EÁ
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.
mere
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.
wer
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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.
toft
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 . . .
wyrt-wala
the root of a plant ⬩ a root, source ⬩ the foot of a hill, lower side of a wood, field, etc.
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Similar entries v. wyrt-truma, III :-- Swá ðe wyrtwala scádet tó turlan homme (cf. first passage under wyrttruma, III), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 267, 33. Forð andlang wyrtwale on ða róde, 356, 4. Forð be gráfes wurtwale, iii. 405, 29.
cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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sceápum I free them for ever from the impost which they have still to pay into the king's hand, from that portion, which was there left unfreed of the royal purveyance, whether in pure ale, or in beer, or in honey, or in oxen, or in swine, or in sheep, Cod
cyric-líc
Like a church, ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus ⬩ wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books
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Hie heóldan ða cyriclícan sceare they observed the ecclesiastical tonsure, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 34, col. 2.
dóm-bóc
DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws ⬩ lĭber judĭciālis
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Óþ-ðæt he com to ðám dómbócum, ðe se heofenlíca Wealdend his folce gesette until he came to the doom-books, which the heavenly Ruler appointed for his people, Homl. Th. ii. 198, 18
Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing
land-gemǽre
A boundary ⬩ confine
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Ðis syndon ðara twegra hída landgemǽru these are the boundaries of the two hides, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 206, 25. Landgemǽro, 207, 34. The word is of frequent occurrence in the Charters.
Linked entry: land-mearc
morgen-gifu
The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage
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Hit (five hides of land) wæs hire morgengifu ðá heó ǽrest tó Aðulfe com, Chart. Th. 170, 24. Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).
oxa
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Voc. i. 287, 63. iiii oxnum gers mid cyninges oxnum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 64, 29. Ðá genam Abimelech oxan and scép, Gen. 20, 14. ¶ The value of an ox as given in the Laws was 30 pence :-- Oxan mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. p., L. O.
ge-bróðor
brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti
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Ða gebróðer begen ætsamne the brothers both together, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 17, col. 1; Æðelst. 57. Wyt sind gebróðra we two are brethren; nos duo fratres sŭmus. Gen. 13, 8. Gé synt ealle gebrððru omnes vos fratres estis, Mt. Bos. 23, 8: Mk.
Linked entry: BRÓÐOR
un-forworht
Not criminal ⬩ innocent
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charters: Si quid praefatorum delicti praeuaricantis causa defuerit jurum, praevaricationis delictum secundum quod praesulis jus est emendet, aut illo quo antea potitus est dono et terra careat, vi. 125; and see Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 311), Cod
Linked entries: for-wyrcan fór-wyrcan
flota
a ship ⬩ a fleet ⬩ a sailor
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Ðæt man sceolde Swegen underfón dá hé ǽrest mid flotan cóm, C. D. Hi. 315, 3. Wæs se cyning mid þám flotan þe on Temese læg (wǽron, v.l.) . . .
ge-liþian
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Hé swá swýðe gebunden geare ongeat and georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad con-strictus nimis relaxari sejam posse desperabat, 326, 12
Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian
sceáwung
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Ꝥ folc cóm tó sceáwunge þæs biscopes deáðes populus ad spectaculum mortis venerat, 195, 8. Scǽwugcge spectaculo (theatrali), An. Ox. 11, 11. v. dúst-, ge-, in-, weorold-, wlite-, ymb-sceáwung
fyrmest
excellent
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In l. 5 for Cot. 153 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time Hé tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.
ge-anlícian
to make like ⬩ to act towards
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Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod (I am become like dust and ashes, Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13. Is sǽd ꝥ hyre wyrttruma sý geanlícud þǽre nǽdran heáfde, Lch. i. 318, 9.
ofer-brǽdan
to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over
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Heofonlíc leóht com ofer hí ealle and hí swá swá mycel scýte hí ealle oferbrǽdde, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 7. Wolcen oferbrǽdde hiǽ pubis obumbrans eos, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 34.
Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan