toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 26-29. Alle míne men fré, and ilk habbe his toft and his metecfi and his metecú. And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . . And ic an Léfquéne fítténe acres and an toft . . .
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Dile, mintan and merce, syndrige sceafas geseóð, Lchdm. ii. 188, 24: 228, 26
be-heldan
To attend ⬩ intend ⬩ attendere ⬩ intendere
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To attend, intend; attendere, intendere Wesan ðíne eáran gehýrende and beheldende fiant aures tuæ intendentes Ps. Th. 129, 2
embiht
An office ⬩ officium
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An office; officium Gefylde wǽron ða dagas embihtes his implēti sunt dies offĭcii ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 23
fræm-sum
Kind ⬩ benignus
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Kind; benignus Gedó fræmsume frófre ðíne make thy comfort kind, Ps. C. 50, 130; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 130
maca-
Fit ⬩ suitable ⬩ convenient
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Fit, suitable, convenient Mið ðý dæg maccalíc [macalíc, Rush.] gecuom cum dies opportunus accidisset, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21
ge-beón
commanded ⬩ assembled
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Dipl. 1073; A. D. 896; Kmbl. v. 140, 8 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 896; 139, 11;
Linked entry: beón
túdor-fóster
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Nourishment of offspring Æfter ðon tuddor-fóstre vel of ðírn síþborenarn de post fetantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 81
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bén-dæg
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A rogation day Þá dagas synt geháten on Lýden rogacionum dies, and on Englisc béndagas, Angl. viii. 329, 26
hæsel-wrid
A hazel-thicket
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Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 34
Linked entry: wríd
á-secgendlic
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On cwyde ásecgendlic dictu affabilis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 135, 12. Nán ásecgendlic fracodlicnysse híwung. Hml. Skt. 23b, 382. Add
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slíþe
Dire, hard, cruel, hurtful, dangerous ⬩ dangerous, perilous, fierce ⬩ dangerous, destructive, cruel ⬩ saevus, malus ⬩ fearful, dire ⬩ atrocious ⬩ savagely
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Dire, hard, cruel, hurtful, dangerous Biþ ceóle wén slíþresæcce the ship may expect dire strife Exon. Th. 384, 17; Rä. 4, 29. On ða slíþan tíd (the crucifixion) Elen. Kmbl. 1710; El. 857. þurh slíþne níþ sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæþm Beo.
on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Ðíne fótswaða nǽron oncnáwene, Ps. Lamb. 76, 20. to recognise a fact (which is generally stated in a clause beginning with ðæt) Wundra weorc ðíne and sáwle mín oncnáweþ knows that thy works are wonderful Ps. Spl. 138, 13.
aaþ
an oath
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Dipl. A. D. 825; p. 71, 12
appel-þorn
An APPLE-THORN ⬩ a crab-tree ⬩ pirus malus
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Dipl. Apndx. 460; A.D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 448, 20
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efter
after
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Dipl. 1073; A. D. 896; Kmbl. v. 140, 7; Th. Diplm. A. D. 896; 139, 8
heg-stów
A place enclosed by a hedge[?]
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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 27: 213, 8, 9: 263, 23, 26
broddetan
To tremble, quake, to pant for fear; ⬩ tremere, trepidare, palpitare,
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Dial. 2, 25: Cot. 154, Som. Lye
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under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 218, 15.] to understand in such and such a sense, to conceive of, consider Ne understand ðú hit mé tó unrihtwísnesse do not consider it as unrighteousness in me, Ps. Th. 21, 2.
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