mearh-gehæcc
A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage
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[Halliwell gives 'hack the lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine: hackin a pudding made in the maw of a sheep or hog: hack-pudding a mess made of sheep's heart, chopped with suet and sweet fruits: hatcher a dish of minced meat.]
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Súþ-Engle
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The people of the south of England On Súð-Engla lage griðlagu ðus stent, L. Eth. vii. 9; Th. i. 330, 22
flít-gára
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A gára (j. v.) where some kind of contest took place? On ðone flítgáran; of ðám flítgáran, C. D. 217, 15, 22
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ge-twinness
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Pairing, joining of two identical things, in grammar, repetition of a word Epizeuxis, on lýden super-conjunctio, on englisc getwynnys, þonne man cwyð twá gelíce word on ánum verse, swá swá ys þis consolamini, consolamini, Angl. viii. 331, 35
Streónes-halh
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Add: Another instance of the name is found in Worcestershire Of ðére strǽte in Streóneshalh; of ðám hale, C. D. vi. 214, 29. Cf. On Streónhalh; be Streónenhalæ, iii. 464, 8
in-cund
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Gif gé þá hálgan. láre underniman wyllað on incundre heortan, Hml. A. 26, 53. of deep feeling, coming from the heart, v. incundlíce Incundre ábryrdnesse infimi (intimi?) amoris. An. Ox. 1184.
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.]
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.
Bægere
The Bavarians ⬩ Bavarii ⬩ the Boiari ⬩ Bajuvarii
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Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him, Þyringas, and Behemas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42
be-heáwan
To beat ⬩ bruise ⬩ hew ⬩ cut off ⬩ to separate from ⬩ deprive of ⬩ tundere ⬩ heów ⬩ cædendo privare ⬩ amputare
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To beat, bruise, hew or cut off, to separate from, deprive of; tundere, heów; cædendo privare, amputare Beheáwene mid swingellan tunsi per flagella Past. 36, 5; Hat. MS. 47 b, 15. Heáfde beheáwan to behead Bt. Met. Fox 1, 85; Met. 1. 43.
wíg-trod
A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed
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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde
horn
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See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle
ge-fáh
Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud
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Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud Be manslihte ... Gif of þǽre óðre mǽgðe hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum men bútan on þám rihthanddǽdan, sý hé gefáh wið þone cyning and wið ealle his frýnd, Ll.
abbad-hád
the state or dignity of an abbot
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the state or dignity of an abbot
cumbol-gehnád
a conflict of ensignsbanners,or a battle
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a conflict of ensignsbanners,or a battle
brycg-weard
a keeper or defender of a bridge
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a keeper or defender of a bridge
grǽg-hiwe
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Of a grey hue or colour, Lye
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
arod
A species of herb, probably arum ⬩ herbæ genus, arum
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A species of herb, probably arum = άρον; herbæ genus, arum Nim lybcornes leáf, oððe arod take a leaf of saffron, or arod, L. M. 3, 42; Lchdm. ii. 336, 10. Gehwæde arodes wóses a little of the ooze of arum, Lchdm. iii. 2, 23
gafollíc
of or belonging to tribute ⬩ tributary
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of or belonging to tribute, tributary