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mylen

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A water mill Ligð bænorðan ðám porte .xxxvi. æceras yrðlandes, and .x. æceras mǽde, and án mylen, C. D. v. 316, 1.

riftere

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Sum tún wæs . . . ǽlce geáre áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ geríp gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3.

C

Grammar
C, In Gothic and Icelandic C is entirely wanting, being always represented by k. It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxons have seldom made use of k; but, following the Latin, have preferred the use of c.
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Sax. æcer a field, Goth. akrs, Icel. akr; A. Sax. eác also, Goth. auk, Icel. ok [og]. c and cc are often changed into h or hh before s or þ, and especially before t; as, strehton they stretched, for strecton from streccan.

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,

ýþung

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Yþgung (ýþguncg v.l.) 168, a: 197, 7- Oft gedónre ýþunge (ýðgunge, v.l.) se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius saepe facta inundatione per agros diffundi consueverat, 192, 17.

MǼD

(n.)
Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A

MEADmeadow

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Eahta æceras mǽdwa . . . xii æceras mǽdwa, 4, 12-13. Mǽda prata, Hpt. Gl. 409, 38. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on mǽdum this plant is produced in meadows, Herb. 1, 1; Lchdm. i. 70, 2

Linked entries: mǽdwa wudu-mǽd

bén

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. ¶ as a technical term. v. bén-ríp, -irþ (-yrþ) :-- Hé sceal erian .iii. æceras tó béne arabit .iii. acras precum, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, adj.
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Ondlong ðæs æceres tó ðǽm midlestan wícwege, C. D. iii. 260, 11. In þone midlestan holan weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 8. Add

un-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gilde, adj.

Not entitled to wergild

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Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 21-24; so that the phrase licgan in ungildan æcere seems to be equivalent to licgan ungilde ], L. Eth. iv. 4; Th. i. 301, 23

Linked entries: or-gilde un-gylde

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 190, 9 : 34, 12. Tó Stóce, 203, 21. Intó Stóce, 123, 8.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

furh

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Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum anheáfdum . . . ðanon on áne furh an æcer neár ðǽm hlince . . . andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge forð on áne furh, C. D. v. 153, 23-32. On þá níwan furh, andlang þǽre furh, C. D.

ettan

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To consume the produce of land, to graze land: Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne oþþe óðer gedálland . . . and etten hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs (and (cattle) eat up their crops or grass), Ll. Th. i. 128, 7.

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.

ERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ERIAN, erigan, erigean, to erianne, eríganne, erigenne; part, erigende; p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To plough, EAR iărāre

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Míne æceras ic erige mei agros ăro, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Som. 19, 44. Ðú erast thou ploughest, Homl. Th. i. 488, 84. Ðǽr yrþling ne eraþ where husbandman ploughs not, i. 464, 25.

Linked entry: ærian

ge-wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wæterian, -wætrian; p. ode; pp. od

To waterirrigateadăquāreirrĭgāre

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Teóh ðú forþ rénscúras gif ðú miht and gewætera ðíne æceras bring forth rain-showers, if thou canst, and water thy fields, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 1

Linked entry: wæterian

ece

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Ðǽr ( in hell) is éce æce (ece, v. l. ), Wlfst. 114, 4. Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. Heora sina forscruncon . . . ꝥ hí hrýmdon for ece, Hml. S. 35, 318. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2.

sceáf

(n.)
Grammar
sceáf, es; m.

A sheaf, bundlea sheafa bundle (of herbs)

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Gl. 520, 19. a sheaf (of corn) Mé þúhte ðæt wé bundon sceáfas (manipulos) on æcere and ðæt mín sceáf árise ómiddan eówrum sceáfum and eówre gilmas ábugon tó mínum sceáfe, Gen. 37, 7.

Linked entry: sceáb

be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go overto surroundoccupydwellcultivatetillperambularecircumdareincolerehabitarecolere to go tovisitattendto cherishhonourworshipobirecolereexcolereto commitexercisepractiseobservecommittereperficereobservare

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Se ðe æcer begǽþ he who goes over the land, a farmer Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 44. Mid ðý Rómáne ðá gyt Breotone be-eódan dum adhuc Romani Brittaniam incolerent Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 1.

teóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
teóða, teogeða; ord. num.
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Wite cristenra manna gehwilc, ðæt hé his Drihtene his teóðunge, á swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, rihtlíce gelǽste, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11. See Seebohm&#39;s Village Community, p. 114. Ðý teogeþan dæge mónþes, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 15.

Linked entries: teigða téþa

ciric-sceat

Grammar
ciric-sceat, v. cyric-sceat
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On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras, and þǽron his circsceat gesáwe, and þæt eft gerípe and in gebringe, 398, 20.