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ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, to put in bonds.
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Hiene þá burgleóde gebundon . . . Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add

wæscing

(n.)
Grammar
wæscing, (?) washing in weascing-weg

a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?)

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a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?) Tó weascingwege nioðeweardun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: weascing

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance

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Add: a row, series, rank of objects on the same level Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað universus pastorum ordo, Past. 105, 6. Heó hæfð on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, Lch. i. 188

heáp

a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together

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Add: of persons. in a general sense, a band, company: Se eádmóda heáp (the apostles), Hml. Th. i. 318, 13. Þǽr wæs preósta heáp, micel muneca ðreát, Chr. 973; P. 118, 12. Hí mid þý heápe helle sécað, fleógað mid þám feóndum, Dóm. 17. Hé (Peter) ána spræc

Apulder-comb

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

APPLEDORE COMBE, Isle of Wight ⬩ nomen loci in insula Vecti, Mann

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APPLEDORE COMBE, Isle of Wight; nomen loci in insula Vecti, Mann

efen-twá

(num.)
Grammar
efen-twá, in the phrase on efen-twá
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into two parts Þæt hrídder tóbærst on emtwá (cf. wearð tóbrocen and tódǽled on twá styccu in duabus partibus divisum, Gr. D. 97, 7), Hml. Th. ii. 154, 16. Seó eá on emtwá tóeóde, 212, 21. v. em-twá in Dict

sturtan

(v.)
Grammar
sturtan, (? vowel as in murnan?); steart
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To start, jump up Sturtende (styrtende (wk.)? v. examples from Middle English) se halta gistód exiliens claudus stetit, Rtl. 57, 27. [Arður up sturte (storte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 23951. Pharaon stirte up, Gen. and Ex. 2931. Stirte forth, Havel. 873. Þe Romeyns

Linked entry: styrtan

-tricce

(suffix)
Grammar
-tricce, in ge-tricce (q. v.)
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tractable (?)

un-gewyrht

Grammar
un-gewyrht, in the phrases be ungewyrhtum

undeservedly ⬩ not according to one's deserts ⬩ gratis

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undeservedly, not according to one's deserts; gratis, Ps. Surt. 34, 7, 19: 68, 5: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 2: 118, 161

bildan

(v.)
Grammar
bildan, (byldan, q.v. in Dict.)

to embolden ⬩ encourage

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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) tó gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11

Linked entry: byldan

hwílum

Grammar
hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
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quondam, and add Hwílum nunc Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 43. of more or less repeated action, sometimes, at times Ðá ðe hwílum (cf. hwíltídum, 3) gedúfað on ðǽm miclum scyldum qui aliquando in gravibus noxis demerguntur Past. 437, 33 : Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33: 39

swítan

(v.)
Grammar
swítan, (?); p. swát in for-swítan
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to exhaust, impair, impoverish land (?) Ðe lond æt Moran ic mid míne wífe bigat, and ic it siðen náwer ne forswát (-swác?) ne forspilde, Chart. Th. 584, 5

deádian

(v.)
Grammar
deádian, p. ode (in Northern specimens)
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To die Ne bið deád ł ne deádageð (deádað, R.) non moriatur, Jn. L. 6, 50. Gié deádageð (deódigað, R.) moriemini, 8, 21. Deádade ł deád wæs Heródes defuncto Herode, Mt. L. 2, 19. Ðiós deádade (deódade, R.) haec moriebatur, Lk. L. 8, 42. Ꝥte deádege ut

gehæg-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gehæg-holt, a copse in an enclosure (?),
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a copse where there is pasture(?) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16

éwes

(n.)
Grammar
éwes, a sheep's, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 6: also eówes in
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MSS. G, H; gen. of éwe, es; f. m

Linked entry: eówes

a-middan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-middan, adv. [a = on in, into; mid middle]

In the middle ⬩ into the midst ⬩ in medium

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In the middle, into the midst; in medium Arís, and stand hér amiddan surge, et sta in medium, Lk. Bos. 6, 8

Linked entry: on-middan

burg-

(prefix)
Grammar
burg-, = beorg- a hill, in some compounds, as in burg-stal, q. v.

Linked entries: wille tún ræced strǽt leód wígend

mapul-treów

(n.)
Grammar
mapul-treów, (it is made masc. in the following)
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In ðonne mapultré .. from ðam mapoltré, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 381, 1-2

Linked entry: mapulder

tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
tweohsn, tweoxn occurs in the place name Tweoxneám
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= between streams Ðone hám æt Winburnan and æt Tweoxneám ( Christchurch, in Hampshire ), Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 27

eges líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eges líce, adv. [eges líce in likeness of fear=]

Fearfully ⬩ terrĭbĭlĭter

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Fearfully; terrĭbĭlĭter Hí náht ne belimpaþ to ðam þunere ðe on ðyssere lyfte oft eges*-*líce brastlaþ they do not appertain to the thunder which in this atmosphere often crackles fearfully, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 26; Lchdm. iii. 280

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