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ǽ-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-riht, es; n. [ǽ law, riht right]

Law-rightlawjus legurnjus

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Law-right, law; jus legurn, jus Ða ðe fyrngewritu sélest cunnen, ǽriht eówer who the old writings best know, your own law, Elen. Kmbl. 749; El. 375: 1176; El. 590

píl

(n.)
Grammar
píl, es; m.
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Ða Walas ádrifon sumre ford ealne mid scearpum pílum (stængum, MS. D.) greátum innan ðam wetere (cf. Cassobellannus ripam fluminis ac pene totum sub aqua vadum acutissimis sudibus praestruxerat, Bd. 1, 2), Chr. Erl. 5, 10.

Linked entry: ge-píled

sweót

(n.)
Grammar
sweót, es; n.
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Segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 247; El. 124. Sweótum in crowds, in shoals, Beo. Th. 1138; B. 567.Th. 199, 20; Exod. 341.119, 5; Gen. 1975.119, 25; Exod. 220.

scindel

(n.)
Grammar
scindel, es; m.
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A shingle Ut reddat iusticiam aecclesiae, id est, .i. cyricsceat, et .v. scindlas, et .i. bord, C. D. vi. 33, 1

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Ðý geáre gegaderode ón hlóþ wícenga (-inga, v. l. ), Chr. 879; Erl. 80, 28. Ðá métton hié .xvi. scipu wícenga (-inga, v. l. ), 885; Erl. 82, 28.

Linked entry: scegð-mann

mód-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mód-cræft, es; m.

Mental power or skill

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Mental power or skill Da ðe snyttro mid eów and módcræft habben, Elen. Kmbl. 815; El. 408. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro ðæt ðú wite. Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 4; Cri. 441

æplian

(v.)
Grammar
æplian, p. ede; pp. ed

To make into the form of apples

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To make into the form of apples, Elen. Kmbl. 2517; El. 1260

freó-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
freó-sceatt, es; m.
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and for þám ánum foroft gefreóde not those only that are free, but still more those that are born chattels and the absolute property of other men, and for the particular purpose are very often freed; non solum liberi, sed etiam plerumque et ex conditione

Linked entry: freó

cilda trog

(n.)
Grammar
cilda trog, es; m. [cild, trog a trough, cradle]

A child's cot, cradlecunæ, arum

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A child's cot, cradle; cunæ, arum, pl. f. Som. Ben. Lye

ǽr-gewyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-gewyrht, es; n.

A former worka deed of oldopus pristinumfacinus olim commissum

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Kmbl. 2599; El. 1301. Nom. pl. ærgewyrhtu, Exon. 263; Th. 76, 18; Cri. 1241

Linked entry: ge-wyrht

ge-feoht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.

A fightbattlecontestwarpreparation for warpræliumpugnacongressiobellumprocinctus

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Ðonne gé gehýraþ gefeohtu and gefeohta hlísan, ne ondrǽde gé eów cum audiĕritis bella et opiniōnes bellōrum, ne timuĕritis, Mk. Bos. 13, 7 : Mt. Bos. 24, 6. Miclum gefeohtum in great battles, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 25 : L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, i, note 1.

feoh-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gestreón, es; n.

Treasurerichesθησαυρόsdīvĭtiæ

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Elþeódig hafaþ mec bereáfod feohgestreón a stranger has bereaved me of my treasures, Elen. Kmbl. 1818; El. 911: Salm. Kmbl. 64; Sal. 32: Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 27; Jul. 102

mold-weg

(n.)
Grammar
mold-weg, es; m.

A way upon earthearth

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A way upon earth, earth Gif wé on moldwege fundne weorþen if we are found on earth, Exon. 70 b; Th. 262, 18; Jul. 334: 48 a; Th. 164, 15; Gú. 1012: Elen. Kmbl. 931; El. 467

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Bibeád ic eów ðæt gé bróþor míne in woruldríce wel árétten, Exon. Th. 91, 32 ; Cri. 1501 : 275, 12; Jul. 549: 290, 14; Wand. 65: 442, 16 ; Kl. 13. Hú wolde ðæt geweoðan on woruldríce? Elen. Kmbl. 910; El. 456. In worldríce, 2095 ; El. 1049.

wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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eo de equo suo, omnes assurgebant ei.

fóre-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þanc, es; m.

Forethoughtconsiderationconsidĕrātio

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Náhton fóreþances wísdómes gewitt they had no sense of wisdom's foresight, Elen. Kmbl. 712; El. 356. Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS

heaðu-wælm

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-wælm, -welm; wylm, es; m.

Fierce, intense heat

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Kmbl. 3082; An. 1544: Elen. Kmbl. 1154; El. 578: 2607; El. 1305

Læsting

(n.)
Grammar
Læsting, Læstinga
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Lastingham in Yorkshire Fram ðám bróðrum ðæs mynstres ðe Læstinga is nemned, Bd. pref: S. 472, 17. Getimbrede ðǽr mynster ðæt is nú gecýged Læstinga , 3, 23; S. 555, 3. Hé gewát tó his mynsterscire ðæt is on Læstinga , 5, 19; S. 639, 14.

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, protection, covering, refuge;

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Constantínus æðelinga hleó, Elen. Kmbl. 198; El. 99. Beorna hleó éce ælmihtig, Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 28; Jul. 272. Duguþa hleó[Guthlac] 48 a; Th. 165, 26; Gú. 1034. Wes earmra hleó be a refuge for the poor, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 32; Dan. 587.

túr

(n.)
Grammar
túr, es; m.
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A tower Intó ðam túre on Lundene, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 31. Ðone weall ðe hí worhton onbútan ðone túr, 1097; Erl. 234, 27. Sié ginyhtsumnisse in túrum ðínum fiat habundantia in turribus tuis, Rtl. 176, 13

Linked entry: torr