Mæð-hild
A woman's name ⬩ Matilda
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A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14
þurh-wunol
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Continual, perpetual Þám leófestan biscope an Crístes naman ic sende þurwunule (perpetuam) grétinge, Chrd. 92, 17
Rug-ern
rye-harvest
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rye-harvest, the name of a month Sextan dæge Rugernes, L. Wih. proem. ; Th, i. 36,6
secg-gescére
sedge-shears
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, a name of the grasshopper Secg-gescére vel háman cicad[ae], Txts. 51, 464
heópe
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Voc. ii. 126, 84. in a local name (?): Tó Heópeoricge, C. D. iii. 71, 30
Hæfeldan
the name of a Slavonic people
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the name of a Slavonic people Wylte ðe man Hæfeldan hǽt, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 39 : 19, 18
gífer
A glutton
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A glutton Gífer hátte se wyrm the worm's name is glutton, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373. 31; Seel. 118
hé
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Hé nam þá hláfas and hig gedǽlde, Jn. 6, 11. (1 a) where the pronoun refers to either a masc. or fem. noun, cf.
hére
Dignity ⬩ majesty ⬩ greatness
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The prose, Fox 70, l0, has 'Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris.'
Wódnes-dæg
Wednesday
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Wednesday Wódnesdæges nama wæs of Mercurio, Anglia viii. 321, 16. On Wódnesdæg, Mt. Kmbl. Rubric 3, I. 13 and often;Homl. Skt. i. 12, I : R. Ben. 155, 16: Wulfst. 180, 25. On ðone óðerne Wódnesdæg ofer Pentecosten, Mt. Kmbl. Rubric 5, 17. . iiii.
Linked entry: Wóden
gild-scipe
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And þis sind þára manna nama[n], Cht. Th. 609, 24. Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . . Wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan, 611, 2, 25. Of Alwines gildscipe . . . Of þám gildscipe on Lége, 610, I. 9. Add
bráddra
- Bd. de nat. rerum ;
- Wrt. popl. science 14, 14 ;
- Lchdm. iii. 264, 26
broader, larger
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broader, larger
ram-gealla
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Ram-gall (a plant name); menyanthes trifoliata Ramgeallan ðone fágan, Lchdm. ii. 124, 13. Hramgeallo, 140, 13
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ge-hálsian
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Add: to entreat Hé wæs þurh mé gehálsod he was entreated in my name, Shrn. 135, 25
self-ǽte
wild oat
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A plant name, wild oat(?) Selfǽte, eoforþrote, Lchdm. ii. 312, 15. Wyl on buteran selfǽtan, 80, 13
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á-cleopian
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Se gást his naman ácleopode and ámeldode, Gr. D. 200, 23. Add
Linked entry: clipian
hratele
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The name of some plant Hratele bobonica, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 1. Hrate[le?] bobonaca, Lch. iii. 300, col. 2
Linked entry: hrætele
tó-geícendlíc
Adjective
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Adjective Ða óðre naman synd adjectiva, ðæt synd tógeícendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 29, 4: 9, 18; Zup. 44, 4
hyrst
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. ¶ The word occurs in a great many place-names. Where the first part of the compound is the name of a tree hyrst probably belongs to I. e. g. æsc-, hæsel-, hnut-, holen-, mapolder-, seal-, þorn-hyrst. So, too, perhaps in earnes, úlan hyrst.
namcúþlíce
By name
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By name Úre mǽþ nis ðæt wé ealle Godes gecorenan eów namcúðlíce gereccan it is not within our power to recount to you by name all God's elect, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 2. Hé gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, i. 558, 25.