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hlúd-swége

(adv.)
Grammar
hlúd-swége, adv.

With a loud voice

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With a loud voice Se hana sóna hlúdswége sang the cock straightway crowed with a loud voice, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 33. Marcus swá swá leó hlúdswége clipode, Ælfc. T. p. 25; Grn. 13, 8

bearhtm

A twinkling of an eye ⬩ an instant

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Þonne (at the last day) englas bláwað býman on brehtme (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 52), Cri. 882

æf-werdla

(n.)
Grammar
æf-werdla, æf-wyrdla, æ-wyrdla, a-wyrdla, an; m. [æf of, wyrdan to corrupt]

Damage ⬩ injury ⬩ loss ⬩ the amercement for it ⬩ detrimentum ⬩ jactura ⬩ damnum

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Ben. 2 : Cot. 104

Linked entries: æf-werdelsa æ-wyrdla ewerdla ewyrdlu

BELG

(n.)
Grammar
BELG, belig, bylg, bylig, bilig, bælg, bælig, es; m.

A BULGE ⬩ budget ⬩ bag ⬩ purse ⬩ bellows ⬩ pod ⬩ husk ⬩ BELLY ⬩ bulga ⬩ follis ⬩ siliqua ⬩ uter

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A BULGE, budget, bag, purse, bellows, pod, husk, BELLY; bulga, follis, siliqua, uter Bylg bulga Cot. 27. Bylig follis Ælfc. Gl. 27; Wrt. Voc. 86, 15. Bilig uter Ps. Spl. M. 118, 83

Linked entries: bælg bylig belig

Beran burh

(n.)
Grammar
Beran burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Beranbiri : Kni. Banbyry]

BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire

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D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3

Linked entry: Bearan burh

GEARN

(n.)
Grammar
GEARN, gern; es; n.

YARN ⬩ spun wool ⬩ pensum ⬩ lāna nēta

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YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

Eádes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Edesbirh: Brom. Edesbury]

EDDESBURY, Cheshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cestriensi

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EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2

ísen-hyrst

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen-hyrst, adj.
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Fitted with iron Ǽrest of ísenhyrste gate ... eft in on ísenhyrsten geat first, from the gate fitted up with iron ... back to the same gate, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 130, 27 ... 131, 19

reáfigend

(n.)
Grammar
reáfigend, es; m.
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A spoiler, a plunderer Ic bidde míne æftergengan, ciningas and þeóde wealdendras, ðæt gé ne sýn cyrcean reáfgendras, ac ðæt gé sýn geornfulle bewerigendras Cristes ágenre landáre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 26

seld-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
seld-síne, -sýnde ; adj.
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Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27

bócian

(v.)
Grammar
bócian, p. ode; pp. od

To give by charter, to charter ⬩ libro vel charta dare

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To give by charter, to charter; libro vel charta dare Oswald biscop bócaþ Wihtelme his þegne bishop Oswald charters to Wihthelm his thane, Cod. Dipl. 531; A. D. 966; Kmbl. iii. 6, 9

Linked entry: bócod

un-tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tealt, adj.

Steady

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Steady Ðá hét Ælfréd cyning timbrian lange scipu ongeán ðás æsceas; ... ða wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran, ge unteal[t]]ran, ge eác heárran, ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 1, col. 2

Linked entry: tealt

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8.

Linked entry: swulung

Galmanhó

(n.)
Grammar
Galmanhó, Galmahó?

An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St. Mary's ⬩ abbātiæ nōmen ăpud Eborācum

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D. 1055] earl Siward died at York, and his body lies within the monastery of Galmanho, which he himself had before built, to the glory of God and all his saints, Chr. 1055; Th. 324, 8-12, col. 1

mapulder

(n.)
Grammar
mapulder, (-dur, -dor); m.(?) f.(?)

A maple tree

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Tó ðon reádleáfan mapuldre; of ðam mapuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 298, 16. The word is found in several place-names in the Charters v. Cod. Dip. vi. 313, and still occurs, e.g. Mappledurwell in Hampshire, Mapplederham in Oxfordshire

Linked entry: mapul-treów

betst

(adj.)
Grammar
betst, betest; adj. sup. def. se betsta, betesta; seó, ðæt beteste; pos. gód [bet good; v. bet-líc good-like]

Best, the best, first ⬩ optimus, primus

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Scipio, se besta [Laud MS. betsta] Rómana witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b Se betesta the best, Cot. 153. He sealde ðæt betste hors he gave the best horse, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16.

Linked entries: besta betast betesta betost

Raculf

(n.)
Grammar
Raculf, Ræculf, Reaculf, Reculf, Raculf-ceaster
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See Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 324

be-strúdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-strúdan, p. -streád, pl. -strudon; pp. -stroden

To bespoil, spoil, confiscate, rob ⬩ spoliare, privare, confiscare

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Bestroden confiscatus, Cot. 108

Linked entry: be-stroden

streám-rád

(n.)
Grammar
streám-rád, e ; f.
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the bed, course of a stream Streám-raad, -rád, streúmrád alveus, Txts. 39, 129. a watery road, the way across the sea Sum streámráde con, weorudes wísa ofer wídne holm, . Exon. Th. 296, 21; Crä. 54

þri-scíte

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-scíte, adj.

Triangular ⬩ three-cornered

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On ðone þryscýtan crundel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 26

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