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úre-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
úre-lendisc, adj.

Of our country

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Of our country Úrelendisc nostras, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 17

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, adj.

Of oak

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Of oak. [In Lch. iii. 52, 2 for ǽcenan read(?) ǽrenan.]

fynt

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

A fount, spring(?)

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A fount, spring(?) Of fintes leáge, Cht. Crw. 7, 41, 54

gum-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
gum-dryhten, es; m.

A lord of menvirorum dominus

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A lord of men; virorum dominus, Beo. Th. 3289; B. 1642

hám-scir

(n.)
Grammar
hám-scir, e; f.

The office of an ædileædilitas, officium ædile

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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye

hand-selen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-selen, e; f.

A giving into the hand of anothermancipatio

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A giving into the hand of another; mancipatio, Cot. 136, Lye

heaðu-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-torht, adj.

Clear-sounding and of warlike import

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Clear-sounding and of warlike import, Beo. Th. 5109: B. 2553

bród

(adv.)
Grammar
bród, adv.

Freely, of free cost gratis

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Freely, of free cost; gratis Bród gratis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 71

wind-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wind-rǽs, es; m.

A storm of wind

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A storm of wind Windrǽs procella, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 37

hord-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
hord-mægen, es; n.

Abundance of wealth, riches,

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Abundance of wealth, riches, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 13; Dan. 675

cólode

(v.; part.)

cooled

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cooled, p. of cólian Exon. 51b; Th. 180, 18; Gú. 1281

cræftigra

(adj.)

more skilful

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more skilful, comp. of cræftig. Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 18

orgel-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
orgel-dreám, es; m.

The sound of a musical instrument

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The sound of a musical instrument Or-geldreáme organo. Blickl. Gl

Linked entry: orgele

beán-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
beán-cynn, es; n.

A kind of bean

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A kind of bean Beáncyn cicer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 39

Eást-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eást-Seaxe, gen. -Seaxa; dal. -Seaxum; pl. m: -Seaxan; gen. -Seaxena, -Seaxna; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m.

The East-Saxons, people of Essex orientāles Saxŏnes

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The East-Saxons, people of Essex; orientāles Saxŏnes Hér Eást-Seaxe onféngon geleáfan and ful-wihtes bæþ in this year [A. D. 604] the East-Saxons received the faith and bath of baptism, Chr. 604; Th. 36, 33, col. 2, 3: 823; Th. 110, 31, col. 1: 894;

ENDE

(n.)
Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.

END fīnis, termĭnus

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anEND ; fīnis, termĭnus Ac nys ðonne gyt se ende sed nondum est fīnis, Mt. Bos. 24, 6. Á bútan ende ever without end, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 28. Ðæt hí ðæs gewinnes sumne ende gedyden that they would make an end of the war, Ors. 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 1

Linked entry: eonde

Crúland

(n.)
Grammar
Crúland, Crúwland, es; n. [Interprete Ingulpho crūda et cænosa terra,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
]

CROWLAND or CROYLANDLincolnshire loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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CROWLAND or CROYLAND, Lincolnshire; loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi St. Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A. D. 716 Ðæt

Linked entries: Gúþ-lác Crúwland

Æðelrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelrǽd, Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele noble, rǽd counsel]

ÆlhelredÆthelrédÆthelrédus

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Ælhelred, a Mercian nobleman, the viceroy or governor of the Mercians; Æthelréd, Æthelrédus. He married Æthelfled, the eldest and most intellectual daughter of king Alfred the Great. He styles himself sub-regulus in subscribing his name to a charter of

Linked entry: Æðelréd

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

ælf-sogoða

(n.)
Grammar
ælf-sogoða, an; m. [sogeða juice]

A disease ascribed to fairy influence

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A disease ascribed to fairy influence, chiefly by the influence of the castalides, dúnelfen, which were considered to possess those who were suffering under the disease, a case identical with being possessed by the devil, as will appear from the forms

Linked entry: sogoþa