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eorþ-burh

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eorþ-burh, -byr(i)g.
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Voc. i. 37, 34. On eorðburge geat, C. D. v. 256, 11. Of ðǽre díc besúþan ðǽre eorðbyrg, vi. 129, 21. Ðone wudu æt ðǽre eorðbyrig, iii. 4, 11. Anlang hrycges ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23. On lythlan eorðbeorg; of ðǽre byrig, 48, 26.

forþ-fór

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Be ðon hálgan lífe and forðfóre Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 14: Gr. D. 20, 20.

geond-faran

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Add: to traverse, pass through Gindfærð pertransit, Ps. L. 38, 7. Þá þe iandfarað (perambulant) paðas sǽ, 8, 9. Sideralis se circul hátte, for þan þá tunglan hine geondfarað, Angl. viii. 317, 35. to penetrate, permeate.

handlinga

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In the passage l. handlinga, and add: handlunga in the hands Hine man healfcwicne handlunga þanon áhóf in manibus jam semivivus levatus est, Gr. D. 63, 1. Ða men handlunga (mid heora handum, v. l. in manibus ) genámon wíf of þám gebedhúse, 73, 7.

hege-stów

(n.)
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hege-stów, e; f.
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A place with a hedge: On ðá hegestówe ufewardre; ondlong hegstówe. C. D. iii. 213, 9. In ðá hegestówe; andlong dǽre hegestówe, 263, 28. On ðá aldan hegestówe; and syððan á ondlang ðǽre ealdan hegestówe on ðone folchearpað, 393, 13.

Linked entry: heg-stów

hyþ

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hyþ, l.
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Lyte jactura, hýd commodum, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 52. Swá hwæt on hýðþe and on temprunge byð hálwende hit ys quicquid cum modo (but commodo has been read) et temperamento fit, salutare est, Scint. 54, 19.

íw

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Take here <b>eow</b> (l. <b>eów</b>) in Dict., and add Íuu taxus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 76. Eów ornus, 65, 8. íwes heáfdan ... on íwdene, C. D. iii. 444, 4-6. On Íwwcumb, of Íwwa cumbe, 218, 34. Cf. íwígað, v. 240, 25

læfer

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læfer, <b>. I.</b>
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Add: In local names Ad uadum qui uocatum Leuerford, C. D. i. 64, 12. Leuuremer Livermere (in Suffolk), iv. 245, 30. Cf. Liversedge, Liverpool; cf. -lifer. Add Læfer lamina (auri), An. Ox. 2, 26. Læfrum petalis (deauratis ), 5497.

Lindisfaran

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Lindisfaran, l. Lindesfaran.
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Dele the bracket after ' Northumbria ', and add Lindesfarona landes is syfan þúsend hýda mid hǽðfeldlande, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Myrcna þeóde and Lindesfearena (-pharona, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 350, 8.

líþan

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Þonne líðað (navigamus) feor, æt néhstan geseóð þá stilnesse þǽre hýþe þe ǽr fram léton, Gr. D. 6, 17. Þá eódon of þám scipe, þá þe líþon and fÝron mid Maximiane (qui cum Maximiano navigabant), 249, 14.

niþer-lic

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Add Se deáð is nyðerlic (death has its place deep down) : is for þan nyðerlic : þeáh se man gewíte in ðá neowelestan scrafa þe on middangearde , þonne sceal þeáhhwæðere sweltan, Verc. Först. 103, 9-12.

nyllan

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getácniað þá ðe tela nellað, ne nellað leornian hwæt Gode leóf , Hml. S. 25, 51-52. Oft monn bið ðǽre earfoðnesse láreówdóme underðiéded, ðeáh ǽr nolde his láreówes lárum bión, Past. 35, 11.

ofer-heáfod

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Add: [v. N. E. D. over-head]: &lt;b&gt;ofer-heáh.&lt;/b&gt; Add: [Orm. oferr-heh] : &lt;b&gt;ofer-hebban.&lt;/b&gt; Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16.

on-scógan

(v.)
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[O. H. Ger. ant-(int-)scnohón denudare (pedem).] Cf. un-scóg(i)an

Linked entries: an-sceón an-scód

scenc

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Þæne nón fylige scenc quam nonam non sequitur potus, Angl. xiii. 399, 484. Cweðað þus fela scencea (þus manige calicas fulle, v. l.) ne gedruncon? numquid tot calices non bibistis?, Gr. D. 127, 11.

tó-weard

(prep.)
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tó-weard, prep.
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Add Hig eódon Sodoman weard abierunt Sodoman, Gen. 18, 22. flugon heora lande weard, Hml. A. 113, 372

wérigian

(v.)
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ilce mód ǽgþer ge mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað, and eác of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað (ex infirmitate lacesscat), Gr. D. 204, 23.

ǽnes

(adv.)
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ǽnes, adv.

Once.

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Similar entries cf. ǽne, I Ǽnes ic swór semel juravi, Ps. L. 88, 36. Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes, Ll. Th. i. 38, 13.

Linked entry: ǽne

á-stípan

(v.)
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á-stípan, p. te; pp. -stíped, -stípt

To bereave

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To bereave (with gen.) Se earma man ástýped (-stǽped, v. l.) and bereáfod his suna miser orbatus, Gr. D. 75, 27. Se ástýpta (-stépta,v. l.) ceorl orbatus rusticus, 165, 19. þám ástýptan (-stéptan, v. l. ) wífe, 18, 15. Þ ástépede wíf, 14.

Linked entries: stípan á-stépan

beáh-gifa

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him God forgyue . . . and eác swá his beáhgifan, is se sélesða sinces brytta Ælfryd, Gr. D. 2, 14