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eáste-weard

(adj.)
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Cent ad orientalem Cantiae plagam, 893; P. 84, 5; Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 51, 18. On ðá foryrðe eástewerde, C. D. iii. 449, 32. Se here oferhergeade alle Cent eástewearde, Chr. 865; P. 68, 11. Hié cómon on Eást-seaxna lond eásteweard, 895; P. 88, 21.

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

teám-byrst

(n.)
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teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine ( the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom he had obtained it) ...

ge-setl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setl, es; n.

A seat, settle

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A seat, settle Ða foerþmestu gisedla æt feormum primos discubitos in cenis, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 39

Súþan-hymbre

(n.)
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Súþan-hymbre, -humbre; pl.
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Hér Cénréd féng tó Súþanhymbre ríce (cf. Cénréd Myrcna ríce fore wæs. Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 24), 702; Th. 67, col. 1. Úre cynecynn and Súðanhymbra eác, 449; Erl. 13, 21

Linked entries: Súþ-hymbre Hymbre

stór-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
stór-sticca, an ; m.
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An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer (?) .i. silfren stórcylle mid silfrenum stórsticcan, Chart. Th. 429, 35

un-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
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un-mǽrlíc, adj.

Ignoble

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Ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29

CWACIAN

(v.)
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CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, trembletremere, contremere

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Céne cwacaþ the bold shall quake, Exon. 19b ; Th. 50, 8; Cri. 797 . Ða téþ cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cýle their teeth shall quake in the intense cold, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27: 530, 35. Ic cwacode eal on fefore I quaked all in a fever, ii. 312, 19.

þætte

(con.)
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þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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That. introducing substantive clauses. where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the nominative, and stands as the subject of the verb in the main clause Cúþ is ꝥte Drihten fæstte, Blickl. Homl. 27, 23 : 87, 5. Wearð undyrne cúð, gyddum geómore, þætte

berie

a berrya grape

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Se wíngeard hafað berian (uvas), on ðám bergean beóð cende swylce meregrota, Nar. 37, 28

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum) . . . ðæt ðicke fenn, 329, 18, 19. fen Cenum, i. luti vorago vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 75.

wíd-folc

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-folc, es ; n.
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A wide-spread folk Of ðam wídfolc, cneórím micel, cenned wǽron, Cd. Th. 98, 31; Gen. 1638. Cf. síd-, unrím-folc

feorm

provisionsstoresa feastan entertainmententertainment

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Fearme cenam, Mk. R. 6, 21. Farma convivium, Lk. L. 5, 29. Ðá færmo nubtiae, Mt. L. 22, 10. Hǽmdo ł feorme (færmo, L.), Jn. R. 2, 1. Ðára farmana nubtiarum, Jn. p. 1, 9. Farma, p. 3, 12. Æt feormum (farmum, L.) in cenis, Mk.

middel-gemǽru

(n.)
Grammar
middel-gemǽru, pl. n.

A middle or central district

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A middle or central district On Filistina middelgemǽrum in the centre of the land of the Philistines, Salm. Kmbl. 509; Sal. 255

wyrt-bed

(n.)
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wyrt-bed, wyrt-bedd, es; n.
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A garden-bed Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on begánum stówum and on wyrtbeddum and on mǽdum, Lchdm. i. 96, 22: 184, 6

hold

Grammar
hold, (a title).
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Symbel worhte ðǽm aldormannum and holdum and forwostum Galileæs cenam fecit principibus ei iribunis et primis Galileae Mk. L. R. 6, 21. Add

stór-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
stór-fæt, es; n.
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A censer Ðonne þú stórfæt habban wille, þonne wend þú þíne hand ofdúne and wege hí swilce þú stýre, Tech. ii. 120, 14

gléd-fæt

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Add: a censer, incense-pan Glédfæte acerra (Ald. 195, 27), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 56: 5, 66. Cf. Ps. Th. 140, 2 under gléd,

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj. [cynde natural]

Naturalinnateinborngenialnatūrālisinnātusingĕnĭtusingĕnuus

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Céne men gecynde ríce bold men [have] inborn sway, Exon. 89 b; Th. 337, 3; Gn. Ex. 59. Hæfdan him gecynde cyningas twegen they had two kings of their own race, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 11; Met. 1, 6

hús-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hús-stede, es; m.
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The site of a building Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, Herb. 52, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 25; 85, i; Lchdm. i. 188, 12