scilling-rím
A reckoning by shillings
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A reckoning by shillings Se mé beág forgeaf, on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes sceatta scillingríme a ring containing gold to the value of six hundred shillings, Exon. Th. 324, 10; Víd. 92
tæl-cræft
Arithmetic
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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699
leger-stów
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Ágefe mon tén hund peñd. inn mid líce mé wið legerstówe let ten hundred pence be given for me with my body in consideration of my being allowed burial there C. D. i. 310, 33. Add
gár-berend
A javelin-bearer ⬩ soldier ⬩ hastĭfer ⬩ tēlĭfer
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Gárberendra x hund ten hundred javelin-bearers, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 13; Exod. 231
Linked entry: gár
be-héng
hung round
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hung round
ge-þingþ
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Ꝥ grið ꝥ ealdormann on fíf burhga geþincðe sylle, béte man ꝥ mid .xii. hund, and ꝥ grið ꝥ man sylleð on burhgeþincþe, béte man ꝥ mid .vi. hund., Ll. Th. i. 292, 5-8
Linked entries: -þingþ burh-geþingþ
pening-weorþ
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Twá hund peningweorþ hláfes, Homl. Th. i. 182, 9
ge-týme
A team ⬩ yoke ⬩ jŭgum
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Fýf hund getýmu oxena quingenta jŭga boum, Job. Thw. 164, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 372, 23
míl
A mile
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Hund þúsenda míla, Cd. 229; Th, 310, 9; Sat. 724. Ehta hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 11. On nygan mílum, 4, 27; S. 603, 30
nón-mete
An afternoon meal
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On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 192, 19
Sweordoras
A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hides
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A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hides Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians), Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 21
a-héncg
hung
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hung,Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 13;
ge-huntian
To hunt
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To hunt Hí gehuntigaþ venantur, Nar. 38, 6
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ge-horsod
Horsed ⬩ mounted ⬩ equo impositus vel instructus
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Horsed, mounted; equo impositus vel instructus Ðá com him ðǽr ongeán twá hund þúsenda gehorsodes [MS. gehorsades] folces then came against him [Alexander] two hundred thousand horsemen [horsed folk, cavalry], Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 43
Briten
Britain ⬩ Britannia
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Britain; Britannia Britene ígland ys eahta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2
íg-land
An island
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An island Brittene ígland is ehta hund míla lang and twá hund brád. And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad.
spiweþa
vomiting ⬩ vomit, what is vomited
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Gif hund ðone spiweðan frete si canis vomitum illum devoraverit L. Ecg. P. iv. 47; Th. ii. 218, 5. Hund eft hwyrfde tó his spiwðan, Shrn. 37, 16
Linked entry: speowþa
a-hangen
hung
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hung,Mt. Bos. 16, 2;
mæstan
To fatten
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Ic wylle ðæt man mæste mínum wífe twá hund swína, Chart. Th. 596, 21. Is mæst saginatur, nutritur, Hpt. Gl. 489, 43. Weorþaþ mæsted pinguescent, Ps. Th. 64, 13
twi-hynde
a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
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As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga.Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł.