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cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Him gebýriaþ v æceras to habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande þeáw sý, and tó lytel hit biþ beó hit á læsse, forðan his weorc sceal beón oft rǽde.

ge-gán

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Á swá seó sulh þone teóðan æcer gegá even as the tenth acre is ploughed, Ll. Th. i. 342, 11: Wlfst. 208, 6 note

orf

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Seó heofone ús sendeð styrnlice stormas and orf and æceras swýðe ámyrreð, Wlfst. 92, 18. ¶ Cattle-stealing, it may be inferred from the statement of the oxherd in Ælfric's Colloquy, 'Ealle niht ic stande ofer þá oxan waciende for þeófan, Coll.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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, pl. æceras, æcerum, contracted æcras, æcrum; wæpen, pl. wæpenu ; mægen, pl. mægenu, contracted wæpnu, and mægnu.

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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granted for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst hweðer hyt wére ðe lǽne ðe ǽce

freó-dóm

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Hy. 5, 10. freedom from a tax, &c. v. freó, (10) Mín ærfelond ðe ic et Aeðeluulfe cyninge begæt and gebohte mid fullum friódóme on ǽce ærfe, C.D. i. 316, 5.

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homesteada place surrounded by buildingsplacestreetplatea

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Twelf æceras mǽcle ðe licgaþ on súðhealf weges intó ðám þreom worðigan ( Similar entries cf. agellorum, iv. 150, 26), 244, 1. 3.

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þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Míne wealas eriaþ mea mancipia arant, mínra þeówra manna æceras meorum mancipiorum segetes, mínum ðeówum mannum (mancipiis) ic dǽle penegas, míne þeówan men (mancipia ) ic ðreáge, fram mínum þeówum mannum ic eom gefultumod, Ælfc.

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaftthe shaft of a speara spearthe shaft of an arrowa polea taper

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which the king's 'grið' extended, but the origin of the phrase, of which it forms part, is not evident Ðus feor sceal beón ðæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate ðǽr hé is sittende on feówer healfe his, ðæt is, .iii. míla, and .iii. furlang, and .iii. æcera

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Folgere gebyreð ꝥ hé on twelf mónðum . æceras geearnige (habeat) . . . gyf hé máre geearnian mæig (deservit) him bið sylfum fremu. Ll. Th. i. 438, 4-7. Þ wé þurh ꝥ gegearnian úra synna forlǽt-nesse. Bl. H. 35, 36.

ge-tǽcan

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twám sibbum getǽht (he is assigned to two of his mother's relationships), þæt hé bið ǽgðer ge sunu ge bróðer, Wlfst. 193, 7. to shew the course that must be followed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin, impose. absolute Gebéte hé swá bisceop get-ǽce

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Hí ǽton (eoton, v. l.) him of Hamtúnscíre and of Súð-Seaxum, Chr. 998; P. 131, 17. to devour, consume, destroy Þú etst (etest, v. l.) úre æceras nostri agros depastas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 104, 19. Ðeóf eteð and spilleð fur mactat et perdat, Jn. R.

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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Lind. 6, 36. land, landed property, estate, cultivated land, country [as opposed to town] Gesáwen æcer vel land seges. Ælfc. Gl. 97; Som. 76, 48; Wrt. Voc. 53, 55. Land solum vel tellus vel terra, vel arvum, 98; Som. 76, 98; Wrt.

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Cf. gegangeð, 10, 3. to run and do something Giarn (geharn, L.) án and gefylde copp mið æcede, Mk. R. 15, 36. to run together, coagulate Ne lǽt geyrnan ꝥ ǽg . . . dó of ꝥ mon gegnídan ne mæge, ꝥ bið geurnen, Lch. ii. 272, 16-22.

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ge-wit

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Ic gehére þæt mín gewit is ǽce.

eall

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Z. 16, 1 (and often). with a numeral, in all, altogether Ꝥ ðǽr sýn ealles fíftig æcera, Cht. Th 563, 25. Hí wunedon on fulre sibbe ealles feówertig geára, Jud. 3, 11: 4, 3: Hml. S. 3, 23: 19, 10.

rǽdan

(v.)
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Hé sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .i. æcer and rǽdan sylf ðæt sǽd on hlafordes berne, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 15. (Cf. last passage under rǽcan.) v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, mis-, ofer-rǽdan

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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people Mín weal sprecð meum mancipium loquitur, mines weales sunu, mínum weale ic timbrige hús, mínne weal ic beládige, eá lá ðú mín weal, sáw wel, fram mínum weale ic underféng fela gód, mine wealas (mancipia) eriaþ, mínra þeówra manna (mancipiorum ) æceras

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre ... Hwæt máre dést ðú? Gewyslíce máre ic dó, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 23-35. Ðonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, ðonne nam man grið and frið wið hí, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 2.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Feówer æceras forn ágeán Eádferðes ealdlande, C. D. iii. 411, 27. with acc. (or uncertain): Ic fare foran ongeán þá burh ego accedam ex adverso contra urbem, Jos. 8, 5. ÞUCERTAIN castel ꝥ foran ongén eów (contra vos) ys, Mt. 21, 2.