folc-stede
a battle-place ⬩ battle-field
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a battle-place, battle-field (v. folc; I. la); Æðelst. 41: Jud. 320: Ru. 6, ii: B. 1463: Gen. 2000. Add:
gener-stede
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An asylum Friðhús vel generstede asylum, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 2
ge-stǽn
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ge-stæn
ge-steald
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Place before ge-stealla, and add:
forþ-stefn
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Far ofer sǽ, and site on þes scipes forðstefna, ðonne ... þú freónd findest begeondan þǽm sǽ, Lch. iii. 180, 4. Add
hám-stede
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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes
heáfod-stede
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hleów-stede
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Angl. viii. 451, 34. Add:
hen-streát
Similar entry: streát
hege-steall
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The site of a hedge (?), a place with a hedge (?) (cf. Haystall a small portion of wood on the outskirts of a large wood (in Herefordshire), Halliw. Dict.) Æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 10
hlós-stede
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A place where there is a pigstye Tó litegan hlósstede; of litegan hlósstede, C. D. vi. 153, 8
leód-stefn
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Add: cf. þeód-stefn
mylen-steall
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On ðone mylensteall; ðæt of ðém mylenstealle andlang Ycenan, C. D. v. 121, 10. Add
pleg-stede
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A play-place On ðone plægstede; and of ðan plægstede, C. D. vi. 244, 8
riht-stefn
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a properly pronounced word, properly modulated sound Ná mid rihtstefnum ac mid micelum hreáme ongann clypian magnis non vocibus, sed stridoribus clamare incepit, Gr. D. 28, 28
Linked entry: stefn
sealtærn-steall
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A place where there is a house for preparing salt Unam salis coquinariam, hoe est .i. sealternsteall, C. D. ii. 75, 22
stæf-cræft
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Add Stæfcræft grammatica, An. Ox. 3114. Add Stæfcræftes brede (æthralis) literaturae albo (descriptos), An. Ox. 3031. Stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49. (Both glosses refer to the same passage. )
stæf-cyst
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Stæfcræftes, [stæf?]cyste literaturae, An. Ox. 3031. Add
stæf-leahter
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An impropriety of speech, a barbarism Stæfleahtres barbarismi, An. Ox. 5467