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stǽr

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr, stér, steór, es; n.
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ... Song hé eall ðæt stǽr Genesis

bleoh

Grammar
bleoh, (bleóh?).

colour ⬩ form

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Add: colour Ðæt bleoh ðæs iacintes . . . carbuncules blioh, Past. 411, 28, 32. Híwes, bleós coloris, An. Ox. 529. Ꝥ heó (Iris Illyrica) þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleoge efenlǽce, Lch. i. 284, 15. Hió scínð on twǽm bleóm suá suá twégea bleó godwebb

geofon

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Add: ocean, sea, flood Ic gewíte sécan gársecges grund; gifen bið gewréged, Rá. 3, 3. Gársecg, geofon geótende, An. 393. Geofon ( the Red Sea ), Exod. 447. On geofones staðe, 580. Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227. Ofer geofenes streám

glæs-fæt

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Add: a flask, bottle Bebeád Benedictus ꝥ hí út áwurpon ꝥ ilce glæsfæt ( ampulla vitrea) in þám wæs gesewen sum dǽl eles . . . þá ꝥ útáworpene glæsfæt (vas vitreum ) cóm in þá stánas, Gr. D. 159, 20-27. Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes

sang

Grammar
sang, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Þæt hé sceolde þone sang lǽran tó twelf mónþum; quatenus cursum canendi annuum edoceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 437, 4. Add Mid sange gesettendlices rynes and sealteres cum decantatione canonici cursus et psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. add: the service

torr

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Add Benedictus gestaþolode hine sylfne in þám uferan dǽlum þæs torres (on sumes stýpeles úpflóra, v.l. in turris superioribus), and Seruandus gestaþelode hine in þám neoðeran dælum þæs ylcan torres (stýpeles, v.l. ), Gr. D. 170, 16-21. add Þeáh hine

gára

a gore ⬩ a gore ⬩ flap ⬩ lappet

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Add: a gore of land [' When a field, the sides of which are straight, but not parallel, is divided into lands, the angular piece at the side is called a gore. ' Leicester Gloss. in N. E. D.] Of ðám .iii. æceran to ðám gáran; of ðám gáran tó ðám óðran

yrfe

(n.)
Grammar
yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.

Cattle

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Cattle For án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér oves tantum vestrae et armenta remaneant, Ex. 10, 24. Gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe in jumentis 8, 17. Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum, Blickl. Homl. 199, 6.

Linked entry: erfe

ǽg-flota

(n.)
Grammar
ǽg-flota, an; m.

A floater on the sea ⬩ sailor ⬩ ship ⬩ nauta ⬩ navis

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A floater on the sea, sailor, ship; nauta, navis, Andr. Kmbl. 515 ; An. 258

axse

(n.)
Grammar
axse, an; f.

Ashes ⬩ cinis

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Ashes; cinis On axsan gehwyrfeþ in cinerem convertit, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 34

ebylgnes

(n.)
Grammar
ebylgnes, -ness, e; f.

Anger, indignation ⬩ īra

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Anger, indignation; īra On ebylgnesse his in indignātiōne ejus. Ps. Spl. T. 29, 5

ellm

(n.)
Grammar
ellm, es; m.

An elm ⬩ ulmus

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An elm; ulmus On ellmum in ulmis, L. Edg. C. 16; Wilk. 83, 47

Farnea eálond

(n.)
Grammar
Farnea eálond, es; n.

Farn island, on the coast of Northumberland, near Lindisfarne ⬩ Farnensis insŭla

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Farn island, on the coast of Northumberland, near Lindisfarne; Farnensis insŭla, Som. Ben. Lye

feðm

(n.)
Grammar
feðm, es; m.

A bosom ⬩ sĭnus

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A bosom; sĭnus On feðme heora in sĭnu eōrum, Ps. Spl. T. 78, 13

fixoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fixoþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Ic wylle gán on fixoþ vādo piscāri, Jn. Bos. 21, 3

lám-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
lám-pytt, es; m.

A clay-pit

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A clay-pit Swá andlang mearce on lámpyttas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 24

neáh-eáland

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-eáland, es; n.

A neighbouring island

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A neighbouring island : - On ðysum neáheá-lande ðæt is nemned Ulcani, Shrn. 86, 1

Linked entry: eá-land

Oxna-ford

(n.)
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Oxford Tó Oxnaforda, Chr. 912; Erl. 100, 31. On Oxonaforda, 1015 ; Erl. 151, 27

ge-beorhnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorhnys, -nyss, e; f.

A refuge ⬩ refŭgium

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A refuge; refŭgium On húse gebeorhnysse in dŏmum refŭgii, Ps. Spl. C. 30, 3

sundor-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-feoh, n.
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Private property, private estate:?-Mín sundorfeoh on ðam neoþeran Hysseburnan, Chart. Th. 488, 10