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toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Dip.

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. béc, bóce, bóc; d. béc, bóc.

a booka documentregistercataloguea chariera bookvolumeliterary workpages

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Crístes bóc a, the, gospel:-- Wé habbað micele máran endebyrdnysse þǽre Crístes béc gesǽd þonne ðis dægðerlice godspel behæfð, Hml. Th. i. 220, 25. Æfter Crístes bóce tǽcinge, R. Ben. 104, 19

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
  • .

what is owned, a possessionpossession

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Gif ðú wéne ðæt hit ðín bócland sý, ðæt ðú on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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Hér sindan da naman ðere monna ðe ðis (the charter) wreotan and festnedan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 47, 10. to convey by charter Wé him wrítaþ ða mǽdue æt Pirigforda. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 23.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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He died in A. D. 912, Chr.

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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Heó (Sarah) ne gelýfde ðæt ðære sprǽce spéd folgode she did not believe that any happy result would follow those words, did not believe that she should have a son, Cd. Th. 144, 4; Gen. 2384.

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f. [wist food]

A day's fooddiei victus

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A day's food; diei victus Ðæt he him dægwistes tiðode that he would give him a day's food, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 30

hylde

(n.)
Grammar
hylde, an; f.
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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 418, 24

big

(prep.)
Grammar
big, prep. dat.

Of, about, concerningde, quoad

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Of, about, concerning; de, quoad Big ðam ðe ic ðé ǽr sægde de qua tibi ante dixi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 35

ge-healden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-healden, part. p.

Satisfied

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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21

Linked entry: -healden

ge-lustfulnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lustfulnys, -nyss, e; f.

Delight, pleasuredelectātio

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Delight, pleasure; delectātio Gelustfulnyssa [synd] on swíðran ðíne óþ on ende delectātiōnes [sunt] in dextĕra tua usque in fīnem, Ps. Spl. 15, 11

an-medla

Grammar
an-medla, l. -médla,
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H. 111, 34. v. on-médla in Dict., and cf. an-mód

for-hycgend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hycgend, es; m.

A despisercontemner

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A despiser, contemner Forhycgend (-hicg-, v. l.) úra goda contemtor diuum, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 13. Forhicgend, R. Ben. I. 55, 13

ge-scildod

Grammar
ge-scildod, provided with a shield.
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Take here <b>ge-sceldod</b> in Dict., and add Scutum scyld scutalus gescyldod, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 256, 15

fullwiht-stów

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Take here <b>fulwiht-stów</b> in Dict., and add Fulwihtstówe baptisterio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 61: 11, 72

ge-dingan

(v.)
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E. ding to throw oneself with force, dash, press, drive.] (?)

Linked entry: dingan

glæd-man

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd-man, adj.
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Take here from <b>glæd</b> in Dict. Glædman hilaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 67. Glædman Hróþgár, B. 367

hagu-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hagu-þorn, hago-þorn, es; m.
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Take here <b>haga-þorn</b> in Dict., and add Hagudorn, heagoðorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19

Linked entries: hæg-þorn haga-þorn

un-æþelness

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For 'Dial. 2, 23' substitute Seó aeþelnes heora gebyrda gegearwað þæs módes unæþelnesse solet nobilitas generis parare ignobilitatem mentis, Gr. D. 151, 24

ge-mǽnan

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Take here <b>ge-mǽnan;</b> in Dict. v. mǽnan to mean