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hacod

(n.)
Grammar
hacod, es; m.

A pikelucius, mugila pike

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A pike Hacod lucius, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 69; Wrt. Voc. 55, 72; 77, 73. Hacodas lucios, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33

Linked entry: hæced

hrace

(n.)
Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.

The throat

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Ðǽr gýnude on ðare hrácan swylce ðǽr hwylc seáþ wǽre there yawned in the throat as if there had been a pit, Lchdm. ii. 364, col. 1. Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiaþ non clamabunt in gutture suo, Ps. Th. 134, 19.

stricel

(n.)
Grammar
stricel, es; m.
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In note I on this page are given the following: 'Rouleau the round pin, stritchell, or strickle used in the measuring of corn, etc.

Linked entries: strycel tit-stricel

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Swíðor for bearnteáme þonne for gálnysse propagandi voluntas pia fuit, quia concumbendi voluntas libidinosa non fuit, Angl. vii. 44, 443: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 10: 70, 20: 94, 13. On gástlicum bearnteáme, Hml. A. 29, 129

CLÚT

(n.)
Grammar
CLÚT, es; m.

CLOUT, patchplatepittacium, commissura, lamina

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A small piece of cloth, CLOUT, patch, piece of metal, plate; pittacium, commissura, lamina Clút pittacium, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 161, 19: commissura, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 4; Wrt. Voc. 26, 3: 82, 2.

Linked entry: cleót

screáde

(n.)
Grammar
screáde, an; screád, e; f.
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A piece cut off, a shred, a screed, paring Screáde sceda, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 70. Screádan praesegmina, praecisiones, 40, 9. Æppelscreáda quisquiliae, 22, 13

Linked entry: æppel-screáda

mǽd-rǽdenn

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-rǽdenn, e; f.

A mowinggrass mown on a piece of land

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A mowing, grass mown on a piece of land Seó mǽdrǽden beniþan díc betweónan cealdan lace and cullig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 153, 10

bytt

(n.)
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a butt, piece of land ? Innan Scrowes bytt, of Scrowes bytt betweox .ii. beorgas, C. D. iii. 85, 11. [v. N. E. D. butt .]

fæder-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fæder-líce, adv.
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As a father Þæt Cúðberhtus his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that Cuthbert like as a father would pity his curiosity, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 19

heáfod-haga

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-haga, an ; m.
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A fence running at the head (v. heáfod; 2 a) of a piece of land (?) On ðone ealdan heáfodhagan, C. D. vi. 64, 7

platung

(n.)
Grammar
platung, e ; f.
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A plate, thin piece of metal Platung (? platum, Btwk.), smǽte gold obrizum, Hpt. Gl. 489, 34. Platungum brateolis, laminis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 17. v. preceding word

mús-fealle

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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre to note mehte, ne forða músfellan, ne ꝥ gít lǽsse is, tó hǽpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 8. Add

posel

(n.)
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a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Dó drige pic to add dry pitch, L. M. 2, 38; Lchdm. ii. 246, 14. Ða drigan eorþan the dry earth, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 2. Hwílum flíht se wǽta ðæt dryge sometimes the wet drives away the dry, Bt. 39, 13; Fox. 234, 11.

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Mé ofhreów ðæt hí né cúðon ða godspellícan láre, 2, 22. to feel pity Se mæssepreóst ðæs mannes of hreów. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. lohannes ofhreów ðære méder dreórignysse, Homl. Th. i. 66, 21

cæfl

(n.)
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Icel. kefli a piece of wood, a gag. v. N. E. D. kevel.]

ge-fremednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fremednes, -ness, e; f.

An accomplishmentfulfilmenteffectperfectioeffectus

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An accomplishment, fulfilment, effect; perfectio, effectus He hraðe ða gefremednesse ðære árfestan béne wæs fylgende mox effectum piæ postulātiōnis consĕcūtus est, Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 31

in-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
in-snǽd, es; m.
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A piece of woodland kept in the lord's hand(?) Tó Óswaldingtúne hiérð holenhyrst ... and triphyrst and insnádis (-as ?) intó Óswaldingtúne, C.D. ii. 228, 4. Cf. in-wudu

DWÍNAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWÍNAN, ic dwíne, ðu dwínest, dwínst, he dwíneþ, dwínþ, pl. dwínaþ; p. dwán, pl. dwinon; pp. dwinen

To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste awaytabescĕre

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To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away;tabescĕre Ðonne dwíneþ seó wamb sóna then soon will the belly dwindle, Herb. 2, 4; Lchdm. i. 82, 2. Dwinon tabuĕrunt, Cot. 190

Linked entries: a-dwínan tó-dwínan

on-forwyrd

(n.)
Grammar
on-forwyrd, es; n.

Destruction

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God gelǽdeþ hí on pitt onforwyrdes in puteum interitus, 54, 26

Linked entries: for-wyrd on-fordón