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wín-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
wín-ærn, es; n.

a place where wine is stored ⬩ a place where wine is sold and drunk ⬩ a tavern ⬩ a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting

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a place where wine is stored Wínæm apotheca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 6.. Similar entries v. win-hús a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3. Wínærn i. 290, 52. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting

Linked entries: wín-hús wín-ræced

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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an elderman, ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king; mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. The

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll

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Toll, tax, custom, duty, due. that which is paid to the state. See also IV. Cynelíc toll fiscale tributum, Hpt. Gl. 440, 43. Nim ðone wecg, and syle tó tolle for mé and for ðé, Homl. Th. i. 512, 5. Æt hwám nimaþ cyningas gafol oððe toll reges terrae

oster-scill

(n.)
Grammar
oster-scill, e; f.
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An oyster-shell Mid ostorscyllum gecnucud and gemenged, Lchdm. i. 338, 16

ge-hǽman

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Add Hé hí genam niédenga and hire mid gehǽmde, Past. 415, 17

stíl-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
stíl-ecg, adj.
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Steel-edged Stíð and stýlecg ( a sword ), Beo. Th. 3070 ; B. 1533

Linked entry: stýl-ecg

un-súr

(adj.)
Grammar
un-súr, adj.

Not sour

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Not sour Eala forgá and meoloc þicge unsúre, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30

Linked entry: súr

an-weald

(adj.)
Grammar
an-weald, adj.
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Powerful Hi wuldrodon þá anwaldan and hergendlican þrynysse, Hml. S. 30, 452

breoton

(adj.)
Grammar
breoton, adj.

Spacious ⬩ ample

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Spacious, ample Fóh hider tó mé burh and breotone bold, Sat. 687

bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
bridlian, l. brídlian,
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Hí heofon mid heora mægenum brídlodan, Bl. H. 161, 18. and add

duguþ-miht

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ-miht, e; f.
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Supreme power Ealdordómas and duguðmihta principatus et potestates, Lch. i. lxviii, 11

duþhamor

Grammar
duþhamor, l. dúþ-hamor,
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Malleoli tyndercyn, id est dýþhomer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 9. and add

ear

Grammar
ear, ocean. l. eár
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and add In eáre (me are, MS.), Dan. 324. Cf. eá water

eorþ-cyn

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For 'each terrestrial species' substitute 'all that lives on earth,' and add:

fæst-gongel

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For 'faithful' substitute ' steady-going, ' and for 'faithful soul' substitute ' constant mind. '

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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Plundering Þurh hǽðenra manna gehresp and gestrodu, Nap. 30. See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

hǽlnes

Grammar
hǽlnes, <b>; I.</b>
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Add:after ' salvation, ' 1. 2 : nuuc dies salutis, and at end: cf. halignes

hearma-scinnen

(adj.)
Grammar
hearma-scinnen, adj.
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Of ermine On merðene pyleceon and hearmascynnene, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 32

Linked entry: hearma

horsc

Grammar
horsc, quick.
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Dele passage from C. D. iii. 456, 15, and see horsc foul

impian

(v.)
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to imp, graft On længtene eregian and impian, Angl. ix. 262, 7

Linked entry: ge-impian