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land-gehwearf

(n.)
Grammar
land-gehwearf, es; n.
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An exchange of land; commutatio terræ Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Byrhtelm biscop and Aþelwold abbod hæfdon ymbe hira landgehwerf ... Se biscop gesealde ða hída æt Cenintúne and se abbud gesealde ðæt seofontýne hýda æt Crydanbricge, Chart. Th. 191, 6

Linked entry: ge-hwearf

magu-tudor

(n.)
Grammar
magu-tudor, es; n.

Offspring

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Ús ðis se æþeling gefremede . . monnes magutudre for us, the human race, the prince (Christ) did this, Exon. 17 a; Th. 39, 28; Cri. 629

mis-fadung

(n.)
Grammar
mis-fadung, e; f.

Misconductirregularity

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Þurh ðis beóþ áwecte saca and tala, ungeþwǽrnessa and misfadunga, 124, 18. Misfadunga exordinationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 78

mos

(n.)
Grammar
mos, es; n.

A mossa marshy place

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Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽre æt mosleáge. Cod. Dip. B. ii. 56, 22, 28

Linked entry: meós

bleac

(adj.)
Grammar
bleac, def. se bleaca; adj.

Blacknigerblack

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Black; niger Wæs ðis gesceád ðæt for missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe, óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heawold, óðer se hwíta Heawald ea distinctione ut pro diversa capillorum specie, unus niger Hewald, alter albus Hewald diceretur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 16

þæder

(adv.)
Grammar
þæder, adv.
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Thither, whither Gá ðú and lǽde ðís folc þæder þe ic þé ǽr sǽde tu vade et duc populum istum, quo locutus sum tibi, Ex. 32, 34. On mergen com se biscop þæder, Shrn. 139, 35. Hé þæder ineode, 156, 13

Linked entry: þider

and-lang

(prep.)
Grammar
and-lang, prep.
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Wrít ðis andlang ðá earmas, Lch. iii. 38, 29. as adverb Wende þé þonne .iii. sunganges, ástrece þonne on andlang, Lch. i. 400, 10

búgian

(v.)
Grammar
búgian, búian, búwian, to búgianne; p. ode; pp. od. intrans.

To dwellhabitareTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, incolere

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabitare, incolere Ðis is land to búgianne this is to inhabit land, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4

Linked entries: búwian bógian búian

mearc-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-bróc, es; m.

A brook which serves as a boundary

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Ðis synd ða landgemǽra. Ǽrest ðǽr mercbróc scýt on Seolesburnan; of mearcbróce ... swá andlang burnan eft on mérbróce, 284, 12-30

geár-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gemynd, es; n.
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A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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a small stream Ríþ rivus ... lytel ríþ rivulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 20-27 : rivus, 80, 62. Burne ł ríþe latex, Hpt. Gl. 447, 4. Norþ tó blacan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 33. On fúlan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 257, 32. On áne ríþe

abbod-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
abbod-ríce, abbot-ríce, es; n.

The rule of an abbotan abbacy abbatia

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On ðis abbotríce in this abbacy, Chr. 675; Ing. 51, 12

Linked entries: abbad-ríce ríce

gealdor

(n.)
Grammar
gealdor, es; n.

An incantationa charmloreincantātio

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Sing ðis gealdor sing this charm, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 28 : 3, 24; Lchdm. ii. 322, 6

wang-turf

(n.)
Grammar
wang-turf, gen. -tyrf; f.Turf,
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rf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7

ofer-féran

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L. 12, 37. of time relations, to pass through life Tó þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm tó ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde, Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28

ge-rádegian

(v.)
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Add: ge-rádigian to arrange a matter Ðis ðe ic tó sibbe and tó gesehtnesse betweoh þám mynstre gerádigod (þe radi god, MS. ) hæbbe (cf. the title of the charter: De aquis et molendinis constitutio regis Eadgari), C. D. B. iii. 417, 5

ge-sund-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund-ful, -full; adj.

Full or quite soundprosperoussuccessfulprospĕrus

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His swíðre hand is gesundfull óþ ðis his right hand is sound to this day, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 85

leác

(n.)
Grammar
leác, lǽc, léc, es; n.

a leek

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.], an alliaceous plant [v. compounds],a leek Ðis léc hoc cepe: ðis leác hoc porrum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 32, 35. Leác ambila, Wrt. Voc. 284, 24: Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 49. Láec, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 8. Leáces heáfod cartilago, 17, 40.

Linked entry: léc

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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Above, besides Ufenan eall ðis insuper, Dom. L. 10, 144: 18, 271. Ufenon eal ðis, 14, 212. Hé ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde, Chart.

liþ

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a joint, especially a finger-joint: Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðám disce ánes fingres lið, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 27. Nim. viii. and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32 : 29. Liþo artus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 18.