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þræc-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
þræc-hwíl, e; f.
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A time of suffering, a hard time Ongan ðá hreówcearig sár cwánian ... 'Ðú mec þreádes þurh sárslege ... 'Hine seó fǽmne forlét æfter þræchwíle, Exon. Th. 275, 22; Jul. 554

wíþig-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-leáh, gen. -leás; m.

A meadow where willows grow

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A meadow where willows grow (a place-name) Ðis synt ða landgemǽro Wíðileá . . . Ðis is ðæra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 13-23

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, bitela, an; m.

a beetleA beetleinsect

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a beetle.A beetle, insect Bitela mordiculus (in a list of insects), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 18: ii. 58, 11. Bitelum blatis, 127, 10. Bitulum blattis, Txts. 45, 307. Substitute:

fæsten-wicu

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-wicu, an; f.
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A week of fasting, a week in Lent On þám drihtenlican dæge þǽre forman fæstenwucan on the Sunday of the first week in Lent, Hml. S. 23 b, 111

fédels

Grammar
fédels, fédesl.

a fatlingfeeding

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Add: a fatling Foedils altilia, Txts. 39, 134. feeding. The word occurs as a technical term in the following Cyninges fédesl .xx. scillinga forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 6, 8

stígend

(n.)
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Add: es; m. One who goes on board a ship, a sailor Sanctus Michael se æþela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida and se þancwirðesta stígend, An. Ox. 32 note

rúma

(n.)
Grammar
rúma, an; m.

Separation

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Separation Rúma discidium, i. separatio, divisio, Wülck. 223, 25. Cf. He gede on rum he went apart, Gen. and Ex. 400. On, a roume at a distance, Strat. Dict

sóþ-sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-sagu, e; f.

true speechtrutha true sayinga historya true tale

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true speech, truth On manna gehwylces móde and múðe sóðsagu stande, Wulfst. 74, 16. a true saying, a history Sóðsaga historia, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 4: historiae, 7, 9

timber-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
timber-hrycg, es; m.

A wooded ridge (?);as a local name Timber-ridge

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A wooded ridge (?); as a local name Timber-ridge On timberhricges snád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 71, 1. Ofer fild-burnan on timberhrycg, iii. 463, 31. Timberrycg, 393, 27

fóre-burh

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-burh, gen. -burge; dat. -byrig, -birig; f.

a fore-courtentrance-courtvestibulevestĭbŭluma wall before a fortificationpro-mūrālemūrus ante mūrumdictum ex eo quod pro mūnītione sit

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Gl. 55; Som. 66, 118; Wrt. Voc. 36, 38

gǽst-berend

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst-berend, es; pl. nom. acc. -berend; m.

A spirit-bearermanis qui spīrĭtum vel ănĭmum ferthŏmo

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A spirit-bearer, man; is qui spīrĭtum vel ănĭmum fert, hŏmo Ðás gǽstberend gíman nellaþ these spirit-bearers will not heed, Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 33; Cri. 1600 : 78 a; Th. 293, 17; Crä. 2.

Linked entry: gást-berend

hreáðe-mús

(n.)
Grammar
hreáðe-mús, e; f.

a bat

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A mouse ornamented, furnished with wings [cf. hreóðan?], a bat Tósnidenre hreáðemúse blód the blood of a bat cut up, L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 17.

Linked entry: hrére-mús

HRÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓC, es; m.

A ROOKa ravena jackdaw

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A ROOK, a raven, a jackdaw Hróc gracculus velgarrulus, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 27; Wrt. Voc. 29, 47: 77, 44. Hróc gralus, grallus, 62, 31: 281, 1: garrula, Shrn. 29, 1.

mearc-pæð

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-pæð, es; m. n.

A path leading through a country

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A path leading through a country Be mearcpaðe, strǽte neáh, Andr. Kmbl. 2124; An. 1063. Ic síðade wíddor mearcpaðas ( paths across the marches? ) træd, móras pæðde, Exon. 126 a; Th. 485, 7; . 71, 10, Gewát ðá féran ofer mearcpaðu (-paðum?

un-gedéfelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedéfelíce, adv.

Unfitlyin a way that ill suits the conditions of a case

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Th. 4862; B. 2435

Linked entry: ge-défelíce

fáh

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Th. i. 64, 9. Add:

gifend

(n.)
Grammar
gifend, gefend (q. v. in Dict.), es; m.
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a giver: — Apollonius mangeres naman genam þonne gifendes, Ap. Th. 10, 8. <b>I a.</b> applied to the Deity, v. gifan; Drihten þe is ealra gereorda gifend, R.

Linked entry: gefend

ǽr-gewyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-gewyrht, es; n.

A former worka deed of oldopus pristinumfacinus olim commissum

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A former work, a deed of old; opus pristinum, facinus olim commissum Ða byre siððan grimme onguldon gaful-rǽdenne þurh ǽrgewyrht the children since have bitterly paid the tax through the deed of old, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 17; . 960: Elen.

Linked entry: ge-wyrht

apulder

(n.)
Grammar
apulder, apuldor; es, n ?

An apple-treemalus

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An apple-tree; malus,Wrt. Voc. 32, 47: L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 1: 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 6. Súr-melsc [MS. -melst] apulder malus matiana [MS. matranus],—pyrus malus, Lin. a sour-sweet apple-tree, a souring apple-tree, Wrt. Voc. 32, 48.

BÆÞ

(n.)
Grammar
BÆÞ, es; pl. nom. acc. baðu; g. baða; d. baðum, baðan, baðon; n.

a BATHbalneumbalneatioa fontfons lustralis

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On hátum baðum in hot baths, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6. a font; fons lustralis hine bǽdan fullwihtes bæðes how they had asked him for a font of baptism, Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30