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gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

gát

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Gáta loc titule, 122, 41, Mid gǽtena (gǽtenum, v. l., with a later gloss gotene) smerwe, Lch. i. 178, 18. Þá gǽt, Wlfst. 288, 4. the word occurs in local names, e. g. Gát-hám, Gáte-hlinc, Gáte-wyl, Gáta-ford, Gáta-tún, C. D. vi. 290

plett

(n.)
Grammar
plett, e; f.
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In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1

fulloc

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ful-loc</b> (<b>ful loc?</b>), es; n. A full, final agreement Wé willað ꝥ . . . getrýwe gewitnes and riht dóm and fulloc (ful loc?) . . . fæste stande, Ll. Th. ii. 302, 6. v. loc; and cf.

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not

ísern-óre

(n.)
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an ironstone quarry ísernðre ferri fodina, in quo loco ferrumfoditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, ll. Cf. ísen-græf

nunn-scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
nunn-scrúd, es; n.

The habit of a nun

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The habit of a nun Finde Æþelflæd án hyre nunscrúde, lóce hwæt hió betsð mǽge, Chart. Th. 538, 12

secgihtig

(adj.)
Grammar
secgihtig, adj.
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Sedgy, full of sedge or reeds Secgihtig vel hreódihtig carecta, loca caricis plena, spinacurium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 14

for-lure

(v.)
Grammar
for-lure, 2nd sing. p. of for-leósan: for-lure would lose,
  • Chr. 81
  • ;
  • Erl. 8, 4: Past. 7, 1
  • ;
  • Hat. MS. 12 a. 5
  • ;
p. subj. of for-leósan.

hast lostdidst lose

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hast lost, didst lose. Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 30; Cri. 1399;

ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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Fit On stówe gehæppre in loco apto, Th. An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

celde

(n.)
Grammar
celde, an; f.
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In loco ubi nominatur Baccancelde, C. D. B. i. 402, 15

sang-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sang-dreám, es; m.
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Vocal music, singing Lóce hwæt tó sangdreáme þǽre nihte gebyrige quicquid ad cantilenam illius noctis pertinet, Angl. xiii. 410, 638

Bretenan-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Bretenan-mere, es; m.

The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire loci nomen apud Cambrenses

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The British mere or lake, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire; loci nomen apud Cambrenses, Som

or-wegness

(n.)
Grammar
or-wegness, e; f.
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Inaccessibility, remoteness Orwegnes devta, s. loca secreta et abdita, quasi extra via, vel invia, sine via, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 55

un-wæstmberendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberendlíc, adj.

Barrensterile

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Barren, sterile Seó stów is unwæstmber-endlícu for ðæra næddrena mænigeo loca illa sterilia sunt propter multitudinem serpentium, Nar, 34, 28

Linked entry: wæstm-berendlíc

bi-lúcan

(v.)

to lock up, inclose, surround

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to lock up, inclose, surround, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 14; Cri. 1624

hreódihtig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreódihtig, adj. Reedy, full of reeds or sedge
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Carecta, loca caricis plena, spinacurium, secgihtig vel hreódihtig, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 14

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, <b>. I</b> I g.
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Lóca nú ꝥ þú ofer gemet ne wilnige, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

Eðan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Eðan-dún, e; f. [Hunt. Edendune: Matt. West. Ethendune]

EDDINGTON. near Westbury, Wiltshire lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltonensi

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EDDINGTON. near Westbury, Wiltshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltonensi He fór to Eðandúne he went to Eddington, Chr. 878; Erl. 81, 12

eówestras

(n.)
Grammar
eówestras, eówestre, es; m.: an; f.

A sheepfold

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A sheepfold On ðǽre ylcan circan wǽron onfæste þá eówestran (locu, v. l.) þára bróðra sceápa (caulae ovium) . . . Se þeóf eóde in ðá eáwestran (locu, v. l.), Gr. D. 224, 16-20. Tó éwestrum ad caulas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 38.