norþan-westan-wind
a wind from the north-west ⬩ corus ⬩ aquilo vel boreas
Entry preview:
a wind from the north-west; corus, aquilo vel boreas, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 16, 18
be-westan-norþan
Similar entry: westan-norþan
bé-norþan-eástan
Entry preview:
in Dict
bé-norþan-westan
Entry preview:
in Dict
be-eástan-norþan
to the north-east of,
Entry preview:
to the north-east of, Ors. 1, 1; Th. 246, 16
Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
Entry preview:
A man belonging to a northern country. a Norseman, Norwegian or Dane Ealle ða ðe on Norþhymbrum búgeaþ, ǽgþer ge Englisce ge Denisce ge Norþmen, Chr. 924; Erl. 110, 17. Gewitan him ðá Norþmen nægledcnearrum, 937; Erl. 115, 2. Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum
Linked entry: Nor-men
cælþ
Entry preview:
3rd pres. of calan
Norþmandisc
Entry preview:
Norman Æfter Norðmandiscere lage, Ll. Th. i. 489, 11
dést
Entry preview:
2nd and 3rd sing. pres. of dón
-isse
-issa
Entry preview:
-issa, which in later English became the common suffix to mark the feminine gender, is found before the Norman Conquest in the word abbud-isse abbess
rihte-bred
An instrument for measuring, a square
Entry preview:
An instrument for measuring, a square Rihte-bred norma, linca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 20 : 114, 83 : 54, 16
ge-setness
Entry preview:
Add Gif preóstas æfter heora gesettednesse ( secundum eorum rectitudinis normam) lifedon, Chrd. 2, 3. Add Of þisse gesettednysse þe ... wé gesetton ex ista institutione quam ... fecimus, Chrd. 28, 9.
Linked entry: ge-settedness
CARR
Entry preview:
Charmoulh, in Dorsetshire, at the mouth of the river Carr, = the Norman Charr, or Charmouth; in agri Dorsætensis parte maritima, post c literam addito h, ad morem Norman-norum Gib Æðelwulf cyning gefeaht æt Carrum wið xxxv sciphlæsta king Æthelwulf fought
Linked entry: Carrum
Bec
an abbey in Normandy
Entry preview:
an abbey in Normandy Teodbald, ðe was abbot in ðe Bec Theobald, who was abbot of Bec, Chr. 1140 ; Th. 383, 40
belgan
Entry preview:
Þára wóhnes bealh for þám þeáwum his riht-wísnysse quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat, Gr. D. 104, 14. Hiá bulgon bituih him seolfum indigne ferebant intra semel ipsos, Mk. L. R. 14, 4
Normandíg
Normandy
Entry preview:
Normandy Willelm cyng fór ofer sǽ tó Normandíg, and Eádgár cild com of Scotland tó Normandíge, Chr. 1074; Erl. 212, 3-4
for-ðig
For ⬩ because ⬩ ĕnim ⬩ etĕnim ⬩ quia ⬩ quŏniam
Entry preview:
For, because; ĕnim, etĕnim, quia, quŏniam Forðig he áhte ǽgðer ge Engla land ge Normandige for he owned both the land of the English as well as Normandy, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 3-4
wealh-land
a foreign land ⬩ Normandy
Entry preview:
Normandy (cf. Icel. í Vallandi er síðan var kallat Norðmandi) Com Eádweard hider tó lande of Weallande (fram begeondan sǽ, v. l. ), Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 27
Linked entry: wealand
castel
Entry preview:
[From Norman-French. For native English usage, cf. ꝥ woerc castellum, Lk. L. 24, 13.] an old British or Roman earthwork (?). v. N. E. D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . tó ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C.
-hám
the abode of the elves
Entry preview:
The distinction between -ham and -hám seems to have been lost before the Norman Conquest, as in the Chronicle one MS. has tó Buccingahamme, another tó Buccingahám, 918; Th. i. 190, col. 1, 2, l. 21