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díc-walu

(n.)
Grammar
díc-walu, e; f.
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A ditch-bank (?) On ðá eástlangan dícwale, C. D. v. 334, 28

díg-líce

(adv.)

Similar entry: dígol-líce

dim-hofe

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hofe, an; f.
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Add: dim-hofu (?), e; f.: -hof, es; n. On dimhofe (dat. or acc.?) in latibulum (on dimhoue; dimhof latibulum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 77-8), An. Ox. 3768. Dimhoua latibula, i. secreta, 1677

dír-ling

(n.)

Similar entry: deór-ling

dirn-gewritu

(n.)
Grammar
dirn-gewritu, pl. n. The Apocrypha
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Dyrngewrita apocrifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 4

dirn-hǽmende

(adj.)
Grammar
dirn-hǽmende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Fornicating, adulterous Dyrn*-*hǽmendra [in]cestarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 61

dirn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dirn-líce, adv.
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Secretly Hé hí on niht gemartirode swá hé dyrn*-*lícost mihte, Lch. iii. 424, 30

dirn-licgan

(v.)
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to fornicate, commit adultery Alle ðá dernliggað omnes qui fornicantur, Ps. Srt. 72, 27. Ꝥ ðú ne dernelice ne adulteris, Mk. L. R. 10, 19. Dyrnlicendra mecharum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 12

Linked entry: dirne-licgan

dóc-incel

(n.)
Grammar
dóc-incel, es; n.
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A bastard child Dócincel nothus (the reference is to the illegitimate brother of Ecgfrið. v. Nap. 17), Hpt. 33, 238, 4

Linked entry: dóc

dol-sceaþa

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Add: dol(h)-sceaþa (?) a robber who wounds. Cf. dolswaþu for dolh-swaþu

dol-spræc

Grammar
dol-spræc, l.
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dol-sprǽc

dóm-dæg

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Ondrǽde man dómdæg, Wlfst. 75, 6: 179, 16. Add

dóm-lic

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Dómlicum synoþum decretis synodalibus, An. Ox. 2889. Tída dómlice horas canonicas, Angl. xiii. 384, 268. Add

dóm-setl

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Beforan dómsetle ante tribunal, Dóm. L. 123. Hé gearwað his dómsetl paravit in judicio sedem suam, Ps. Th. 9, 8. Tó dómsetlum ad subsellia, ad tribunal, Germ. 393, 61. Þæt hí on ðám micclum dóme ofer twelf dómsetl sittende beóð tó démenne eallum mannum

dop-enid

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Doppaenid (dop-) fulix, Txts. 65, 936. Dop*-*ened, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 20. Add

dop-fugel

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Dopfugel mergus, Hpt. 33, 240, 23. Mergulum, niger avis, mergit sub aquam pisces quaerere, i. e. dobfugel, Shrn. 29, 4. Ðæs gífran dopfugeles voracis mer[g]ule, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 7: 56, 61. Add

dor-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dor-weard, es; m.
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A doorkeeper, porter, janitor Dorweard, ðá in aldum gecýðnise dorweardas hostiarius, qui in veteri testamento janitores, Rtl. 193, 39. Ðǽm dorworde ( janitori ) bibeódes ꝥ hé wæcce, Mk. R. L. 13, 34

dróf-lic

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[Mid droflicen witan, Laym. 1026. Add:

dróf-nys

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Dele

drop-mǽlum

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