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ellen-rind

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-rind, e; f.

Elder-rind or bark sambūci cortex

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Elder-rind or bark; sambūci cortex Well ellenrinde niðewearde boil the nether part of elder-rind, L. M. 1. 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 5: 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 5: 1, 68; Lchdm. ii. 128, 14

eó-risc

(n.)

a bulrushscirpus

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a bulrush; scirpus

éðel-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-ríce, es; n.

A native-realm, native-countrypatrium regnum, patria

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A native-realm, native-country; patrium regnum, patria Ðæt ðú móste mínes éðelríces neótan that thou mightest enjoy my native realm. Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 24; Cri. 1462: Andr. Kmbl. 239; An. 120: 864; An. 432: Salm. Kmbl. 214; Sal. 106

fæder-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-ríce, es; n.

A paternal kingdom păternum regnum

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A paternal kingdom; păternum regnum In heora fæderríce in their paternal kingdom, Cd. 220; Th. 283, 22; Sat. 308

feorm-riht

(n.)
Grammar
feorm-riht, es; n.

Right in an estatein prædio jus

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Right in an estate; in prædio jus, Herring, p. 50, Mann

feórþ-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
feórþ-ríce, es; n.

Dominion over a fourth parttetrarchiaτετραρχία

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Dominion over a fourth part; tetrarchia = τετραρχία, Som. Ben. Lye

forþ-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-riht, adj.

Right forthdistinctplain

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Right forth, distinct, plain; hence, forþriht spræc plain speech, prose; prōsa == prorsa, i. e. proversa, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: forþ-rihtes

fyðer-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
fyðer-ríca, an; m.

A ruler over a fourth parttetrarchtetrarchestetrarchaτετράρχηs

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A ruler over a fourth part, tetrarch; tetrarches, tetrarcha, æ; m. = τετράρχηs, oν; m Ða sind gecwedene tetrarche, ðæt sind, fyðerrícan; fyðerríca biþ se ðe hæfþ feórþan dǽl ríces who are called tetrarchs, that is, rulers over a fourth; a tetrarch is

earfoþ-ríme

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-ríme, adj.

Difficult to be numbered diffĭcĭlis numĕrātu

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Difficult to be numbered; diffĭcĭlis numĕrātu Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþríme the occupations are to us very difficult to be numbered, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 7

Linked entry: -ríme

eal-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-riht, adj.

All-rightpĕnĭtus rectus

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All-right; pĕnĭtus rectus, R. Ben. 72, Lye

hege-rife

(n.)
Grammar
hege-rife, an; f.

Heyriffegalium aparine

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Heyriffe; galium aparine, Lchdm. iii. Gloss

here-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
here-rinc, es; m.

A warrior,

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A warrior, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 141; Met. 1, 71: [hereric, MS.] Beo. Th. 2356; B. 1176

hrycg-rible

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-rible, -riple
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the parts of the back which stand out on the right and left side Ricgrible pale, Wrt. Voc. 65, 20. Hrycriple palæ, 283, 45

land-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
land-ríce, es; n.

A territoryregionestate

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A territory, region, estate Bócland vel landríce fundos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 18. Hé ðágiet lytel landríce hæfde búton ðære byrig ánre he had as yet little territory except the town only, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 14. Ic hæbbe gesǽd ymb ða þrié dǽlas ealles

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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the law of the land, the rights and privileges belonging to the inhabitant of a country or to the owner of land[?] Londrihtes mót ðære mǽgburge monna ǽghwilc ídel hweorfan shall each man of the family wander lacking the rights of those who live in the

leód-riht

(n.)
Grammar
leód-riht, es; n.

Public law common lawjus publicum

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Public law, common law, the law which affects a whole people, law of the land; jus publicum Mid rihtum landrihte and leódrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the common law of the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35. Bútan leódrihte, Andr.

magu-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
magu-rinc, es; m.

A childyoung mana manwarrior

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A child, young man, a man, warrior Se magorinc sceal wesan Ismahel háten, Cd. 104; Th. 138, 2; Gen. 2285 : ( Isaac ), 106; Th. 140, 15; Gen. 2328. Ða magorincas ( youths), Abraham and Loth, 82; Th. 103, 6; Gen. 1714 : (Cato and Brutus ), Bt. Met. Fox

med-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
med-ríce, adj.

Of little powernot powerfulof the lower as opposed to the higher classes

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Of little power, not powerful, of the lower as opposed to the higher classes Medríca gesetnyssa plebisscita; ríccra gesetnes senatus consultum, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 65-66

riht-wer

(n.)
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a legal wergild Tóeácan þám rihtwere, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 21

bóc-riht

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-riht, es; n.

BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or chartertestamenti rectitudo vel jus

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BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or charter; testamenti rectitudo vel jus Þegenes lagu is, ðæt he sý his bócrihtes wyrðe taini lex est, ut sit dignus rectitudine testamenti sui, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 1