wácness
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Ne sceole wé forseón þearfena wácnysse. Hml. Th. I. 336, l. Add
æt-bredan
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Swilce þám rihtwísum ætbrédað his rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 18. Add
freó-wíf
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a freeborn woman Fríwíf, Ll. Th. i. 20, 7. Cf. freó-man
feorm
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Se gyldscipe hyrfe be healfre feorme þone forþféredan, Cht. Th. 611, 5
grund-wyrgen
A wolf of the deep ⬩ Grendel's mother
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A wolf of the deep [Grendel's mother]Beo. Th. 3041; B. 1518
Linked entry: wirgen
gúþ-here
A martial band ⬩ an army
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A martial band, an army, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 18; Gen. 1967
hǽmed-lác
Sexual intercourse ⬩ coitus
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Sexual intercourse; coitus, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 11; Rä. 43, 3
hæring-tíma
Herring-season
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Herring-season Twegen hæringc-tíman two herring-seasons, Th. Chart. 338, 34
heáfod-swíma
Swimming in the head, dizziness, ⬩ dizziness in the head.
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Swimming in the head, dizziness, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 28; Gen. 1568
Linked entry: swíma
heaðu-deór
Brave, stout in war
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Brave, stout in war, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688: 1548; B. 772
bricest
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he briceþ breakest, he breaks, Exon. 63a; Th. 232, 10; Ph. 504;
brúna
of eye-brows
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of eye-brows, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100, =
winter-rím
A number of years
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A number of years Heora winterrím anni eorum, Ps. Th. 89, 5
wil-dæg
A welcome day
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A welcome day On ðam wildæge. Exon. Th. 29, 7 ; Cri. 459
horn-gestreón
An abundance of pinnacles,
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An abundance of pinnacles, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 11; Ruin. 23
cradol
a cradle
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a cradle L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 420, 1, MS. B
hilde-þryþ
Strength in war
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Strength in war, Exon. 105 a; Th. 400, 6; Rä. 20, 4
á-wóh
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Beorge ꝥ hé áwóh ne befó, Ll. Th. i. 290, 8. Add
bearn-eácnigende
Being with child ⬩ pregnant
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Being with child, pregnant Bearneácnigende wíf forbúgan, Hml. Th. ii. 94, 3
Dorce-ceaster
DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma
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DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln; Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma Hér Cynegils [MS. Kynegils] wæs gefullod fram Byríne ðam biscope