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són-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
són-cræft, es; m.

Music

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Music Sóncræft musicam Anglia xiii. 38, 306

císe-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
císe-fæt, (cís-), es; n.
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Man sceal habban cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 12

eald-dagas

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Be ðám ðe hit of ealddagum witan gerǽddan, Angl. ix. 259, 6. ꝥ > On ealddagum wæs án hús árǽred Gode tó lofe binnan þǽre byrig Gerusalem, Wlfst. 277, 13. Add

ed-lǽcan

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Cild swíþran chores edlǽcean ( repetant ) þá ufran, Angl. xiii. 410, 645, 646. Edlǽcendum reciprocis, iteratis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 45: 462, 3: 470, 64: 516, 56. Edlǽhtum reciprocis, iteratis, 484, 5. Add

cyn-lic

Grammar
cyn-lic, convenient.
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Ꝥ ne beó behýddþæs cynlica weg, Angl. viii. 302, 40 (cf. 322, 44). Suá cenlic (cendlic, Ep. Erf) percommode, Txts. 85, 1534. v. un-cynlic, and cine-lic in Dict. Add

hráca

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Hráca of breóste flegma ex pectore, Chrd. 23, 7 Flegmata, ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii 299, 36. Hráca ł snofol flegmata, An. Ox. 31, 3. Add

latian

(v.)
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Uilesceret, i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208. 100 b. Add

scilian

(v.)
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Hé wæs tóscyled from þǽre apostlene geférrǽdene, Þá þá God tóscelede wæter from lande, Angl. xi. 370, 10. Hí tóscyledon they parted (from each other), Nap. 87. ]

be-cuman

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Add Wé becumað tó þám andgite swá mycles gerýnes, Angl. viii. 302, 39

hyrned

(adj.)
Grammar
hyrned, adj.
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Provided with a horn or beak [of a ship], having angles or corners: Ða hyrnedan næddran the horned snakes, Homl. Th. i. 102, 7. Hyrnde ciólas ships having horn-shaped prows, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 46; Met. 26, 23

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.

A corner, an angle, a secret place

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A corner, an angle, a secret place[?] Heal oððe hyrne angulus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 73. Ǽlc wag biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 13.

Baroc-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Baroc-scír, e; f.

The bare oak shireBERKSHIRE

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It was most commonly written by the Anglo-Saxons-Barruc, Bearruc, and Bearwucscíre, Chr. 860; Th. 130, 3

Linked entry: Bearocscýre

riht-hámsócn

(n.)
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housebreaking which is such in the eye of the law, housebreaking which has been actually committed (not merely attempted) Inuasio domus vel curię, quod dicitur rihthámsócne (cf. infectam inuasionem, quod Angli dicunt unworhtre hámsócne, 615, 16), Ll.

Linked entry: hám-sócn

bí-word

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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað þá naman and þá bínaman, . . . syððan hig þá word (verbs) áginnad tó áweganne mid þám bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 7. Dele: -wyrd, and second passage, and add: An adverb

hriddel

(n.)
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A riddel, coarse sieve Man sceal habban . . . syfa, sǽdleáp, hriddel, hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264, 13

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis ná niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

springan

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Add On lengtentíma[n] springað oððe gréniað wæstmas, Angl. viii. 312, 22. add Se geleáfa sprang geond ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 304, 29. His nama geond eall sprang, ii. 156, 17

chor

(n.)
Grammar
chor, es; m.
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Þá þénas inn gán tó chore ministri introeant chorum, Angl. xiii. 391, 370.

albe

(n.)
Grammar
albe, an; f.
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Mid gyrdle alban cingulo albe, Angl. xiii. 406, 589. Mid alban gescrýdd, 426, 878. Mid alban ( albis ) gescrýdde, 408, 618. Alpan, 403, 543