þeód-guma
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A chief man of a people, a great man Ða þeódguman (cf. eorlas æscrófe, 26, 20; Jud. 337), Judth. Thw. 26, 17; Jud. 332: 24, 26; Jud. 208
cæfl
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a bit, muzzle, gag Caefli capisto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 48. Cæfli, 14, 11[Cf. Icel. kefli a piece of wood, a gag. v. N. E. D. kevel.]
leóþ-wrenc
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19
Linked entry: wrenc
heal-reced
A palace
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A palace Hé healreced hátan wolde medoærn micel men gewyrcean he would bid men make a palace, a great mead-house, Beo, Th. 136; B. 68
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windel-stán
A tower with a winding staircase
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A tower with a winding staircase Windelstán coclea, gewind circuitus ascensus (the word occurs in a list of names of buildings), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 3
riht-cynn
A genuine stock, a race really derived from a particular source
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A genuine stock, a race really derived from a particular source Moyses wæs ðæs rihtcynnes Moses was of the true stock of Abraham, Wulfst. 13, 6
box
A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX ⬩ buxom, pyxis ⬩ a box
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A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX; buxom, pyxis = πυξίs Bixen box a box made of box-wood; pyxis, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 96; Wrt. Voc. 25, 36. Forcorfen [MS. forcaruen] box a carved box; buxom, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 59. Seó hæfde box mid deórwyrþre
ge-leórednes
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Add: a passing from one place to another, a migration. v. Dict. a passing from one state to another, ecstasy, transport of a vision On úplicere gesihþe geleórednesse in aromate extaseos (raptus ), An. Ox. 405. Geleórednesse oromate, i. in visione somni
bed-wahrift
A curtain ⬩ cortina
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A curtain; cortina, Cod. Dipl. A. D. 995 ; Kmbl. vi. 133, 9
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efn-ling
A consort, an equal, a fellow ⬩ consors
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A consort, an equal, a fellow; consors. Ps. Spl. T. 44, 9
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heoru-word
A hostile, fierce word,
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A hostile, fierce word, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 7; Fä. 84
heoru-wulf
A fierce wolf ⬩ a warrior
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A fierce wolf, a warrior, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 7; Exod. 181
Linked entry: wulf
lagu-mearh
A sea-steed ⬩ ship
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A sea-steed, ship,Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 7; Gú. 1306
lagu-swimmend
a fish
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A creature that swims, a fish Laguswimmendra, Salm. Kmbl. 580; Sal. 289
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land-fruma
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A prince of a country Leóf landfruma, Beo. Th. 61; B. 31
mearc-weard
A mark-warden ⬩ a wolf
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A mark-warden, a wolf, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 14; Exod. 168
míte
A small insect ⬩ a mite
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A small insect, a mite Míte tamus, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 16
BOLT
A BOLT, a warlike engine to throw bolts, arrows ⬩ catapulta, ⬩ sagitta
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A BOLT, a warlike engine to throw bolts, arrows; catapulta, Cot. 45
holen-hyrst
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a holly-copse Holenhyrst (a place-name ), C. D. ii. 228, I
plegestre
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A female athlete Cemp[ena], plegestr[en]a luctatorum, An. Ox. 4735