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Anglo-Saxon

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feþer-cræft

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Lye' substitute

hǽlsend

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For ' Cot. 73, Lye ' substitute Haelsent extipices, Wrt Voc. ii. 107, 76. Hǽlsendas exíipices, aruspices, 30, 4

hǽlsere

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Lye ' substitute Hálsere augur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 34. Hǽlsera aruspicum, 84, 51 : 3, 30

Cone-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cone-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f.

Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle ⬩ oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario

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Lye

sliten

(adj.)

schismatic, heretic

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Lye gives sliterum (slitenum ?) sagum haereticis fabulis, Josc. (?)

edisc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
edisc-weard, es; m.

The keeper of edish, of a park, warren, etc ⬩ vivarii custos

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Lye

forþ-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-riht, adj.

Right forth ⬩ distinct ⬩ plain

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Lye

Linked entry: forþ-rihtes

gælæþ

(n.)
Grammar
gælæþ, gæleþ?

A cage to sell or punish bondmen in ⬩ catasta

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Lye Gæleþ catasta, Wrt. Voc. 288, 24

heolra

(n.)
Grammar
heolra, heolora, an; m.

The scale of a balance ⬩ a balance[?]

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Twí-feald heolra bilanx, Lye. Similar entries v. helur-blæd, heoloran

Linked entry: holor

hradung

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For Lye substitute Ofst and hradung gódra weorca is tó þǽm ríce weges færeld, R. Ben. 3, 11

fore-stæppung

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Lye.' substitute

Linked entry: stæppung

gin

(n.)
Grammar
gin, ginn, es; n.
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A wide expanse Wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge eorðan ymbhwyrft and úprodor, gársecges gin and þeós geómre lyft, Exod. 430

heáfod-slæge

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; and for 'Cot. 50; Lye' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 58

Linked entry: slege

fíf-fealde

(n.)
Grammar
fíf-fealde, -falde, an; f.

A butterfly ⬩ pāpĭlio

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Lye Fíffealde pāpĭlio, Wrt. Voc. 281, 40. Fífaldæ pāpĭlio, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 78

ge-bréman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bréman, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, bréman to celebrate]

To celebrate ⬩ make famous ⬩ honour ⬩ celebrāre ⬩ honōrāre

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Lye

þefian

(v.)
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Þefian aestuare in animo, Dial. 1, 9 (Lye)

Linked entry: of-þefian

cirpsian

(v.)
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Lye' substitute Cyrpsaþ asperat, Germ. 394, 275. Cyrpsiendum crispantibus, An. Ox. 1201: Hpt. Gl. 435, 9

ge-beterung

Grammar
ge-beterung, ge-betrung. edification.
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Lye substitute Wé wyllað sume óðre trimminge gereccan tó eówre gebetrunge, Hml. Th. i. 448, 10

helmiht

Grammar
helmiht, l. helmiht(e),
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Lye' substitute

brǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
brǽdels, es; m? [brǽdan
to spread or stretch out
]

to spread ⬩ stretch out ⬩ Anything spread or stretched out, ⬩ a carpet, covering, garment, dress; ⬩ palla, stragulum, velamentum, opertorium

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Anything spread or stretched out, a carpet, covering, garment, dress; palla, stragulum, velamentum, opertorium Brǽdels stragulum, R. 4, Lye

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