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Anglo-Saxon

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biscop-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-wíte, es; n.

A bishop's fee for visiting, procuration ⬩ episcopo debita

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A bishop's fee for visiting, procuration; episcopo debita, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 5

Linked entry: bisceop-wíte

bleowum

(n.)

to or with colours

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to or with colours, Bt. 18; Fox 48, 11; dat. pl. of bleoh

ge-hlyta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlyta, an; m.

A companion ⬩ consors

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A companion; consors Fór gehlytum ðínum præ consortĭbus tuis, Ps. Spl. 44, 9

slæcfull

(adj.)
Grammar
slæcfull, adj.
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Slothful Slacfulran for beládunge propter somno*-*lentorum excusationes, R. Ben. Interl. 55, 8

sulh-ælmesse

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-ælmesse, an; f.
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Plough-alms, a contribution of one penny to be paid for every sulh

Linked entry: ælmesse

un-geþyldiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geþyldiglíce, -geþyldelíce; adv.

Impatiently

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Impatiently Ðá scylde hé ongeán swíþe ungeþyldelíce, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 1

Linked entry: ge-þyldiglíce

ceáp-dæg

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For Cot. 142 substitute Ceápdagas nonae, a nundinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 26

disc-berend

(n.)
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For Cot. 65 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 83: 94, 2: 26, 60

duru-stod

Grammar
duru-stod, (n. ?).
Entry preview:

For Cot. 157 l. Durustod postes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 70, and add:

Linked entry: stod

feax-cláþ

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For Cot. 93 substitute

feld-swamm

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For Cot. 87 substitute

fiþer-feald

(num.; adj.)

four-fold

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four-fold Ic forgeldo feoðorfald reddo quadruplum, Lk. ' R. 19, 8

ge-stala

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For 'A thief' substitute: One who thieves with another, an accomplice in theft

fullwiht-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-béna, an; m.
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One who asks for baptism Fulwihtbéna rogator baptismi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 59

ge-yferian

(v.)
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L. fol. 186b, 4

Linked entry: yferian

hunig-binn

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-binn, e; f.
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A receptacle for honey Man sceal habban . . . hýfa, hunigbinna, Angl. ix. 264, 15

Linked entry: bin

hlóþere

(n.)

a robber

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For 'praedator . . . Lye' substitute

hwelung

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For 'Hwelung . . . Lye' substitute On hwelunge in clangore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 16

malscrung

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Malscrung pressicium (for prestigium?), Hpt. 33, 246, 83. [N. E. D. masker.] Add: —

níd-faru

(n.)
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At end of first line l. there for the, see Txts. p. 149

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