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hyld

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

Favour ⬩ protection ⬩ grace ⬩ loyalty ⬩ allegiance

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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

Linked entry: held

Ægles ford

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles ford, es; m.

AYLESFORD on the Medway near Maidstone, Kent

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AYLESFORD on the Medway near Maidstone, Kent, Chr. 455; Ing. 15,15

mis-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gelimp, es; n.

Mishap ⬩ misadventure

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Mishap, misadventure Hé sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30

Linked entry: ge-limp

mórig

(adj.)
Grammar
mórig, adj.

Marshy ⬩ fenny

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Marshy, fenny On mórium lande in locis palustribus, Gen. 41, 2

Linked entry: mór-mǽd

tigel-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
tigel-leáh, f.
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A brick-field On tigelleáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 267, 21

æsp-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
æsp-hangra, an; m.
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An aspen wood On ðonæ æsphangran, C. D. v. 173, 11

beór-sele

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Hearpe and pípe drémað eów on beórsele, Wlfst.46 17. Add

el-þeódiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
el-þeódiglic, adj.

Foreign ⬩ strange

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Foreign, strange Twégen Godes þeówas on ælþeódiglicum gegyrlan, Shrn. 99, 32

fen-land

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On þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, Hml. S. 20, 77. Add

fíftíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftíne-nihte, adj.
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Fifteen days old On xv-nihte mónan, Lch. iii. 180, 1

fleax-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-æcer, es; m.

A flax-field

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A flax-field On ðá flexæcyras, C. D. v. 389, 16

ge-gripenis

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On gegripnesse (-gríp- ?) in corruptionem, Ps. Spl. T. 29, 11. Add

ge-incígan

(v.)
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to invoke On dægi ðonne giincége ( invocavi ) ðec, Rtl. 20, 29

Linked entry: in-cígan

gemynd-stów

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Add: a tomb On gemyndstówum in monumentis, Ps. Rdr. 87, 6

gebed-stów

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Ic synful breóst míne beáte on gebedstówe, Dóm. L. 30. Add

heals-ome

Grammar
heals-ome, l. heals-óme (or -óman; pl., only plural forms of the simple word seem to occur. v. -óman),
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Se man sé ðe biþ on healsóman nime healswyrt. and add

mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽle, adj.
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Marked, spotted On mǽlan beorh middeweardne, C. D. v. 166, 3

nigon-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
nigon-nihte, adj.
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Nine days old On nigannihtne ealdne mónan, Lch. iii. 160, 27

pric-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
pric-þorn, es; m.
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A prickly thorn tree On pricþorn, C. D. iii. 436, 16

tirig-hege

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Of langan leáge on tyrighege; of tyrighege, C.D. v. 234, 22

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