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ge-hæft

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, es; m.
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A captive Ðæt ðá bendas sumes gehæftes ( captiui ) tólýsende wǽron, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 454, 9. v. hæft a captive; ge-hæft; adj

ge-sǽlness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlness, e; f.
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A hap, chance, event Gesǽlnessum successibus, Hpt. Gl. 500, 21: 506, 10. v. ge-sǽligness; <b>I a</b>

grytte

(n.)
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a spider Grytte aranea, Ps. Vos. . 89, 9. Gongeweafre, grytte, Ps. Srt. 89, 9. [v. N. E. D. grit a kind of crab.]

hilt-sweord

(n.)
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a hilled sword, sword with a hilt Hiora þegnas bióþ mid fetlum and mid gyldenum hyltsweordum gehyrste Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 5

holding-stów

(n.)
Grammar
holding-stów, e; f.
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A place where slaughtered animals are dressed, a slaughter-house Súð dorian oð hit cymð tó ðǽre holdingstówe, C. D. v. 184, 23

Linked entry: holdigean

leás-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
leás-wyrcend, es; m.
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A deceiver, a doer of what is false Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, synna ordfruma and sáwla bepǽcend, Hml. Th. i. 102, 1

Linked entry: wyrcend

þǽr-on

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add: with verbs of knowing, in respect to a matter Hig hym eall sǽdon ꝥ dæt hig þǽron wyston, Hml. A. 188, 41

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)

wealcere

(n.)
Grammar
wealcere, es; m.

A walkera fuller

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A walker (v. E. D. S. Pub. Lancashire Gloss. s. v. walk-mill), a fuller Wealceres fullones (- is ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 3

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 hé 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 Hý ðæra innoða tððundennysse and tóborstennysse (ῥήγματα) gehǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 322, 22. Similar entries v. tó-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. Kmbl. 513; El.

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. On his incófan

Linked entries: cleófa clífa

HREÓD

(n.)
Grammar
HREÓD, es; n.

A REED

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A REED Hwí férde gé on wéstene geseón ðæt hreód ðe byþ mid winde ástyred quid existis in desertum videre harundinem vento moverí, Lk. Skt. 7, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 11, 7. For cynegyrde him hreód forgeáfon gave him a reed for a sceptre, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 27.

Linked entry: hreódeum

wyrpel

(n.)
Grammar
wyrpel, es; m.
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A vervel, a ring put on a falcon's leg. Thorpe in his note on the following passage quotes from Roquefort the explanation of the French vervelle: Large anneau qu'on passoit au pied d'un faucon pour le retenir Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, heafoc on

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 Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, Hml. S. 25, 279: Hml. A. 130, 479. Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36. Gescrýd circumamicta

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 tó getitolode beóð ( nisi illos cuinominati sunt ), Ll. Th. ii. 198, 22. something to a person, ascribe, v. Dict. to place a mark above a letter or

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-treebetula

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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = 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, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick. Thes

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, es; m. [camb joined; p. of cimban] .
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a comb for cleaning hair, wool, flax, etc; pecten. Wrt. Voc. 86, v. barnuc-camb, fleðe-camb, wulfes camb. the crest of a cock, the crest or top of a helmet, etc; crista Helmes camb the helmet's crest; crista, Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 75; Wrt. Voc. 36,

Linked entry: cambiht