ed-leániend
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One who rewards, recompenses, remunerates Se ordfruma and edleániend þæs écan lífes auctor ac retributor vitae, Gr. D. 286, 6. Edleáni[ende] remuneratore, i. largitore, An. Ox. 2549
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ed-níwigend
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A restorer, repairer, renewer God, scyppend and edníwigend ( reparator ) mennisces cynnes, Angl. xi. 115, 9
ed-wille
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A whirlpool Eduuaelle (-uella, -uelli) toreuma, Txts. 103, 2034. Eduaelle alveum, 39, 137. Eduuelle (-walla, -ualla, -ualle) vertigo, 105, 2096: Scylla, 95, 1798. Edwelle fortex, 65, 908. Edwielle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 79. Eduualles Carybdis, An. Ox. 53
efen-sácerd
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A fellow-priest Leóf bróðer and úre efen*-*sácerd, Angl. xi. 7, 4. Cf. efen-mæssepreóst
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efne
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Material Aefne ðiss alðes materiam istam cervise, Rtl. 116, 40
eft-leániend
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A remunerator, recompenser Eftleániend remunerator, Rtl. 89, 30
eft-ryne
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A running back, return Útgong his and eftyrn his egressio ejus et occursus ejus, Ps. Srt. 18, 7
égor
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High tide, flood Égur, aegur dodrans, Txts. 57, 702. Égur dodrans, i. malina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 2. Égor dodrans (de-, MS.): detrans, 70, 3. Égores cataclismi, genus fluctus, An. Ox. 7, 159. Eógra, eógora dodrantium, 13, 1
ele-horn
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A horn for oil Elehorn lecitho, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 43
ellen-stybb
An elder-stump
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An elder-stump Æt þæne ellenstyb; of ðám stybb, C. D. iii. 24, 3. On ðone ellenstyb, 437, 19. Ellenstub, 10, 17: 25, 21. Of ðá(m) ellenstubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe, vi. 102, 25. Usque le ellerne stubbe, iii. 407, 25. On þá ellenstybbas; þonne of
eolhx
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Some kind of sedge Eolxsegc papilluum, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 36. Similar entries (See other instances under secg, and v. Lch. iii. 324.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne
eorþ-geberst
land-slip
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A chasm in the ground, land-slip In ðæt eorðebyrst; of ðám eorðgebyrste, C. D. iii. 52, 10. Úp tó ðám eorðgeberste tó foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]
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ersc
Arrish ⬩ ersh
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Arrish, ersh (arrish a stubblefield; stubble of any kind after the crop has been cut, D. D. See also N. E. D. arrish, earsh) Tó brádan ersce, Cht. E. 290, 29. Tó cráwan ersce, C. D. iii. 123, 6. Tó wudan ærscæ; fram wudan ærscæ, v. 255, 37. For bealdan
fær-sceat
fare
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Passage-money, fare " Ástígað on þis scip tó ús, and sellað ús eówerne færsceat (fer- (fér- ?), Bl. H. 233, 13)." Hé him andswarode : " Nabbað wé færsceat (fer-, Bl. H. 233, 15), St. A. 6, 22, 24
fæsten-gewerc
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24. Freódóm from ǽghwelcum eorðlecum þeówdómæ
fald-hríþer
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A beast kept in a fold(?) .xvi. oxan, faldréþere, and .III. hund scépa, C. D. B. iii. 367, 35
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faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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Substitute: water in motion [? cf. faran; I. 3; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, v. wǽg wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim. The
fel-cyrf
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and add
fen-fixas
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A fish living in the water of a fen Ne þicgen hié fenfixas, ne sǽfixas þá þe habbað heard flǽsc, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Substitute:
fen-gemirce
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The boundary of marsh-land Þis sint þá fangemerca . . . tó binguuellan æt clibe út on ðone bróc midne, suǽ. . . út on mór . . . þanon andlangæs bróces middesweardes, C. D. B. i. 295, 27
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