eorþ-bigegnys
Earth-cultivation, attention to agriculture ⬩ terræ cultūra, agricultūræ stŭdium
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Earth-cultivation, attention to agriculture; terræ cultūra, agricultūræ stŭdium Elelændra eorþ-bigennys cŏlōnia, id est peregrīnōrum cultūra, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 103; Wrt. Voc. 36, 25
eorþ-byrig
An earth mound ⬩ agger
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An earth mound; agger Eorþ-byrig [MS. -byre], Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 45; Wrt. Voc. 37, 33
eorþ-cafer
An earth-chafer, a cock-chafer ⬩ taurus
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An earth-chafer, a cock-chafer; taurus Eorþ-caferas tauri, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 23; Wrt. Voc. 24, 26
eorþ-burh
An earth mound or burying place ⬩ agger, hŭmātio
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An earth mound or burying place; agger, hŭmātio To ðare eorþ-byrig to the earth mound, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 335 ; A. D. 903 ; Kmbl. iii. 403, 31
eorþ-scræf
An earth-cavern, a grave ⬩ căverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum
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An earth-cavern, a grave; căverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon, ðǽr Loth wunode they found by the slope of a high hill an earth-cavern, where Lot dwelt, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 27; Gen. 2595: Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 11; Kl. 28.
eorþ-gesceaft
An earthly creature ⬩ terrestris creatura
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An earthly creature ; terrestris creatura Men habbaþ [MS. habbæþ] geond middangeard eorþ-gesceafta ealle oferþungen men have all surpassed earthly creatures throughout the middle earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 387; Met. 20, 194
eorþ-ifig
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Eorðífig hedera nigra, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 11: ii. 43, 51. Suoelce earðhífign (terebintus) ic gerabte telgo míno, Rtl. 68, 32. Þá cyrnlu þæs eorþífiges, Lch. ii. 248, 26. and add
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eorþ-styrung
An earth-stirring, earthquake ⬩ terræ mótus
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An earth-stirring, earthquake; terræ mótus Eorþstyrung fela burhga ofhreas . . . þreóttyne byrig þurh eorþ-styrunge afeóllon an earthquake has overthrown many cities ... thirteen cities fell through an earthquake, Homl. Th. i. 608, 27, 29: 244, 17. Micele
eorþ-byrgen
A grave
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A grave Eorðbyrgenna wurdon opene monumenta aperta sunt (Mt. 27, 52), Nap. 20
eorþ-geberst
land-slip
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A chasm in the ground, land-slip In ðæt eorðebyrst; of ðám eorðgebyrste, C. D. iii. 52, 10. Úp tó ðám eorðgeberste tó foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]
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eorþ-styren
An earthquake
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An earthquake Gewordenre eorðstyrene facto terrae motu, Gr. D. 182, 20. For eorðstyrenum heó (Rome) byð geswenced, Gr. D. 134, 1
eorþ-waru
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Add: Grammar eorþ-waru, -waru Eall eorðwaru, s. Grammar eorþ-waru, -ware Forhtiaþ ealle gesceafta, ge heofonware ge eorþware, Bl. H. 11, 4. Heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, 87, 10: Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 20. Grammar eorþ-waru, -waran Samson wæs ealra eorðwarena
þeód-eorþe
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The whole inhabited earth, the world Hwæt sceoldon ðé ( the guilty soul ), þeódeorðan fýlnes (cf. Exon. Th. 368, 7); úre ælmessan? Wulfst. 240, 15
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eorþ-cund
Earthly, terrestrial ⬩ terrestris
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Earthly, terrestrial; terrestris Se rinc ageaf eorþ-cunde eád the prince gave up earthly happiness. Cd. 79; Th. 98, 8; Gen. 1627
eorþ-beofung
An earthquake ⬩ terræ mōtus
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An earthquake; terræ mōtus Seó eorþbeofung tácnade ða miclan blód-dryncas the earthquake betokened the great blood-sheddings, Ors. 4, 2 ; Bos. 79, 28
eorþ-dyne
Earth din, an earthquake ⬩ terræ mōtus
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Earth din, an earthquake; terræ mōtus On ðisan gére wæs micel eorþdyne in this year [A. D. 1060] was a great earthquake, Chr. 1060; Erl. 193, 31; 1122; Erl. 249, 14
eorþ-græf
A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, well ⬩ fossa, pŭteus
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A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, well; fossa, pŭteus Isernes dǽl eorþgræf pæðeþ a part of iron passes the well, Exon. 114 b; Th. 439, 26; Ru. 59, 9
eorþ-gráp
Earth's grasp, the hold of the grave ⬩ terræ comprĕhensio
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Earth's grasp, the hold of the grave; terræ comprĕhensio Eorþgráp hataþ waldend wyrhtan earth's grasp [i. e. the grave holdeth its mighty workmen, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 12; Ruin. 6
eorþ-tilia
An earth-tiller, husbandman ⬩ agrĭcŏla
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An earth-tiller, husbandman; agrĭcŏla Mín fæder ys eorþtilia pater meus agrĭcŏla est, n. Bos. 15, 1
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