grafet
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On ðæt lange grauet of ðam lange grafette, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 33: 195, 5, 7. Leo takes the word as a diminutive of 'gráf.'
winter-set
A place to stop in for the winter; ⬩ in pl. winter-quarters
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A place to stop in for the winter; in pl. winter-quarters Se here... ðǽr wintersetu (-sætu, v. l.) námon, Chr. 886; Th. i. 156, cols. 2, 3
efen-éce
Co-eternal ⬩ co-æternus
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Co-eternal; co-æternus Æ/r ðon up-stíge efenéce bearn ágnum fæder ere that the co-eternal child ascended to his own father, Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 19; Cri. 465
Linked entry: emn-éce
siwen-íge
Blear-eyed
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Blear-eyed Se biþ siweníge (-igge, Cot. MSS.) se ðe his andgit biþ tó ðon beorhte scínende ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, gif hit ðonne áþístriaþ ða flǽsclícan weorc. On ðæs siwen-ígean (-iggean, Cott. MSS.) eágum beóþ ða æpplas hále . . .
ampella
A vial ⬩ bottle ⬩ flask ⬩ flagon ⬩ ampulla ⬩ lecythus ⬩ lenticula
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A vial, bottle, flask, flagon; ampulla, lecythus, lenticula Ampella vel ele-fæt an oil-flask, lecythus = λήκυθος [MS. legithum], Cot. 119. Ampella vel crog lenticula, 124
mǽr-pytt
A pit that forms part of a boundary
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On ðone mǽrpyt; of ðam pytte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 439, 1. Eást tó mǽrpytte, ii. 250, 5
mana-scipe
Humanity ⬩ kindness ⬩ civility
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Humanity, kindness, civility Manscipes weldǽdum underþeódde humanitatis offitiis deditos, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 38. Manscipe gyfan beþearfendum and ælþeódigum humanitatem peregrinis et egentibus impendere, 155, 5
mór-denu
A swampy or fenny valley
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten
nytweorþ-ness
Usefulness ⬩ utility
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Hwæt wyrcst ðú ús nytwyrðnesse quid operaris tu nobis utilitatis, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 25
ge-defen
Fit ⬩ proper ⬩ due ⬩ dēbĭtus
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Fit, proper, due; dēbĭtus Gedefen dēbĭtus, Cot. 61 : Th. An. 101, 10. To forþspównesse gedefenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17
ge-mǽd
foolish ⬩ stultus ⬩ Troubled in mind, mad ⬩ amens
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Troubled in mind, mad; amens, Cot. 10, 169. [cf. O. Sax. ge-méd foolish : O. H. Ger. ka-meit stultus : or ge-mæd? v. Leo 29]
stán-fæt
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Com wíf hæbbende stánfæt ( alabastrum ), Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 3. Miððý gebrocen wæs ðæt, stánfæt, Lind. 14, 3
tigel-ærne
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Forð on ða mearce in on ða tigelærnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 29
Linked entry: ærne
folc-lár
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For ' Cot. . . . Lye' substitute
huntnold
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, Coll. M. 21, 34. Cf. (?) færeld for suffix.
heáh-strǽt
High road
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High road Swá in ða heáhstrǽt so into the high road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 167, 21. Tó ðære hǽhstrǽte to the high road, 246, 20
Linked entry: heáh-weg
on-bæc
A-back, backward, behind
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Ná gewát onbæc heorte úre non recessit retro cor nostrum, Ps. Spl. 43, 21
swiftlere
A slipper, shoe
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Swyftleras subtalares, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 31. Swifteleares, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 19
Linked entry: swyftlere
twi-gǽrede
Cloven
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Bufan ðam hlince æt ðæs gǽredan landes ende, (pointed, angular), Cod. Dip. B. iii. 251, 42
Linked entry: gǽrede
clipur
A CLAPPER of a bell ⬩ tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus
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Catal. 109, col. 2, 16-20