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arce-

(prefix)
Grammar
arce-, a prefix; v. arce-bisceop

chiefἀρχιἀρχός

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chief = ἀρχι = ἀρχός, Hér Ælfríc arce-bisceop férde to Róme æfter his arce[-pallium] this year archbishop Ælfric went to Rome after his arch-pallium, Chr. 997; Th. 247, 2, col. 2. = Wið ðan ðe he scolde gifan heom ðone arce [MS. erce] on condition that

Linked entries: stól árod ærce

Cerdices ford

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices ford, es; m.

Cerdic's fordCerdĭci vadum

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ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic and Cynric took the kingdom of the West-Saxons; and in the same year they fought against the Britons, where it is now named Cerdic's ford, Chr. 519; Th. 26, 21-26, col

Linked entries: Cerdic Cerdices óra

cyne-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-cyn, cyne-cynn,es; n. [cyne regius, regalis; cyn, cynn, gens, stirps, familia]

A royal race, royal lineage, royal offspring or familygens regia, proles regia, stirps vel familia regia

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He wæs cynecynnes he was of royal lineage, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 14: Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 39, col. 1: L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 18

Linked entry: cyning-cynn

helle-hund

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hund, es; m.

A hell-hound

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ǽr his endedæge rihtlíce gebéte may he be the companion of Judas the betrayer of Christ, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod

Humbre

(n.)
Grammar
Humbre, an; or indecl. f.

The Humber

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Com Tostig eorl intó Humbran mid lx scipum, 1066; Erl. 201, 6

land-folc

(n.)
Grammar
land-folc, es; n.
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On sumere tíde com micel hungor on ðam lande and gehwǽr ðæt landfolc micclum geangsumode at one time a great famine came on the land and very much afflicted the people everywhere, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 32: 164, 19

Linked entry: folc

mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, [n], es; m.

Mast-pasturepasture for swineconsisting of the fruit of forest trees

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Th. 596, 23: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 20, 5. Be unáliéfedes mæstennes onfenge. Gif mon on his mæstene unáliéfed swín geméte, L. M. 49; Th. i. 132, 11. Ðonne hé [se inswán] his heorde tó mæstene drífe, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21.

Linked entry: mæst

pyll

(n.)
Grammar
pyll, es ; m.
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See also Seebohm's English Village Community, pp. 149-150) Andlang dice west on pull; of pylle on ford ... eft on gerihte innan mycela pyll ; of mycela pylle on smala pyll ; andlang pylles . . . on ða díc innan holapyll; andlang holapylles, Cod.

Linked entry: pull

BOTM

(n.)
Grammar
BOTM, es; m.

A BOTTOMfundus

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Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506

Linked entry: bodan

ge-rǽdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdnes, -rǽdnis, -rǽdnys, -ness, e; f.

An ordinance, a decree, purpose, an intention, a resolution, conditionconsultuman ordinance

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Eth. vi. 1, 2, 3; Th. i. 314, 2, 12, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 150, 33: Th. Chart. 168, 27. In ðas gerédnisse on this condition, 104, 20

steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
steorfa, an; m.
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Andlang móres tó síferþingcsteorfan, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 34

þúr

(n.)
Grammar
þúr, es; m.

Thor

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Ðúres-leáh, Ðúrgártún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342

Linked entry: þúrs-dæg

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Ðá cóm þǽr sum hrefen ( corvus ) inn; sóna swá hé þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenn, Guth. Gr. 140, 5. Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27.

wearriht

(adj.)
Grammar
wearriht, adj.

having hard skin, leprousgnarled, knotted

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Wearihte callosa, 127, 53. of trees, gnarled, knotted On ðonæ wearrihtan stocc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 4: v. 221, 4. In ða wæriht ác; of ðæt wærriht ác, iii. 390, 16

on-scuniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-scuniendlíc, -scunigendlíc, -sceoniendlíc; adj.

Abominable, detestable, execrable

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Anscunigendlícra (anscunigendra, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 153, 22

ge-somnung

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

A congregationsynagoguechurchcongrĕgātiosy̆năgōgaecclēsia

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A congregation, synagogue, church; congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia He com into hyra gesomnunge vēnit in sy̆năgōgam eōrum, Mt. Bos. 12, 9. On gesomnunge ingongan ecclēsiam intrāre, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 7.

ge-spédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spédan, p. -spédde; pp. -spéded, -spédd

To speedprospersucceedprogrediprosperaresuccedere

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Ac hí náht ná gespéddan but they succeeded naught, Chr. 1036; Th. 293, 23, col. 2. Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps.

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a closean enclosed placean enclosed homesteada habitation with surrounding landlanda place enclosed by buildingsa courthalla placestreet

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Hé gean ðæra hundtwýntiga hída æt Wyrðæ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. in. 127, 15. Brinkewurða terra est. iv. 167, 1.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

flet-werod

(n.)
Grammar
flet-werod, es; n.

Court-hostthe court-retainersaulĭci

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Court-host, the court-retainers; aulĭci Is mín fletwerod, wígheáp, gewanod my court-host, the company in war, is diminished, Beo. Th. 957; B. 476

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. AugustineAugustinus

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D. 597, Hér com Augustínus and his geferan to Engla lande now, A. D. 597. Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2. Gregorius sende Agustíne pallium Gregorius misit Augustino pallium, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 12.