folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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It might be occupied in common, or possessed in severalty; and, in the latter case, it was probably parcelled out to individuals in the folc-gemót, q. v. or court of the district, and the grant sanctioned by the freemen who were there present.
ældu
age ⬩ old age ⬩ sæculum ⬩ senectus ⬩ an age ⬩ century ⬩ ævum ⬩ centuria
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age, old age; sæculum, senectus In ðá ǽrestan ældu in his first age, Exon. 34a; Th. 108, 30; Gú. 80. On ælde in senectute, Ps. C. 142: Ps.
eald-wita
One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest
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One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in
Linked entry: aldor-wísa
neó-bedd
A bed for a corpse
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A bed for a corpse Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse ' I shall die in my nest ' (A. V.), Exon. Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf.
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ge-mǽnan
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Take here <b>ge-mǽnan;</b> in Dict. v. mǽnan to mean
Bremes burh
BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; ⬩ urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi Hér, A. D. 909, Æðelflǽd getimbrode Bremes burh in this year, A. D. 909, Æthelfled built Bramsbury, Chr. 909; Th. 183, 30, col. 2. Hér, A.
hópig
In hills and hollows
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In hills and hollows [applied to the sea in reference to the deep depressions between high waves;cf.
willendlíce
Diligently
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, ita et cum Christo in futuro conregnare, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 22.]
winter-burna
A stream that is full in winter(?) ⬩ a stream that has the fullness of winter(?) ⬩ a torrent
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. ¶ the word occurs as a local name, and is found often in the Charters, e. g.: In Winter-burnan... swá on óðerne Winterburnan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 22. See vi. 354, col. 2
a-ferscean
To freshen ⬩ to become fresh ⬩ salsuginem deponere
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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18
a-néhst
at last ⬩ in the last place ⬩ ad ultimum ⬩ ultimo
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at last, in the last place; ad ultimum, ultimo
bán-wærc
Grief, pain, or ache in the bones ⬩ ossium dolor
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Grief, pain, or ache in the bones; ossium dolor
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beadu-grim
War-grim ⬩ war-furious ⬩ in pugna atrox
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War-grim, war-furious; in pugna atrox,Leo 114
ende-spæc
An end-speech, epilogue ⬩ epĭlŏgus
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Conc. in Epĭlŏgo
folc-mǽlum
in bands
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in bands, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 5, = floc-mǽlum
fyrd
a ford
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a ford, found in the compound Twý-fyrd Twyford
hwearf-líce
In turn
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In turn Huoerflíce vicissim, Lk. Skt. p. 10, 6
-leást
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a termination of nouns formed from adjectives in -leás
lind-gestealla
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A companion in arms, Beo. Th. 3950; B. 1973
ge-bryce
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(l. n.) in Dict