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byrigen-stów

(n.)
Grammar
byrigen-stów, e; f.
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A burying-place He sylfa byrigenstówe worhte sibi ipse in locum sepulcri fecerat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

dróf-denu

(n.)
Grammar
dróf-denu, e; f.

A den or valley where droves of cattle feedarmentōrum cubile. Locus nemorōsus armentōrum receptui accommŏdus

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Locus nemorōsus armentōrum receptui accommŏdus, Som. Ben. Lye

cráwe

(n.)
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In local names v. C.D. vi. 275: as a proper name Æftaer Cráwan degæ míræ magan, iii. 274, 6

cwealm-stów

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm-stów, e; f. [stów a place]

A place of execution patibuli vel supplicii locus

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A place of execution ; patibuli vel supplicii locus He to ðære cwealmstówe lǽded wæs he was led to the place of execution, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, note 38

Linked entry: cualme-stów

eftern

(n.)
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evening Forðon ꝥ eftern lócað (forðon éfern longeð ðú wást, R.) quoniam aduesperascit, Lk. L. 24, 29. [The glosser seems to have read uesper aspicit.] [Cf. (?) Icel. aptan, aftan.] (?)

ge-scirpendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-scirpendlíce, adv.
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So as to fit Seó heáfodstów gescyrpendlíce gehíwod ætýwde tó þám gemete hyre heáfdes locus capitis ad mensuram capitis illites aptissime figuratus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 19

Linked entry: ge-scyrpendlíce

timber-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
timber-hrycg, es; m.

A wooded ridge (?);as a local name Timber-ridge

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; as a local name Timber-ridge On timberhricges snád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 71, 1. Ofer fild-burnan on timberhrycg, iii. 463, 31. Timberrycg, 393, 27

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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In loco qui dicitur on Linga hoese, 192, 13. Terra . . . pertinens tó haese, 294, 25. Cf. Ðonon on hésleá, C. D. V. 121, 34. On hésleábróc, iii. 97, 29: vi. 102, 31

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Anastasius wæs geþeóded tó Nonnoso, sé wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and hé him þeódde tó fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26.

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, &#39; In all probability, a look out, or prospect&#39;; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

hrís

Grammar
hrís, Substitute: Twigs, small branches, brushwood
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. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- Hé cóm tó Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel. Hrís-hóll as a local name). [v. N. E. D. rice.] See next word

bóc-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-wudu, m.

BEECH-WOODlocus fagis consitus

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BEECH-WOOD; locus fagis consitus On bócwuda in the beech-wood, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 11; Rä. 41, 106

cirpsian

(v.)
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Sume preóstas sýn þe gýmað . . . . . . ꝥ heora loccas mid (nǽdle?) tyrninge cyrpsion (crines calamistri uestigio rotantur), Chrd. 64, 34. Add

lócian

(v.)
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Hé ne lócað mid ðǽm eágum gesceádwísra geðeahtes, 287, 18. Lóciað, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 15. to take care that, see that Lóca nú þæt þú ofer gemet ne wilnige vide ne impudenter velis, Solil. H. 17, 9.

on-beran

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Seó stów onbyrð (-bireð, v. l.) on feówertigum míla of þissere Rómániscan byrig locus ab Romana urbe quadraginta fere millibus distans, Gr. D. 98, 14

tow-hús

(n.)
Grammar
tow-hús, es; n.

A spinning-house

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A spinning-house Towhús of wulle genitium (=gynaeceum locus seu aedes ubi mulieres lanificio operam dabant. The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7

Linked entry: tow-cræft

fex

(n.)
Grammar
fex, es; n.

Hair of the headthe lockscæsăries

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Hair of the head, the locks; cæsăries Fex cæsăries, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 39; Wrt. Voc. 42, 47: 70, 32

minte

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. ¶ the word occurs in several local names, v. C. D. vi. 315. Add

mylen-tún

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-tún, a 'tún'
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with a mill, as a local name Aliquam partem terre in prouincio Cantiçe ubi nominantur Mylentún, C. D. i. 272, 14

ǽfr-ǽlc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽfr-ǽlc, [ǽfr-ǽlic

every

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every On ǽfrice styde in omnibus omnino locis, C. D. iv. 209, 20. Ǽuric ríce man, Chr. 1137; P. 264, 1. ]

Linked entry: ǽfric