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weall-weg

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On wealweg, C. D. ii. 29, 13. Cf. hege-weg. Add

faran

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faran, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add

getæl-ríme

(n.)
Grammar
getæl-ríme, es; n. [getæl a number]

Succession;successio

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Succession; successio On getælríme in succession, Salm. Kmbl. 76; Sal. 38

bán-bryce

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Bánbryce on heáfode, Lch. ii. 8, 28. Bánbrice, 92, 6. Add

stefn

(n.)
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stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ... Eal se dǽl, se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lostinquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost On swylcere smeágunge (the search for stolen cattle) L. Edg. S. 12; Th. i. 276, 21. Habban ðás ylcan smeágunge on mínum cucum orfe and on mínra þegena 13; Th. i. 276, 24: 14; Th. i. 276, 32. inquiry

Linked entries: smeáþ smeáung

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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A shore, strand Ic geseah men standende be ðam waruðe weroðe, v. l. ), Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 370. Bí waraðe (néh warðe secus littus, Lind. ) sittende, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 48. Seó m. ænigeo stód on ðam waroðe (waraþe, Rush. : wearðe, Lind. litore ), Mt

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beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Add: trans. of living creatures Sume hí beóton quosdam caedentes, Mt. 12, 5. Hí beóton his heáfod percutiebant caput ejus, Mt. 27, 30. Hí beóton heora breóst, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml.

búr

(n.)
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búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Add: <b>A</b> (private, inner) chamber (as distinguished from the heall) Búr camera, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 6. Gemétton hí ðás cnihtas on ánum búre tó Gode gebiddende, Hml. S. 23, 140. He wolde wyrcan þá healle on eástdǽle, and þá óðre gebytla

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.

Favourprotectiongraceloyaltyallegiance

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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7

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el-þeódig

foreignstrangerforeign

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Add Ælþeódig peregrinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 65. Ðá elðeódigan bargina (cf. bargine, peregrine; barrigenae, peregrinae, Angl. xiii. 332), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 29: 12, 13. of persons, expressing relation to one person of another, of another race, foreign, stranger

Franc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Franc-land, Fronc-land, Frang-land, es; n.

Frank-landthe country of the FranksFrancōrum terraFrancia

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Frank-land, the country of the Franks; Francōrum terra, Francia Námon [MS. noman] hí him wealhstódas of Franclande mid accēpērunt de gente Francōrum interprĕtes, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 24. On ðam mynstre ðe on Franclande wæs getimbred in monastērio quod

Linked entry: Fronc-land

néðing

(n.)
Grammar
néðing, e; f.

Daringaudacity

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Daring, audacity Ðæt hé þurh néðinge wunne, Exon. Th. 109, 33; Gú. 99. Ða swá swíðe hiene ondrédan ðe on westeweardum ðisses middangeardes wǽron ðæt hié on swá micle néðinge ... hiene æfter friþe sóhton on eástweardum ðeosan middangearde those who were

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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A poke, pouch, bag; as a medical term sinus Pohha (poha, Lind.) pera, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 8. Pohha (pocca, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 9, 3. Ðý læs ðider in yfel pohha ( sinus ) gesíge, Lchdm. ii. 208, 18. Sift ðonne, dó on pohhan ( bag ), lege under weofod, 138,

weoruld-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
weoruld-lufu, e, an; f.
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Love of the world, love of worldly things Wé nellaþ búgan fram ðyssere andweardan woruldlufe, Homl. Th. i. 580, 3. Se cwyrnstán, ðe tyrnð singallíce, and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhð, getácnaþ woruldlufe, ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlaþ, and nǽnne stæpe on Godes

wíte-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-hús, es; n.

A house of punishmenttormentprisonan amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyredhell

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A house of punishment or torment, a prison Wítehúsa ergastulorum, Hpt. Gl. 516, 8. an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred Wítehúses amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47. On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos

for-rotian

(v.)
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Forrotað putrescet, Kent. Gl. 324. Fultum heora forrotað (ueterescet) on helle, Ps. Rdr. 48, 15. Ðá nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe, Hml. Th. i. 118, 15. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101. Ðeáh ðá bán for æfste forrotigen putredo ossium

hédd-ern

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hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note. On kycenan oþþe on héderne (cellario) oðþe on mynstres bæcerne

Linked entry: hædern

Lindcylene

(n.)
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Lincoln Burga fífe, Ligoraceaster and Lin[d]cylene ( the d is erased; Lindcylne, -kylne, Lincolne, v. ll. ). Chr. 942 ; P. 110, 17. Lindeylene (-cylne, -colene, v. ll. ) ceastre geréfan praefectum Lindocolinae ciuilatis, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 177, 20. On Lindeylene

nealles

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Add:, nals Hié ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals (nalles, v.l. ) on hira láre, Past. 31, 6. Nals (nealles, v.l. ) ná suá suá healt monn, 67, 10. Ðonces, nals ná (nalles nó, v.l.) for gestreónum, 137. 20. Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.