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ge-þryle

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-þrýl,</b> es; n. A press, crowd For ðæs folces geðrýle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed, Hml. Th. i. 34, 34. Onmang ðám mycclan geðrýle and on ðám egeslican geþryngce. Hml. S. 23, 92. v. ge-þrýn, and cf. þweál, þweán for

wlencu

(n.)
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Add: wlenc, es; m. Add Hé an his ǽrend-gewryte wífum ne stýrde reáfa wlences ( a pretiosarum uestium apetitu), Chrd. 65, 6. Eft laþode hí man and speón tó óðres mannes brýdræste ge for hire wlæncum ge for hire geogoðe quam dum ad iterandum thalamum

emel

(n.)
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Emil, æmil curculio, Txts. 55, 613: gurgulio, 67, 1003. Emel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 26: i. 281, 47: brucus, Ps. Srt. 104, 34. Hú Bonefatius áflígde þá emelas . . . Gemétte hé þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela . . . Hé þá bewende hine

friþ-scipe

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>friþ-scip,</b> es; n. A guard-ship (?), a ship on ike look-out for hostile vessels (?) Of manegum landum máre ( more than the trinoda necessitas) landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne, swilce is . . . scorp tó friðscipe and sǽweard

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Substitute: <b>sin-nihte,</b> es; n. Gársecg þeahte sweart synnihte blackest darkness covered ocean, Gen. 118. Þǽr eów is hám sceapen, sweart sinnehte there is a home assigned you, black darkness, Gú. 650. Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian

æf-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
æf-þanc, es; m: æf-þanca, -þonca, -þunca, an; m.

Offenceinsultgrudgedispleasureenvyzealsimultasoffensaodiumzelus

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Offence, insult, grudge, displeasure, envy, zeal; simultas, offensa, odium, zelus Swindan me dyde æfþanca mín tabescere me fecit zelus meus, Ps. Spl. M. 118,139. Æfþonca gefylled full of grudges, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 4; Mod. 26. Eald æfþoncan edniwedan

Linked entries: of-þanc æf-þunca

af-god

(n.)
Grammar
af-god, es; n. [af = of = æf a, ab; god, n. a heathen god]

An idolan imageidolum

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An idol, an image; idolum

án-gild

(n.)
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án-gild, -geld, -gyld, es; n. [án one, gild a payment, compensation] .

a single payment or compensationthe single value of property claimed or in disputea rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid forsimplex compensatiothe fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currencyæstimatiopretium

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a single payment or compensation, the single value of property claimed or in dispute, — a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for; simplex compensatio Forgylde ðæt ángylde let him pay for it with

Linked entries: án-geld án-gyld

a-werd

(n.; part.)
Grammar
a-werd, es; m.

A spoiled or worthless fellowvappa

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A spoiled or worthless fellow; vappa,Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 113; Wrt. Voc. 18, 61

bere-tún

(n.)
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bere-tún, es; m. [bere barley, corn; tún an inclosure, a place shut in]

A barley-enclosurecourt-yardthreshing-floorcorn-farmgrangecorn-villageBARTONhordei areavilla frumentaria

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A barley-enclosure, court-yard, threshing-floor, corn-farm, grange, corn-village, BARTON; hordei area, villa frumentaria. 'BARTON, Prædium dominicum, vel terræ quas vocant Dominicales, hoc est, quas in distributione manerii dominus non elocavit hæreditarie

Linked entries: Barton bere-wíc

burg-stal

(n.)
Grammar
burg-stal, -stól, es; m. [burg = beorg, beorh a hill, stal a place, seat, dwelling]
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A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill; sedes super collem vel clivum. Cot. 209. The name of places built on a hill, as Burstall in Suffolk, Borstall in Kent and Oxfordshire, etc

Linked entry: beorh-stal

CANDEL

(n.)
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CANDEL, candell, condel, condell, e; f: candel, es; n. A CANDLE; candela, lampas = λαμπάς
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Hádre scíneþ ródores candel the sun [the candle of the firmament] serenely shines, Beo. Th. 3148; B. 1572. Candeles leóma the light of a candle; lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 88; Wrt. Voc. 41, 41. Glád ofer grúndas Godes condel beorht God's bright candle

Linked entry: condel

be-héfe

(n.)
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be-héfe, es; m: be-héfnes, -ness, e; f. [be-hófen]

GainadvantagebenefitBEHOOFlucrum

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Gain, advantage, benefit, BEHOOF; lucrum

dern-geliger

(n.)
Grammar
dern-geliger, e; f: dern-geliger-scipe,es ; m.

A secret lying, adultery clandestīnus concubĭtus, adultĕrium

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A secret lying, adultery; clandestīnus concubĭtus, adultĕrium In derngeligerscipe [MS. derne-gilegerscipe] in adultĕrio, Jn. Rush. War. 8, 3

eofor-cumbol

(n.)
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eofor-cumbol, eofur-curnbol, -cumbul, es; n. [cumbol a banner]

A boar-banner signum ad apri similĭtūdinem fabrĭcātum

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A boar-banner; signum ad apri similĭtūdinem fabrĭcātum Ðǽr wæs on eorle ǽnlíc eoforcumbul there was on the man a beauteous boar-shaped ensign, Elen. Kmbl. 517; El. 259

Linked entry: cumbol

eorp-ifig

(n.)
Grammar
eorp-ifig, -yfig, -ifi, -iui, es; n.

Earth or ground ivyhĕdĕra nigra, hĕdĕra terrestris, glechoma hĕdĕrācea

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Earth or ground ivy; hĕdĕra nigra, hĕdĕra terrestris, glechoma hĕdĕrācea Genim hederan nigran, ðe man óðrum naman eorþifig nemneþ take hĕdĕra nigra, which one calleth by another name ground ivy, Herb. 100, 1; Lchdm. i. 212, 20

freó-man

(n.)
Grammar
freó-man, frí-man, frig-man, -mann, es; m.

A freemanfree-born manlībĕræ conditiōnis hŏmovir ingĕnuus

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A freeman, free-born man; lībĕræ conditiōnis hŏmo, vir ingĕnuus Ðæt ǽlc freóman getreówne borh hæbbe that every freeman have a true surety, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 7: L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 19. Hwæt gifest ðú me freómanna to frófre what givest thou

ge-bǽte

(n.)
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ge-bǽte, -bǽtel, es; n. [ge, and bǽte a bit of a bridle]

A bit of a bridlea bridletrappingslŭpātumcāmusfrēnum

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A bit of a bridle, a bridle, trappings; lŭpātum, cāmus, frēnum Ðæt gebǽtel of ateáh he took the bridle off, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34. Mid ðám gebǽtum with the trappings, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 22

Linked entry: bǽte

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was of the Old-Saxon race. He began to reign in A. D. 855. 'Anno Domĭnĭcæ incarnatiōnis DCCCLV, —Eadmundus Orientālium Anglōrum gloriosĭssimus cœpit regnāre VIII. Kalend. Januārii, id est die natālis Dŏmĭni, anno

eáge-spring

(n.)
Grammar
eáge-spring, -sprinc, es; n. [eáge an eye; spring a spring]

A spring or twinkling of the eyeocŭli ictus

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A spring or twinkling of the eye; ocŭli ictus, Som