Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Alfred the Great was king over all the Anglo-Saxons, but by this complete victory Athelstan becamethe undisputed king over all England [Engla land, q. v.] — The locality of Brunanburh has not yet been determined.
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60. Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, I; Fox 186, 18 : Met. 25, 41. [Laym. Orm. A. R. Ayenb. wod : Chauc. wood : Prompt. Parv. wood, coen : Goth. wóds: O. H. Ger. wuce: Icel. óðr.]
hol
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Ald. 49, 3), An. Ox. 3560. an aperture passing through anything; a pore Hol spiramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 6
þorp
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a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage of workers on an estate, and also of the estate on which they worked; all three ideas seem to be implied in one or other of the following glosses Tuun, þrop, ðrop conpetum, Txts. 53, 557: Wrt
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mete-sacca
A kind of measure
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A kind of measure Metesacca legula (ligula mensuræ genus quod alio nomine cochlea dicitur et est octava pars cyathi) vel coclea, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62
Linked entry: rǽdere
fiðer-leás
Wingless ⬩ ālis cărens
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Wingless; ālis cărens Sum sceal of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan one wingless shall fall from a high tree, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 23; Vy. 22
unriht-dóm
Wrong ⬩ iniquity
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Wrong, iniquity Hié for ðam cumble on cneówum sǽton, efndon unrihtdóm, swá hyra aldor dyde ... hyra freá unrǽd efnde, Cd. Th. 227, 7; Dan. 183
Linked entry: riht-dóm
ælmes-æcer
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a field the produce of which was given as alms, first-fruits Frumwæstmas hátað sume men ælmessecer sé ðe ús ǽrest gerípod bið, Nap. 5
Linked entry: æcer
Sceaftes-burh
Shaftesbury
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See also Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 329, col. 1
ælmes-gedál
Distribution of alms
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Distribution of alms Bisceopes dægweorc . . . his ælmesgedál, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 22: Wlfst. 171, 3. Ælmesgedál dǽle man gelóme, mete dám of hingredum, 74, 2
clumian
To murmur, mutter ⬩ mussitare
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To murmur, mutter; mussitare Hí clumiaþ mid ceaflum ðǽr hí scoldon clypian they mutter with their jaws where they ought to speak aloud, Wanl. Catal. 30, 14
Scildingas
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The word occurs often in Beowulf, and is also found in the compounds Ár-, Here-, Sige-, Þeód-Sciídingas
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ge-wænian
to accustom ⬩ assuefacere ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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to accustom; assuefacere Folc to ælmessan gewænian to accustom the people to alms, L. Edg. C. 55; Th. 256, 9. to wean; ablactare, Gen. 21, 8
gearo-witol
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. ¶ the word also glosses austerus :-- Scrípen ł gearuutol austerus, Lk. L. 19, 21. Gearnfull ł gearuutol, 22
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here-wíc
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Castra, oppida, loca altissima sita, dicia quasi casa alta herewíc vel gefylco, 129, 36. Add
rimpan
to wrinkle, rumple.
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Cf. also hry[m]pellum rugis, 95, 73
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Sceáfa
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See also Scyld Scéfing, Beo. Th. 7; B. 4
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mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 15.
ge-métan
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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Gé gemétaþ án cild hræglum bewunden, and on binne aléd invĕniētis infantem pannis invŏlūtum, et pŏsĭtum in præsēpio, 2, 12: Mt. Bos. 11, 29: Mk. Bos. 11, 2.
wine
A friend. ⬩ applied to an equal ⬩ applied to one who can help or protect ⬩ a friendly lord ⬩ a (powerful) friend ⬩ used of a husband or lover ⬩ applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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Wine amatore (the passage is: Ab alio amatore (Christ) praeventa sum, qui me annulo fidei suae subarravit, Ald. 60), Hpt.