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Bercingas

(n.)
Grammar
Bercingas, in on (in) Bercingum

Barking

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Barking On Eástseaxena mǽgþe on stówe seó is nemned in Bercingum (Byrc-, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 6 ; Sch. 383, 19: 4, 7; Sch. 384, 17. On Bercingum (Bercc-, v. l.) þám mynstre, 10. Ðæt fǽmna mynster þ is nemned on Bercingum, Shrn. 138, 2

Linked entry: Byrcingas

earglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earglíce, in a cowardly manner.
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Add:to earhlíce Earhlíce ł níðlíce muliebriter (i. enerviter, An. Ox. 744), Hpt. Gl. 424, 1. Gé tófesede swíðe áfirhte oft litel werod earhlíce forbúgað fugistis nullo persequente, Wlfst. 133, 6. Hé eóde in earhlíce ( fearfully ), Jud. 4, 18: Hml. S.

Linked entry: earhlíce

swaru

(n.)
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Grammar swaru, swer in an-swer. Similar entries v. and-swaru. [Cf. Icel. svar; n. answer: Dan. svar. Forrhwi ȝho ȝaff swillc sware onnȝæn, Orm. 2422.] swearing, oath, Similar entries v. áþ-, mán-, mánáþ- (be mánáþsware de perjurio, L. Ecg. C. tit. 34;

be-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gríwan, (only in) pp. be-griwen
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To steep in, of profound knowledge Hé wæs on ðǽre ealdan ǽ getogen, and mid micelre gecnyrdnysse on ðǽre begriwen wæs (was deeply versed in it), Hml. Th. i. 384, 27. of guilt, sunk in On ánum dæge hé oft geworhte unrím scylda, and nǽnige gebétan ne

Linked entries: gríwan for-gríwan

be-teón

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Similar entries (v. teón to accuse). Add: to accuse a person (acc.) of a crime, Grammar be-teón, crime in gen. or dat. (inst) Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó manslihtes . . . Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga. Ll. Th. i. 154, 5-7. Sé þe hlóðe betygen

món

(n.)
Grammar
món, in the phrase full món

plenilunium

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plenilunium Fullum móne plenilunio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 42. [Cf. O. H. Ger. -máni in niu-máni neomenia; uol-máni plenilunium; unter-máni interlunium, Grff. 2, 795.]

emn-

(prefix)
Grammar
emn-, emne-, in composition,

even, equal

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even, equal, as efen mne-cristen a fellow-christian. Emn-sceólere a school-fellow

Linked entry: efen-micel

-mǽlum

(suffix)
Grammar
-mǽlum, -meal (in piece-

meal

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meal)

Linked entry: mǽl

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat
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sweaty, sweating Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung, swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 18. Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6

reáda

Grammar
reáda, In l. 2 read
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extales, and add: A tonsil Reádan toleam, Lch. i. lxxii, 5: lxxiv, 28

-ǽre

(suffix)
Grammar
-ǽre, -oared, in cmpds.
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Ǽnne scegð .lxiiii. ǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 8

ge-rǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽwe, in the phrase on gerǽwe
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in a row Hí ealle on gerǽwe sǽton, Hml. S. 23, 779. Of ðám alre tó ðám twám wycan standað on geréwe swá ðæt gemére gǽþ, C. D. iii. 424, 8

Apulder

(n.)
Grammar
Apulder, es; m. [in paludibus]

APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden

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APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden Æt Apuldre at Appledore, Chr. 893; Th. 164, 10: 894; Th. 166, 41, col. 1. Æt Apoldre at Appledore, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1032; 328, 23

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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a ness, land running out into water, headland, promontory. [The word ness found in English local names is mostly of Scandinavian origin, Icel. nes ; but, in a charter of 778, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 382, 28, Tucingnæs occurs, and in another of 801 is the

Linked entries: næsse ness

cyne-

(prefix)
Grammar
cyne-, used in compounds, signifying

kingly, royal, specialregius, præ-

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kingly, royal, special; regius, præ-

-mód

(suffix)
Grammar
-mód, in composition of adjectives.
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v. ácol-, an-, án-, ǽttren-, ǽwisc-, blíðe-, deór-, dreórig-, eád-, eáð-, forht-, freórig-, gál-, gealg-, geómor-, gewealden-, glæd-, gleáw-, gúþ-, heáh-, heán-, heard-, hreóh-, hreówig-, hwæt-, irre-, láðwende-, leóht-, meagol-, meaht-, micel-, ofer-

norþan-eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
norþan-eástan, in be norþan-eástan

to the north-east

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to the north-east, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 10 : 16, 18

norþan-westan

(adv.)
Grammar
norþan-westan, in be norþan-westan

to the north-west

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to the north-west, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 5

te

(pronoun.)
Grammar
te, = þe in þætte.

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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fathers, forefathers Ealdfædera cnósle auita stirpe, An. Ox. 1600. Þú forðfærst tó þínum ealdfæderum tu ibis ad patres tuos. Gen. 15, 15. Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41