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geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά

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Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond; per, trans, inter, post, ultra; κατά He gǽð geond drige stówa ambulat per loca arida, Mt. Bos. 12, 43: 14, 35. Ðá eóde geond Hiericho tum perambulabat Jericho, Lk. Bos. 19, 1.

bæþ-stede

(n.)
Grammar
bæþ-stede, es; m.

A place of baths ⬩ thermarum locus

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A place of baths; thermarum locus Bæþstede thermæ vel gymnasium, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 7; Wrt. Voc. 37, 5

friþ-splot

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-splot, -splott, es; m? [splot a spot]

A peace-spot or place ⬩ pācis lŏcus

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A peace-spot or place; pācis lŏcus On friþsplottum in peace-spots, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 5

ealdor-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ealdor-leás, aldor-leás; adj.

Lifeless ⬩ vita prīvātus

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Lifeless; vita prīvātus Hie gefricgeaþ freán úserne ealdorleásne they shall hear our lord [is] lifeless, Beo. Th. 5998; B. 3003

Linked entry: aldor-leás

and-ǽges

(adv.)
Grammar
and-ǽges, (-eáges?, -éges, ? = iéges?); adv.
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In the face Nǽnig dorste ꝥ hire andǽges eágum starede none dared to look her in the face, B. 1935

heáfod-stów

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stów, e; f.

A place for the head

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A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1

sinc-gimm

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gimm, es; m.

A precious gem ⬩ jewel

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Ðǽr wæs gesýne sincgim locen, hláfordes gifu, Elen. Kmbl. 528; El. 264

Linked entry: sinc-gifa

burg-steal

(n.)
Grammar
burg-steal, es; m. [
Similar entries
burg
a fortress, city, steal a place
]

a fortress, city, steal a place ⬩ A city-place ⬩ arcis locus, arx

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A city-place; arcis locus, arx Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29

Linked entry: burh-steal

brytta

(n.)
Grammar
brytta, bryta, bretta, an; m.

A bestower, dispenser, distributor, prince, lord, God? ⬩ largitor, dispensator, administrator, princeps, dominus, Deus?

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Swægles brytta the Lord of heaven = God, Cd. 215; Th. 272, 24; Sat. 124: Exon. 12a; Th. 18, 10; Cri. 281. Tires brytta the Lord of power = God, 14b; Th. 29, 14; Cri. 462

Linked entries: bretta bryta brytnere

langsum

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Ox. 3625. of action that goes on long, or state or thing that lasts long Langsum diuturnum (trophaeum ), An. Ox. 800. Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua (valetudo ), 2072. Mid langsumere gestra[n]gunge diuturna uegetatione 1444.

losian

(v.)
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L. 10, 28. to lose, be deprived of Ne losade (losa, R. ) ic of ðǽm ǽniht, Jn. L. 18, 9. ꝥte e to lose, cease to know the whereabouts of an object Gif losað énne of ðǽm, . . . mið ðý gemoetað hiá, Lk. L. 15, 4. Gif wíf losað cásering énne, Lk. L.

gyrdels

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In gyrdelsum in zonis (Mt. lo, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 43. Add

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.

a seam ⬩ a load ⬩ burden ⬩ the furniture of a beast of burden ⬩ that in which a burden may be carried ⬩ a bag ⬩ a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ⬩ summagium ⬩ sagmegium

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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7.] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt.

fex

(n.)
Grammar
fex, es; n.

Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries

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Hair of the head, the locks; cæsăries Fex cæsăries, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 39; Wrt. Voc. 42, 47: 70, 32

idig

(adj.)
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If idge be an independent word the vowel should be long

minte

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. ¶ the word occurs in several local names, v. C. D. vi. 315. Add

mylen-tún

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-tún, a 'tún'
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with a mill, as a local name Aliquam partem terre in prouincio Cantiçe ubi nominantur Mylentún, C. D. i. 272, 14

ofer-gapian

(v.)
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Ger. kapfén to look.] Cf. ofer-gíman

ǽfr-ǽlc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽfr-ǽlc, [ǽfr-ǽlic

every

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every On ǽfrice styde in omnibus omnino locis, C. D. iv. 209, 20. Ǽuric ríce man, Chr. 1137; P. 264, 1. ]

Linked entry: ǽfric

ofer-férness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-férness, e; f.

Possibility of being crossed

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Possibility of being crossed On twám stówum is oferférnes duobus tantum in locis est transmeabilis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21