læpe-wince
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A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)
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hwol
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infigens, Guth. Gr. 153
leád-gota
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A lead-founder Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfð . . . Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18
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ísen-tanga
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Substitute: isen-tange, an; f. A pair of snuffers ísentange munctorium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 314, 9
Italia
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Italy On Ticinis he" wæs áféd Italian landes (cf. hé wæs áféd on Italia, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 24), Hml. S. 31, 12. Hé gefór on Italie (cf. in Italiam, l, ii; S. 50, 24), Ors. S. 2, 3. Hié sendon on Italie æfter Hannibale. . . he sceolde Italiam
hyse-byrþre
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One who bears a (male) child Ácende hyse-berþre þæne þe (Gabriel) foresǽde enixa rat puerpera quern Gabriel praedixit, Hy. S. 50, 34
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mæcca
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A consort Ic hæbbe crístenne fæder. . . and his mæcca mín módor is of þyssum lífe gewiten, Hml. S. 33, 103
mán-cynn
legie
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A legion Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon ꝥ fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án leg(ie) æfter óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret Ors. 5, 11 ; S. 238, 9. Ealle þá legean, 5, 12; S. 240, 6. Eahta
lencten-hǽte
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Spring-heat, heat in spring Of réðre lenctenhǽtan (-hǽte, v. l.) repentinus calor veris Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 22
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mann-myrþra
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A homicide, murderer Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36
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mearce
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a limit, v. mearc; 2. a territory. v. (?) Dene-mearce
mearc-grǽfa
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A boundary grǽfa (q. v. ) Of ðes westlangan hlinces ende on ðonne mearcgréfan, C. D. iii. 135, 26
méd-wyrhta
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A hireling, worker for pay, mercenary Médwyrhta (mercennarius) ys sé þe stówe hyrdes healt, ac gestreón sáwla ná sécð, Scint. 123, 13. Médwyrhtena lixarum, An. Ox. 4, 24
mid-irfenuma
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A co-heir Þ on yrfwerdnysse his mid-yrfenuma (coheres) þú sý, Scint. 148, 4
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mid-síþium
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míre
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An ant, mire in pis-mire. The word occurs in the nickname Mýran heáfod, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 13, applied to Þurcytel, who is called in Fl. Wig. Danicus minister. The nickname is in that chronicle glossed by ' equae caput, ' but in H. Hunt, by ' caput formicae
mixen-duncge
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Dung from a mixen Myxendincgan út drag-an, Angl. ix. 261, 9
módlíce
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mór-berige
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A mulberry: — Hí mid mórberium gebyldon þá ylpas (to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries, 1 Macc. 6, 34), for ðám ðe mórberian him is metta leófost, Hml. S. 25, 576