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oxa

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.), an eighth of a carucate or plough-land, a bovate. [The carucate was the extent of land ploughed by one plough with its team of eight oxen] :-- On hillum twégra oxena gang, and on Lundbý twégra oxena gang, C. D. B. iii. 346, 20-21. Add

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Voc. ii. 42, 4, 5. open country. land free from wood, plain (as opposed to mountainous) Hí férdon on wudu and on felda, Chr. 1071; P. 207, 36. On þám felda (campo), sé wæs genemned Hǽðfeld, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 429, 14.

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Ðæt land ic selle Cynulfe for syxtigum mancesa clǽnes goldes I sell the land to Cynulf for sixty mancuses of pure gold, Cod. Dipl. 313; A. D. 883; Kmbl. ii. 111, 21.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Ða deóflu ðe on ðám anlícnyssum sticodon, ii. 482, 8. of direction, to run, lie (cf. sceótan) Út æt ðæs croftes heáfod ðæt sticaþ on ðære lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 24.

gíman

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Hwý nelt þú géman ꝥ mín sweostor mé lǽt áne þegnian non est tibi curae quod soror mea reliquit me solam mini-strare? (Lk. 10, 40), Bl.

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Grammar Þú, alone Ðis land ðe þú gesihst, Gen. 13, 15. Hwæt eart þú þe þýn ansýn is swylce ánes sceaþan, and hwæt ys ðæt tácen þe þú on uppan þínum exlum byrst? Nicod. 32; Thw. 18, 19. Gewít þú, Abraham, féran ... þú scealt Isaac mé onsecgan, Cd.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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On ða openan tíd the last day when nothing is concealed, Exon.

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Eorum autem est nauicula et transfretatio portus et theloneum omnium nauium cujuscumque sit et undecumque veniat,' iv. 21. on transport by land or water. See the last passage: 'Eorum est transfretatio portus.'

hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Whywhat!ah!

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hwæt! Bt. Met. 4, 49; Met. 4, 25

æt-íwness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwness, e; f.
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<b>la.

Linked entries: æt-íwedness -íwness

ge-warenian

(v.)
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! hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.</b> to warn a person against something :-- Folc wið synna gewarnian, Ll.

nædre

(n.)
Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.

Any kind of serpentadderviper

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næddrena (ætterna, Lind. ; nedrana, Rush.) cyn progenies viperarum, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7 : 12, 34. Hig wurpon ealle hira gyrda nyðer and hí wurdon tó næddrum ( versae sunt in dracones ), Ex. 7, 12

ge-standan

(v.)
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Nales ꝥ án ꝥ heó þǽm andweardum lífes bysene gestóde ( uitae exemplo extitit), Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 13. to be fixed as a law regulation, &amp;c. Swá hit on æalddagum gestód, C.

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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lang tíd is, syððan him ðis gebyrede ? Mk. Skt. 9, 21. Ðeós syððan ic ineode ne geswác ðæt heó míne fét ne cyste, Lk. Skt. 7, 45. Manige geár syndon ágán nú seoððan úre bisceopas tó mé gewreoto sende, Blickl.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Ða ðe rihtwísnesse þyrstaþ (lǽt hig þyrstan, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6. Ðú ðe þyrstende wǽre monnes blódes, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 33. Hió ðyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes, 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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Srt. 76, 13. keeping of a law, faith, obligation, &amp;c. For gehylde Crístes beboda propter obseruantiam mandatorum Christi 3, 22 ; Sch. 298, 3.

CEOLE

(n.)
Grammar
CEOLE, ciole, an; f.

The throat, JOWLguttur, fauces

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The throat, JOWL; guttur, fauces Ðý-læs sió ceole síe aswollen lest the throat be swollen, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 26. Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2.

Linked entry: ceoler

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

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DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws; lĭber judĭciālis Béte be ðam ðe seó dóm-bóc secge let him pay a fine according as the doom-book may say, L. Ath. i. 5; Th. i. 202, 7: L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 262, 23: i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20.

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

ent

(n.)
Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
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Lamb. 18, 6: Ps. Spl. 32, 16: Wrt Voc. 73, 52. Nem-broþ se ent Nimrod the giant, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35 : Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 17. Dauid eóde to ánwíge ongeán ðone ent Goliam David went in single combat against the giant Goliath, Ælfc.

Linked entries: EÓTEN eten

FARU

(n.)
Grammar
FARU, e; f.

a going, journey, passage ĭter, profectio, ĭtio, transĭtus family, what is movablefămĭlia, cŏmĭtātus expedition, march expĕdītio, agmen migrantium

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Abram ðá ferde of Egipta lande mid ealre his fare Abram then went from the land of the Egyptians with all his family, 12, 20.