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cépe-stów

(n.)

a market-place, marketforum, emporium

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a market-place, market; forum, emporium, Som. Ben. Lye

níd-hád

(n.)
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níd-hád, es; m.

Forcecompulsion

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Force, compulsion Neádháde vim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72. 54

dyppan

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Dele the forms given as cognates, and see dípan

fiþer-híwe

(adj.)
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fiþer-híwe, adj.
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Having four forms Mid fiðerhíwum quadriformis, An. Ox. 177

á-lísendness

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Först. 135, 4. Add

á-wendendness

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Först. 134. Add

ge-medemian

(v.)
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Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwǽdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wǽron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.' For ðon is se cwide gefylled, 'Ecce quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, ' Bl. H. 139, 26.

dolh-rune

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-rune, dolg-rune, dulh-rune, an ; f.

The herb pellitory, which grows upon walls perdīcium = περδίκιoν,parietāria officinālis

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To sealfe wið springe, nim dolhrunan for a salve against a pustule, take pellitory, 1, 33; Lchdm. ii. 80, 8: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 3, 65; Lchdm. ii. 354, 1: Lchdm. iii. 4, 10: 38, 26. Genint dolgrunan take pellitory, L.

Linked entries: dolg-rune dulh-rune

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protectionA protectorpatronadvocatea protection of rights granted by charter

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protection Ic fare swá hwyder swá ðú mé tó mundbyrdnysse gerecst I will go whithersoever thou dost direct for my protection, Glostr.

Scot-land

(n.)
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Scot-land, es; n.
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Scotland Hér fór Æþelstán cyning on Scotland (tó Scotlande in Scotiam, MS. F.), Chr. 934; Erl. 111, 9. Hé ( Cnut ) fór tó Scotlande, and Scotta cyng him tó beáh, Mælcolm, 1031; Erl. 163, 20.

ge-nihtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.

Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertas, cōpia

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Híg beóþ gedrencte for genihtsumnisse húses ðínes inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, 35, 9.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum-nes

un-gerisenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíce, adv.

In an unsuitable, unseemly or unbecoming mannerwith indignitydishonourablybasely

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For ðæte gewilnunga woroldgielpes hé onlýtt ungerisenlíce tó ðissum eorðlícum, suá ðæt neát for gífernesse onlýt tó ðære eorðan, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 2.

and-feng

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Substitute for citations: assumptio, susceptio, acceptio Háda andfencg personarum acceptio, R. Ben. 57, 20. Dagas ondfenges (andfenga, W. S.) his dies assumptions ejus, Lk. L. 9, 51. Be cumena andfenge de hospitibus suscipiendis, R. Ben. 80, 17.

hran

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Et dicunt quod vii minoribus saturantur maiores, ut vii fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu (seven seals are plenty for a smaller whale, and seven smaller whales are plenty for one of the larger kind ), An.

holm

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Add: [For the use of holm in the sense of hill v. (?) holm- wudu ; and for the later use of the word in this sense cf. þe vox ulih to þam holme (cleoue, 2nd MS.), Laym. 20861.] sea Brym vel holm cataclismus, diluvium Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 42.

þri-milce

(n.)
Grammar
þri-milce, es; m. (?)

The early name for the month of May

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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát

Linked entries: meolcian -milce

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Th. 483, 31. worldly property, property not belonging to the church Ðæt mon ælles ðises freólses áre ǽfre for áne híde werian scolde; for ðam ðe Godes ár ǽfre freogre beón sceal ðonne ǽnig woruldár, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 113, 35

carful-nys

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D. 1, 11. a charge, cure of souls For þám bysgum þysre bisceoplican carfulnysse (scíre, v. l.). Gr. D. 4, 29. care, solicitude for (v. car-ful, 2) Híwcúþ carfulnys (domestica sollicitudo, An.

eald-lic

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Mid ealdlecre (printed -letre, but for -lec = -lic v.ll. l, 12 on same page) autentica veterum (the passage glossed is: Authentica veterum auctoritate, Ald. 35, 26. Cf. An.

ge-síþcund

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oþþe for fríge, Ll.