leóþ-wrenc
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19
Linked entry: wrenc
loc-hyrdel
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A hurdle used in making a sheepfold Loc-hyrdla tilian, Angl. ix. 261, 9
Linked entry: hyrdel
loc-stán
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A stone that closes the entrance to a cave Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml. S. 23, 345. Ðæs scræfes locstán hí út álynedon, 426
lof-sealm
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Lauds, psalms (cxlviii-cl taken together) used in the church service Þone lofsealm (laudes), þæt is, ' Laudate Dominum de celis, ' R. Ben. 36, 18: 38, 9
mæslere
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A sacristan, keeper of a church Gá tó Abundium þám mæslere (cf. cyricweard, 4) vade ad Abundium mansionarium, Gr. D. 228, 15
mæst-ling
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A fatling Mæstling altilia (Mt. 22, 4), An. Ox. 61. 29
mágister-dóm
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The office of a master or teacher Hefe mægsterdómes pondus magisterii, Scint. 120, 9. On mægsterdóme in magisterio, 122, 13
leód
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Baebius a Liguribus circumventus cum universo exercitu occisus est, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 9. v. ceaster- (Nap. 12), norþ-leóde; leóda
leóht-fǽtels
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A lamp, lantern Leóhtfǽtels ł leóhtfæt lucernam, Ps. L. 17, 29
Linked entry: fætels
mann-þrymm
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Array of men, retinue, troop Se cásere férde mid ealle his manþrymme (cf. mid ealle his werede, 15), Verc. Först. 97, 11. Cf. here-þrymm
Linked entry: here-þrym
marmel-stán
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Marble Fægere geheówed swylce marmelstán mǽres cinnes, E. S. viii. 476, 56
meaht-loc
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A bolt of might Ne wáciað þás geweorc, ac hí wel healdað, stondað stídlíce bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 88
-méde
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v. án-, eáþ-, gram-(?), ofer-méde; -médu
més-hrægel
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A napkin Mýshrægel mappula, R. Ben. 1. 93. 10
mete-þing
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An operation connected with cooking Hí man geornlíce tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón and tó ǽlcum meteþingum. clǽngeorne, Chrd. 19, 19
mid-streám
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Midstream Andlang midstreámes, C. D. v. 380, 12
mirce
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For another rendering of An. 1315 see ge-scirdan
módor-cynn
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Maternal kin Hire módorcynn gǽit tó Heinríce cásere on the mother's side she was descended from the emperor Henry, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 22
munuc-behát
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A monastic vow 'Án munuc cóm and gyrnde míre dehter, sylle ic hí him oððe ná?' 'Asecge mé hwæðer hé his Gode wiðsace and his fulluhte and his munucbeháte,' Hml. A. 197, 81: 198, 95
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munuc-reáf
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Eála swustor . . . álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þé mid munucreáfe, Hml. S. 33. 82. Þám preóste is ungedafenlic ꝥ hé munucreáf ( uestem monachicam ) werige, Chrd. 63, 32
Linked entry: munuc-scrúd