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þrefe

(n.)
Grammar
þrefe, a measure of corn, a throve [v. N. E. D. s. v.]
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Swá man ǽr simle dide tióþunge æt ǽlcere sylh án fóðer cornes þe eahte þreues cornes on wéron, C. D. B. iii. 367, 24. [From Scandinavian. Icel. þrefi.]

eahta

Grammar
eahta, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> with ordinals
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Þysne eahta-and-þrittigoþan sealm, Ps. Th. 38, arg. the abstract number eight Nim viii and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32

Eástre

(n.)
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Add: Eástru(o); pl. n. II. On þára Eástrana mǽrsunge, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 272, 5. Oð Eástru usque in Pascha, Chrd, 23, 36. Ǽr Eástrun, 115, 18

feórþan-dǽl

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On feówer feórþandǽlas tódǽlde per quadra quatuor partiti, Gr. D. 87, 4. In l. 5 after 30 add: cf. Se feórða dǽl byð quadrans gecíged, 335, 24. Add

car-ful

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Add Ðá dióflu drífað þá cearfullan sáwla tó helle, Verc. Först. 112, 4. Add Hé weorpeð ðá cearfullan cǽge (the key of hell) in on þá helle, 15

wæferness

(n.)
Grammar
wæferness, e; f.

Public exhibitiondisplayshow

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Public exhibition, display, show On wæfernysse ł wæterséne per publicum (the passage is: Quamvis flava caesaries raderetur, et per publicum decalvata traheretur, Ald. 62), Hpt. Gl. 510, 11

wille-burne

(n.)
Grammar
wille-burne, an; f.

A bubbling burn, running stream

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A bubbling burn, running stream Lago yrn-ende, wylleburne, Cd. Th. 14, I; Gen. 212. Drihten lét willeburnan on woruld þringan of ǽdra gehwære, 83, I ; Gen. 1373

Linked entry: will-flód

Buccinga ham-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Buccinga ham-scír, e; f.

BUCKINGHAMSHIREager Buccinghamensis

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; ager Buccinghamensis Hí wendon ðanon on Buccinga hamscíre they turned thence to Buckinghamshire, Chr. 1010; Th. 264, 11: 1011; Erl. 144, 35: 1016; Erl. 154, 6, 24

hærfest-handful

(n.)

a due belonging to the husbandmen on an estate

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a due belonging to the husbandmen on an estate Eallum ǽhte-mannum gebyreþ hærfesthandful omnibus ehtemannis jure competit manipulus Augusti, L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 438, 1

hálig-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dæg, es; m.

A holy day, Sunday

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A holy day, Sunday Be hálidæiges freólse of the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 8. On háligdagum sabbatis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 2

tó-scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scríðan, p. -scráð

To flow in different directionsbe disperse

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To flow in different directions, be disperse Ðæt wæter unstille ǽghwider wolde wíde tóscríþan, wác and hnesce, ne meahte hit on him selfum ǽfre gestandan, Met. 20, 93

básnian

(v.)
Grammar
básnian, (from bádsnian, cf. bídan).
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Meotud on mereþyssan básnode (of Christ asleep in the storm), An. 447. Weras básnedon wíteláces weán (of the people of Sodom just before their destruction), Gen. 2417. Add

arce-stól

(n.)
Grammar
arce-stól, es; m. [arce chief, stól a stool]

An archiepiscopal see or seatsedes archiepiscopalis

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An archiepiscopal see or seat; sedes archiepiscopalis Æt his arcestóle on Cantwara byrig at his archiepiscopal see in Canterbury, Chr. 1115; Th. 371, 5: 1119; Th. 372, 32

be-creópan

(v.)
Grammar
be-creópan, p. -creáp, pl. -crupon; pp. -cropen

To bring secretlyto creepirrepere

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To bring secretly, to creep; irrepere Ðæt he síe becropen on carcern that he should be secretly led to prison, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 71; Met. 25, 36

bealu

(adj.)
Grammar
bealu, balu; adj.

Balefulperniciouswickedmaliciousdirusperniciosuspravusmalusmalitiosus

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Baleful, pernicious, wicked, malicious; dirus, perniciosus, pravus, malus, malitiosus Awrítaþ hie on his wǽpne bealwe bócstafas they cut baleful letters upon his weapon, Salm. Kmbl. 325; Sal. 162

cwid-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
cwid-bóc, e; f.

The Book of Proverbs proverbiorum liber

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The Book of Proverbs; proverbiorum liber Be ðæm is awriten on Salomonnes cwidbócum about which it is written in the Proverbs of Solomon, Past. 36, 8; Cot. MS

eluhtre

(n.)
Grammar
eluhtre, an; f.

The plant lupinelŭpīnus albus

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The plant lupine; lŭpīnus albus, Lin Wyl eluhtran on ealaþ boil lupine in ale, L. M. 1. 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 11: 1. 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 26

fóre

(adv.)
Grammar
fóre, adv.

Beforeaforetimeformerlyanteaōlimquondam

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Before, aforetime, formerly; antea, ōlim, quondam He on Ægypta lande worhte fóre wundur mǽre he aforetime did great wonders in the land of Egypt, Ps. Th. 77, 14

Linked entry: fore-swígan

for-feran

(v.)
Grammar
for-feran, p. de; pp. ed [for-, feran to go]

To go or pass awayperishpĕrīre

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To go or pass away, perish; pĕrīre Fórneáh ǽlc tilþ on mersclande forferde very nearly all the tilth in the marsh-land perished, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 13

for-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-nýdan, p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, -nýdd

To force greatlycompelcōgĕre

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To force greatly, compel; cōgĕre Wydewan syndon wíde fornýdde on unriht to ceorle vĭduæ crebro injuste ad nuptias trăhuntur, Lupi Serm. i. 5; Hick. Thes. ii. 100, 25

Linked entry: for-nídan