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byrn-hom

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-hom, es; m.

a coat of mail ⬩ a covering, garment ⬩ A coat of mail ⬩ lorica

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[ Similar entries byrne a coat of mail, Similar entries hom a covering, garment] A coat of mail; lorica Beraþ bord fór breóstum and byrnhomas bear shields before your breasts and coats of mail, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 192

áttor-coppe

(n.)
Grammar
áttor-coppe, an; f.

A spider ⬩ aranea

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A spider; aranea Loppe, fleónde næddre, vel áttorcoppe a spider, Wrt. Voc. 24, 1. Áttorcoppe - wið áttorcoppan bíte a spider - for spider's bite, Herb. 4, 9 ; Lchdm. i. 92, 5, 6 : Med. ex Quadr. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 344, 15

heoru

(n.)
Grammar
heoru, heoro, hioro; m.

A sword

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A sword, Beo. Th. 2574; B. 1285: Exon. 92 a; Th. 346; 10; Gn. Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds

Linked entries: heoro hioro

níþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-sele, es; m.

A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe

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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513

Linked entry: niþ

ge-fóg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fóg, es; n.

A joining ⬩ joint

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A joining, joint Ðæt ðú gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge that thou unite the spacious walls with a fast juncture, Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 10; Cri. 6. From eallum heora gefógum from all their joints, Blickl. Homl. 101, 4

hearm-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-leóþ, es; n.

A sorrowful song, lamentation

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A sorrowful song, lamentation Hearmleóþ galan to sing a song of grief, Andr. Kmbl. 2256; An. 1129: 2684; An. 1344. Hearmleóþ ágól earm and unlǽd wretched and miserable sang a mournful song, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 18; Jul. 615

snás

(n.)
Grammar
snás, snǽs, e; f.

A spit, skewer ⬩ a skewer ⬩ a score

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A spit, skewer Snaas veru Txts. 115, 144. Án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga una serta; a number of fish or other things run on to a stick Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 9. Snásum veribus ii. 91, 37: feribus 148, 7

twi-gilde

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
twi-gilde, (?), es; n.

A double payment

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A double payment Hé ágife twygilde (or adverb(?) v. passages under twigilde; adv., where, however, the word might be taken as a case of the noun; cf. án-gilde which is a noun ), L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 20

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man

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Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl [gentle or simple ], L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.

Linked entries: ciorl carl

beorg-hleoþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorg-hleoþ, es; n.

A mountain-brow ⬩ montis fastigium

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A mountain-brow; montis fastigium Ofer beorghleoða over the mountain-brows Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 27; Rä, 58, 2

beór-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
beór-scealc, es; m.

A beer-server ⬩ a butler ⬩ cerevisiæ minister

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A beer-server, a butler; cerevisiæ minister Beórscealca sum some one of the beer-servers Beo. Th. 2485; B. 1240

fering

(n.)
Grammar
fering, e; f.

A going ⬩ travelling ⬩ journeying ⬩ peregrīnātio ⬩ ĭter

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A going, travelling, journeying; peregrīnātio, ĭter On ðære feringe in that journeying, Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 20; Wíd. 131

Linked entry: færing

fóre-singend

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-singend, es; m.

A fore-singer ⬩ one who pitches tunes ⬩ a precentor ⬩ præcentor

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A fore-singer, one who pitches tunes, a precentor; præcentor. Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 37; Wrt. Voc. 28, 19

freó

(n.)
Grammar
freó, indecl. m.

A lord ⬩ master ⬩ dŏmĭnus

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A lord, master; dŏmĭnus Freó ðæt bihealdeþ my master beholds that. Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 3; Rü. 18, 5

freónd-laðu

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-laðu, e; f.

A friendly invitation ⬩ invītātio fămĭliāris

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A friendly invitation; invītātio fămĭliāris Him wæs freóndlaðu bewægned a friendly invitation was offered him, Beo. Th. 2389; B. 1192

Linked entry: laðu

heoloþ-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
heoloþ-cynn, es; n.

A race living in a place of concealment[?] ⬩ the devils in hell

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A race living in a place of concealment[?], the devils in hell, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 19; Cri. 1542

in-weorud

(n.)
Grammar
in-weorud, es; n.

a household

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A band of domestics or courtiers, a household ÐDæt wæs innweorud Earmanríces, Exon. 86 b ; Th. 325, 13; Víd. 111

mann-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
mann-mægen, es; n.

A force of men ⬩ a troop of men ⬩ cohort

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A force of men, a troop of men, cohort Ðæt monnmægen ł þegna uorud cohortem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 3

medu-full

(n.)
Grammar
medu-full, es; n.

A mead-cup

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A mead-cup Meoduful, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 2; Vy. 66. Medoful, Beo. 1253; B. 624: 2034; B. 1015

munuc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
munuc-líce, adv.

Monastically ⬩ after the manner of a monk

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Monastically, after the manner of a monk Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðám lǽwedan folce, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 67