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bád

(n.)
Grammar
bád, e; f. [from bǽdan compellere]

A pledgestakea thing distrainedpignus

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A pledge, stake, a thing distrained; pignus Gif bád genumen , ðonne begyte ða báde hám if a pledge be taken, then shall he obtain the pledge home again, or back, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 6, 7

á-mundian

(v.)
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Þonne móte ábúgan þám heretogan his mannrǽdene, ús ámundige, Hml. A. 108, 190. bidde ic ðone bisceop ðæt ámundige míne láfe and ðá þing ðe ic hyre lǽfe, C. D. iii. 305, 12. Add

á-hlocian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hlocian, [-locian ? cf. á-lúcan]; p. ode
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To dig out Áhloca hit erue eum (oculum, Mt. R.) 5, 29 (the late southern version has here aholeke: can hloc- in the older form = holc-? v. holc, and holk in N. E. D.).. Áhlocadum, ach ocadum effossis, Txts. 59, 721

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á-hleápan

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íren forð áhleóp ( prosiliens ) of þam hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26. Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes swá áhleóp ( saltum dedit ) hit gehrán þæs scræfes hrófe, 213, 28. Ðá áhleóp se líchoma up of ðám wætere, Shrn. 143, 27. Add

be-gínan

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Substitute : To take with wide-open mouth Ic ( a key ) begíne þæt ongeán sticað, . 87, 3. Se draca hæfþ beginen in his múðe mín heáfod and forswolgen draco caput meum in suo ore absorbuit, Gr. D. 324, 26

be-werigend

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be-werigend, -wergend

a protector

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a protector. sceal been be-wergend wydewena, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 34. Paulus wæs bewerigend þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 388, 32: Hml. S. 7, 127. Ðæt sýn beweriendras Crtstes landáre, C. D. iii. 350, 27. Add

cǽg-bora

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Add: one who has charge of the keys of a jail, jailor Cǽgbora clavicularius. Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 45: ii. 17, 11. Sc̃s Heremus wæs cǽgbora in Róme, Shrn. 121, 23. [Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde

clif-stán

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Voc. ii. 18, 16. Neólnes tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána praecipitium saxorum molibus asperum, Gr. D. 159, 26. sceolde beón tósliten for þám clifstánum ( scopulis ) þe þǽr gehwǽr út sceoredon of þám munte, 213, 4

efen-twá

(num.)
Grammar
efen-twá, in the phrase on efen-twá
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into two parts Þæt hrídder tóbærst on emtwá (cf. wearð tóbrocen and tódǽled on twá styccu in duabus partibus divisum, Gr. D. 97, 7), Hml. Th. ii. 154, 16. Seó on emtwá tóeóde, 212, 21. v. em-twá in Dict

ele-tredde

(n.)
Grammar
ele-tredde, an; f.
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2

Elmed-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Elmed-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14

faðu

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 6, 36. Sc̃e Emeliana wæs sc̃e Gregorius faðe, Shrn. 48, 6. Faðu oððe módrige, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 14. Be Tassillan mínre faðan de Tharsilla amita mea, Gr. D. 286, 8. Dele e ; f. : and add

fnésan

(v.)
Grammar
fnésan, fnesan; p. fnæs

pantgasp

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To breathe hard, pant, gasp Þá þá sceolde álǽtan níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . þá gyt in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflie hǽtu þæs oreþes in solo pectore vitalis adhue calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 19. Substitute:

flicce

(n.)
Grammar
flicce, es; n.
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Flicci perna, Txts. 86, 774. Flicii, 88, 804. Flicci feusa (perna, quod rusticae fiosa dicunt), An. Ox. 53, 44 (and note). Mon selle .IIII. scép and tuá flicca, C. D. i. 293, 9. Feówer swín and feór fliccu, 164, 31. Add

geréf-lang

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Substitute: One who serves under a reeve (?), that belongs to the reeve's staff(?) Ðá geréflanges of Christes circean underfða ðá gerihte ministri aecclesiae Christi rectitudines accipiant, C. D. iv. 24, 3. Cf. (?) lenge, lengan ; O. H.

handfangen-þeóf

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handfangen-þeóf, handfangene-þeóf.
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The word seems to have the same force as infangeneþeóf (q. v.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedgefence

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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hyse-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-rinc, es; m.
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A young man Adam wæs swíðe weorðlic hise-rinc þá hine God ǽrest gehíwad hæfde mænniscum gesceape on þrý-tiges wintres ylde, Angl. xi. 2, 25. Wæs sum hysering ( adolescens ) in þám mynstre . . . Þysum cnihte seócendum, Gr. D. 338, 22

mæssepreóst-hád

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Se ylca mæssepreóst Constantínus on mæssepreóstháde (on preóstháde, v.l.) his líf geendode idem (presbyter) Constantius in presbyteratus officio vitam finivit, Gr. D. 66, i. Ǽr his mæssepreóstháde, Shrn. 13, 23.

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, f.
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Fram ceddan leáge langan leáge . . . fram langan leáge, C. D. ii. 73, 21. In illud septum brádan leáge, transitque illo septo brádan leáge, iii. 383, 18. On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add