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cyric-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-stíg, e; f. [stíg a way, path]

A church-path ⬩ ad ecclesiam callis

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A church-path; ad ecclesiam callis Of ðam hylle on cyricstíge, of cyricstíge on ða blacan þyrnan from the hill to the church-path, from the church-path to the black-thorn, Cod. Dipl. 1368; Kmbl. vi. 220, 19, 20

cum-líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
cum-líðe, adj. [cuma a comer, líðe mild, gentle]

Kind to comers or strangers, hospitable ⬩ hospitalis

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Kind to comers or strangers, hospitable ; hospitalis Cumlíðe hospitalis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Som. 11, 37 . Cild cumlíðe a child will be hospitable, Obs. Lun. § 15; Lchdm. iii. 192, 1: 16 ;Lchdm. iii. 192, 8 .

stic-fóder

(n.)
Grammar
stic-fóder, stic-fódder a case for pegs (? v. sticca, I.), a case for spoons (? v. sticca, II.),
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a case made of twigs (? cf. stic-tǽnel) Man sceal habban . . . seahfæt, sticfódder, piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19

Burgende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Burgende, gen. a; dat. um; m.
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The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy, an old province in the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-sǽ, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan

byled-breóst

(adj.)
Grammar
byled-breóst, adj. [byled, breóst a breast]
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Puff-breasted; rostrato pectore præditus Ic eom byled-breóst I am puff-breasted, Exon. 127b; Th. 489, 23; Rä. 79, 1

Linked entry: biled-breóst

dæg-wæccan

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wæccan, pl. f. [wæcce a watching]

Day-watchings ⬩ excubiæ

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Day-watchings; excubiæ, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 68; Wrt. Voc. 18, 20

dógor-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-gerím, es; n. [gerím a number]
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Number of days, allotted time of life; diērum numĕrus, vitæ spătium Wæs eall sceacen dógorgerímes all the number of his days was departed, Beo. Th. 5449; B. 2728.

lætemest

(adj.)
Grammar
lætemest, a double superlative of læt.

Last

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Last In ðæm lætemestan dæge in novissimo die, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 44: 39, 40. Stówe ða lætemestu novissimum locum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 9, 10.

Linked entry: lætmest

prutene

(n.)
Grammar
prutene, an; f. A plant-name,
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artemisia abrotanon Ðone súþenan wermód, ðæt is prutene, Lchdm. ii. 236, 20

ge-bolstrod

(part.)
Grammar
ge-bolstrod, part. [ge-, bolster a bolster]

Guarded ⬩ environed ⬩ defended ⬩ supported ⬩ bolstered up ⬩ stīpātus

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Guarded, environed, defended, supported or bolstered up; stīpātus,Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: bolstrian

ge-byrd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-byrd, part. p. [beard a beard]

Bearded ⬩ barbātus

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Gr. 43; Som. 45, 11. Gebyrdne hine he gesihþ he sees himself bearded, Lchdm. iii. 200, 4

ge-fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fetelsod, adj. [fetel a girdle, belt]

Polished ⬩ trimmed ⬩ ornamented ⬩ perpŏlītus ⬩ adornātus

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Polished, trimmed, ornamented; perpŏlītus, adornātus Twá sweord gefetelsode two swords trimmed; duos glădios optĭme adornātos, Text. Roff. 110, 15

Linked entry: fetelsod

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, a covering for the leg.
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Ðá þe on ýtinge farað níman him bréc (femoralia) of hrægelhúse, R. Ben. 90, 8. Dele ' acc. bréc, ' and add

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, a species of ( wild) beast.
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Add:after deórcynn (l. 4) and ealle nýtena þe on feówer fótum gáð (cf. God geworhte þǽre eorðan deór ( bestias) æfter hira híwum and þá nítena (jumenta ). Gen. 1. 25)

dǽge

(n.)
Grammar
dǽge, an; f. A maker of bread, baker
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Voc. i. 288, 63-67. Godwíg hæfð geboht Leófgife þá dǽgean (dágean, C. D. iv. 271, 16) æt t Áne dǽgan, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. [v. N. E. D. dey. Icel. deigja a dairy maid. Cf. Goth. deigan to knead.] Cf. dáh dough

Æðel-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Æðel-wulf, es; m. [æðele noble, wulf a wolf]

Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus

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Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A.

disc-þén

(n.)
Grammar
disc-þén, es; m. [þegen, þén a minister, servant]
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Godes engel gebrohte ðone discþén ðǽr he hine ǽr genam the angel of God brought the minister of food where he had before taken him, Homl. Th, i. 572, 9

ge-ándagian

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

To appoint a day or term ⬩ diem dīcĕre

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To appoint a day or term; diem dīcĕre Ðæt he him geándagode of ðam folclande that he should give him a term respecting the folk-land, L. Ed. 2; Th. i. 160, 12

Ác-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Ác-tún, es; m. [ác oak, tún a town]

ACTON, Staffordshire ?

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— Æt Áctúne at Acton, Th. Diplm. A. D. 1002; 546, 27

Linked entries: aac Ácan-tún

þri-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
þri-gilde, adv. (or case of a noun þri-gilde.

With a treble payment

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With a treble payment Gif matt inne feoh genimeþ, se man .iii. gelde gebéte, L. Ethb. 28; Th. i. 10, 1. Gylde hé hit þrygylde, L. A. G. 3; Th. i. 154, 11. Gauge hé tó ánfealdum ordále oþþe gilde .iii. gylde, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 15

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