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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, firstoptimus, 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.

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, robspoliare, 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.

Triangularthree-cornered

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

dysig-nes

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Eálá on hú micelre dysignesse men nú sindon O dura mens hominum et cor semper inhumanum, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 17. Swá hwæt swá wé þurh hwylce dysignesse gedón habban, Hml. A. 143, 137. Add

heáh-sǽþeóf

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For ' Cot. 9, 191' substitute Heáhséðeáf archiparratta (archipirata, Ald. 56, 31, the gloss to which in An. Ox. 4039 is: Archipirata, i. summus latro flotman), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 44. Heáhsǽðeóf, 5, 28. See next word

síþ

Grammar
síþ, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Hé cóm tó his bréðer, and his síð be endebyrdnysse sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 358, 25. 1. Add Ǽne síþa semel, Ps. Srt. 61, 12: 88, 36

Brádan ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan ǽ, indecl. f. [i.e. latus fluvius,
  • Hist. Eccl. Petroburg.
Bardanea,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio 15
]

BroadwaterBradanea

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Broadwater Bradanea Þurh án scýr wæter, Brádan ǽ hátte through a clear water called Broadwater, per unam pulcram aquam, Bradanea nomine, Chr. 656; Erl. 31, 17; Cod. Dipl. 984; A. D. 664; Kmbl. v. 5, 3

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, an (?); f.

cyclamen, sowbread

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Slite cyclaminos iii. 301, col. 2: cyclamen Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 53: ciclamina ii. 131, 37

ge-syndrian

(v.)

to separate

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On ðære gesyndredan híde in the separate hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 4, 8

Linked entry: ge-sundrian

ge-þuhtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þuhtsum, adj.

Abundant

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Abundant Hit wæs ǽr ðǽr singal druwung and sóna æfter ðam com geþuhtsum rén on eorþan there had been there before continual drought, and directly after that came abundant rain on the earth, Shrn. 113, 20

Linked entry: -þuhtsum

Fearn-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Fearn-dún, e; f. [Hunt. Ferandune: Brom. Farandon: fearn fern, dún a hill]

Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon

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D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon, Chr. 924; Th. 198, 1, col. 2, 3

Læwes

(n.)
Grammar
Læwes, Læwe
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Æt Hamme wið Læwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 388, 18. Hamme juxta Læwes, vi. 46, 11

mǽdwe-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽdwe-land, es; n.

Meadow-landland where grass that is to be mown grows

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Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3

Linked entry: mǽd-land

binde

(n.)
Grammar
binde, an; f. [bindan to bind]

A band, wreath, head-band, filletcorolla, fascia

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A band, wreath, head-band, fillet; corolla, fascia Hió an Ceoldryþe hyre betstan [MS. betsðan] bindan she gives to Ceoldryth her best band, Cod, Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 133, 18, 20

ge-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽte, es; pl. -lǽtu; n. [lǽtan to let go, leave]

A going outendingmeetingexitusoccursus

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Twegra wega gelǽtu meetings of two ways, Cot. 110. Æt ðæra wæga gelǽte, Gen. 38, 21

Linked entries: þeóh-gelǽte ge-lét

sídling-weg

(n.)
Grammar
sídling-weg, es ; m.
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Ofer feld on ða rihtlandgemǽre on ðone sídlingweg tó wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 446, 19. Cf. Halliwell Dict. sidelings aslant, sideways : Jamieson sideling, oblique ; sydlingis obliquely, not directly

un-gehealdsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsumness, e; f.

Incontinence

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Ðes þeódscype þurh ungehealdsumnesse áwyrd is, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 349, 7

unfriþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-here, es; m.

A hostile armyan army that is carrying on hostilities

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A hostile army, an army that is carrying on hostilities Com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere tó Sandwíc, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 16. On ðissum geáre wæs ðet gafol gelǽst ðam unfriðehere, 1007; Erl. 141, 13