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Assyria

(n.)
Grammar
Assyria, æ; f.

Assyria

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Assyria, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 13; Gen. 232

in

(adv.)
Grammar
in, [adv. and noun].

lind-hæbbende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
lind-hæbbende, part. as noun.

Shield-bearer ⬩ warrior

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Shield-bearer, warrior, Beo. Th. 495; B. 245: 2808; B. 1402

-méde

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-méde, subst. and adj.

West-Wille

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wille, (-as?); pl. m.
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The people of some district in England West-Willa landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 29

biblio-þéce

(n.)
Grammar
biblio-þéce, an; f. [βιβλιοθήκη = βιβλίον a book, θήκη repository, a library].

a library ⬩ bibliotheca ⬩ The Bible ⬩ biblia

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a library; bibliotheca, C. R.

Dún-holm

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-holm, e; m. [Flor. Dunhelm: Brom. Durem, Durham: dúna hill, holm water, an island]

DURHAM ⬩ Dunelmia

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DURHAM; Dunelmia Hér forlét Ægelríc bisceop his bisceopríce æt Dúnholm in this year [A. D. 1056] bishop Ægelric left his bishopric at Durham, Ch. 1056; Erl. 191, 14.

arc

(n.)
Grammar
arc, es; m: earc, erc, e; f: earce, an; f.

A vessel to swim on water ⬩ the ARK ⬩ a coffer ⬩ small chest or box ⬩ arca ⬩ cista ⬩ cistella ⬩ cibotium ⬩ κιβώτιον

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A vessel to swim on water, the ARK, a coffer, small chest or box; arca, cista, cistella, cibotium = κιβώτιον Ðá ætstód se arc tunc requievit arca, Gen. 8, 4. Wire ðé nú ǽnne arc fac tibi arcam, 6, 14.

Linked entry: erk

fléte

(n.)
Grammar
fléte, fliéte, flýte, an; f: flét, e; f. [fleótan to float]

What floats on the surface ⬩ Cream ⬩ skimming ⬩ curds ⬩ flos lactis ⬩ lactis crĕmor exemptus ⬩ coagŭlum

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Menge wið flétan, and nán óðer molcen þicge let him mingle it with curds, and eat no other milk-food, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 26

Linked entries: flét fliéte

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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A.D. 1035; 333, 32: A.D. 1066; 411, 32. See also Schmid Glos. forsteal

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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.: Ic Ædgar gife freodom Sce Petres mynstre Medeshamstede of kyng and of biscop, and ealle þa þorpes þe ðærto lin: ðæt is, Æstfeld and Dodesthorp and Ege and Pastun, Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 40. He com to Bethfage, swo hatte þe prop, O. E.

Linked entry: þrop

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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Swingan and tó ealre sorge tucigan, i. 23, 715.

Linked entry: ge-tucian

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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Wǽpnu and mete and ealo and cláþas and gehwæt þæs þe þá þré geférscipas behófiaþ, 17 ; F. 60, 5.

maga

(adj.)
Grammar
maga, adj. used as subst.

Powerful ⬩ strong ⬩ a powerful person

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Se maga and se unmaga ne mágon ná gelíce byrdene áhebban, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 262, 2: L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 160. Ne mæg se unmaga ðam magan gelíce byrðene áhebban, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 7

pos

(n.)
Grammar
pos, es; n. : only in pl. (?) posu (-a) [cf. ge-pos] : or (?) <b>posa,</b> an; m.
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A cold, catarrh Posa catarrum, i. angustia pectoris, An. Ox, 31, 1

fæsting-men

(n.)
Grammar
fæsting-men, festing-men, -menn; pl. m. [fæsting an entrusting, men, v. man a man]

Servants of the king entrusted to the keeping of the monasteries while going from place to place ⬩ servi rēgii ad cūram monastēriōrum commendāti in regno obeundo

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A. D. 822; 65, 17: A. D. 821; 64, 11: A. D. 841; 92, 19. Festing-menn, A. D. 823; 67, 2: A.D. 828; 79, 30

Linked entry: festing-men

ég-búende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ég-búende, pl. m. adj. Used as a noun,

An island dweller ⬩ ad aquam vel in insŭla hăbĭtans

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An island dweller; ad aquam vel in insŭla hăbĭtans On ðǽre ealdan byrig Acemannes ceastre; hie égbúendas [MS. egbuend] Baðan nemnaþ in the old town Akemansceaster [the pained man's city]; the islanders call it Bath, Chr. 974; Th. 224, 20, col. 2, 3;

Linked entry: íg-búend

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a ness ⬩ land running out into water ⬩ headland ⬩ promontory

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Th. 6055; B. 3031, Hrones næs Whales-ness, 5603; B. 2805,,] Æt brimes næsse at the sea-headland, Andr. Kmbl. 3417; An. 1712. Beorh wæterýðum neáh, be næsse, Beo. Th. 4478; B. 2243. Gesæt on næsse cyning, 4825; B. 2417.

Linked entries: næsse ness

fromian

(v.)
Grammar
fromian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To profit ⬩ avail ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ vălēre

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To profit, avail; prōdesse, vălēre Ðætte seó hálwende onsægednes to écre alýsnesse swíþrade and fromade ge líchoman ge sáwle quia sacrĭfĭcium sălūtāre ad redemptiōnem vălēret et anĭmæ et corpŏris sempĭternam, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 28

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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Hí wiste þégon, Andr. Kmbl. 1186; An. 593. Hié fira flǽschoman þégon, 49; An. 25. Hí þégun æppel, Exon. Th. 226, 8; Ph. 402. Ðæt hé mæte ðygde ad prandendum, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 11. Israhél ðigde ðæs lambes flǽsc, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 18.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

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