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eág-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
eág-hlid, (?), es; n.
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Z. 298, 4 note (12th cent.). Ase þin ehelid tuneð ant openeð, O. E. Hml. i. 265, 5. ] [

Linked entry: hlid

fitel-fóta

(adj.)
Grammar
fitel-fóta, adj.
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Gl. 602, 32 (15th cent.), Wrt. Voc. i. 46, omitted after 42 (v. Angl. viii. 451)

gealg-treów

a gallow-tree

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Add: a gallow-tree (gallows-tree comes in only in the 19th cent. The older form remains in local names e. g. Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12

web-beám

(n.)
Grammar
web-beám, es; m.

a weaver's beam ⬩ the treadle of a loom

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Voc. i. 218, 3 (15th cent.).]

æt-fón

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Gif feoh man eft æt þám mæn in Cent ætfó, 34, 6. Cf. 160, 8

wæter-nædre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-nædre, an; f.

A water-snake

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Wateraddur vipera, 177, 37 (all 15th cent. )

in-faru

(n.)
Grammar
in-faru, e ; f.

Invasion ⬩ inroad

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Invasion, march into a country, inroad Se cyng bæd hine faran intó Cent ... ac se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare the king bade him [Godwin] march into Kent . . . but the earl would not assent to the invasion, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 11

Linked entry: in-fær

webbestre

(n.)
Grammar
webbestre, an; f.

A female weaver

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Parv. 519 (all 15th cent. glossaries).]

hundfeald-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hundfeald-lic, adj.
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Hundred-fold Hundfealdlic hé onféhð centu*-*plum accipiet, Scint. 58, 2

horu

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S. 7, 129.] of physical impurity (or uncertain) Fúles horewes squalentis ceni, An. Ox. 3598. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 71. Fúle horewas putidos (ergastuli) squalores, An.

stedig

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Oð stedigu cenð maniga donec sterilis peperit plurimos, Ps. Rdr. 279, 5. Add

mynster-hám

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-hám, es; m.

A monastic house ⬩ monastery

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Ðone oferécan mon gedǽle gind mynsterhámas tó Godes ciricum in Súðregum and in Cent, Chart. Th. 482, 18

Cant-ware

Grammar
Cant-ware, (-an).
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Paulinus huerf eft tó Cantwarum (gewát tó Cent, v. l. ), Chr. 633; P. 24, 21. Add

cannon

(v.)
Grammar
cannon, seems to represent Lat. coenum
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in Wæs ꝥ lond ádrígad and cannon palus sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.

Ooze ⬩ mud ⬩ slime

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Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75.

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Add

un-tóbrocen

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Untóbro[cen] indisrupta, An. Ox. 4375. Add

ge-twisa

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., 12th cent.), Hml. A. 38, 338. Add

CEÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓWAN, to ceówenne, ic ceówe, ðú ceówest, cýwst, he ceóweþ, cýwþ, ceówaþ;ceáw, cuwon; cowen

To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare

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To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume; ruminare, manducare He hét hine ceówan mid tóþum his fingras he commanded him to gnaw his fingers with his teeth, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 34. Ongunnon ða næddran to ceówenne heora flǽsc and heora blód súcan the serpents began

Linked entry: cuwon

dohtig

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
dohtig, def. se dohtiga; adj. [dohte, p. of dugan to avail]
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Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Cent [MS. Kænt] and on Súþ-Seaxum [MS. -Sexan] every good man in Kent and in Sussex is cognizant of these things, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1016-1020; 313, 19

Linked entry: DYHTIG