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sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Comm., pp. 112-3.

Linked entries: sulh-ælmesse sulh-gang sulincel syl sylan sylh syll

ge-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrhta, an; m.

A worker ⬩ doer ⬩ fellow-worker ⬩ accomplice

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A worker, doer, fellow-worker, accomplice Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta sí every one who is cognisant or co-operating, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 28. Þeófa gewita and geweorhta an accessory and accomplice of thieves, L. Eth. 9, 27; Th. i. 346, 9: L.

Linked entry: ge-weorhta

LÍM

(n.)
Grammar
LÍM, es; m.

LIME ⬩ cement ⬩ mortar ⬩ glue ⬩ gluten ⬩ paste

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Ic beswíce fugelas mid líme decipio aves glutino, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 13. Eorþan líme ... ðæt is syndrig cynn, symle biþ ðý heardra ðé hit swearte sǽstreámas swíðor beátaþ, Cd. 66; Th. 80, 2-10; Gen. 1322-1326. Þurh lím per cola, Hpt. Gl. 411, 7

ge-deorf

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

Labour ⬩ trouble ⬩ tribulation ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio

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Labour, trouble, tribulation; lăbor, trībŭlātio Micel gedeorf ys hit magnus lăbor est, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 5, 7. Byþ mycel gedeorf ĕrit trībŭlātio magna, Mt. Bos. 24, 21. Hæfst ðú ǽnig gedeorf hăbestu ălĭquem lăbōrem? Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 9.

níw-cumen

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Add: newly come, just arrived Swilce hí nícumene sýn and swilce hí ealles dæges ǽr náhtes ne onbirigdon, Hml. A. 146, 68. one newly come to a religious house, a novice S nícumena mearce dó ille novitius signum faciat, R. Ben. I. 97, 17.

morgen-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-ceald, adj.

Chilled with the cold of early morning

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Chilled with the cold of early morning Sceal gár wesan monig morgenceald, Beo. Th. 6036; B. 3022

crib

Grammar
crib, cribb.
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Add: a couch Ne ástíge ic on bed mínes crybbes ( in lectum strati mei ), Chrd. 31, 3

EÁ

(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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On twá healfe ðære eás on the two sides of the river, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 39, col. 1. On óðre healfe ðære eá [MS. L. eás] on the other side of the river, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 20, 3.

Linked entries: ǽ é eǽ

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern

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Be norþan hodes mære ... ðonon up on ðone mære, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 19-26.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Terram cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus rebus necessariis hoc est, in siluis, in campis, in captura etiam piscium quae terrae illi adjacet, ubi sunt scilicet duo quod nostratim dicitur waeres, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 64, 10.

wyrt-wala

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-wala, an; m.: -walu, e; f.
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Andlang pæþes on ða wyrtwalan; of ðam wyrtwalan on heortsole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 19, 25. Andlang strǽt wiðútan ða wyrtwalan, 20, 2. Andlang ríðe on ða wurtwalan, vi. 1. 26. <b>I a.

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.

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And míne landseðlen here toftes tó ówen aihte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 26-29. Alle míne men fré, and ilk habbe his toft and his metecfi and his metecú. And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . .

folc-getrum

(n.)
Grammar
folc-getrum, folce-getrum, es; n.

Folk-host ⬩ exercĭtus

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Folk-host; exercĭtus Folcgetrume gefaren hæfdon they had come with a host, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 29; Gen. 1987

Linked entry: folce-getrum

gilm

(n.)
Grammar
gilm, es; m.

A yelm ⬩ a handful of reaped corn ⬩ bundle ⬩ bottle ⬩ manipulus

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A yelm, a handful of reaped corn, bundle, bottle; manipulus Eówre gilmas stódon your sheaves stood, Gen. 37, 7

Linked entries: gelm gylm

fannian

(v.)
Grammar
fannian, p. ode
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To winnow corn Ná fanna þú þé on ǽlcum winde non uentiles te in omni uento, Scint. 186, 17

lencten-bere

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-bere, spring-sown barley (?cf. lenten corne as . . . otys, pecys, barley. v.
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D. lenten-corn) Nime þonne clǽnne lengten*-*bere and grinde on handcwyrna, Nap 42. Cf. lencten-eorþe

reáfere

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Cofa hreáfera (reófera, R.) spelunca latronum, 19, 46. Add

stirc

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Voc. i. 287, 60), Corp. Gl. H. 24, 91

trog

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., and add Þrý trogas, C.D.B. iii. 367, 39. v. corn-, leác-trog

rest-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
rest-bedd, es; ;n.;

A bed, couch

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; A bed, couch; Ðeáh ic on mín restbedd gestíge ;si ascendero in lectum stratus mei,; Ps. Th. 131, 3

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