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segl-ród

(n.)
Grammar
segl-ród, e ; f.
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A sail-yard, Cd. Th. 182, 29 ; Exod. 83. (v. segl, <b>Ia.</b>) [O. H. Ger. segal-ruota antenna. ] Cf. segel-gird

róðra

Similar entry: róðer

-roc

(suffix)

Similar entry: ed-roc

róf

(n.)
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a number (?). v. secg-, stæf-róf

Róm

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Tó Róme (Rómesbyrig, Rómebyrig, v. ll.) þú becymst, Gr. D. 132, 31. Hé becóm tó Róme (gesóhte Rómesbyrig, v. l. ), 133, 8. Sécende Rómesbyrig (Rómesburh, v. l. ), 273, 19. Fǽddæ hiǽ wylif in Rómæcæstri, Txts. 127, 2. Add

rop

(n.)

the colon.

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the colon

Linked entry: hrop

ród-begenga

(n.)
Grammar
ród-begenga, an; m.
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One who worships a cross Ródbigenga crucicola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 23

Linked entry: ród-weorðiend

ród-bora

(n.)
Grammar
ród-bora, an; m.
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One who bears a cross Ródbora crucifer, Germ. 389, 1

ród-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
ród-fæstnian, p. ode
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To crucify Geródfæstnad crucifixus, Apstls. Crd

sweor-ród

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-ród, e; f.
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A cross suspended from the neckChart. Th. 551, 5.429, 15. Hé becwæð Wulfstáne ærcebiscope áne sweorróde (the Latin version has philacterium; cf. the use of this word for chains and medals worn by gladiators round their necks as tokens of victory), Óðrum

coc-ród

(n.)
Grammar
coc-ród, e; f.
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A cock-road, a clearing in a wood where woodcocks could be netted Oð ðá cocródæ; swá of ðǽre cocród, C. D. v. 346, 26

ge-rod

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æscstede-ród

(n.)
Grammar
æscstede-ród, e; f.

A cross marking a battlefield

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A cross marking a battlefield ? Of dære greátan apeldre on æscstederóde, C. D. iii. 135, 22

róf

Grammar
róf, valiant.
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Add:

rop

(n.)
Grammar
rop, (?) broth.
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See broþ for instances in which that word translates jus

rót

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Add Þǽr wæs mǽst ꝥ rótoste ꝥ wæs on Ængla lande on þám twám gefylcum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 25

-róf

(suffix)

Similar entry: secg-róf

rot

(n.)

scum

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scumLchdm. ii. 204, 1 : 286, 4

breóst-rocc

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-rocc, es; m. [breóst. rocc
clothing
]

clothing ⬩ Breast-cloth ⬩ thorax

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Breast-cloth; thorax Breóstrocc thorax. Cot. 163. Stíðe and ruge breóstroccas [MS. breóst-rocces] stiff and rough breast-clothes; renones, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 114; Wrt. Voc. 40, 24

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. Wé willaþ ðæt ǽlc Rómpænig beó gelǽst be Petres mæssan tó ðam bisceopstóle

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

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