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GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.

A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes

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A. 752-4

Linked entries: réfa geréfscipe ge-reáfa

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Hit is on ús eallum swutol and gesýne, ðæt wé oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, Wulfst. 159, 5. Sweotol and geséne, Cd. Th. 170, 1; Gen. 2806. Hé wundra fela weorodum gecýððe sweotulra and gesýnra, Andr. Kmbl. 1129; An. 565. Swutelra, Menol.

Linked entries: seotol sutol swital switol swutol swytel ǽ-swutol a-sweotole

Æbban dún

(n.)
Grammar
Æbban dún, Abban dún, e; f. [Æbba, an; m: or Æbbe, an; f: dún a down or hill; Æbba's or Æbbe's down or hill]

ABINGDON ⬩ Abindoniæ oppidum in agro Berceriensi

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ABINGDON; Abindoniæ oppidum in agro Berceriensi His líc líþ on ðam mynstre æt Abban dúne his body lies in the monastery at Abingdon, Chr. 981; Th. 234, 34, col. 1

Linked entry: Abban dún

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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A swyngelstok excussorium, excudia, Wülck. Gl. 581, 30: studia, 614, 1. A swyndyl-stoc exculidium, a swyndilland excudium, 696, 7, 8. I bete and swyn-gylle flax, Rel. Ant. ii. 197, 34. See also Cath. Angl. 374-5 and the notes there. Cf.

Linked entry: swincgel

abbad

(n.)
Grammar
abbad, abbod, abbud, abbot, es; m: abboda, an; m.

an abbot ⬩ abbās

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Columban] was abbod, ná biscop now, in Ií [Iona] there must ever be an abbot, not a bishop; and to him must all bishops of the Scots be subject, because Columba was an abbot, not a bishop, Chr. 565; Th. 32, 10-16, col. l

Linked entries: abbod abboda abbot abbud

onga

(n.)
Grammar
onga, [should have been given under anga], an; m.

A sting

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A sting Onga aquilium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 59: 7, 12. Mé of bósme fareþ ǽttren onga ( an arrow ). Exon. Th. 405, 18; Rä. 24, 4

Linked entry: anga

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, an; m: asse, es; m.

A male ass ⬩ asinus

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He hæfde on olfendum and on assum micele ǽhta he had great possessions in camels and in asses, Gen. 12, 16: 22, 5

Linked entry: ESOL

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Alaric; Alarícus, king of the Visigoths, = the west Goths, elected A.D. 382, took Rome 410, and died the same year Alríca wearþ Cristen Alaric became a Christian [about A. D. 396], Ors. 6, 37; Bos. 132, 32.

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

medu-wæge

(n.)
Grammar
medu-wæge, an: -wæg, e; f.

The Medway

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The Medway Sint dæs londes gemǽra: an westhealfæ Scipfliót, an norþhalfe Meodowæge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 71, 25. Miodowæge, iii. 400, 26. Partem fluminis Meduwaeian, i. 135, 34. Andlang Medwæge, 283, 4. Andlang Medwægan, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 24.

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Cirliscre fǽmnan of a churlish woman; L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 14: L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 7: Apstls. Kmbl. 57; Ap. 29. Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte fēmĭnæ căro corrumpi non pŏtuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 36.

Linked entry: fémne

ambyht-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ambyht-secg, es; m. [ambeht an office, command, message; secg a man, messenger]

An official man ⬩ a messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ minister ⬩ nuncius ⬩ legatus

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An official man, a messenger, ambassador; minister, nuncius, legatus Ðæt ic seó gramum ambyhtsecg, nales Godes engel that I am a minister to the malignant one, not God's angel, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 35 ; Gen. 582

Linked entry: ambeht-secg

eár-læppa

(n.)
Grammar
eár-læppa, an; m. [eáre an ear, læppa a lap]

An ear-lap ⬩ pinnŭla

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An ear-lap; pinnŭla Eár-læppa vel ufweard [MS. ufwaard] eáre pinnŭla: flǽran vel eár-læppan pinnŭlæ, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 83, 84; Wrt. Voc. 43, 15, 16

Linked entry: flǽre

molda

(n.)
Grammar
molda, or molde, an; m. or f.

The top of the head

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Harl.) comam capitis a cervice usque ad occipitium tondebant. Halliwell gives mold the suture of the skull.]

Linked entry: mold-gewind

binde

(n.)
Grammar
binde, an; f. [bindan to bind]

A band, wreath, head-band, fillet ⬩ corolla, fascia

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A band, wreath, head-band, fillet; corolla, fascia Hió an Ceoldryþe hyre betstan [MS. betsðan] bindan she gives to Ceoldryth her best band, Cod, Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 133, 18, 20

foxes glófa

(n.)
Grammar
foxes glófa, an; m. [foxes clófa MS. B.]

Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea

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V. fol. 60 a, not an English plant, and certainly not foxglove.

-elfen

(suffix)
Grammar
-elfen, e; f. [ælf an elf, en a feminine termination]

A fairy, nymph ⬩ nympha: used only as a termination

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A fairy, nymph; nympha: used only as a termination Dún-elfen castălĭdes; feld-elfen moĭdes (?); wudu-elfen dryădes; wylde-elfen hamadryădes; sǽ-elfen naĭădes, Ælfc. Gl. 112, 113; Som. 79, 108-112; Wrt. Voc. 60, 15-19

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

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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[Or is this a different word? cf. (?) Icel. svig a curve, circuit; sveigja to bend, sway.]

Linked entries: swígness swíg-tíma swíg

-ern

(suffix)
Grammar
-ern, def. m.-erna ; f. n. -erne ; an adjective termination from ærn, ern a place, denoting, as -ern in English,

Towards a place

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Towards a place Godrum se Norþerna cyning forþférde Godrum, the Northern king, died. Chr. 890; Th. 160, 1. He forþbrohte Súþerne wynd transtŭlit austrum, Ps. Spl. 77, 30. Fram deófle Súþernum a dæmŏnio mĕrīdiāno, Ps. Spl. 90, 6.

ge-þrístian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrístian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þríst, þríste bold]

To dare ⬩ presume ⬩ audēre ⬩ præsūmĕre

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To dare, presume; audēre, præsūmĕre Ic ne geþrístige ego non audeo, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 5. Forðam he geþrístade quod se præsumpsisset, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 15

Linked entry: -þrístian

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