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súþan-eástan

(adv.)
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Th. 56, 15; Cri. 901. in phrases marking position, to the south-east Be-súþaneástan ( ad Eurum ) dæm porte, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 9. On-suðaneástan ðissum lande, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 5

decan

(n.)
Grammar
decan, decanon, es; m.
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One who has charge of ten monks Fram decane sí boren a decano portetur, Angl. xiii. 414, 701: 433, 980. Þurh decanonas per decanos, R. Ben. 125, 8. Cf. teóþung-ealdor

Linked entry: decanon

Huntan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Huntan-dún, e; f.

Huntingdon

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Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19

ofer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.

hrycg-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hrægel, es; n.

A dorsalmantle

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Th. 529, 10, where Thorpe appends this note in explanation of the word, '"manteau très riche d'ornemens, qui n'étoit porté que par les gens de haute condition." Roquefort, voce Dossal.

heden

(n.)
Grammar
heden, es; m.

A hood, chasubledressa jacket of fur or skin

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Sacerd ðonne hé mæssan singe ne hæbbe hé on heden ne cæppan sacerdos cum missam cantat ne portet cucullum nec cappam, L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 9.

Linked entries: hæðen hed-cláþ

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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Sig ǽlc Rómpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæge ǽiþer ge uppon lande ge on ǽlcan porte, Shrn. 208, 32. Rómpenegas (cf. seó ǽlc heorþpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæg, 116, 4), Wulfst 113, 11.

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSEcampanile vel campanariumturris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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A BELL-HOUSE, campanile vel campanarium, turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula; a room or tower in the castle of a Thane, generally built between the kitchen and porter's lodge, where was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers

Linked entry: bell-hús

mylen

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A water mill Ligð bænorðan ðám porte .xxxvi. æceras yrðlandes, and .x. æceras mǽde, and án mylen, C. D. v. 316, 1.

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, an; m.

A place fenced in, an enclosure, a haw, a dwelling in a townyarda yard, or enclosurea hedged field, a pasture

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Ǽnne hagan on porte curtem unum in supradicta civitate, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 72, 27 : iii. 213, 13. Quandam hospicii portionem in præfata civitate sitam, quÆ patria lingua haga solet appellari, vi. 134, 24; cf. 135, 14, 25.

múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié . . . Ottorogorre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 6-13. On Limene múþan . . . Se múþa is on eástweardre Cent. . .

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.
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Árás Malchus heora þeningmann, and dyde eall swá his gewuna wæs, nam mid him sumne dǽl feós ... ðæt feoh bær tó porte, 472-486: 447. Se Hǽlend hét ða ðénigmen áfyllan six stǽnene fatu, Homl.

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Ðæne se geat-weard lǽt in whom the porter lets in, Jn. Skt. 10, 3. Hé áwearp ða scyllingas in on ðæt templ he cast the money into the temple, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 5.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Windhladen (q. v.) ventuosus. to put as a burden, freight, or cargo, to load something on a porter or vehicle Ic mé [on] hrycg hlade, þæt ic habban sceal, Rä. 4, 65, Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan, B. 2126.

mynetere

(n.)
Grammar
mynetere, es; m.

a moneyera money-changermoney-dealera minterone who coins

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Nán man ne mynetege bútan on porte. And gif se mynetere fúl wurþe, sleá man of ða hand ðe hé ðæt fúl mid worhte, and sette upp on ða mynetsmiððan . . . On Cantwara byrig . vii. myneteras, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 17-26.

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Gif hwá bútan porte ceápige, ðonne sý hé cyninges oferhýrnesse scyldig, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 14. Ðæt se wǽre, ðe rihtes wyrnde, scyldig æt þriddan cyrre cyninges oferhýrnesse ðæt is .cxx. sciłł., 2; Th. i. 160, 16.

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Hig bícnodon hyra gefér*-*an, ꝥ hí cómun and him fylston they signalled their companions to come and help them, Lk. 5, 7. to shew by a sign, signify, indicate, portend Iste ys æteowendlic and ðár bið, þár man swá bícnað be him, Eifc. Gr. Z. 93, 9.

Linked entry: bécnan

dwelian

(v.)
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Ox. 347. figurative Nú ic wæs of þám rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit bið ꝥ ic eft fare út of þysum porte, ðy lǽs ic tó swíðe dwelige, Hml. S. 23, 553. Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18.

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Hwá rít intó ðam porte quis equitat in civitatem? Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 52. Ðín cyning rít uppan tamre assene, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende