 1, 21 : Lchdm. i. 76, 27. Aþindaþ occurs in Ps. Th. 106, 25 as a translation of tabescebat;

Linked entries: a-þindung a-þunden

grunde-swelge

(n.)
Grammar
grunde-swelge, -swelige, -swilige, -swylige, -swulie, -an; f.
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Grundeswylige groundsel, Herb. 77, 1; Lchdm. i. 180, 5. Gením grundeswelgean take groundsel, L. M. 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 19: 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 5: 1, 51; Lchdm. ii. 124, 15

Linked entry: gunde-swilge

CLÁTE

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁTE, an; f.

CLOT-burburdock, goose-grass, cliversphilanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine

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men geclyfian: ða man eác óðrum naman cláte nemneþ that is in our language men-loving, because it will readily cleave to a man: it is also named by another name clivers, this herb is called philanthropes, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 2-5: Ælfc.

for-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweltan, he -swilt; p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten

To die awayperishpermŏri

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To die away, perish; permŏri Manig wíf forswilt for hire bearne many a woman dies because of her child, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 11, note 17. Forswealt disparuit, Cot. 65: 190

for-sceádan

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Gif hér ðegna hwelc ðyrelne kylle bróhte tó ðýs burnan, béte hine georne, ðýlǽs hé forsceáde scírost wætra, Past. 469, 11. Add

lútan

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Heó leát tó siege, and hé slóh þá tó mid eallum mægene she bent to receive the blow, and he struck at her with all his might, Hml. S. 12, 211. Add

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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An unjust claim Hér kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífmon mid unrihte . . . Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

Róm

(n.)
Grammar
Róm, e; f.
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Hér Gotan ábrǽcon Rómeburg, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7

Linked entry: Róme-burh

binde

(n.)
Grammar
binde, an; f. [bindan to bind]
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A band, wreath, head-band, fillet; corolla, fascia Hió an Ceoldryþe hyre betstan [MS. betsðan] bindan she gives to Ceoldryth her best band, Cod, Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 133, 18, 20

Fearn-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Fearn-dún, e; f. [Hunt. Ferandune: Brom. Farandon: fearn fern, dún a hill]

Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon

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-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon, Chr. 924; Th. 198, 1, col. 2, 3

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 7. Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20