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weder-burh

(n.)
Grammar
weder-burh, f.

A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city

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A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city Him Dryhten bebeád, ðæt ða wederburg wunian sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 3390; An. 1699

croc

(n.)
Grammar
croc, crocc, crog, crogg, crohh, es; m.

A crockpitcherwaterpotflagona little jug or lentil-shaped vessel urceuslagenalenticulalegythum

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A crock, pitcher, waterpot, flagon, a little jug or lentil-shaped vessel; urceus, lagena, lenticula, legythum Croccas Cot. 209; Grm. iii. 458, 15

Linked entry: crog

tó-borstenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-borstenness, e; f.

A breaking out,abscess

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A breaking out, abscess ðæra innoða tððundennysse and tóborstennysse (ῥήγματα) gehǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 322, 22. Similar entries v. -bersian, I a

Linked entry: -borstenness

BYRNE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRNE, an; f.
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A corslet, coat of mail; lorica, thorax Mót he gesellan monnan and byrnan and sweord he may give a man a corslet and a sword, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 1. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the twisted coat of mail, Elen.

Linked entries: beorne ge-byrnod

clýfa

Grammar
clýfa, clífa, an; m, [cleófa, cleófan to cleave, divide, separate] .

A chambercubiculum, cubileA cave, denantrum, caverna, cubile

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a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5.

Linked entries: cleófa clífa

HREÓD

(n.)
Grammar
HREÓD, es; n.

A REED

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Th. ii. 252, 27. Hreódes spír a spike of a reed, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 10. Grównys hreódes and ricsa viror calami et junci, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 23. Synd ðǽr manige eáland and hreód there are there many islands and reeds, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 6

Linked entry: hreódeum

wyrpel

(n.)
Grammar
wyrpel, es; m.
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A vervel, a ring put on a falcon's leg.

ge-scrýdan

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Dele last passage for which see <b>ge-scirdan,</b> and add: To clothe a person with (mid) a garment hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, Hml. S. 25, 279: Hml. A. 130, 479. mid hǽran gescrýddon líce, Hml. S. 12, 36.

ge-titelian

(v.)
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Add: to assign, a person to an office, nominate Ymbe náne worldbysgunge ábysgode, búton mid þǽre þe hig getitolode beóð ( nisi illos cuinominati sunt ), Ll. Th. ii. 198, 22. something to a person, ascribe, v.

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-treebetula

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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick.

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, es; m. [camb joined; p. of cimban] .
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Voc. 36, 2. Camb on hætte, vel on helme a crest on the hat or helmet; crista, Cot. 46

Linked entry: cambiht

heoru-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
heoru-grim, adj.

Very fierce or cruel,savage

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Very fierce or cruel, savage, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 10; Cri. 1524: 31 b; Th. 98, 25; Cri. 1613: 47 a; Th. 161, 1; . 952: 53 a; Th. 186, 29; Az. 27: 111 a; Th. 425, 12: . 41, 55: Beo. Th. 3132; B. 1564: 3698; B. 1847: Elen.

lane

(n.)
Grammar
lane, an; f.

A lane

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A lane, a narrow and bounded path, a street in a town Hit cymeþ on ægles lonan: ondlang ðære lonan ðæt hit cymeþ eft in ða burnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 33, 7. On ða ealdan lanan, 456, 3.

gilp-word

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-word, es; n.

A boastful worda boastvaunt

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Gylpword boastful words, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 23; Gen. 264: Beo. Th. 1355; B. 675: Byrht. Th. 139, 55; By. 274

ge-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlid, es; pl. nom. acc. -hlidu, -hleodu; n.

A lidcoveringroofan inclosurea vaulttectumclausūraseptum

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A lid, covering, roof, an inclosure, a vault; tectum, clausūra, septum Ic cann ealle heáh-heofona gehlidu I know all the roofs of the high heavens, Cd. 27; Th. 37, 3; Gen. 584 : Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 25; Cri. 518.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; m.
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A patch, clout Ne ásend nán man scyp (scep altered to scyp, MS. A.: ðæt ésceapa commisuram, Lind.) of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp (as before in MS. A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt.

Linked entries: scyp é-sceapa ǽ-sceap

hearma

A field-mousedormouse

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A field-mouse or a dormouse Hearma megale ( = μυγαλῆ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 2: 55, 60. [Cf.migale ignota nisi similis est camelioni, Shrn. 29, 12. This is in a list of glosses to Leviticus c. xi: in v. 30 mygale occurs in the Vulgate and the A.

lof-sang

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Voc. ii. 147, 11. 11. as part of a religious service, a canticle, v. lof; II :-- Óþrum dagum on ðǽre wucan cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang, þe þám dæge belimpð, R. Ben. 38, 4. Lofsang of þám godspelle, þæt is: ' Benedictus.

æsc-here

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-here, -es; m.

A spear-bandcompany armed with spearsa ship or naval-bandexercitus hastiferexercitus navalis

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A spear-band, company armed with spears, a ship or naval-band; exercitus hastifer, exercitus navalis, Byrht. Th. 133, 53; By. 69

am-byr

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
am-byr, gen. m. n. -byres; f. -byrre, -byre: dat. m. n. -byrum; f. -byrre, -byre: acc. m. -byrne; f. -byre; n. -byr; adj. [am even, equal, byr let it happen, from byrian to happen, pertain]. What is happening even or equal, —

Favourablefairæquussecundus

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Favourable, fair; æquus, secundus Gyf man hæfde ambyrne wind if a man had a favourable wind, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 20