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bær-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
bær-líc, es; m.? Substitute: bær-lic; adj.

Of barley

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Of barley Of hláwe tó bærlice crofte, C. D. vi. 79, 10. [ꝥ acersǽd hwǽte . . . ꝥ (acersǽd) bærlic . . . ꝥ acersǽd áten, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 15.]

cringan

(v.)
Grammar
cringan, crincgan; ic cringe, crincge, ðú cringest, cringst, he cringeþ, cringþ, pl. cringaþ, crincgaþ; p. crang, crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori

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To yield, CRINGE, fall, perish, die; occumbere, mori Sume on wæl crungon some had fallen in the slaughter Beo. Th. 2231; B. 1113. Hí sceoldon begen crincgan on wælstówe they should both fall on the battle-field Byrht. Th. 140, 23; By. 292; Andr. Kmbl

Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan

-worþig

(suffix)
Grammar
-worþig, <b>. I.</b>
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Wordias, croftas praedia, 3790. Add In þám worþige (platea) beforan þǽre cytan dura stódon . ii. þreátas singende, Gr. D. 285, 21. Hyra worþias wéron þes hlúttrestan goldes platea civitatis aurum mun dum, Verc. Först. 136, 6

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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a close, paddock) Hujus telluris termini ... et aquilone meara-teág ( = horses' close; cf. horsa croft, iii. 464, 3), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 248, 12. Mansionem et clausnlam, quam Angli dicunt teáge, que pertinet ad predictam mansionem, Chart.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &amp;c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.

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In the following passages it may mean the enclosed ground in which the house stood Healf ðæt land æt Súðhám, innur and úttur, on tofte and on crofte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 317, 7. Nǽfre myntan ne plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, L.

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter

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Wé wrítaþ him ðone croft, 258, 27

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea

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Wé wrítaþ him ða circan and ðone circstall and ðone worðig tó ðære burnan and ðone croft be súðan ðære burnan, iii. 53, 1. Ðæt se gídsere his weorðig (worðig, Hatt.

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Ða deóflu ðe on ðám anlícnyssum sticodon, ii. 482, 8. of direction, to run, lie (cf. sceótan) Út æt ðæs croftes heáfod ðæt sticaþ on ðære lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 24.

heáfod

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Æt ðæs croftes heáfod, iii. 37, 23. On þæs hlinces heáfod, v. 217, 21 : iii. 420, 27. On móres heáfod, C. D. B. iii. 336, 19. On hanslædes heáfdan . . . on catedenes heáfdan, C. D. iii. 380, 26-29. Tó ceólan heáfdan, 462, 21.

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