ceahhe
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A daw On ceahhan mere, C. D. iii. 48, 26
cealc-crundel
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a chalk ravine On cealccrundel, C. D. iii. 419, 17
Linked entry: crundel
feht
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xx. lamba and .xx. fehta, C. D. ii. 64, 32
hafocung
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Hawking On hafocunga leáhge, C. D. B. i. 280, 26
hearpere
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Dauid . . . wæs under hiofenum hearpera mǽrost, Ps. C. 4. Add
sealh
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Tó ðon hnottan seale, C. D. v. 193, 35. Add
yfera
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On ðá yferan gemére, C. D. v. 13, 30. Add
brycg
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Tó ðǽre stǽnenan brycge, C. D. iii. 449, 23. Add
healf-penig-wurþ
A halfpennyworth
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A halfpennyworth, L. C. E. 12; Th. i. 366, 32
bróce
use
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Bd. 3, 22; Whelc. 221, 39, note B. C
cnittan
to knit
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to knit Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 22, MS. C
wyrt-geard
A kitchen-garden
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A kitchen-garden Wyrtgeardas promptuaria, Ps. Spl. C. 143, 16
heáfod-æcer
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.
Linked entry: -hafol
hangra
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A wood on a hill-side, and add Tó foxhangran; of ðám hangran, C. D. vi. 106, 1. Of ðám ellenstubbe on ðone yfemestan hangran, iii. 384, 5. [For a discussion of the word and for a number of compound forms in which it occurs see Cht. Crw. p. 134.
eorþ-geberst
land-slip
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A chasm in the ground, land-slip In ðæt eorðebyrst; of ðám eorðgebyrste, C. D. iii. 52, 10. Úp tó ðám eorðgeberste tó foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]
Linked entry: ge-berst
ge-légu
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a tract of land. Cf. (?) leáh(-g). In the following compounds Confiniae terrae, ab australi plaga Uuisleág . . . a septemtrionale Meósgelégeo (-leg- ?), C. D. B. i. 266, 26. On marge wei and Grimgelége, C. D. v. 136, 2. Wið ráhgeléga, iii. 391, 32
Linked entries: ráh-gelégu -légu ge-légeo
ge-ríþe
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A small stream, rivulet Of deópan cumbe on cweiiena brðce; of cwenena bróce up be ðám geríðe (geride, C. D. B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I
Linked entry: riþ
lǽs
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Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne on ðám hǽðfelda the pasture on the heathfield lies open to admit all men C. D. iii. 419, 21. Án lǽs on waruðe, 429, 16. Sceáp lǽsuwe (léswe, Ps. Srt.) his oues pascuae eius Ps. L. 99, 3. On stówe lǽswen (lǽswe?
a-scyrpan
to sharpen
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to sharpen, Ps. Th.126, 5 : Ps. Spl. C. 63, 3