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á-rásian

(v.)
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Ðá upáhafenesse árásode and hie getǽlde elationem publice feriendo reprehendit. Past. 39, 21. árásode heora deófles cræft, Hml. Th. ii. 472, 15. Se man árásie, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2.

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gebed-rǽden

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Add: prayers þǽr (on gebedhúse) nán þincg elles geworht ne bútan þám ánum weorce þe Gode belimpð. þæt is gebedrǽden ( syndon hálige gebedu, v. l.), R.

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gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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and add: 1. Cf. gít; 1 Ic þæt gýta geman, Kr. 28. 2. Cf. gít; 2 Ðeáh ðú géta forgiten hæbbe, Met. 24, 46.

castel

(n.)
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castel, (-ell), es; m.
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D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C. D. iii. 397, 18-21

ceást

(n.)
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ceást, e; f.
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Add: strife, &c. Cést lis, Hpt. Gl. 495, 32. Mid ceáste andswarian cum jurgio respondere, Gr. D. 64, 33. Ðá ðing þe heó sibbe talað, beóð hire ðonne ceáste áwende, Hml. Th. i. 408, 26.

healf-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mearc, es; n.

A half-mark

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A half-mark hæfð geboht healfe híde landes mid healfmarce goldes and mid áne punde seolfres and twégan óran, C. D. iv. 136, 34. Fylste ǽlc gegylda he[alf]mearc fylste, Cht. Th. 611, 32. Ic an míne láuedy halfmarc goldes, C.

of-teón

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Add God hwílum sylð þǽre wítegunge gást, hwílum his oftýhð ( subtrahit ), Gr. D. 146, 31. (toothache) ne ofteáh ðes gemyndes þæs þe ic ǽr leornode, Solil. H. 41, 1. monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, B. 5.

súþ-fór

(n.)
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súþ-fór, e; f.
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D. i. 235, 8 siith is printed; but suð, Cht. Th. 463, 3, and C. D. B. i. 446, 20. These are all texts of the charter quoted. ] Æt súþfóre ǽlc mon (gilde) .v. pening̃, Cht. Th. 614, 11

þanc

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Add is swíðe mycel þanc þæt þú gehátst. Solil. H. 26, 11. <b>III c.</b> add :-- Þis is on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9.

wita

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wita, <b>. I.</b>
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&lt;b&gt;II a.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Witan hym (the king) sceolan rǽdan, O. E. Hml. i. 301, l. Add Þá geþafode se ealda wita ( senex ) and lǽdde þone cniht mid him þám mynstre, Gr. D. 242, 22. Witum senioribus (Mt. 16, 21), An. Ox. 61, 19.

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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A. D. 864; 126, 8: Cod. Dipl. 1061; A.D. 868; Knibl. v. 119, 26

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, p. ede; pp. ed

To estimatevalue

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To estimate, value Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áþe gewyrþan and syððan be ðam gyldan other unseen things may be estimated on oath, and then paid for accordingly, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 7. Swá hit man gewyrþe as it may be valued, L. A.

á-cunnan

(v.)
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to accuse ácunnenne ad excusandum, Ps. Srt. 140, 4.

Linked entries: on-cunnan cunnan

á-fandung

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á-fandung, -fandigung.
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Add: trial, probation Seó gedréfednys wyrcð geðyld, and þæt geðyld áfandunge ( probationem , v. Scint. 7, 19),, Seó áfandung eówres geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 554, 25-31.

aferian

(v.)
Grammar
aferian, p. ode
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To perform carrying service (averagium. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s. v., and average in N. E.

bisceop-ríce

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Voc. i. 71, 72. Cúþ þám biscope þe seó hálige stów on his bisceopríce is in notitiam episcopi ad cujus diocessim pertinet locus, R. Ben. 119, 9. Gedǽlen þæt feoh geond þá biscoprícea, C. D. B. iii. 75, 22. Biscopríca parrochias, diocesis, An.

be-listnian

(v.)
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S. 2, 46: Lch. iii. 202, 34. ¶ In An. Ox. 4307 stupratur is glossed by wæs belisned. Add

buteruc

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Sum man sende twégen butrucas mid wíne (cf. twá treówene fatu fulle wínes, on folcisc flascan gehátene vino plena duo lignea vascula, quae vulgo flascones vocantur Gr. D. 141, 25), Hml. Th. ii. 170, 13. Add: —

ealdung

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D. 134, 10. Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde . . . mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene, for*-*wurdon, Hml. S. 23 b, 571

fild-denu

(n.)
Grammar
fild-denu, (?)
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a valley with a flat bottom(?) Andlang bróces on fildena wyllan, C. D. iii. 15, 30. Of hlǽwe on fildena weg; andlang weges on ðone ealdan ford, 289, 3. Ondlong longan hylles on fildena weg; ðonan on holan dene, 400, 15.