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æcer-týning

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-týning, e; f.
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Fencing of fields Æcertýninge .xv. gyrda, C. D. iii. 451, 2

Linked entry: týning

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f.
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Substitute: es; n. and add: Used in pl. for a single meal Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15. Æfter

ǽfen-glommung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glommung, e; f.
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Evening-twilight Swá ðæt oft on middre niht geflit cymeð ðám behealdendum hwæþer hit sí ðe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen deágung ita ut media saepe tempore noctis in quaestionem ueniat intuentibus, iterum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an iam nduenerit

Linked entry: glómung

æpsenness

(n.)
Grammar
æpsenness, e; f.
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Shame, disgrace Æpsenyss dedecus, Scint. 174, 9

ǽr-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-lyft, e; f.
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The air of early morning Sió þicce ǽrlyft gravis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 74

æscstede-ród

(n.)
Grammar
æscstede-ród, e; f.
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A cross marking a battlefield ? Of dære greátan apeldre on æscstederóde, C. D. iii. 135, 22

æfter-weardness

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-weardness, e; f.
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Posterity Æfterweardnesse posteritatem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 66

Linked entry: -weardness

ǽl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl, e; f.
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Burning Ðára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá is án micel blácern on ǽle (onǽle? cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18

ádlung

(n.)
Grammar
ádlung, e; f.
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Illness, ailment, disease Sóðlíce hé sylf ætbrǽd úre ádlunga, and úre sárnyssa hé sylf ábær vere languores nostros ipse tulit, et dolores nostros ipse portavit, Hml. Th. i. 122, 31

á-cunnung

(n.)
Grammar
á-cunnung, e; f.
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Experience, trial; experimentum, Gr. D. 300, 26; 261, 8

á-deáfung

(n.)
Grammar
á-deáfung, e; f.
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A growing deaf Wið eárena ádeáfunge, Lch. ii. 38, 24: 42, 6

æle-midde

(n.)
Grammar
æle-midde, an; f.
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The exact middle; only in the phrase on æle*-*middan=just in the middle Seó firmamentum tyrnð symle onbútan ús. . . . Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan, Lch. iii. 254, 16. Ðǽre sunnan hǽtu wyrcð fíf dǽlas on middanearde. . . . Án ðǽra dǽla is on ælemiddan

Linked entry: midde

Ælf

(n.)
Grammar
Ælf, e; f.
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The Elbe Ælfe múða ðǽre ié, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 6, 27. Icel. Elfr.]

ǽl-hýd

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl-hýd, (?), e; f.
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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hýd

ælmes-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-dǽd, e; f.
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An alms-deed, a charitable action Ðá ðing ðe God bebeád, ðæt is . . . ælmesdǽda, Hml. Th. ii. 22, 10: 602, 10. Nis nán ðearfa fram ælmesdǽdum áscyred, 106, 8. Hé on ælmesdǽdum áwunode in eleemosynis permansit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 28. Gif se mon áhefð

ælmes-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-gifu, e; f.
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What is given as alms, alms Ðæt ðæt heom góde men tó ælmesgife for Godes lufan sealdon, Wlfst. 159, 20

Linked entry: gifu

ǽmerge

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmerge, an; f.
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embers, ashes Se hláf wæs mid ðám glédum and mid ðǽre ǽmyrgan (-yrian, -ergean, v. ll.) (cineribus ) bewrigen, Gr. D. 87, 11. Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, Lch. iii. 30, 18. fig. dust Ic nán gást ne eom ac ǽmerge and axe and eall flǽsc, Hml. S. 23 b, 286

Linked entry: ǽmyrge

be-healdenness

(n.)
Grammar
be-healdenness, e; f.
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observance Bihaldenisses obser-vantiae, Rtl. 16, 17. Bihaldennise observantiam, 9, I. con-tinence Bihaldennises continentiae, Rtl. 104, 4

Linked entry: -healdennes

be-héfness

(n.)
Grammar
be-héfness, e; f.
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Utility, advantage, convenience Behéfnes com-moditas, i. utilitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 4. Lífes éces behéfnyssa ( com-moda ), Hy. S. 5, 21: 114, 9. Behéf[nyssum] commoditatibus, An. Ox. 56, 306

birging

(n.)
Grammar
birging, e; f.

Tastingtaste

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Tasting, taste Byrgincg (gustus) swéte út ánýdde of neorxena wonge, Scint. 57, 2. Hnesce on æthrine and weredre on byrigincge (biriginge, byrincge, v. ll.), Lch. i. 108, 2. On byrgynge, 250, 22