Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Ðǽr se díc sceót in Wæclinga strǽte ; andlanges Wæxlinga strǽte . . . æfter díce in Wæxlingga stráte, v. 187, 21-31. Ðis syndon ða landgemǽra tó Hámstede. Of Sandgatan . . . west tó Wætlinga strǽte, vi. 106, 1.
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ge-byrd-dæg
A birth-day ⬩ natalis dies
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A birth-day; natalis dies On Herodes gebyrddæge die natalis Herodis, Mt. Bos. 14, 6
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gearcung-dæg
A preparation-day ⬩ day before the Sabbath ⬩ præpărātionis dies ⬩ parascēve ⬩ παρασκευή, ⬩ dies azymōrum
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A preparation-day, day before the Sabbath; præpărātionis dies, parascēve = παρασκευή, dies azymōrum On ðam forman gearcungdæge prīma die azymōrum, Mt. Bos. 26, 17
ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not escape with life, Chr. 978 ; Erl. 127, 12
pearroc
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Dip. Kmbl. i. 258, 12
deorcian
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Substitute: To become dark, to grow dim (of sight) Deorcaþ gesihð hebet visus, Ps. L. fol. 142, 2
gist-hús
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A place of entertainment for strangers, a guest-chamber, hostel, hospice, an inn Gisthús ælðeódigra manna zenodochium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 51. Gysthúses méd hospitii merces, Nap. 57, 10. Mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll. Th
mægen-stán
A mighty stone
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Ðis synd ðæra xx hída gemǽro . . andlang wægæs óþ ðonæ mægenstán, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 18
DYPPAN
DIP, immerge, baptize ⬩ immergĕre, intingĕre, tingĕre, baptīzāre
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To DIP, immerge, baptize; immergĕre, intingĕre, tingĕre, baptīzāre Se ðe his hand on disce mid medypþ qui intingit mecum manum in cătīno, Mk. Bos. 14, 20. Dyppe his finger ðǽron let him dip his finger therein, Lev. 4, 17.
Dornwara ceaster
DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire ⬩ Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput
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Dipl. 1061; A.D. 868; Knibl. v. 119, 26
ge-dilgian
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To perish Gyf þú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wíte, þonne gedýlegie ðín heorte, Ll. Lbmn. 415. 25
smíte
A foul, miry place
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Ðis is ðære ánre híde landgemǽru tó Smítan . . . of ðæm sló tó Smítan; of ðære Smítan tó berge Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 166, 2-20. Of smítan on ðone stán . . . of ðære apoldran innan smítan v. 105, 13-36
egesa
Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo
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Sió dimme niht ofer eldum egesan ne brohte the dim night did not bring terror over men, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 34; Met. 12, 17: Cd. 202; Th. 250, 3; Dan. 541: Ps. Th. 66, 6. Egesan geaclod terrified with fear, Andr. Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo.
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ealning
Always ⬩ semper
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Always; semper Swá he ealning dyde æt Saltwíc as he always did at Saltwich, Th. Diplm. A.D. 886-899; 138, 15
þeóstrian
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to make dark or dim, to make the eye less capable of seeing, dim the sight Se dæg bletit and ðióstraþ hiora eágan, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. to grow dark or dim His eágan þýstrodon caligaverunt oculi ejus, Gen. 27, 1: 48, 10.
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ymb-hogian
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To be solicitous, exercise the mind Ic ymbhogige onwundrum ðínum exercebor in mirabilibus tuis, Ps. Lamb. 118, 27. Ymbhochige, 48. Ðeówa ðín ymbhogode on rihtwísnessum ðínum seruus tuus exercebatur in justificationibus tuis, 23
stán-brycg
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 9-10. Andlang burnan óð hit cymþ ðér Blíðe út scýt; ðæt andlang Blíðan óð ða stánbriccge; ðæt eást of ðære bricgge, 421, 34. Ðis sint ða landgemǽre ... Ǽrest on stánbriccge; of stánbriccge eást onlang Temese, v. 395, 29-31.
be-cwelan
To die
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To die Hit becwæð and becwæl sé þe hit áhte he that owned it bequeathed it and died, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1
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freóls
Free ⬩ līber
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Free; līber Sý ðis. land ǽlces þinges freóls let this land be free of everything, Cod. Dipl. 923; Kmbl. iv. 263, 5