Lamb-hýþ
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Ðis synd ða landgemǽre intó Lambehýþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 158, 4
gist-líðe
Kind to guests ⬩ hospitable ⬩ hospes
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Kind to guests, hospitable; hospes Búton cræft mín gistlíðe him beó nĭsi ars mea hospĭta ei fuĕrit, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 11: Shrn. 129, 26
Linked entry: gæst-líðe
biggencere
A worker ⬩ operator
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A worker; operator Ic hæbbe smiþas ... and manega óðre mistlícra cræfta biggenceras habeo fabros ... et multos alios variarum artium operatores, Coll. Monast, Th. 30, 3
ge-réf-mǽd
'The meadow which the reeve owned "ex officio," or over which, as common pasture, he exercised the right of superintendence,'
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'The meadow which the reeve owned "ex officio," or over which, as common pasture, he exercised the right of superintendence,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxiv
swíþ-stríme
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Having a strong stream Ðá com hé tó swíþ*-*strémre (swíðstrangre, MS. B.) eá pervenit ad flumen meatu rapidissimo, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 4
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gryndan
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For 'Cot. 68, Lye' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]
hergaþ
booty
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booty Cóm se þeóf, and genam ǽnne weðer . . . Þá ongan hé þǽr standan earm mid his hereðe (cum praeda sua), Gr. D. 224, 26. Add:
husc
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For 'Cot. 186, Lye' substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 30, and odd Hux, hosp hironiám, An. Ox. 5201. ( Both glosses belong to Ald. 75, 20.)
weall-díc
A walled ditch(?)
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Andlang ðære wealdíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 346, 21, 22. Cf. Usque la diche walle; et sic per fossatum, iii. 408, 10
hós
A bramble, thorn
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Voc. 285, 27: rhamnus, vimen; butrus, Cot. 25, 165, Lye. Twígu ł hósa rhamnum, Ps. Spl. C. 57, 9
cræftig-líce
Workmanlike ⬩ CRAFTILY ⬩ fabre ⬩ artificiose
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Workmanlike, CRAFTILY; fabre, artificiose Cræftig-líce fabre n Cot. 84. Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1
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Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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They rely on a Charter which Kemble [Cod. Dipl. 992] has marked as spurious, but which was no doubt constructed with a regard for probability. In this Charter [Cod. Dipl. 992; A.
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a-spýlian
To cleanse ⬩ wash ⬩ purify ⬩ abluere
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Cot.] on hluttrum wæterum swine will not wash in pure waters, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 27
deáþ-reów
Deadly cruel, savage ⬩ atrox
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Deadly cruel, savage; atrox Com seofona sum to sele geongan deóful deáþreów a savage devil came with seven others unto the hall, Andr. Kmbl. 2629; An. 1316
dreám-líc
Joyous, musical ⬩ jucundus, musĭcus
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Ða dreámlícan musĭca, Cot. 133
feorg-bold
The dwelling of life ⬩ the body ⬩ ănĭmæ dŏmus ⬩ corpus
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The dwelling of life, the body; ănĭmæ dŏmus, corpus Hrǽw cólode, fæger feorgbold the corpse grew cold, the fair dwelling of life, Rood Kmbl. 145; Kr. 73
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ealdor-scype
Eldership, supremacy ⬩ principātus, prīmātus
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Ealdorscype healdan prīmātum tĕnēre, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 17
port-geriht
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10
sealt-wíc
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A place where sail is sold; hence Saltwych In unico emptorio salis quern nos Saltuuic uocamus, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 81, 9. Æt Saltwíc, v. 143, 21