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Driffeld

(n.)
Grammar
Driffeld, gen. es; dat. a , e; m. [in A. D. 1360 it was written Dyrffeld]

Great DRIFFIELD, in the East Riding of Yorkshireoppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi

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D. 705] Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died at Driffield, on the 19th of the kalends of January [December 14th], Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 33

freoðo-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-scealc, es; m.

A minister of peacepācis minister

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A minister of peace; pācis minister Swá se engel, fǽle freoðoscealc, fǽmnan sægde as the angel, the faithful minister of peace, said to the damsel, Cd. 105; Th. 138, 33; Gen. 2301.

ge-síþ

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Add: [The word seems to be a ja- stem, like the O. Sax. gi-síði, but to be treated as if the root-syllable were short. Cf. ge-siþþas in the preceding word.]

ge-bland

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bland, -blond, es; n. [ge-, bland a mixture, confusion]

A mixtureminglingcommotioncommixtioturba

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A mixture, mingling, commotion; commixtio, turba Ofer æra gebland over the mingling of the waves, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 26; Æðelst. 26. Árýþa geblond commotion of the oar-waves, Andr. Kmbl. 1063 ; An. 532

Linked entry: ge-blond

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.
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Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)

wæter-berere

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-berere, es; m.

A water-bearer

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A water-bearer Mid wæterbererum cum lixarum (coetibus,Ald. 13; the passage is the same as that glossed in the preceding word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 74 : 18, 2. Wæterberere (-a ?) lixarum, 52, 73

Linked entries: berere wæter-berend

of-linnan

(v.)

to cease, leave offdiscedere

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to cease, leave off Ðæt wæter oflan and má of heora múþe hit ne eode the water stopped, and it no longer came out of the mouth of the image Blickl. Homl. 247, 8

Linked entry: linnan

færþ

(n.)
Grammar
færþ, es; m. n.

The mind mens

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The mind; mens On fæþe in the mind, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 47; Met. 27, 24

feówrþa

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówrþa, m; seó, ðæt feówrþe; adj.

The fourthquartus

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The fourth; quartus Féówrþe is fýr the fourth is fire, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 30

hrægn-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hrægn-loca, brægn-loca

the skull

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that which encloses the brain, the skull, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 1; Rä. 72, 21

lim-gelecg

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gelecg, es; n.

formshape

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The disposition or arrangement of the limbs, form, shape Limgelecg liniamento, Wrt. Voc, ii, 52, 31

Linked entry: ge-lecg

mere-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
mere-strǽt, e; f.

The road which the sea furnishes

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The road which the sea furnishes, Elen. Kmbl. 483; El. 242: Beo. Th. 1032; B. 514

mistel-lám

(n.)
Grammar
mistel-lám, es; n.

Bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe

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Bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe Mistellám viscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 65

Linked entry: lám

Norþ-Gyrwas

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-Gyrwas, pl.

The northern division of the Gyrwas

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The northern division of the Gyrwas Norþ-Gyrwa syxhund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 19

word-cennend

(n.)
Grammar
word-cennend, es; m.

The begetter of the Word

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The begetter of the Word (Jn. l, I) Ó milda Wordcennend pie Verbigena, Germ. 389, 2

Linked entries: cennend word

dúnig

(adj.)
Grammar
dúnig, (?); adj.
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Down, mountain Tó dúnian mere to the mere on the downs (?), C. D. v. 245, 22

Eáster-freólsdæg

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-freólsdæg, es; m.
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The feast day of the Passover Ǽr þám Eásterfreólsdæge ante diem festum Paschae, Jn. 13, 1

Linked entry: freóls-dæg

lóf

(n.)
Grammar
lóf, es; m. ? Substitute: lóf, es; m.
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A fillet, band Wrǽdas, cyne-wiþþan, lófas ( the MS. has the accent) redimicula, An. Ox. 5241

sceaft-tog

(n.)
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the strap attached to the shaft of a missile Sceptog ammentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 11

gafol-heord

a swarm of bees rented from the lord

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Add: a swarm of bees rented from the lord, the rent (gafol) being paid in honey