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friþ-hús

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-hús, es; n.

A house of peacerefugean asylumpācis dŏmusăsȳlum

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A house of peace, refuge, an asylum; pācis dŏmus, ăsȳlum Friþhfls vel generstede asylum, Ælfc. Gl. no; Som. 79, 28; Wrt. Voc. 59, 2

eá-líðend

(n.)
Grammar
eá-líðend, es; m.

A wave-sailor, sailor qui æequor navĭgat

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A wave-sailor, sailor; qui æequor navĭgat Wǽron eorlas onlíce eálíðendum the men were like sailors-over-the-wave, Andr. Kmbl. 502; An. 251

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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An apostle Ðara postolra apostolorum, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 2. Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

gléd-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
gléd-fæt, es; n.

A fire-vatchafing-dish

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A fire-vat, chafing-dish Dó gléda an glédfæt put live coals in a chafing dish, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 346, 3

gold-burh

(n.)
Grammar
gold-burh, gen. -burge; f.
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A town where gold is distributed or which is ornamented with gold, Andr. Kmbl. 3308; An. 1657: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 2; Gen. 2549

gebundennes

(n.; part.)
Grammar
gebundennes, -ness, e; f. [ge-bunden, pp. of ge-bindan to bind]

A bindingan obligationoblĭgātio

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A binding, an obligation; oblĭgātio Gibundennises ligandi, Rtl. 59, 11. Ða abúgendan on gebundennesse oððe to bændum declīnantes in oblĭgātiōnes, Ps. Lamb. 124, 5

wícnung

(n.)
Grammar
wícnung, e; f.
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Discharging of an office, service, stewardship Be gehádodra manna wícnungum de ordinatorum hominum procurationibus, L. Ecg. P. iii. 8, tit.; Th. ii. 194, 32

wisa

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Án wisa (wihta? cf. ða wrǽtlícan wiht, 505; Sal. 253) is on woruldríce, ymb ða mé fyrwet bræc wintra, Salm. Kmbl. 491 ; Sal. 246

worþ-apulder

(n.)
Grammar
worþ-apulder, e ; f.

An apple-tree growing by a homestead

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An apple-tree growing by a homestead (?) Be hagan on weorðe hege; foið be ðan hege on weorðapeldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 381, 31

Linked entries: apulder weorþ-apulder

arewe

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Gif hwylc man mid arwan ( sagitta ) deór ofsceóte, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 20. Arwan framea, An. Ox. 37, 1. Arewan, gauelucas catapultas, 4238. Add

bleó-fág

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Bleófáh uersicolor, An. Ox. 521. On þysne mislecan ymbhwyrft and bleófágan in orbem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 59. Bleófáge multicolora, Germ. 390, 104. Add

cneord-nys

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Substitute for citations Cneordnesse studio, i. in labore, An. Ox. 2508. Cneordnysse studio (.i. disciplina, Hpt. 430, 2), 995. Cneorð[nesse] studio, 7, 30

dumb

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Sum þegn wearð fǽrlíce dumb, Hml. S. 22, 73. Dumbre swígan mutae taciturnitatis, An. Ox. 1936. Spǽcleáse ł dume elinguia, Germ. 398, 72. Add

ge-edlesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-edlesende, (?); adj.
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(ptcpl. ) Reciprocal Geedlæsend tale reciproca (i. iterata) disputatio, An. Ox. 3205. Seó geedlæsend reciproca (ferocitas), 3538. On geedlæsendum in reciprocis (i. iteratis) (conflictibus), 3216

Linked entries: ge-edlæsian ed-lesende

helle-loc

(n.)
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an enclosure in hell; in pl. hell as a prison Ꝥ hí scoldan hine gelǽdan tó hellelocum (ad inferni claustra), Gr. D. 325, 30

heófend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
heófend-lic, adj.

Lamentableexpressing grieffunereal

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Lamentable, expressing grief, funereal Heófeiidlice funebre (carmen). Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 76: 37, 4; funebre, luc uosum, 151, 59: lamentabile (carmen). An. Ox. 900

Linked entry: heófe-líce

lufiend-lic

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Heó wæs swíþe lufigendlic eallum onlóciendum omnium oculis gratiosa et amabilis videbatur, Hml. A. 95, 98. Lufiendlices ( omne quicquid) delectabile, An. Ox. 334. Add

tweó

Grammar
tweó, <b>I b.</b>
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Sume martyra lima geáhniaþ, and an tweón is hwæeðer hý martyras sýn alii membra martyrum — si tamen martyrum — venditant, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add

weald

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Add Weald þeáh eówer eard ús gesceóte, Jos. 9, 7. Add Weald hú þé sǽle whatever happen to thee, An. 1357. Cf. lóca hú

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5