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Dorm-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorm-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f. [by the Britons called Cair-Dorm, by Antonīnus Durobrivæ, from the passage over the water; and the Anglo-Saxons, for the same reason, called it also Dornford]

Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen

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Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, Som. Ben. Lye

eorsung

anger

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anger, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8. v. yrsung

wiþerling

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerling, es; m.

An adversary

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An adversary Ðú forbriccest wiþerlingas (adversarios), Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 7

hreód-gírd

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-gírd, e; f.
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A reed, cane [H]reó[d]gyrde calamum, Germ. 390, 48

be-neced

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-neced, pp. of be-nacian.

naked

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naked Of hæftnede benecedes de captivitate nudati Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 194 b, 42;

Linked entry: be-næced

lang-mód

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Cant. 7, 12.] [Cf. Goth. lagga*-*módei.] See two following words. Add

bune

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Or is bune meant to give an alternative meaning for canna, cf. crater vel canna canne, i. 24, 38?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 3. a cup Bunan carcesia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 54: 14, 15.

wang

Grammar
wang, <b>. I.</b>
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Wongas ne bryngað mete arua non afferent cybum, Cant. Ab. 17. Add

of-setnian

(v.)
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Cant. 21, 17

for-trydst

(v.)
Grammar
for-trydst, -trytst

treadest down

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Spl. 90, 13: Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 a, 12;

ymb-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-lǽdan, p. de
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10

tó-sundrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sundrian, p. ode

To separate

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To separate Hwanne hé tósundrode bearn Adames quando separabat filios Adam, Cant. M. ad fil. 8

Linked entry: tó-syndrian

midlung

(n.)
Grammar
midlung, e; f.

The middle ⬩ midst

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Spl. 22, 4: Cant. Moys. 19: Cant. Abac. 2: Ps. Lamb. 73, 12. On midlunga, 81, 1

underburh-ware

(n.)
Grammar
underburh-ware, pl.

The inhabitants of a suburb

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The inhabitants of a suburb Of underburhwarum de suburbanis, Cant. M. ad fil. 32

Linked entry: burg-waran

in-

(prefix)
Grammar
in-, inn-. In the case of some of the verbs where in is given as a prefix perhaps it should be separated ; the passages may then be taken as illustrating the adverb inn.

Linked entries: bryne stæpe sceþþan eardiend standan líhtingness inn- innan-cund inne-cund -lenda stingan

ribbe

(n.)
Grammar
ribbe, an; f.

The herb hounds-tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officinale

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Voc. i. 286, 23; ii. 104, 2. canes linga, 102, 51. quinquenerbia, i. 68, 33. Ribbe. Ðás wyrte ðe man cynoglossam and óðrum naman ribbe nemneþ, and hý eác sume men linguam canis háteþ, Lchdm. i. 210, 16-19. Ribban seáw, ii. 40, 29.

un-gedæftness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gedæftness, e; f.

Importunity ⬩ unseasonableness

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Importunity, unseasonableness Ðonne sió ungedæftnes hit ne cann eft gedæftan si habere impartunitas opportunitatem nescit, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 19

Linked entry: ge-dæftness

cluster

(n.)
Grammar
cluster, es; n.

A CLUSTER, bunch ⬩ botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima,

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A CLUSTER, bunch; botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 b, 32

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum

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Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum? ... Mid swiftum hundum ic betǽce wildeór, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 21-27. Ðú ðæt land tódǽlst mid hlyte ( sorte ), Deut. 31, 7.

Linked entry: mið

be-nacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-nacian, p. ode; pp. od, ed[be, nacian nudare]

To make naked ⬩ denudare

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To make naked; denudare Ðú benacodest grundweall óþ hneccan denudasti fundamentum usque ad collum Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 a; 13

Linked entry: nacian

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