freóls-man
A freeman ⬩ līber
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A freeman; līber Ic wylle, ðæt ða ðe to mínre áre fón ðæt hí fédon twentig freólsmanna I will, that those who succeed to my property feed twenty freemen, Cod. Dipl. 694; Kmbl. iii. 295, 6
feld-oxa
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An ox out at pasture (opposed to a fat ox) His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . twelf fǽtte oxan and twéntig feldoxan (oxen out of the pastures; boves pascuales, 1 Kings 4, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 576, 33
ánes
of one
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Ánes wana wanting of one, as ánes wana twentig twenty wanting one, nineteen
COLT
A COLT ⬩ pullus
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A COLT; pullus He asyndrode þrítig gefolra olfendmyrena mid heora coltum, and twentig assmyrena mid heora coltum [MS. coltun] separavit camelos fætas cum pullis suis triginta, et asinas viginti et pullos earum Gen. 32, 15
circol-wyrde
A calculator, reckoner ⬩ computator
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A calculator, reckoner; computator Feówer síðon syx byþ feówer and twentig: ða syx tída sind genemned þurh ðæra circolwyrda gleáwnysse quadrantes four times six are four-and-twenty: the six hours are called by the wisdom of calculators quadrants, Bridf
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tæl-met
A measure expressed by number
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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113
cneówung
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Singe hé þreó hund sealma cneówigende, oððe hund and twéntig bútan cneówunge (sine genuflexione) . . . mid cneówunga oððe bútan cneówunge cum genuflexionibus vel sine genuflexione, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 14-18. Add
ge-bócian
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Add: — Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc . . . þe Eádréd cing gebócode Óswíge his þegne on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 426, 13, 22 (and often). Cf. ge-bécan
ge-delfan
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Þá hé hæfde gedolfen twéntig fóta on ðǽre eorðan, H. R. 13, 14. trans. To dig a hole In ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne his stóue in defossum sepulturae suae locum, Jn. p. 2, I
horn-bláwere
A horn-blower, trumpeter ⬩ tubicen, cornicen
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Ðǽr mihte wel bén ábúton twenti óðer þritte hornblaweres, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 36
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rúmmódlíce
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Ðýs twéntigum hídum, ðá ic rúmódlíce gescarode mé sylfum . . . tó écum rýmete, C. D. v. 331, 2. Add
freót-man
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Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig freótmonna for his sáwle, C. D. B. iii. 652, 18 ; Shrn. 159, 6. Add
móna
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Ðæs mónan geár hæfð seofon and twéntig daga and eahta tída. On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . .
furlang
A FURLONG ⬩ stădium
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Twentig furlanga stădia vīginti, 6, 19: Lk. Bos. 24, 13. Se is þreóra furlunga brád qui est latitūdĭnis circĭter trium stădiōrum, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 20
fola
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Yip is ormǽte nýten . . . feówer and twéntig mónða gǽð seó módor mid folan, Hml. S. 25, 569. Geméte gyt eoselan and hire folan, Bl. H. 69, 36.
wan
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IIIa Ðæt ríce hé hæfde ánes won ðe twéntig wintra, Bd. 4, I ; M. 252, 9. Ánes won be syxtig wintra, 3, 24; M. 238, 2. Ánes won þe twéntig wintra, 5, 1 ; M. 386, 23. Gewurþad mid ðám æþelestum ceastrum ánes won ðe ðrittigum, l, l; S. 473, 26 note
pund
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 11, Mid .v. pundum mǽrra pæninga, 62, 9.
búfan
Above ⬩ super
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Twentig míla búfan Lundenbyrig twenty miles above London, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 25
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hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Næfde hé má ðonne twentig hrýðera and twentig sceápa and twentig swýna, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 14. Hrýðera gehlów the lowing of oxen, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 35. Hine oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera [hrýðeres, MS. F: neáta, MS.
ge-scearian
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To grant, allot, assign: Ðýs twéntigum hídum, ðá ic rúmódlíce gescarode . . . Gyf hwá genyrwe ðæt ic Gode on éce yrfe geseald hæbbe, C. D. v. 331, 2. —
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