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irþ-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
irþ-mearc, e ;
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f A boundary of arable land Be ðǽre yrðmearce, C. D. iii. 419, 2. Andlang westcumbes betweah ðá twá yrhmearca (yrþ-?), 420, 4

sefa

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Lang. Rev. xi. 215. Add

út-waru

Grammar
út-waru, [For the obligation involved in waru see werian ; <b>III c.</b>]
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Hí him ꝥ land sealdon æt Norðtúne . . . ꝥ syndon iii hída tó inware and óðer healf tó útware, Cht. E. 235, 29. Add

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)

wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

hláf-gebroc

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-gebroc, es; n.

A fragment of bread

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A fragment of bread Ðara hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle of the fragments there remained twelve baskets full, Shrn. 48, 31

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
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Hé síþor fór on leófes lást, Cd.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Ðǽr twégen (tuoe, Lind.: twége, Rush.: tweigen, later MS.) oððe þrý synt gegaderode, 18, 20. Twá (tuoege ł tuu wíf duae, Lind.: twá, Rush.) beóð æt cwyrne grindende, 24, 41: Lk. Skt. 17, 35. Tuu in líchome ánum, Rtl. 106, 32.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

ceoler

(n.)
Grammar
ceoler, ceolre; f.

The COLLAR ⬩ throat ⬩ guttur

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Lamb. 149, 6

chor-gleów

(n.)
Grammar
chor-gleów, es; n. [gleó, gleów glee, joy, music]

A musical dance, dance ⬩ chorus = χορός

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Lamb. 149, 3: 150, 4

dǽl-numelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-numelnes, -ness,e ; f. [numol taking, receiving]

A sharing, partaking, participation ⬩ participatio

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Lamb. 121, 3

dropan

(v.)
Grammar
dropan, droppan; ende pres. part. ; p. ede; pp. ed

To drop ⬩ stillāre

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Lamb. 71, 6

Linked entry: droppan

ell-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
ell-þeód, ell-þiéd, e; f.

A strange people, foreign nation ⬩ pĕregrīna gens

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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6

FELT

(n.)
Grammar
FELT, es; m?

FELT ⬩ pannus ⬩ lāna coactĭlis ⬩ impĭlia

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FELT; pannus vel lāna coactĭlis, impĭlia, Som. Ben. Lye Felt centrum? vel filtrum? Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 59; Wrt. Voc. 23, 20

fyrsian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrsian, p. ode; pp. od

To put far ⬩ remove ⬩ separate ⬩ elongāre

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Lamb. 72, 27

gærcung

(n.)
Grammar
gærcung, e; f.

A preparation ⬩ practice ⬩ exercĭtātio

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Lamb. 54, 3

eard-éðel-wyn

(n.)
Grammar
eard-éðel-wyn, -wynn, e; f.

Joy of an estate ⬩ prædii gaudium

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Joy of an estate; prædii gaudium He me lond forgeaf, eardéðelwyn he gave me land, joy of property, Beo. Th. 4979; B. 2493

niþer-sige

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-sige, es; m.

A going down ⬩ setting

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Lamb. 103, 19 : 113, 3. Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5

rípness

(n.)
Grammar
rípness, e; f.
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Lamb. 118, 147. Cf. rípung

ge-ildan

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Ne lata þú ꝥ þú tó Gode gecyrre, ne geyld þú hit ( neque differas ) of dæge tó dæge, Archiv cxxii. 258, 34. Add

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