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stán-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
stán-bucca, Ælfric has wrongly given to the river-name Cinyps the meaning of
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' (Note by Dr. Craigie.)

Fróm

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm, e; f.

FROMESomersetshireoppĭdi nōmen in agro Somersetensi

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FROME, Somersetshire; oppĭdi nōmen in agro Somersetensi Hér forþferde Eádréd cining on Sc̃e Clementes mæssedæg on Frome here king Eadred died on St. Clement's mass-day at Frome, Chr. 955; Erl. 118, 6

Eádes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Edesbirh: Brom. Edesbury]

EDDESBURY, Cheshireloci nomen in agro Cestriensi

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EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2

mægþ-blæd

Grammar
mægþ-blæd, <b>mægep-blæd,</b> es; n.

Pudendum muliebre

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Leo 508, 9 says on this word &#39;Dieselbe Bedeutung hat Blatt noch in der deutschen Jägersprache: das Blatt einer Ricke, einer Hinde.&#39;

ge-bédian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bédian, bédigan; p. ode; pp. od

To praypray toworshipōrāreadōrāre

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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T

ge-rǽf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽf, adj.

Fixedfixus

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Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note

Linked entry: -rǽf

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rímcræft, es; m.

Arithmetic, art of numbering

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Arithmetic, art of numbering Ðe sélost cunnon on gerímcræfte that are best acquainted with arithmetic, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 1; Lchdm. iii. 256, 7: Hexam. 4: Norm. 8, 5

un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs hé geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac hé unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

corn-wurma

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Ox. 1064, note. Gor[n]wurman murice, 1064. Be cornwurman de muricibus, 1067. Cornwurmum, 5141

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, pp. -risen

To seize, takerapere

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Sóna wæs gerisen and genumen of middanearde rapta confestim de mundo, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5, note

leád-gewiht

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gewiht, es; n.
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See note p. 77

Linked entry: ge-wiht

Brádan-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan-ford, es;dat.-forde, -forda; m. [brád broad, ford a ford]

a fordBRADFORD in Wiltsloci nomen vadum amplum vel latum significansBradford

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BRADFORD in Wilts loci nomen vadum amplum vel latum significans hodie Bradford in agro Wiltoniensi, Cénwalh gefeaht æt Brádanforda be Afne Kenwealh fought at Bradford near the Avon, Chr. 652;Erl. 26, 22

bisceop-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-dóm, biscop-dóm, biscep-dóm, es; m.

a bishop's doom, excommunicationepiscopi judicium, excommunicatiothe province of a bishop, a bishopricepiscopi provincia, episcopatus

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, a bishopric; episcopi provincia, episcopatus He onféng biscopdóm Parisiace hátte he received the bishopric called Paris; accepto episcopatu Parisiacæ civitatis, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, note 10.

Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm

lencten

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No. Apł Chr. 798; P. 57, 35. On længtene eregian and impian, beána sáwan . . . Angl. ix. 262, 6. Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast, and eft on lencten óþru leáf sellest, Bt. 4; F. 8, 7. Lengten, 39, 13 ; F. 234, 18.

BYLD

(n.)
Grammar
BYLD, e; f; byldo; f. indecl.
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He sceolde ða byldo anescian poterat emollire constantiam, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, note 43

Linked entry: beld

temes-píle

(n.)
Grammar
temes-píle, an; f.
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Parv. 488, note 3] Man sceal habban syfa, hriddel, hérsyfe, tæmespílan, fanna, Anglia ix. 264. 14. v. preceding words

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þurh-swógan

(v.)

to press throughpenetratepervade

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M. 430, 6 note) omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

hoppe

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The 12th century Latin version of the first passage is: Nola bouis, collarium canis (Anglice dicitur hundes hoppe, quasi canis circularium, quia hóp circulus) . . . unumquodque ualet unum sol. et uniuscuiusque modus computatus melda. Add

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20

ǽ-híwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-híwe, adj.

without colour, pallidwithout form, ugly, deformed

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Ox. 4897, note. without form, ugly, deformed Ǽhíwe deformes (opifices turpi natura corporis ), An. Ox. 2, 498

Linked entry: híwe