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Anglo-Saxon

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mann-sleán

(v.)
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Ben. 16, 18. (?)

bréc

(n.)
Grammar
bréc, acc. s. and nom. pl. of bróc, f.

the breech, breeches,

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Ben. 55;

ofer-flówend

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-flówend, adj.

Superfluous

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Ben. 91, 4

sweðung

(n.)
Grammar
sweðung, swoðung, e; f.
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Ben. Interl. 59, 11) gegearwode si exibuit fomenta, R. Ben. 52, 11

Linked entry: swoðung

snǽding

(n.)
Grammar
snǽding, e; f.

A (slight?) meal ⬩ a meal ⬩ to take food

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Ben. 63, 1. Ðære wucan rǽdere gange tó hláfe and drince) ǽr ðan ðe hé áginne rǽdan R. Ben. Interl. 70, 4

Linked entry: snǽdan

forþ-beran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-beran, he -bereþ, -bireþ; p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren

To bear or carry forth ⬩ bring forth ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ proferre ⬩ perhĭbēre

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Ðætte ealle openlíce be heora dǽde þurh andetnesse forþbǽron ut omnes pălam quæ gessĕrant confĭtendo proferrent, 4, 27; S. 604, 23: Blickl. Homl. 25, 2; 101, 30. Ðæt he gewitnesse forþbǽre be ðam leóhte ut testĭmōnium perhĭbēret de lūmĭne, Jn.

græfa

(n.)
Grammar
græfa, græfe[?], an
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By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.' The word may be of Celtic origin, and so may be compared with Old French grave, of which gravel is a diminutive.

sand-corn

(n.)

a grain of sand

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Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum quantas pontus versat arenas, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 27. Hí beóþ ofer sandcorn manige super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. Th. 138, 16

casul

(n.)
Grammar
casul, e; f?
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Ben. Lye

clough

(n.)

cleft of a rock ⬩ down the side of a hill

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Ben. Lye

císnes

(n.)
Grammar
císnes, -ness, e; f.

Choiceness, niceness ⬩ fastidium, curiositas

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Ben. 39: L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174, 21

Linked entry: cúsnis

Eaxan minster

(n.)
Grammar
Eaxan minster, gen. -minstres ; n.

The minster on the river Ex, Axminster, Devon ⬩ oppĭdum in agro Devōniensi

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Ben. Lye

fǽr-cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-cóðu, e; f.

Sudden sickness or death, apoplexy ⬩ repentĭna ægrĭtūdo vel mors, apoplexia = 940;πoπληξία,

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Ben. Lye

feld-hryðer

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hryðer, es; n.

A field ox ⬩ heifer ⬩ campestris bos ⬩ vĭtŭlus

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Ben

feórþes fót

(adj.)

four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Ben. Lye

fór-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fór-gyrd, es; m.

A fore-girdle ⬩ martingale ⬩ antela ⬩ cingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur

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Ben. Lye

gabban

(v.)
Grammar
gabban, p. ede; pp. ed

To scoff ⬩ mock ⬩ delude ⬩ jest ⬩ GABBLE ⬩ GIBBERISH ⬩ derīdĕre ⬩ lūdĕre ⬩ illūdĕre

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Ben. Lye

gǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gǽc, es; m.

A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus

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Ben. Lye

dreám

Grammar
dreám, <b>; II a.</b>
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ꝥ þǽra hlystendra eáran of þám dreáme ( psalmorum pronuntiationi ) beón ábryrde. Chrd. 57, 16. Add

þeówling

(n.)
Grammar
þeówling, es; m.
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A slave Þeówlincgas ða þrý dagas ǽlces weorces beón frige, Wulfst. 173, 23. Cf. þeówetling

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