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burg-weorod

Grammar
burg-weorod, -wered body of citizens.
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An gewitnysse ðes hírédes æt Crístes cirican and ealles buruhweredes, C.D. ii. 3, 36. Add

egþ-wirf

(n.)
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Hundehtetig æcera gesáwen and án egþwirf and vi. bidenfate, C. D. B. iii. 367, 38

Linked entry: weorf

fore-weall

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Wíghús, foreweal propugnaculum, An. Ox. 3972. Foraeuuallum (fore-) vel tindum rostris, Txts. 92, 873. Add

ge-métend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métend, es; m.
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One who finds out, an inventor, a discoverer Onfindend and gemétend inuentor, Germ. 391, l

Linked entry: -métend

ge-canc

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For 'Som. ... 510' substitute Gecance ludibrio, i. uituperatione, An. Ox. 1473. Mid gecance gannitura, 4504

gíferlíce

(adv.)
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Add: — Gýferlíce pertinaciter, i. insuperabiliter (instrumenta bellica pertinaciter portantes, Ald. II. 29), An. Ox. 766

helle-stów

(n.)
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an infernal region Be þám wítelicum hellestówum de locis poenalibus inferni, Gr. D. 332, 9

hláf-ofen

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-ofen, hláf-ofn, es; m.
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An oven for baking bread Fornum hláfofn, a farre dictum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 65

Linked entry: ofen

hóf

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Befealdende hófringas (= hóf-hringas) hófum inplicans orbes orbibus (Ald. 2, 36), An. Ox. 19. Add

hof-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hof-lic, adj.
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Pertaining to a court or palace Tó hoflican geseton ad palatinas zetas An. Ox. 2996

hwíl-fæc

(n.)
Grammar
hwíl-fæc, es; n.
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For 'Lye' substitute Hwílfæc interuallum An. Ox. 1178. Cf. hwíl-stycce, hwíl-þrág, hwíl-tídum

lind-gestealla

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Add: — Ongan . . . helle hæftling galan : ' Hwæt wearð eów swá rófum. rincas míne, lindgesteallan ?, An. 1346

pundern

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Add: a plumb-line Of punderne a perpendiculo, An. Ox. 3005: 2, 138 (printed wunderne)

riþ

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Wæterseáþes, ríðe cisternę, An. Ox. 498. Ríþe riui, 1413. Ríþe uenam, Scint. 224, 7. Add

þæslíce

(adv.)
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In l, 3 for 47 l. 147 and Add Þæs[líce] congruenter, An. Ox. 1715

þrǽd

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Add: — Swá seolcen ðrǽd ceu serica pensa, An. Ox. 23, 73. Traed filu, 53, 31

weorc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-cræft, es; m.
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Skill in work, the art of mechanics Weorc-cræft mechanics (ors), An. Ox. 55, 6

ymb-settan

Grammar
ymb-settan, <b>. I.</b>
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Emset glomeratus (Lucifer sodalibus vallatus et satellitibus glomeratus, Aid. to, 34), An. Ox. 683. Add

rest-hús

(n.)
Grammar
rest-hús, es; ;n.;

A sleeping-chamber

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; A sleeping-chamber; Hé ðǽr hæfde án resthús ( ;cubiculum; ), Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 23

wǽg-fær

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-fær, es; n.

A sea-journey

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A sea-journey Ic ðé ongitan ne meahte on wǽgfære, Andr. Kmbl. 1845; An. 925

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