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ǽ-bóc

(n.)

book of law

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book of law Ǽbéc libri juris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 78

Linked entry: ǽ-béc

ǽcen

(n.)

a wood of oaks

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a wood of oaks Ǽcen roboretum, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 82

æcer-týning

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-týning, e; f.

Fencing of fields

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Fencing of fields Æcertýninge .xv. gyrda, C. D. iii. 451, 2

Linked entry: týning

ǽg-mang

(n.)

a mixture of eggs

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a mixture of eggs Aegmang agastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 55

Linked entry: ǽg-gemang

heaðu-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-weorc, es; n.

A work of war, a fight

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A work of war, a fight, Beo. Th. 5776; B. 2892

cóledon

(v.)
Grammar
cóledon,

cooledbecame cold

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cooled, became cold p. pl. of cólian.Andr. Kmbl. 2514;An. 1258

coren

(v.; part.)

chosenelected

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chosen, elected pp. of ceósan. Chr. 675;f Th. 58, 34

cræft-searo

(n.)
Grammar
cræft-searo, gen. -searowes; n.

An instrument of wara devicestratagem machina

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An instrument of war, a device, stratagem; machina Som. Ben. Lye.

on-wrigness

(n.)
Grammar
on-wrigness, -wrihness, e; f.

Revelation

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Revelation Of onwrihnesse geendad revelatione saturatus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 6

Linked entry: -wrih-ness

or-feormness

(n.)
Grammar
or-feormness, e; f.

Want of cleanliness squalor

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Want of cleanliness squalor Orfeormnisse squalores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 8

Linked entries: -feormness or-firme

ge-swungen

(v.; part.)

scourgedbeaten

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Kmbl. 2791; An. 1398 pp. of ge-swingan

ge-þeót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeót, es; n.

Howling

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Howling Wulfa geþeót howling of wolves, Guthl. 8; Gdwn. 48, 4

ge-þugon

(v.)

throve

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Th. ii. 280, 32 p. pl. of ge-þeón

ge-þogen

(v.; part.)

grown up

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Th. ii. 38, 9 pp. of ge-þeón

á-weaxan

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Wǽron of ðǽm stáne áwexene bearwas, Bl. H. 209, 32. Add

be-eástan-norþan

(adv.)

to the north-east of,

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to the north-east of, Ors. 1, 1; Th. 246, 16

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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They seem, at an early period, to have been laid north and south, like many of those in the pagan cemeteries, and not east and west, as was the position of the bodies of the nuns of Hartlepool, buried towards the end of the seventh century, which were

eft-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
eft-síþ, es; m.

A journey back, returnrĕdĭtus

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A journey back, return; rĕdĭtus Ár wæs on ófoste, eftsíðes georn the messenger was in haste, desirous of return, Beo. Th. 5560; B. 2783. Landweard onfand eftsíþ eorla the land-warden perceived the return of the warriors, Beo.

eorþ-hús

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hús, es; n. An earth-house, den, cave; hypŏgæum = ὑπόγαιον,subterrāneum
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Rómáne him worhton eorþhús for ðære lyfte wylme the Romans built for themselves earth-houses because of the boiling heat of the air, L. M. 1, 72 ; Lchdm. ii. 146, 16

feormend-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feormend-leás, adj.

Wanting a polisherpŏlītōre cărens

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Wanting a polisher; pŏlītōre cărens Geseah he orcas stondan, fyrnmanna fatu, feormendleáse, ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig he saw bowls standing, vessels of men of yore, wanting a polisher, there was many a helmet, old and rusty, Beo.