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sol

(n.)

a sole ⬩ a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch ⬩ Sole ⬩ a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall ⬩ soles, fetters, and shackles'

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, 'a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch. "A bow about a beestes necke." Palsgrave.' Halliwell. 'Sole, a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall,' Kennett's Parochial Antiquities.

Linked entry: sylu

meagol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol-mód, adj.

Of earnest mind ⬩ earnest ⬩ strenuous

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heortan meagolmód gemynd and gedéfe hreówe and sóðe ondetnesse ealra mínna synna I, sinful, pray that thou send into my heart an earnest mind, and suitable penitence, and the true confession of all my sins, Wanley Cat. 246, 9

feówer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-féte, fiówer-féte, fiér-féte, fiðer-féte, fyðer-féte, -fóte, -fótte; adj.

Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án one of each kind of four-footed cattle, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 15. Hí sceoldon [MS: sceoldan] bringan feówerfétes twá hwíte of four-footed [cattle] they must bring two white, 2, 4; Bos. 43, 8.

fóstor-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-noþ, es; m?

A pasture ⬩ pascua

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Catal. 223, 37, col. 2: 291, 23, col. 1

hæcewol

Grammar
hæcewol, l. cæce-pol
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a catch-pole, tax-gatherer Kæcepol (printed . æcewol, but see Angl. viii. 449) exactor, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 44

bere-græs

(n.)
Grammar
bere-græs, es; n.

BARLEY-GRASS ⬩ a farrago ⬩ hordei gramen

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BARLEY-GRASS, a farrago; hordei gramen Gréne beregræs green fodder for cattle [farrago], Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 124

dróf-denu

(n.)
Grammar
dróf-denu, e; f.

A den or valley where droves of cattle feed ⬩ armentōrum cubile. Locus nemorōsus armentōrum receptui accommŏdus

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A den or valley where droves of cattle feed; armentōrum cubile. Locus nemorōsus armentōrum receptui accommŏdus, Som. Ben. Lye

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhríne, oððe him hund oððe catt oððe mús oðhríne se quis immundis manibus cibum aliquem tetigerit, vel canis, vel felis, vel mus tetigerit, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 9.

Linked entry: hrínan

ge-yrfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrfian, p. ode; pp. od

To stock with cattle

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To stock with cattle Swá geirfað swá hit nú stent so stocked as it now stands, Th. Chart. 158, l0

be-léweda

(n.)
Grammar
be-léweda, an; m.

A betrayer ⬩ proditor

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Catal. 137, 38. col. 1

Linked entry: be-léwa

dihtnung

(n.)
Grammar
dihtnung, e; f.
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Catal. 293, 50, col. 1

Linked entries: dehtnung ge-dihtnung

frum-leóht

(n.)
Grammar
frum-leóht, es; n.

First light ⬩ dawn ⬩ prīma lux ⬩ aurōra

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Catal. 47, 41

ge-trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trúwa, an; m.

Confidence ⬩ confīdentia

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Catal. 294, 4, col. 2

Linked entry: ge-trúwad

ge-ménelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-ménelíce, adv.

In common, commonly ⬩ commūnĭter

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Catal. 111, 25, col. 2

borh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-leás, adj.

Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens

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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,

a-steorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-steorfan, p. -stearf, pl. -sturfon; pp. -storfen

To die ⬩ mori

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Catal. 43, 17

Linked entry: a-storfen

clumian

(v.)
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Catal. 30, 14' substitute: Wlfst. 176, 30: Ll. Th. ii. 308, 20, and add Clummiað, Wlfst. 177, 30: 190, 27

þrinen

(adj.)
Grammar
þrinen, adj.

Threefold ⬩ trinus

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Cat. 292, col. 1

Linked entry: þrynen

orf-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
orf-cynn, es; n.

Cattle

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Cattle Næs orfcynnes nán máre búton vii. hrûðeru, Chart. Th. 429, 5. Of eallum orfcinne de jumentis in genere suo, Gen. 6, 20

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in

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Through. Grammar þurh, with acc. v. also C. local, marking motion into and out at the opposite side Þorh (dorh, ðorh) ludgaet per seudoterum, Txts. 84, 741. Ðurh ða duru wé gáð in per hostium intramus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 269, 18: Cd. Th. 29, 8; Gen.