þeófung
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Thieving Sumu ( one of the devil's arrows is made ) of reáfláce ... sumu of þeófunga, Nap. 46, 22
glæs-gegot
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What is made of molten glass Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum (of glæsgegotum, v. l.) geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23 (v. note, p. 78)
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helle-
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In the case of at least some of the following words which are given as compounds, they might be taken as independent words, the first of which is the genitive of hel. For the meaning of such combinations the second word may be referred to
heorten
Of a hart
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Of a hart Healfes pundes gewihte beran smeruwes and heortenes of bear's grease and of hart's, by weight of half a pound, Herb. 101, 3; Lchdm. i. 216, 15
tíd-ege
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Fear of a time, fear of the time of death. v. tíd, I. Simle þreora sum þinga gehwylce ǽr his tídege (tide ge, MS.), tó tweón weorþeþ ádl oþþe yldo oþþe ecghete fǽgum fromweardum feorh óðþringeþ ever in every case, before the fear of his end becomes doubtful
Scild
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The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings. His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr
cyning-cynn
A royal race ⬩ regium genus
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A royal race; regium genus Of ðæs strýnde monigra mǽgþa cyningcynn fruman lǽdde the royal race of many tribes drew its beginning from his stock, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 30. Eanfriþ wæs ðære mǽgþe cyningcynnes Eanfrith was of the royal race of that province
Mersc-ware
The inhabitants of marshy land
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The inhabitants of marshy land Myrcena cining oferhergode Cantware and Merscware ( men of RomneyMarsh ), Chr, 796;Erl. 59, 40. Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12
þyrnet
A place full of thorns ⬩ a thicket of thorn-bushes
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A place full of thorns, a thicket of thorn-bushes Þirnetum spinetis, of ácynnendlícum ł fexedum þyrnetum de spinetis nascentibus (gignentibus), Hpt. Gl. 463, 32-36. Of þiccum þyrnetum senticosis, spinosis, 436, 47
heáfod-weg
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A road along the head (v. heáfod, 2 a) of a field, valley, &c. (?) Of ðæn cumbe on Tetanhylle; of Tytanhylle tó ðæn heáfodwege; ondlong cumbes, C. D. V. 401, 35. Of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg ; of ðǽm wege on hlydan, ondlong hlydan on þon
Cwichelmingas
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Descendants of Cwichelm Penda and of ðám Pending and Pendingas; Cwicelm and of ðám Cwicelmingas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 15, 4
gǽr-getal
A tale of years ⬩ number of years ⬩ annōrum sĕries
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A tale of years, number of years; annōrum sĕries Hit cymþ æfter fiftigum wintra his gǽrgetales it comes after fifty winters of his number of years, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 284, 22
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gærs-swín
a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine
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Add: a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine. Cf. cap. 49 of Ine's Laws concerning the illegal pasturing of swine, Ll. Th. i. 132, 11
geár-getal
a tale of years ⬩ number of years
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a tale of years, number of years
fleoðe
The water-lily
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The water-lily Of fleoðan wyrte of the plant of the water-lily, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 28
heolstrig
dark ⬩ secret
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Full of hiding places, dark, secret On heolstrigere dígelnesse in latebrosum (lautumiae) latibulum, An. Ox. 3317. Of heolstriccum de latebrosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 38. used substantively, a secret place: Of dígelnessum, heolstrigum (of dígelnessum, of
Cwén-land
Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman
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Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land
rysce
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A bed of rushes (?) Of bæccæ funtan on ðá riscæan; of ðǽre riscæan on sagelmære, C. D. iv. 27, 15
Q
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reliquias retained its original form
simble-gemaca
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan
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