wudu-fæsten
a place rendered secure by woods ⬩ a wood as a place of security ⬩ a place of security built of wood
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a place rendered secure by woods, a wood as a place of security Ðǽr gewexen is wudufæstern micel there has grown a great wood which affords shelter, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 376, 4. He gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne he pitched his camp
Linked entry: wudu-wésten
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Glory. in reference to earthly subjects Woruldsceafta wuldor, Exon. Th. 190, 16; Az. 74. Hǽlo míne and wuldor (gloria) mín, Ps. Spl. 61, 7. Him wuldur(gloria) and wela wunaþ æt húse, references>Ps. Th. 111, 3. Hebban herebýman hlúdan stefnum wuldres
Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full
word-gid
A lay
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A lay Cyning mǽnan, wordgyd wrecan and worn sprecan, Beo. Th. 6325 ; B. 3173
blód-dolg
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A cut from which blood flows Gif monnes blóddolh (-dolg, 16, 4) yfelige . . . Gif þú ne mæge blóddolh (-dolg, 16, 6) áwríþan . . . lege ꝥ dust on cláð, wríþ mid þý ꝥ blóddolh, Lch. ii. 148, 7-15
blód-dryncas
Blood-drinking
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Blood-drinking, draught of blood Þǽr wæs gesiéne þæt seó eorþbeofung tácnade þá miclan blóddryncas þe hiere mon on þǽre tíde tó forlét . . . merito dicatur tantum humanum sanguinem susceptura terra tremuisse, Ors. 4, 2; S. 162, 3. Substitute:
ell
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Uelim on ánum elle . . . uellem on twám ellum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 200, 5, 6
eorþ-cafer
An earth-beetle
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An earth-beetle Eorðceaperas (printed -caferas, but see Angl. viii. 450) tauri (cf. a kind of earth-beetles called tauri, i. Buls, Holland's Pliny), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 26. Substitute:
eówestras
A sheepfold
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A sheepfold On ðǽre ylcan circan wǽron onfæste þá eówestran (locu, v. l.) þára bróðra sceápa (caulae ovium) . . . Se þeóf eóde in ðá eáwestran (locu, v. l.), Gr. D. 224, 16-20. Tó éwestrum ad caulas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 38. Eóuuistras mandras, 113, 48.
fǽr-fyll
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A sudden fall, headlong fall On fǽrfyll head foremost, headlong; in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 44. Substitute:
fæt-fellere
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One who fills a vessel, who pours wine into a cup Fætfellere abatis (cf. fert abatis orcam, 176, 41), Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 35. Þá gebígde hé þæs fætfylleres (fylleres, v. l.) mód tó þon ꝥ hé gemengde áttor tó ðæs wínes drynce cum vini fusoris ejus animum
Linked entry: fyllere
feld-hrýðer
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A beast out at pasture iiii feldhrýðera (pascuales vituli), Nap. 56, 7. Substitute:
Linked entry: feld-oxa
feld-swop
A peewit
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A peewit (?) Felduuóp, felduóp bradigabo, Txts. 44, 131. Feldwuóp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 45. Feldwóp bradigatio, ploratio campi, 127, 16. Substitute:
fen-hóp
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Land in the midst of fens (v. N. E. D. hope) Fleón on fenhopu, B. 764. Substitute:
feþer-berende
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A feather-bearer, a feathered creature Feþerberend penniger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 30. Substitute:
fild-stól
camp-stool
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A folding seat, camp-stool Fyldestól (fælde-, v. l.) cliothedrum, sellam plectibilem, Hpt. 31, 10, 195. Gif þú fyldstól habban wille, þonne clǽm þú þíne handa tógædere and wege hí þám gemete þe þú dést þonne þú hine fyalden wylt, Tech. ii. 122, 20
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fleax-gescot
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A contribution of flax paid to a church Sceóte man ælmessan . . . swá elles hwæt swá witan tó þearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum flexgescot, Wlfst. 171, 27
Linked entry: ge-scot
fisc-wér
a fishing-ground ⬩ captura
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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4
fiþer-sliht
Wing-flapping
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Wing-flapping Scyllendre coca fiþerslehte concrepante pullorum plausu, An. Ox. 4892
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fore-scip
the prow
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The fore-part of a ship, the prow
Linked entry: fór-scip
firen-leahter
crime
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Great sin, crime Bewépað eówere fyrnleahtras, Hml. Th. ii. 420, 16
Linked entry: firen-synn