fýr-hús
a room with a fire
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Substitute: a room with a fire Búr camera, fýrhúscaminatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 7. Fýrhúses (printed -hýses) hlýwing caumene refugium, Angl. xiii. 397, 461
brodetung
A work, workmanship, fashion, forged tale, a lie ⬩ figmentum
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A work, workmanship, fashion, forged tale, a lie; figmentum He oncneów brodetunge [MS. brogdetunge] úre ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 13
heals-mene
A necklace, chain for the neck
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A necklace, chain for the neck Hé dyde gyldene healsmyne ymbe his swuran he put a gold chain about his neck, Gen. 41, 42
Linked entry: mene
híréd-wífmann
A female member of a household
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A female member of a household Ic geann eallum mínum hírédwífmannum I give to all the women of my household, Chart. Th. 531, 6
Linked entry: híred-mann
edwít-spreca
A blame-speaker, scoffer, caviller ⬩ cavillātor
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A blame-speaker, scoffer, caviller; cavillātor Him edwítsprecan ermþu gehéton the cavillers threatened him with affliction, Exon. 39 a; Th. 129, 8; Gú. 418
Linked entry: spreca
ell-þeódig
Strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner
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Strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner Ellþeodigra of the foreigners, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 8; Gen. 1835: Lk. Lind. War. 17, 18: 24, 18
éðel-fæsten
Land-fastness, a country's fortress ⬩ patriæ mūnīmentum
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Land-fastness, a country's fortress; patriæ mūnīmentum Ic éðelfæsten brece I break through a land-fastness, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 3; Rä. 72, 22
fyrgen
A mountain ⬩ mountain-woodland ⬩ mons ⬩ saltus
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A mountain, mountain-woodland; mons, saltus Flet [MS. fled] Þor on fyrgen hæfde Thor had a dwelling on the mountain, Lchdm. iii. 54, 17
ge-arnian
To earn ⬩ merit ⬩ mĕrēri
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To earn, merit; mĕrēri Sceal mon lofes [MS. leofes] gearnian a man shall merit praise, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 9; Gn. Ex. 140
Linked entry: ge-earnian
hring-bán
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A circular bone, bone in the shape of a ring Hringbán ðæs eágan teuco, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70. 73; Wrt. Voc. 43. 6
leáf-wyrm
A canker ⬩ caterpillar
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A canker, caterpillar Hé sealde leáfwyrme (MS. C. treowyrme) wæstm heora he gave their increase unto the caterpillar (A. V.), Ps. Spl. 77, 51
Linked entry: treów-wyrm
mǽd-rǽdenn
A mowing ⬩ grass mown on a piece of land
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A mowing, grass mown on a piece of land Seó mǽdrǽden beniþan díc betweónan cealdan lace and cullig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 153, 10
bi-þeahte
covered over,
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covered over, Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 11; Pa. 61: l01 a; Th. 382, l0; Rä. 3, 9; p. and pp. of bi-þeccan
sumer-selde
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f A summer-house Selde proaula, i. domus coram aula, sumerselde zetas aestivales, Wrt. Voc. i. 57. 47. [Cf. Icel. sumarsetr a summer abode.]
Linked entry: selde
fæder-líce
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As a father Þæt Cúðberhtus his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that Cuthbert like as a father would pity his curiosity, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 19
hweól-ríþig
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A brook that turns a wheel ? Of ðám forda andlang hweowelríðiges, . . . eft on hweowelríðig, C. D. iii. 289, 4-7. On hweólríðig, 381, 8
mót-lǽðu
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Add: For the prevalence of the three-meetings-a-year practice see Grmm. R. A. 823, where is quoted 'tria plebiscita, quae dicuntur ungeboten.'
rinc-getæl
A number of men ⬩ a host
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A number of men, a host Ðæt wæs wíglíc werod; wác ne grétton in ðæt rincgetæl rǽswan herges, Cd. Th. 192, 19; Exod. 234
sǽ-weg
a sea-way,
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a sea-way, a path through the sea Sǽfiscas ða faraþ geond ða sǽwegas pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris. Ps. Th. 8, 8
hand-hrine
A touch with the hand
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A touch with the hand Þurh handhrine Háliges Gástes through a touch with the hand of the Holy Ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 1999: An. 1002
Linked entry: hrine