byrht
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bright, clear, lucid, loud; clarus, splendidus, clarisonus, Beo. Th. 2402; B. 1199: Cd. 217; Th. 275, 15; Sat. 172
frioðo-waru
Protection ⬩ tutela
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Protection; tutela He frioðo-wære bæd hláford sínne he prayed his lord for protection, Beo. Th. 4554; B. 2282
ie
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For words beginning with these combinations look under i, í, and see the preliminary remarks under the letter I
lang-sceaft
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Having a long shaft Mid longsceaftum sperum longas habebamus hastas, Nar. 13, 24. Mid longsceaftum sperum venabulis. 15, 28
feoh-land
Pasture-land
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Pasture-land Hé méé geset on swýðe good feoh*-*land in loco pascuae me collocavit, Ps. Th. 22, 1
feoh-lufu
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Love of money For feohgýtsunge (feó-, v. l.) and [feoh] lufan amore pecuniae, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 13
beám-weg
A road made with logs ⬩ a corduroy road
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A road made with logs, a corduroy road On beámweg (cf. stánweg, 15), C. D. B. i. 417, 17
GÁT
A she-GOAT ⬩ capra
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Gáta loc an enclosure for goats, Wrt. Voc. 288, 20. Gáta hierde a goat-herd, 288, 21. Gif seó offrung beó of gátum si oblātio est de capris, Lev. 1, 10.
æfter-leán
An after-loan ⬩ reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ retribution ⬩ præmium ⬩ merces
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An after-loan, reward, recompense, retribution; præmium, merces Þearl æfterleán hard retribution, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76
ǽnne
one ⬩ unum
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one; unum Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne non potes unum capillum album facere. Mt. Bos. 5, 36;
begra
of both
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of both He is heora begra lufu he is the love of them both Hexam. 2; Norm. 4, 22
mæst-land
Land on which mast is produced
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Land on which mast is produced Eall ðæt wudu*-*lond ðæt Æþelbald gesealde tó mæstlonde. Chart. Th. 140, 2
nunn-scrúd
The habit of a nun
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The habit of a nun Finde Æþelflæd án hyre nunscrúde, lóce hwæt hió betsð mǽge, Chart. Th. 538, 12
secgihtig
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Sedgy, full of sedge or reeds Secgihtig vel hreódihtig carecta, loca caricis plena, spinacurium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 14
heáh-mór
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A lofty mountain In heáhmórum (heaum (heágum) mórum, v. ll.), in arduis montibus, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 515, 13
weorþ-mynd
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Th. 2377; B. 1186. honour bestowed on an object, favour, grace Seó mennisce gecynd mæg ðæm Scyppende lof and wuldor secgean ðara ára and ðara weorþmenda ðe Drihten mancynne forgeaf . . .
Linked entry: wirþu
ge-dreóg
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Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9. Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht, 256, 34.)
gold-gifa
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A giver of gold, a liberal lord or chief Funde ðáon bedde blácne licgan his goldgifan he found then his lord lying pale on the bed, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 279. Goldgyfan, Beo. Th. 5297; B. 2652.
cléne
cleanly, entirely ⬩ penitus
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cleanly, entirely; penitus Deópne ymblyt cléne ymbhaldeþ meotod the lord entirely upholdeth the deep expanse, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 14
fóster-nóþ
A pasturage ⬩ pasture ⬩ pascua
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A pasturage, pasture; pascua On stówe fósternóþes me he gestaðelode in lŏco pascuæ me collŏcāvit, Ps. Spl. T. 22, 1
Linked entry: fóstor-noþ