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sceanc-bend

(n.)
Grammar
sceanc-bend, es; m.

A band for the leg, a garter

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A band for the leg, a garter Scangbendas periscelides Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 55

gyrd-weg

(n.)
Grammar
gyrd-weg, es; m.

A road with a fence on either side[?],

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A road with a fence on either side[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21

heáfod-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-beorht, adj.

Having a bright, splendid head

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Having a bright, splendid head, Exon. 105 a; Th. 400, 2; . 20, 2

healf-hunding

(n.)
Grammar
healf-hunding, es; m.

A creature having a dog's head

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A creature having a dog's head Healf-hundingas cenocephali, Nar. 34, 30: 22, 15

Linked entry: hunding

heaðu-glemm

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-glemm, es; m.

A wound got in fight

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A wound got in fight, Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 6; . 57, 3

Linked entry: glemm

tintregend

(n.)
Grammar
tintregend, es; m.

A torturer

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A torturer Fram ðǽm tintergendum (or ptcpl.?) a tortoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 49

BEARG

(n.)
Grammar
BEARG, bearh, es; m.

A castrated boara barrow pigmajālis

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A castrated boar, a barrow pig; majālis Amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda a fattened swine, a barrow pig [castrated boar] grunting in beech woods, Exon. 111 b ; Th. 428, 10 ; . 41, 106. Bearh majalis, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt.

Linked entries: bearug berg

féðe-mund

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-mund, e; f.

A foot-handmánus gressus

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A foot-hand; mánus gressus. Used for the fore-feet of the badger Ic sceal fromlíce féðemundum þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan I [a badger] shall strenuously work a road through a steep mountain with my fore-feet, Exon. 104b; Th. 397, 10; . 16, 17

Linked entry: mund

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splintera thin piece of wood used as a torcha torch(splinters)splinter of a lancea tableta flakea tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26.

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).
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Add: a going forth of a place Forðgang egressio, Ps. L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr.

æll-þeódignes

(n.)
Grammar
æll-þeódignes, -nys, -ness, e; f.

A going or living abroada pilgrimage

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A going or living abroad, a pilgrimage, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 38

bealo-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-ráp, es; m.

A pernicious corddirus laqueus

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A pernicious cord; dirus laqueus, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 7; Cri. 365

canon-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
canon-dóm, es; m.
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A canonship, office of a canon; canonicatus. v. canon, -dóm office, state, condition

flett

(n.)

the floor of a housea dwellinghabitationsēdeshăbĭtātio

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the floor of a house, a dwelling, habitation; sēdes, hăbĭtātio, Som. Ben. Lye

fugles

(n.)
Grammar
fugles, gen. of fugel.

of a bird or fowl

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of a bird or fowl, Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 11; Cri. 654;

gaflas

(n.)
Grammar
gaflas, pl. m.

Forkspropsspars of a buildinga gallowsfurcæpatĭbŭlum

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Forks, props, spars of a building, a gallows; furcæ, patĭbŭlum, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: geafel

hring-mere

(n.)
Grammar
hring-mere, es; n.

a bath

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A round pool, a bath, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 21; Ruin. 45

lǽce-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-sealf, e; f.

a plastermalagma

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A medicinal salve or ointment, a plaster; malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 77

leód-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
leód-mearc, e; f.

a country

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A people's territory, a country, Andr. Kmbl. 572; An. 286: 1554; An. 778

mægen-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þegen, es; m.

A mighty minister

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A mighty minister (an angel), Exon. 49 a; Th. 169, 23; . 1099