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Ter-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Ter-finnas, pl.
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Finns occupying country west of the White Sea Ða Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd hira land ... Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29

meltan

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Add Geríst ꝥ him mon lytlum þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax, and þá fixas þá þe late meltan, Lch. ii. 176, 22-24

almes-lond

(n.)
Grammar
almes-lond, es; m.

Land given or granted in frankalmoigne ⬩ fundus in eleemosynam datus

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Land given or granted in frankalmoigne; fundus in eleemosynam datus

Linked entry: ælmes-lond

ering-lond

(n.)
Grammar
ering-lond, es; n.

Arable land ⬩ arvum

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Arable land; arvum, Cod. Dipl. 1339; Kmbl. vi. 200, 7

et-néhstan

(adv.)
Grammar
et-néhstan, adv.

At nighest, at last, lastly ⬩ postrēmo, novissĭme

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At nighest, at last, lastly; postrēmo, novissĭme, Som. Ben. Lye

gǽd

(n.)

a lack ⬩ want

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a lack, want, Col. 13; Th. 15, 21; Gen. 236

úhtsang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
úhtsang-líc, adj.

Of nocturns

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Of nocturns Úhtsanglíc lof nocturna laus, Anglia xiii. 436, 1014

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august

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Ðis rúme land the earth, Cd. Th. 7, 31; Gen. 114. Ða rúman patula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 61. Hié úte wilniaþ ðara rúmena wega ðisse worulde causarum secularium foras lata itinera expetunt, Past. 18, 4; Swt. 135, 6. Sóhton rúmre land, Cd.

búgian

(v.)
Grammar
búgian, búian, búwian, to búgianne; p. ode; pp. od. intrans.

To dwell ⬩ habitare ⬩ To inhabit, occupy ⬩ inhabitare, incolere

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabitare, incolere Ðis is land to búgianne this is to inhabit land, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4

Linked entries: búwian bógian búian

-læpped

(suffix)
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having laps or lobes Fíf-læppedu, Lchdm. ii. 160, 12

ge-lend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lend, e; f.

Fat ⬩ lard ⬩ adeps ⬩ axungia

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Fat, lard; adeps, axungia, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 35

feht

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xx. lamba and .xx. fehta, C. D. ii. 64, 32

sylu

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Þæt land æt þǽre syle, Cht. Th. 547, 28. Add

folc-lond

(n.)

folk-land ⬩ pŏpŭli terra

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folk-land; pŏpŭli terra, Exon. 115b; Th. 444, 14; Kl. 47

full-sóþ

(adv.)

full sooth ⬩ most truly

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C. 6; Lambd. 128, 29

dryht

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Take here last two passages given under driht-ealdor in Dict

ge-cólian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cólian, p. ode
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Hrér tósomne, lǽt gecólian, Lch. ii. 354, 13

lǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽge, (?); adj.
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Fallow, unploughed; in cpds. lǽg-æcer, C. D. iii. 442, 9

un-bebyriged

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Þæt líc læg unbebyrged, Gr. D. 318, 6; 154, 25. Add

and-wlata

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Hleór geþolade oft and[w]lata árleásra spátl, Cri. 1436

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