frum-gár
a chieftain ⬩ leader ⬩ prince ⬩ patriarch ⬩ primĭpīlus ⬩ prŏcer ⬩ dux ⬩ princeps ⬩ patriarcha
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Grammar frum-gár, frum-gára, an; m.
swíge
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[Or is this a different word? cf. (?) Icel. svig a curve, circuit; sveigja to bend, sway.]
Ácan-tún
Acton, Suffolk
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Ácyn-túne] ðæt hit cymþ to Rigindúne till it comes to Acton; from Acton till it comes to Rigdon, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972 ; 525, 22-24
dryht-weorþ
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Se drihtwurðe (Iohannes) theologe, Hy. S. 126, 14. Ióhannes se drihtwurða wrítere, Hml. S. 15, 200
on-wealcan
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are v. ll
more
An (edible) root ⬩ a carrot ⬩ parsnip
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An (edible) root, a carrot, parsnip Bétan more a root of beet, Lchdm. iii. 6, 19. Wylisc moru carrot . . . Englisc moru parsnip, L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16, 21. Eolonan moran dust, doccan moran dust, 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 6.
acas
An axe ⬩ securis
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An axe; securis Acas, Mt. Lind. Stv. 3, 10. Acase, Lk. Rush. War. 3, 9 [id. Lind. Acasa, a Northumbrian form]. Axe, Mt. Rush. Stv. 3, 10
Linked entry: axe
aldor-mon
An elder-man ⬩ alderman ⬩ nobleman ⬩ chief ⬩ major natu ⬩ princeps
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An elder-man, alderman, nobleman, chief; major natu, princeps.Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 459, 3: Chr. 851; Th. 120, 19, col. 1: Lk. Jun. 19, 2
molda
The top of the head
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Harl.) comam capitis a cervice usque ad occipitium tondebant. Halliwell gives mold the suture of the skull.]
Linked entry: mold-gewind
Affrica
Africa
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Hý ða þrý dǽlas on þreó tonemdon — Asiam, and Európam, and Affricam they named the three parts by three names — Asia, and Europe, and Africa, id; Bos. 15, 5 : 5, 11; Bos. 109, 23: 6, 30; Bos. 126, 32
Linked entry: Africa
fyrd-færeld
A military expedition or service ⬩ mīlĭtāris expedītio
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A military expedition or service; mīlĭtāris expedītio Bútan ðysum þrím þingum, ðæt is, fyrdfærelde, and brigcgewurce, and burhbóte except these three things, that is, military service, bridge-work, and reparation of fortresses, Cod. Dipl. 715; A.
Linked entry: fird-færeld
ǽw-breca
A breaker of the marriage vow ⬩ an adulterer ⬩ adulter
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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30
wín-berige
A grape
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Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt, 40, 11: Lchdm. iii. 114, 4. Wínberian (-bergean, v.l.) uvas, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 16
EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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an earl; cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis.
Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm
un-gemet
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Grff. ii. 898-9
hleomoc
Brook-lime
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Nim lilian and hleomoc, 324, 13: 320, 14: 330, 5, 14, 3. Genim wád and hleomocan . . . wyl hleomoc and gearwan, 36, 23-25. Niman leomucan, iii. 38, 17. Genim lemocan, 46, 13. Substitute:
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3.
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gifa
A giver ⬩ bestower ⬩ dator ⬩ largitor
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A giver, bestower; dator, largitor Me þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan it seems to me better to leave the gift and follow the giver, Shrn. 176, 19
eolh
An elk
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An elk Elh, elch cer(u)us, Txts. 49, 443. Elch tragelafus vel platocerus, 100, 1001. Elha damma, 115, 139. Eóla damma, bestia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105. 73. On elchene seáð, C. D. iii. 440, 28. Substitute:
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Add: temporal Fæce intercapedine, An. Ox. 2401. Þú byst æfter fæce ꝥ ic nú eom, Bl. H. 113, 24: 23, 30. Ofer ealne geáres fæc, Wlfst. 102, 15.