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byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, to a city, Ps. Th. 44, 13: 47, 11; dat.
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of burh

Dornwara ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dornwara ceaster, gen. ceastre; f. [the city of the inhabitants of Dorsetshire ]

DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire ⬩ Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput

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DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire; Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput Ðis wæs gedón in ðam cynelícan setle on ðære stówe ðe is genæmned Dornwara ceaster this was done in the royal residence in the place which is named Dorchester, Th. Diplm. A.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, ge-cind, acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n.

nature ⬩ kind ⬩ manner ⬩ condition ⬩ gender ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium ⬩ proprietas ⬩ modus ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ genus ⬩ generation ⬩ nakedness ⬩ generatio ⬩ natales ⬩ partes ⬩ genitales ⬩ verenda ⬩ offspring ⬩ proles

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nature, kind, manner, condition, gender; natura, indoles, ingenium, proprietas, modus, qualitas, conditio, genus For his ágenre gecynde from its own nature, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 7. On swíðe lytlon hæfþ seó gecynd genóg with very little nature has enough,

Linked entries: ge-cynde ge-cyndo cynd ge-cind

burgat

(n.)
Grammar
burgat, es; pl. burgatu; n. [burg a city, gat, geat a gate]
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A city-gate; urbis porta Ðá Samson genam ða burggatu [MS. burgatu] and gebær on his hricge then Samson took the city-gates and bore them on his back, Jud. 16, 3

byrg

(n.)
Grammar
byrg, to a city, Exon. 15a; Th. 33, 1; Cri. 519; dat.
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of burh

byri-weard

(n.)
Grammar
byri-weard, es; m. [byrig, dat. of burh a city, weard a guard]
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A city-guardian; urbis custos, ædilis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 54

Linked entries: burg-weard byri

fugel-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-cyn, fugol-cyn, -cynn, -cinn, es; n.

FOWL-KIND ⬩ vŏlucrium gĕnus

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FOWL-KIND; vŏlucrium gĕnus Eallum nýtenum and eallum fugelcynne cunctis anĭmantĭbus terræ omnique vŏlucri cæli, Gen. 1, 30: 7, 8. Nim of fugelcinne seofen and seofen ǽgðres gecyndes tolle de volātĭlĭbus septēna et septēna, mascŭlum et fēmĭnam, Gen. 7

Linked entry: fugol-cyn

geomær

Grammar
geomær, l.? geon-cær = geán-cir, q. v.
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Gást gangende, næs se geomær eft spiritus vadens et non rediens, Ps. Th. 77, 39

Linked entry: geán-cirr

burig

(n.)
Grammar
burig, = byrig to a city, Ors. 6, 23, MS. C; the dat. of burh
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a city

Cyric-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Cyric-burh, gen. -burge; dat.-byrig ; f. [Hunt. Cereburih: Brom. Cyrebury: the church city]

Chirbury, Shropshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Salopiensi

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Chirbury, Shropshire; loci nomen in agro Salopiensi Æðelflǽd ða burh getimbrede æt Cyricbyrig Æthelfled built the fortress at Chirbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 35, col. 2; 187, 35, col. 1

un-biscopod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biscopod, un-bisceopod; adj.

Unconfirmed

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Wé secgaþ eów, ðæt ǽlc cild sceall beón binnon þryttigum nihtum gefullod ... Ne nǽnne man man ne lǽte unbisceopod tó lange ... And witan ða ðe cildes onfón æt fulluhte oððe æt bisceopes handum, ðæt hí hit on rihtum geleáfan gebringan, 300, 16-30

Linked entry: an-biscopod

cildiung-wíf

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Dele, and see cild-geong

for-myrþrian

(v.)
Grammar
for-myrþrian, -myrþran
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Gif hwylc wíf hyre cild ámyrð innan hire ... oððe eft formyrþreþ (occiderit) siþþan hit forð cymð, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 25. Þǽr (at doom's day) swutelað ǽlc cild hwá hit formyrðrode, Wlfst. 137, 28. Add:

fulligan

(v.)
Grammar
fulligan, to fulligenne

To baptize ⬩ baptīzāre

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To baptize; baptīzāre Diáconus mót fulligan cild a deacon may baptize children, L. Ælf. C. 16; Th. ii. 348, 14. Gif cild biþ to fulligenne if there be a child to baptize, 29; Th. ii. 352, 30

Linked entry: fulligenne

crypel

(adj.)
Grammar
crypel, adj.
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Crippled[ Nán unhál cild, ne crypol, ne dumb, Hml. A. 179, 322.]

hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyrian, to imitate.
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Ðá cild . . . hyriað ealdum monnum, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 10 note. Add

stǽnan

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Seó ǽ tǽhte þæt man sceolde ǽlcne wímman þe cild hæfde bútan rihtre ǽwe stǽnan (cf. eam lapidibus obruent viri civitatis, Deut. 22, 21). Nú ðonne gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, þonne wolde þæt Iúdéisce folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Hml.

níwan-ácenned

(adj.)

new-born

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new-born Ðá wæs broht tó fulwihte níwanácenned cild, Shrn. 130, 7

tife

(n.)
Grammar
tife, an; f.
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A bitch Gif ðú wille ðæt wíf cild hæbbe oþþe tife hwelp, Lchdm. ii. 172, 21

hundteóntig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
hundteóntig-wintre, adj.
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A hundred years old Hundteóntig-wintre cild byð áwyrged puer centum annorum maledictus erit. Nap. 39

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