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sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

ǽr-dæg

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Add Se cyning ne gemunde ðára monigra teónena ðe hiora ǽgðer óþrum on ǽrdagum dudum gedyde, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 23. Ðá burg, seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem, auctorem originis suae, 4, 5; S. 168, 10

tó-niman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take to pieces ⬩ divide ⬩ to take away,

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to take to pieces, divide Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 17. to take away, cf. æt-beran Tollite portas, principes ... Ðæt byþ on Englisc: Gé ealdras, tónymaþ ða gatu, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 8

baorm

(n.)

bosom

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bosom: On baorm in sinu, Jn. Rush. War. 13, 23

helle-fýr

Grammar
helle-fýr,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 8, 101; Met. 8, 51; Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 6 ; Cri: 1270.
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On helle fýr in gehennam ignis, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 9

lid-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
lid-wérig, adj.
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Weary of being on shipboard, Andr. Kmbl, 963; An. 482

u

(n.)
Grammar
u, the letter u
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Mortuus on twám uum, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Zup. 197, 16

un-myrhþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-myrhþ, e; f.

Sadness ⬩ misery

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Sadness, misery On unmyrhðe his líf geendian, Wulfst. 148, 9

Linked entry: un-mirigþ

án-haga

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Wulf sceal on bearowe, earm ánhaga, Gn. C. 19. Add

bygen

(n.)
Grammar
bygen, e; f.
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Buying, purchase On hernumena bygenum, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 11

Linked entry: bycgen

cealc-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
cealc-pytt, es; m.
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A chalkpit On ðæne chelcpyt, C. D. iii. 24, 3

brocc-hol

(n.)
Grammar
brocc-hol, es; n.
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A badger's hole On broccholes weg, Cht. E. 239, 18

Linked entries: hol broc

cyrtlan

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On cyrtlan geat, of cyrtlan gate, Cht. Crw. 3, 10

ge-hnyscan

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On þone þe se stán falleþ, gehnyscet (conteret) hine. Add

girnend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
girnend-lic, adj.
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Desirable On gyrnendlicum wurðscypum in appetendis honoribus, Scint. 111, 13

hweól-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4

lencten-dæg

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On Lengtendagum quadrigessimali tempore Chrd. 51, 23; 42, 29. Add

princ

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On prince eáges in ictu oculi, Scint. 43, 16. Add

spǽtan

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Hié him on ðæt nebb spǽtton, Past. 261, 10. Add

un-gefére

Grammar
un-gefére, <b>. I.</b>
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On ungeférum wege in invio, Ps. Vos. 106, 40. Add

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