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æften

(n.)

evening

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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk.

a-spelian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spelian, part. a-speliende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To supply another's roomto be deputy or proxy for anotherrepresent anothervicario munere fungivicem vel locum alicujus supplere

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To supply another's room, to be deputy or proxy for another, represent another; vicario munere fungi, vicem vel locum alicujus supplere He móste his hláford aspelian he might represent his lord, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 192, 3 : R. Ben. 58.

wíc-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-stede, es; m.
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Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Th. 78, 7. Ic éþelstðl hæleþa hrére, hornsalu wagiaþ, wera wícstede, weallas beofiaþ. Exon. Th. 383, 11; Rä. 4, 9

clǽg

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Add: ¶ as a component of words denoting places with a clayey soil, Clay- in local names Of clǽgbróce . . . on clǽgbróc, C. D. vi. 52, 25, 29. Cléigate, iv. 178, 2. On clǽghyrste, C. D. B. iii. 45, 7. On clǽgweg, andlang clǽgweges, 44, 25: C.

þæder

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Add: local Þæder quo, An. Ox. 2, 193: 3331 n. Dó man þǽm túna teóðunga þæder (ibidem) þe tó mynstre hýrað.

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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suitable, fit, meet Cneówien him on gedreógere stówe ( in loco congruo). An gedreóhre stówe. Hí sceolon an gedreógum húse (in competenti hospitali ) ælmesmanna fét þweán. Nap. 29. quiet, orderly. of persons, serious in behaviour; gravis.

beór-sele

(n.)
Grammar
beór-sele, biór-sele, es; m.

A beer-hallfeasting-hallhallmansionpalacecerevisiæ aulaconvivis recipiendis locusaulamansiopalatium

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A beer-hall, feasting-hall, hall, mansion, palace; cerevisiæ aula, convivis recipiendis locus, aula, mansio, palatium In [on] beórsele in the beer-hall Beo. Th. 968; B. 482 : 988; B. 492 : Runic pm. 14; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 342, 5.

Linked entries: beór-tún biór-sele

eorþ-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-wæstm, e; f.

Fruit of the earthterræ frux

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Wæs seó stów wædla eorþwæstma ĕrat lŏcus frūgis inops, Bd. 4, 28 ; S. 605, 18. On eorþwæstmum genóh þuhte abundance appeared in the fruits of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 12; Met. 8, 6

lætemest

(adj.)
Grammar
lætemest, a double superlative of læt.

Last

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Stówe ða lætemestu novissimum locum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 9, 10. Monige wutudlíce bióþun ǽrist ða foerþmestu and ða lætemestu foerþmest multi autem erunt primi novissimi et novissimi primi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 31. Ða endo ł lætmesta novissima, Mt.

Linked entry: lætmest

gemót-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-ærn, -ern, es; n. [gemót; ærn, ern a place]

A meeting-place, senate-house, hallconveniendi locus, aula

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A meeting-place, senate-house, hall; conveniendi locus, aula Ahleópon ðá ealle, and hine mid heora metseaxum ofsticedon on heora gemótærne [MS. gemóterne] then [the consuls and the senate] all jumped up, and stabbed him [Julius Cæsar] with their daggers

Linked entry: mót-ærn

á-barian

(v.)
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Add: to make bare, strip Stówe róde ábarude locum cruce denudatum, Angl. xiii. 427, 894. to lay bare, expose, disclose Ælfremeda wunda ná ábarian ( detegere ) and geswutelian, R. Ben. I. 80, 12. Gylt ábarian delictum denudare, Scint. 195, 2.

eofor

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. ¶ in local names. Efer-bróc, Eferæs cumb, Efer-dún, Eofor-sol, C. D. vi. 284, 285

hell-waran

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Him þá getealdan stówe mid helwarum deputatum sibi apud inferos locum, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 643, 7

hideres

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., and add: local Hé þǽr lange hyderes and þyderes sécende fór, Hml. S. 236, 730. figurative Sió ábisgung hine scofett hidres ðædres, Past. 169, 13. Mé þincþ ꝥ þú mé dwelige and dyderie and lǽdst mé hidres and þidres, Bt. 35, 5; F. 164, 13.

Linked entry: hidres

hnutu

Grammar
hnutu, gen. dat. hnyte.
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R. 7, 16. the form hnut- is found in many local names: On hnutclyf, C. D. iii. 48, 6. In hnutfen, v. 126, 32. Æt Hnuthyrste, i. 63, 5. On hnutleáge, v. 207, 20. Tó hnutstede, iii. 275, 8. On hnutwíc, 176, 17

gærs-tún

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Gærstún crovitorium (cf. croutura locus septus, sepimentum, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 14. Pratum quod juxtacivitatem habetur, quod Saxonice Garstone appellatur ... This sunðe the gemeare thes gerstunlandes, and thære mede, C. D. B. ii. 349, 32-39.

ge-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To fold upwrapplĭcāreinvolvĕre

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To fold up, wrap; plĭcāre, involvĕre Ne læg hyt ná mid línwǽdum, ac onsundron gefealden on ánre stówe non cum linteamĭnĭbus pŏsĭtum, sed sepărātim invŏlūtum in ūnum lŏcum, Jn. Bos. 20, 7. Miððý gefeáld ðæt bóc cum plicuisset librum, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: ge-fildan

wundor-cræft

Grammar
wundor-cræft, <b>. I.</b>
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, v.ll.) gemeten and geworht and gescyrpendlíce gehíwod ætýwde tó þám gemete hyre heáfdes et locus quoque capitis seorsum fabrefactus ad mensuram capitis illius optissime fíguratus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 451, 18. Add

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys venerunt in Mara, nec poterant bibere aquas de Mara, eo quod essent amaræ, unde et congruum loco

Linked entry: bitter-nes

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Lóca hwylc crísten man sý ungesibsum, man áh on þám dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wlfst. 295, 5. Hér cýð on ðysum gewrite hú Godwine and Leófwine wurdon ge-sybsumode ymbe ðæt land, C. D. iv. 266, 10