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Dorm-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorm-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f. [by the Britons called Cair-Dorm, by Antonīnus Durobrivæ, from the passage over the water; and the Anglo-Saxons, for the same reason, called it also Dornford]

Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen

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Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, Som. Ben. Lye

eást-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-weard, eást-werd

eastward, in the east

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eastward, in the east, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 7. v. éast

eorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-líce, adv.

In an earthly manner ⬩ terrŭlenter

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In an earthly manner; terrŭlenter Eorþlíce terrŭlenter, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 20

fæt-gold

(n.)
Grammar
fæt-gold, es; n.

Gold drawn out into thin plates ⬩ in lāmĭnas dēductum aurum

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Gold drawn out into thin plates; in lāmĭnas dēductum aurum, B. 1921

feðer-

(prefix)

four-

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four-, used only in the compounds, — feðer-fóte, -sceátas, -scette, -scíte, -scitte

fyrdinga

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrdinga, adv.

In companies or flocks ⬩ by bands or multitudes ⬩ catervātim

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In companies or flocks, by bands or multitudes; catervātim, Som. Ben. Lye

lícwyrþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lícwyrþ-ness, e; f.
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Good pleasure On ðínre lícwyrþnysse in beneplacito tuo, Ps. Lamb. 88, 18

rǽd-wita

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-wita, an; m.
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Psalmody On sealmglige in psalterio, Blickl. Gl. Sealmglywe, Ps. Lamb. 143, 9

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n.

A secret place

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A secret place On gehildum in abditis, Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13

Linked entries: ge-heold ge-hyld hild

swǽs-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs-wyrde, adj.
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Of pleasant speech, pleasant in speech; facetus, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 18

twisliht

(adj.)
Grammar
twisliht, adj.
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Forked, branched In ða twislihtran biricean, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 391, 21

under-ágenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
under-ágenlíc, adj.

subnixus

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The word glosses subnixus in: Underágenlícum beadum subnixis precibus, Rtl. 182, 33

yfel-full

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-full, adj.
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Wicked, evil On dǽdum yfelfullum in factis malitiosis, Anglia xi. 116, 13

ceáp-stede

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-stede, es; m.
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A market-place, in the place-name Chépstede, C. D. vi. 269

ceoslen

(adj.)
Grammar
ceoslen, adj.
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Gravelly, shingly On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 161

deorc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deorc-ness, e; f.
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Darkness, obscurity On swá micelre deorcnysse in tanta obscuritate, Scint. 228, 3

ear

Grammar
ear, ocean. l. eár
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and add In eáre (me are, MS.), Dan. 324. Cf. eá water

esn-líce

(adv.)
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The Latin translated in the passage Past. 363, 2 is: Viri fratres

ge-heorcnian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-hercnian</b> in Dict

Linked entry: heorcnian

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