twig
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A branch, twig Twig ramus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 80: palmes, Jn. Skt. 15, 6. Hys twig (twi later MS. ) byþ hnesce, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32. His twí (twig, MS. A.: twi later MS. ) biþ mearu. Mk. Skt. 13, 28. Ic eom swá ðæt twig, ðæt biþ ácorfen of ðam treówe.
staca
A stake
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On this practice, see, inter alia, Brand's Antiquities, ed. Hazlitt, vol. iii. p65, Grmm. D.
Linked entry: stacung
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Th. ii. 264. 3. cxx. huǽtenra hláfa and xxx. clénra one hundred and twenty wheaten loaves and thirty made without bran, 460, 16. cxx gesuflra hláfa, 32: 469, 3.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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A person distinguished for wisdom or learning in general or in a special branch, a philosopher, scribe, geo metrician, etc. Se gomola, eald úðwita (cf. fród fæder módsnottor 300, 4; Fä. 1), Exon. Th. 304, 6; Fä. 66.
LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree Án lim membrum; má lima membra, Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21. Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl.
Linked entry: leomu
lim
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Críst is crístenra heáfod, and ealle Crístene men syndon tó Crístes limum getealde, Wlfst. 37, 7. a limb of Satan Þeáh hine deófol mid his lymum wylle gedreccan, Angl. viii. 324, 19. not referring to animals. part of a tree, a branch, Gn.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Voc. ii. 53, 13, 14. a piece of burning material Fýrum, brandum (rogi) torribus, i. ignibus, An. Ox. 3520. Fýrum áda globis flammarum, 3555. fire from heaven, lightning Hwílum God sendeþ his engla gástas, hwílum hé sendeþ þurh fýres lég, Bl.
FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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To take part in the fyrd was the general duty of every freeman, even of the mere churl, but as forming one branch of the trinoda necessitas it belonged especially to owners of land.
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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a twig, sprout, shoot, branch Tánas arbusta, Ps. Th. 79, 10: vimina, Germ. 390. 44: antes, Hpt. Gl. 496, 73. Ic on neorxna wonge ásette treów, ðæt ða tánas æpla bǽron, Cd. Th. 295, 7; Sat. 482. Tánum, fingerapplum dactylis, Hpt. Gl. 496, 64.
lár
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</b> a particular branch of learning, a study :-- On bóclicum lárum getýð trained in literary studies, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 16. <b>VI b.</b> cunning, craft :-- Ic mé gúðordes sweng láre gebearh, Gen. 2693
fullian
To FULL or make white as a fuller ⬩ to baptize ⬩ albāre ⬩ candĭdum făcĕre ⬩ baptīzāre ⬩ βαπτίζειν
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In Goth. and in other divisions of the Teutonic as well as in the Swed. and Dan. divisions of the Scandinavian branch of the Gothic language, a noun and verb are used expressive of dipping, e.g. Goth. daupyan, daupeins: O. H.
Linked entries: fulligan fulwian ge-fullian
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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In l. 27 after 'bran' add Cht. Th., and add: bread made from meal or flour Þú him of eorþan út álǽddest hláf (panem) tó helpe ... hláf trymeð heortan mannes, Ps. Th. 103, 14, 15. Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge.
Linked entry: hláf-gang
lagu
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Lage, 228, 1. a particular branch of law Mid cynelicere lage fiscali jure An. Ox. 4844. the action of the courts of law, law (in to go to law ) Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, Ll. Th. i. 298, 6.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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We find, in the present day, east and west Brandon [Brunan dún] and Brandon castle, the property of Viscount Boyne. There is still the river Browney [Brunan eá]. In the Feod. Dunelmen. compiled about A.
lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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Culufre gewát fleógan eft mid lácum hire ( the olive branch ), Cd. 72; Th. 88, 28; Gen. 1472.