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a-bicgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bicgan, p. -bohte; pp. boht; v. a. [a, bycgan to buy]

To buypay forrecompenseemereredimere

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To buy, pay for, recompense; emere, redimere Gif fríman wið fríes mannes wlf geligeþ, his wérgelde abicge if a freeman lie with a freeman's wife, let him buy her with his wergeld, i. e.price, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 7

Linked entry: a-boht

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, e; f.
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A blood-letting; sanguinis emissio Frægn se bisceop hwonne hire blódlæswu ǽrest wǽre the bishop asked when was first her blood-letting, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 12, 15. On ðære blódlæswe in the blood-letting, 5, 3; S. 616, 5

Linked entry: lǽs

Horsa

(n.)
Grammar
Horsa, an; m.
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13

un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guiltnot crime

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Not guilt, not crime Ne húru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eótena treowe; unsynnum ( with no faults on her part, undeservedly; gratis. Cf. Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

Linked entry: syn

wang-turf

(n.)
Grammar
wang-turf, gen. -tyrf; f.Turf,
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rf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7

gagátes

Grammar
gagátes, l. gagates jet, at end for Lch. iii. l. Lch. ii.,
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and add Hér bið geméted gagates stán; sé bið swylce blæc gim, gif mon déð on fyr, nǽdran fleógaþ áweg ðone stenc gignit lapidem gagatem; est nigrogemmeus, et ardens igni admotus incensus serpentes fugat, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9. 5

DILE

(n.)
Grammar
DILE, dyle, es; m.
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Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man anēthum, and óðrum naman dyle, nemneþ take this herb, which is named anēthum, and by another name dill, Herb. 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 20: Wrt. Voc. 79, 9

Linked entry: dyle

galluc

(n.)
Grammar
galluc, galloc, gallac, es; m.

The plant comfreysymphy̆tum officĭnāle,

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fields, and also in meadows, Herb. 60, 1; Lchdm. i. 162, 10-12.

ammi

(n.)
Grammar
ammi, ami; g. ameos; n.

Ammi, an African umbelliferous plantmilletbishopwortammi Copticum

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Ammi, an African umbelliferous plant, millet, bishopwort; ammi Copticum [ἄμμι g. ἄμμεως] Ðeós wyrt ðe man ami, and óðrum naman milium, nemneþ this wort which is named ammi, and by another name millet, Herb. 164, 1; Lchdm, i. 292, 20.

Linked entry: ameos

felt-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
felt-wyrt, e; f.

The plant mulleinverbascum thapsus

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mullein; verbascum thapsus, Lin Ðeós wyrt, ðe man verbascum, and óðrum naman feltwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum and on myxenum this plant, which is named verbascum, and by another name mullein, is produced in sandy places and on dunghills, Herb

Linked entry: feld-wyrt

ribbe

(n.)
Grammar
ribbe, an; f.
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The herb hounds-tongue; cynogiossum officinale Ribbe cinoglosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 23 : ii. 104, 2 : canes linga, 102, 51 : quinquenerbia, i. 68, 33. Ribbe.

freót-man

(n.)
Grammar
freót-man, -mann, es; m.

A freedmanlībertus

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-mannon] she gives her the men and the stock, except the freedmen, Cod. Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 131, 10

Arewe

(n.)
Grammar
Arewe, Arwe, an; f. [arewe arrow]

ARROW, the name of a river in several countiesfluvii nomen

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ARROW, the name of a river in several counties, called so either from its swiftness or straightness, also the Orwell; fluvii nomen Se here gewende ðá fram Lundene, mid hyra scypum, into Arewan [MS. Laud.

láð-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-wende, adj.

evilhostilemalignant

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Láðwende here [the fallen angels ], Cd. 4; Th. 5, 7; Gen. 68. Ludon láðwende réðe wæstme fruits evil and dire sprang forth, 47; Th. 60, 29; Gen. 989. Láðwende men evil men, Exon. 35 a; Th. 97, 24; Cri. 1595

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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Hú luflíce hé ús gesóht hider on middangeard with how great love he visited us here en earth, 129, 11: Wulfst. 204, 16. Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19

wiþer-mál

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-mál, es; m.

A case againstin reply toby way of accusationdefenceprosecution

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Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen, was outlawed.

flís

fleecewooldown

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Take here flýs in Dict. and add: fleece of a sheep Swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feóll cadere in modum uellerum immense ceperunt nines, Nar. 23, 13. Flýs uellera, An. Ox. 5192. Flýss, 5207.

fiþer-féte

Grammar
fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Take here fyfer-fýte, feþer-fðte in Dict., and add:, Fiðerfóte fugel griffes, Wrt. Voc. i. 2 2, 44. Eall ðæt fiðerfðte byð, Hex. 14, 30. Fiþerféte[s] quadrupedis, An. Ox. 1854. Fiþer-fétum quadripedante, 14.

Linked entry: feówer-féte

géna

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Take here geána, geóna in Dict. and add In Ongel-cyricean, on þǽre þú ána nú géna (gyt, gyta, v. ll.) eart bysceop ge-méted in Anglorum ecclesia, in qua adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 73, 3. Geóna (geáne, L., nú gyt, W.

ge-treówian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-trywian</b> in Dict., and add: to trust Ué getríuadon confidemus, Rtl. 7, 7. with dat., to trust to Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getreówiganne, Ll.