besta
the BEST ⬩ optimus
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the BEST; optimus Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b
Linked entry: betera
ge-cafstrian
To bridle ⬩ restrain ⬩ frænare ⬩ restringere
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To bridle, restrain; frænare, restringere Swelce sió geþyld hæbbe ðæt mód gecafstrod as if patience has restrained the mind, Past. 33, 4; Swt. 218, 22; Cot. MS. 42 a
Linked entry: -cafstrian
ge-gild-heall
A guild-hall
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Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21
Linked entry: heall
stán-gedelf
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A stone quarry Tó ðan stángeðelfe; of ðam stángedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 23. Æt ðæm stángedelfe, 366, 18. On ðæt stángedelf, v. 304, 21: vi. 144, 9
stán-híwet
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tó ðam héðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 60, 24
Linked entries: stán-hifete stán-hýwet híwet
west-lang
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Lying in a westerly direction On ðone westlangan hlinc; of ðes westlangan hlinces ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 25. Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
wíþig-leáh
A meadow where willows grow
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Ðis is ðæra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 13-23
frence
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H. 43, col. 2, 18, and rúh hrægel amphibalum, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 65), Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 41
gifig
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)
gód-æpple
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Cf. cod-æppel
heal-lic
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For 'Cot. 194, Lye' substitute
hóp-páda
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An upper garment Ependeton cóp vel hoppáda vel ufre scrúd, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 52. Cf. hop-steort
sand-seáþ
a sand-pit
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a sand-pit Ofer ðene hǽþ inn on ðam sandseáþe; of ðam sandseáþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 26. Of ðære ǽc on ða sandseáþas, 80, 2: 169, 4
búgend
to dwell ⬩ A dweller, an inhabitant ⬩ habitator
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Th. 3, 7, col. 3
cneówian
To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere
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Conc
Linked entry: cneówlian
timber-hrycg
A wooded ridge (?); ⬩ as a local name Timber-ridge
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; as a local name Timber-ridge On timberhricges snád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 71, 1. Ofer fild-burnan on timberhrycg, iii. 463, 31. Timberrycg, 393, 27
lícettung
Feigning ⬩ pretence ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy
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Hwǽr com seó manigfealde lícetung heora freónda what is become of the manifold flattery of their friends? Blickl. Homl. 99, 33. Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge] intus pleni estis hypocrisi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28.
ge-sprǽc
Speech ⬩ discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ advice
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Coin for gesprǽce Finano ðæs biscopes pervenire propter conloquium Finani episcopi, 3, 22; S. 552. 41. Wæs gemyndig ðæs apostoles gesprǽces was mindful of what the apostle said, Shrn. 39, 5. Gesprǽcu, gesprécu oracula, Cot. 143, Lye
gærs-tún
A grass-enclosure ⬩ a meadow ⬩ prātum ⬩ pascuum
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Prātum quod Saxŏnĭce Garstún appellātur, Cod. Dipl. 350; A. D. 930; Kmbl. ii. 166, 6 : Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 461; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 449, 19
hyrst
A hurst ⬩ copse ⬩ wood
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See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxii, and Leo's Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 107 In hyrst sciofingden, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 273, 6.