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ceáp-stów

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-stów, e; f.

A market-place, a market ⬩ forum, emporium

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Cýpemen monig cépeþing to ceápstówe brohte chapmen brought many saleable things to market, 2, 1; S. 501, 5: Cot. 138

Linked entry: cépe-stów

FEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
FEÓL, e;

FILE ⬩ līma

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f A FILE; līma Ic com láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of fire and file, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 7; Rä. 70, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren, sworfen feóle my head is beaten with a hammer, rubbed with a file, 129 b; Th. 497. 18; Rä. 87, 2

fyrd-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-rinc, ferd-rinc, es; m.

A man of arms ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ bellātor ⬩ mīles

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Se com fyrdrinca fruman grétan who came to greet the chief of warriors, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 1; Gen. 2104

hefeld-þrǽd

Grammar
hefeld-þrǽd, hefel-þrǽd, es; m.

A thread for weaving ⬩ licium

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Hefelþrǽd licium, Cot. 193, Lye

hrægel-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-þegn, -þén, es; m.
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An officer of the royal household or of a monastery Ic Leófríc hrægelþén, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 351, 16. Ælfríc wæs ðá hrǽlþén, Chart. Th. 170, 10.

un-lísan

Grammar
un-lísan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se ceorl þe þyder cóm gebunden ongan semninga þǽr standan unlýsed and unbunden, 164, 19. to release from a restrictive condition His dohtor wæs dumb geboren, and hé Martinum bæd ꝥ hé hire tungan unlýsde, Hml. S. 31, 1107

brim-flód

(n.)
Grammar
brim-flód, brym-flód, es; m. [brim, flód
a flowing, flood
]

a flowing, flood ⬩ The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea ⬩ maris fluctus, cataclysmus ⬩ κατακλυσμός ⬩ mare

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Voc. 61, 23: Cot. 50

Linked entry: brym-flód

ge-stun

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stun, es; n. [stunian to stun]

A noise ⬩ stun ⬩ crash ⬩ whirlwind ⬩ strĕpĭtus ⬩ frăgor ⬩ turbo

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Þurh gestun per turbĭnem, Cot. 157

Linked entry: -stun

toweht

(n.)

a basket for putting wool in(?)

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Calatum is explained in Du Cange by lignum piscatorum seu piscama e lignis con-fecta, a meaning which seems not to belong to the word here). Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 17: ii. 16, 35

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Andlang strǽte on Wélandes stocc (boundaries of land at Princes Risborough, Bucks) Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 13

Linked entry: Weolud

pearroc

(n.)
Grammar
pearroc, es ; m.
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Ðæs gemǽre is on eásthealfe spachrycg, on súðan plumwearding pearrocas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 258, 12

slóh

(n.)
Grammar
slóh, slóg; gen. slóges, slós; dat. slóh, sló; acc. slóg, slóh, sló; m. n.

A slough, hollow place filed with mire, a pathless, miry place

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Tó ðam ealdan sló; of ðam sló tó ðam lytlan beorhe Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 38, 27. In reádan slóe 391, 31. On ðæt reáde slóh; of ðam slóh 376, 5. On ðæt fúle slóh; of ðam sló 406, 32. In ðone fúlan sló 381, 5. On horgan slóh Cod. Dip. B. ii. 394, 30.

efen-irfeweard

(n.)
Grammar
efen-irfeweard, es; m.
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A co-heir Efnyrfeweard coheres, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 41. Efenyrfeweardum coheredibus, Scint. 30, 8

ÁR

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÁR, ǽr, es; n.

ORE ⬩ brass ⬩ copper ⬩ æs

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Gréne ár green copper, brass; orichalcum, Cot. 14

gafel

(n.)
Grammar
gafel, es; n.

Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum

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Gafeles andfengend numĕrārius, numŭlārius, vectīgālis, receptor, Cot. 142

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, es; n.

A boundary ⬩ limit ⬩ confine ⬩ border

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heges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 30: ii. 250, 7(?). In mǽre Judéana in fines Judaea, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 1. In mǽrum in villas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 56. In mǽrum (mǽro, Rush.) in vicos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 21

Linked entries: mére mére-hwít

mist-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
mist-hliþ, es; n.

A mist-covered hill-side

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A mist-covered hill-side Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan then came from the moor, under the misty slopes, Grendel walking, Beo. Th. 1425; B, 710.

BOLCA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLCA, an; m.

The gangway of a ship ⬩ forus navis ⬩ the cargo of a ship

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The gangway of a ship; forus navis Bolca forus, Cot. 86. Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway, Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602.

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ode
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To remain, continue, live Ic cýðe eów, ðæt ic wylle ðæt Giso bisceop weryge on his lande æt Chyw ælswó hys foregenga ætforen him ǽr dyde sciatis me uelle quod Giso episcopus possideat terram suam apud Chyw sicut fecerunt praedecessores sui, Cod.

deorfan

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Ic nelle deorfan (laborare) ofer hig, Coll. M. 26, 17. II. to be in peril :-- On frecednesse he dyrfð periculo periclitat, Lch. iii. 151, 10, 15. Manega for éhtum durfon multi propter opes periclitauerunt, Scint. 215, 13