brycg-weard
a keeper or defender of a bridge
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a keeper or defender of a bridge
walu
A ridge, bank (?)
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In stán wale ; andlang ðære wale on ðone portweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 98, 28. Of ðam beorge súþ on ða ealdan wale . . . súþ he wale on ðære díce hyrnan, 31, 2-4. [Wale of a schyppe ratis, Parv. 514.]
þríst-hycgende
Thinking or intending boldly ⬩ firm of purpose ⬩ having bold resolve
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Thinking or intending boldly, firm of purpose, having bold resolve Ðú geþóhtest þrísthycgende, ðæt ðú ðínne mægðhád Meotude sealdes bútan synnum, Exon. Th. 18, 24; Cri. 288. On þeóde geþeón, ðæt hé wese þrísthycgende, 336, 17; Gn. Ex. 50
híwcúþ-lic
domestic ⬩ familiar
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Of híwcúþlicere geférrǽddene domestica sodalitate, An. Ox. 2531. used substantively: On híwcúðlicum ðínum in domesticis tuis, Scint. 194, 9. familiar Mid híwcúlþlicre byldo familiaritatis ausu, Gr. D. 32, 9
ufe-weard
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add: ofe-weard Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard, Tech. ii. 119, 17. Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17.
gird
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., and add: of material. a long thin bough of a tree or stem of a plant whether growing or cut off Tóh gęrd, tóch gerd lentum vimen, Txts. 75, 1207. Tóh gerd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 74. Gerd virgultum, 123, 66. On gerde hysopo, Jn. L. R. 19, 29.
Norþ-hymbre
The Northumbrians ⬩ Northumbria ⬩ the people or province north of the Humber
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The Northumbrians, Northumbria, the people or province north of the Humber Norþhymera cyning, Homl. Th. ii. 356, 23. Norþhymbra cining, Chr. 761; Erl. 53, 15. Hér bræc se here on Norþhymbrum ðone friþ, 911; Erl. 100, 16.
Linked entry: Norþan-hymbre
Sumer-sǽte
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Ofer Sumersǽton and ofer Wealas, 1048; Erl. 180, 27
sceaft-rihte
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Sceaftryht on cuddancnoll. . . sceaftryht oð lillesforda . . . sceaftryht oþ wideres leáge . . . sceaftryht oþ hlósleáge . . . sceaftryht oþ efes . . . sceaftryht oþ hróces ford, 682, 10-23
Lindesse
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On Lindesse lande (in Lindesiglande, v. l. ), 3, 27; Sch. 318, 18. On Liudesigge mǽgðe, Bd. 2, 16 ; Sch. 177, 10.
solor
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Ox. 2, 211
hlíp
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Of ðám æssce tó ðǽre ældan hlýpe; of ðáre hlýpe tó ðáre ealden wudehæcche . . . of ðám bróce tó ðan æssce . . . of Werdhæcce tó eácrofte . . . intó Æðeríces hlýpe, of ðáre hlýpe intó wulfhlýpe, C. D. iv. 157, 4-35
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folc-lic
public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous
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S. 31, 92. of the great mass of people, common, general Folclice vulgata (traditio ), An. Ox. 5097. Fela wundra wé gehýrdon on folclicre sprǽce, Hml.
Port
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The name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently an inference from a place-name Hér cuom Port on Bretene ... on ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Portesmúþa, Chr. 501 ; Erl. 14, 12
slǽp-wérig
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Weary and sleepy, sleepily weary, so tired as to sleep, cf. deáþ-wérig; or (?) weary of sleep, cf. symbel-wérig Oft mec (a mill-stone) slǽpwérigne secg oððe meówle grétan eode, Exon. Th. 387, 14; Ra. 5, 5
treów-prág
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A season of good faith or trust Men leahtras oft geceósaþ treówþrág is to trág men often prefer vice to -virtue, the time when good faith is kept is all too short (?), Exon. Th. 354, 37 ; Reim. 57
á-cwencan
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Add: of flame (lit. or fig.) Ofþryhte, ꝥ is ácweinte compressit (flammantis foci potestatem ), An. Ox. 4125. Ðá ðe líg grǽdignysse ácwenton ( extinxerunt ), Scint. 112, 10.
horu
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S. 7, 129.] of physical impurity (or uncertain) Fúles horewes squalentis ceni, An. Ox. 3598. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 71. Fúle horewas putidos (ergastuli) squalores, An.
munuc-hád
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Oft on lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan mid gódum weorcum and mid ryhte lífe man oferðíhð ðone munuchád and ðá óðre ðe ðone hiérran hád habbað quidam in deteriori ordine sortem extremi habitus bene vivendo transcendunt Past. 411. 36. of a woman Heó
hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
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