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steóp-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-sunu, a; m.
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A step-son Steópsunu filiaster, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 69: 35, 61: privignus, i. 52, 12: 72, 33. Hé ofslóh his steópsunu, Ors. i. 8; Swt. 42, 22

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, a summons.
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[They setten steven for to mete To plaien at the dis, Ch. T. 4381. By hir both assent was set a steven, p. 430. For al day meten men at unset steven, 1526.]

tættec

(n.)
Grammar
tættec, (-a, -e?)

a rag, tatter

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Cf. the following passages from charters relating to the same land On tættucan stán ( in a later charter it is called mægenstán, 291, 7), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 35. Tættucæn stán, 340, 35. Tættaces stán, 325, 30. Tædduces stán, 253, 4.

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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Voc. ii. 124, 13. Hol cava (or adj. ?), 129, 63, Hola speleo, spelunca. An. Ox. 2047. Holum caverniculis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 32: 13, 59: cavernis, 22, II. On holum in antris 46, 4.

astrihilthet

(n.)
Grammar
astrihilthet, [astre a house, hold a master, þeowet a fine? Mann.]

A fine levied on a householder ⬩ compensatio facta a domino mansionis

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A fine levied on a householder; compensatio facta a domino mansionis, L. Ed. C. 26; Th. i. 454, 2, MS. L

reóst

(n.)
Grammar
reóst, ;a rest;

rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed

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; rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed,; Halliw. Dict.) Sules reóst dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua vomer inducitur quasi dens,; :Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72 ;dentalia,; 106, 20 : 25, 28

-docce

(suffix)
Grammar
-docce, (-a?)

lác-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
lác-fæsten, a
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H. 37, 18

Linked entry: fæsten

pund-fald

(n.)
Grammar
pund-fald, a
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pinfold On hacan pundfald; of hacan pundfalde, C. D. vi. 41, 24

Linked entry: pyndan

swencan

Grammar
swencan, (a)
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Eówer fæder eów biddeð ꝥ gé ne scylen eów swencan on þone síþ rogat pater noster ne fatigari debeatis, Gr. D. 39, 16. Hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó swenceanne, Past. 361, 14. Add

forþ

Grammar
forþ, (2 a).
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Add Týn cúna lǽse forð mid þas hláfordes, C.D.B. i. 544, 2. Add Geþeód þíne fingras tósomne forð handlenge, Tech. ii. 124, 19. (6 a) add :-- Þis woruldlice líf sceolde forð ádílgod beón, Verc. Först. 144, 9.

grep

(n.)
Grammar
grep, a furrow.
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Substitute: <b>grép,</b> e; f. (v. feltún-grép); es; n. (? grép, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 20 seems pl.) A ditch, drain [On] gengan grép in latrinae cuniculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 66. Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24.

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, a people.
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Hé æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, and þá níhstan landleóde on ǽgþere healfe him on fultum geteáh circa finitimas Romae urbes auxilia sibi adquirere studens Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 110, 7. Ꝥ cynebót tó þám landleód (leódum, v. l. ).

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Þǽr is ꝥ éce leóht búton þeóstrum, 65, 17. Hí sóhton óðer land (hell ): þæt wæs leóhtes leás and wæs líges full (cf. Milton's 'from those flames no light'), Gen. 333: Bl. H. 63, 2. Leóhtes hyrde God, Az. 121 : Dóm. 53.

mǽg-hand

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-hand, a; f.

A relation ⬩ kinsman

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Cf. ða nýhstan hand mé, 491, 13

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Substitute: <b>hos,</b> pl. hossas and (?) hosa a shoot, tendril Hos butrus (cf. cyprus, arbor est habens . . . butros sicut erba pratorum, Ld. Gl. H. 90, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 27: ii. 11, 56.

þeód-guma

Grammar
þeód-guma, For 'A chief man ... great man' substitute: A member of a þeód (v. þeód; I a),
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a retainer of a chief. Cf. dryht-guma

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft.

god-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
god-sunu, a; m.
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A GODSON Ðá onféng he him and æt fulluhtbæþe nam æt ðæs B' handa him to godsuna then he accepted him and took him from the font at the bishop's hand as his godson, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 18.

feóndulf

(n.)
Grammar
feóndulf, [feónd a fiend, ulf = wulf a wolf?]

A fiend ⬩ enemy ⬩ rascal ⬩ scoundrel ⬩ furcĭfer

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A fiend, enemy, rascal, scoundrel; furcĭfer Feóndulf furcĭfer, furca dignus, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 146, 82