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heóþu

(n.)
Grammar
heóþu, e; f.

A roomhall

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A room, hall Hé on heóþe gestód he in the hall halted, Beo. Th. 813; B. 404

Linked entry: hell-heóþo

hún-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
hún-þyrel, es; n.
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The hole in the mast-head through which the halyard went Húnþyrlu carchesia, Wrt. Voc. 63, 49

Linked entry: hún-spuran

hype-werc

(n.)
Grammar
hype-werc, es; m.

sciatica

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Pain in the hip, sciatica Hipwerc sciascis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 42; Wrt. Voc. 19, 45

melu-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
melu-gescot, es; n.

A contribution or payment made in meal

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A contribution or payment made in meal Hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum mealtgescot, hwílum melagescot, Wulfst. 171, 2 note

dríman

(v.)
Grammar
dríman, <b>; II.</b>
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Ús gedafenað ꝥ wé drýmon Godes lof nos decet personare in Dei laudibns, Chrd. 30, 26. Add

dysig-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
dysig-cræftig, (?); adj.
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Skilled in foolish arts Hé bið disicreafti (yfele cræftas leornað, v.l., erit sortilegus ), Archiv cxxviii. 300, 2.] [

Linked entry: cræftig

ge-borhfæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-borhfæstan, p. te; pp. ed [ge-, borhfæstan to fasten by pledge or surety]

To determinefasten by a suretyintertiāreăpud sequestrum depōnĕre

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To determine or fasten by a surety; intertiāre [q. v. in Du Cange], ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre.Cot. 107

Linked entry: borh-fæstan

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Basewantonlewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-halding

(n.)
Grammar
ge-halding, e; f.

A holdingkeepingcustōdia

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A holding, keeping; custōdia On gehaldinge sprǽca ðíne in custōdiendo sermōns tuos, Ps. Spl. C. 118, 9

sund-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ráp, es; m.
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A sounding line:?-Sundgyrd in scipe oððe [sund-] ráp, i. metráp bolidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 17

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

under-geþeóded

(n.; adj.; part.)

subject

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subject Nǽnig ealdormonna ne ús undergeþeódedra (-endra, MSS. B. H.), L. In. proem.; Th. i. 102, 11

Linked entry: under-þeódan

under-lihtan

(v.)

sublevare

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glosses sublevare in: Ué underlihtad sié sublevemur, Rtl. 51, 23. Ðætte ué sié underlihtado sublevari, 72, 3

wudu-weald

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-weald, es; m.

High ground covered with wood a wooded height

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High ground covered with wood, a wooded height On wuduwaldum in saltibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 71

wrec-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wrec-scipe, es; m.

Exileliving in a foreign land

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Exile, living in a foreign land Mín wrecscype incolatus meus, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5

brygd

(n.)
Grammar
brygd, es; m.
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drawing a weapon, v. bryd in Dict. something twisted, a wick (?). v. candel-brygd. a trick, fraud (?)

camp-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
camp-geféra, an; m.
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A fellow-soldier, comrade-in-arms Campgeférum commilitonibus, sociis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 23: An. Ox. 3578

Linked entry: ge-féra

credic

(n.)
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a bowl Credic fiala (v. Bd. 3, 27: Lac in fiala ponere solebat), An. Ox. 29, 3. (?)

ellen-treów

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-treów, es; n.

An elder-tree

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An elder-tree Tunc in uiam publicam usque sambucum quam uocitant ellentreów, C. D. iii. 379, 15

folc-egsa

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Terror felt by a people or that which causes terror in a people. For 'Folk-terror' substitute: