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norþ-rihtes

(adv.)
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norþ-rihtes, adv.
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Due north Ðonne norðrihtes andlang cumbes, C. D. iii. 450, 5

staþolfæstlíce

(adv.)
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Add Þý staðolfæstlícor ( solidius ) wǽron getrymede, Gr. D. 205, 7

tempel

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Þá hálgan weras syndon Godes templu, Gr. D. 63, 7. Add

þrístlǽcness

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forgifnesse for þǽre þrístlǽcnesse (praesumtione), Gr. D. 341, 37. Add

þurh-wacol

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Add: — Gestód þurhwacol æt ánum eáhþýrle, Gr. D. 170, 27

un-bebyriged

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Þæt líc læg unbebyrged, Gr. D. 318, 6; 154, 25. Add

un-grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
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un-grǽdiglíce, adv.
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Abundantly, liberally áscán ungrǽdiglíce (non mediocriter ), Gr. D. 175, l

Linked entry: grǽdiglíce

yfes-drype

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Add:: [Cf. Icel. upsar-dropi, v. N. E. D. eaves-drip.]

ǽren

(adj.)
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ǽren, adj.
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Lytel ǽren scip carabus, Gr. D. 347, 2, 4

mealmiht

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On þone mealmihtan ford, C. D. B. iii. 63, 27. Add

æcer-týning

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-týning, e; f.

Fencing of fields

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Fencing of fields Æcertýninge .xv. gyrda, C. D. iii. 451, 2

Linked entry: týning

lǽs

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Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne on ðám hǽðfelda the pasture on the heathfield lies open to admit all men C. D. iii. 419, 21. Án lǽs on waruðe, 429, 16. Sceáp lǽsuwe (léswe, Ps. Srt.) his oues pascuae eius Ps. L. 99, 3. On stówe lǽswen (lǽswe?

Eádwíg

(n.)
Grammar
Eádwíg, es; m. [eád happy, wíg war]

Eadwig, son of Edmund. Eadwig was king of Wessex and Northumbria for four years, from A. D. 955-959

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Eadwig, son of Edmund. Eadwig was king of Wessex and Northumbria for four years, from A. D. 955-959 Hér, A. D. 955, féng Eádwíg to ríce, Eádmundes sunu here Eadwig, Edmund's son, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 955 ; Erl. 119, 8. Hér, A.

CUMB

(n.)
Grammar
CUMB, es; m.

a hollow among hills, narrow valley COMB caverna inter colles, vallis angusta

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A. D. 791-796 ; 40, 5: Lchdm. iii. 28, 9

Linked entry: comb

hangra

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A wood on a hill-side, and add foxhangran; of ðám hangran, C. D. vi. 106, 1. Of ðám ellenstubbe on ðone yfemestan hangran, iii. 384, 5. [For a discussion of the word and for a number of compound forms in which it occurs see Cht. Crw. p. 134.

eorþ-geberst

(n.)
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eorþ-geberst, -gebyrst, es; n.

land-slip

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A chasm in the ground, land-slip In ðæt eorðebyrst; of ðám eorðgebyrste, C. D. iii. 52, 10. Úp ðám eorðgeberste foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]

Linked entry: ge-berst

ge-hlów

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Dele, ge-hleów, and add: bleating Se feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . hrýðra gehlówe ( balatus pecorum ), Gr. D. 185, 3. Gehlów mugitum An. Ox. 1465.

ge-légu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-légu, (?), ge-legu (?)
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a tract of land. Cf. (?) leáh(-g). In the following compounds Confiniae terrae, ab australi plaga Uuisleág . . . a septemtrionale Meósgelégeo (-leg- ?), C. D. B. i. 266, 26. On marge wei and Grimgelége, C. D. v. 136, 2. Wið ráhgeléga, iii. 391, 32

ge-ríþe

(n.)
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ge-ríþe, es; n.
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A small stream, rivulet Of deópan cumbe on cweiiena brðce; of cwenena bróce up be ðám geríðe (geride, C. D. B. iii. 37, 24; but see on ðá , 27, wid ( = wið, 29) íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

Linked entry: riþ

spellian

(v.)
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Add Þá ðá him betweónon spellodon and wel fela worda sprǽcon cum vicissim aliqua confabularentur, Gr. D. 75, 21. Þá gebróðra þá ongǽn hine sylfne ánmódlíce wǽron spelliende contra se unanimiter conspirantes, 106, 1.[v. N. E. D. spell; vb. 1..]