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brim-lád

(n.)
Grammar
brim-lád, e; f. [brim, lád a way, path]
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The path of the sea, sea-way; maris via Ic in brimláde bídan sceolde I must remain on the sea's path, Exon. 81b; Th. 307, 27; Seef. 30. Ðe brimláde teáh who came the sea-way, Beo. Th. 2107; B. 1051

brim-wylf

(n.)
Grammar
brim-wylf, e; f. [brim, wylf a she-wolf]
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A sea-wolf; marina lupa. An epithet applied to Grendel's mother Hine seó brimwylf abroten hæfde the sea-wolf had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 3202; B. 1599

Linked entry: wylf

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.
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Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney, Dr. Guest properly writes 'round Brunanburh;' v. example 1; Brunæ castellum. [Brunan burh is a pure Anglo-Saxon word, and signifies the castle of

buttor-fleóge

(n.)
Grammar
buttor-fleóge, an; f. [butere butter, fleóge a fly]
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A BUTTERFLY; papilio, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 115; Wrt. Voc. 23, 70

Linked entry: buter-flége

bysmrung

(n.)
Grammar
bysmrung, bysmerung, e; f. [bismer, bysmer infamy, blasphemy]
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Deceit, infamy, blasphemy; illusio, infamia, blasphemia Ðeós bysmrung nis to ondrǽdanne hæc illusio non est timenda, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 39, 41: 497, 6. Is on ðære ylcan bysmrunge swýde nýdþearflíc gesceád est in eadem illusione valde necessaria discretio

Linked entries: bismerung bysmerung

cearful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cearful-nes, -ness, e; f.

Carefulness, curiosity

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Carefulness, curiosity

cearung

(n.)
Grammar
cearung, e; f. [cearu care]

Pensiveness, anguish of mind, a complaintsollicitudo, Som. Ben. Lye.

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Pensiveness, anguish of mind, a complaint; sollicitudo, Som. Ben. Lye

be-gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
be-gýmen, be-gímen, e; f.

Careregardobservationshewpompobservatio

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Care, regard, observation, shew, pomp; observatio Mid begýmene = μετά παρατηρήσεωs with shew or that it can be observed Lk. Bos. 17, 20

Linked entry: be-gímen

cild-fostre

(n.)
Grammar
cild-fostre, -festre, an; f.

A child-fosterer, nursenutrix

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A child-fosterer, nurse; nutrix Mót he habban mid him his cildfostran [-festran, Roff.] debet habere secum nutricem infantis sui, L. In. 64; Wilk. 25, 4

ciric-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-sócn, cyric-sócn, e; f

Church-privilegeecclesiæ immunitas

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Church-privilege; ecclesiæ immunitas Be ciricsócnum of church-privileges, L. In. 5; Th. i. 104, 12

Linked entries: cyric-sócn cyric-sócn

cynn-recceniss

(n.)
Grammar
cynn-recceniss, e; f. [reccenys a narration, history]

A reckoning of relationship, a genealogy genealogia

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A reckoning of relationship, a genealogy; genealogia Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, title

cyric-bót

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-bót, ciric-bót,e; f.

Church-repair ecclesiæ reparatio

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Church-repair; ecclesiæ reparatio To cyricbóte for church-repair, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 6. To ciricbóte sceal eall folc fylstan mid rihte all people must lawfully give assistance to church-repair, L. C. S. 66; Th. i. 410, 12: L. Eth. ix. 6; Th.

Linked entry: bót

dæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíd, e; f. [dæg day, tíd time]

Day-time, time diei tempus

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Day-time, time; diei tempus On ðære dægtíde at that time, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 4; Gen. 1659. On dæg-tídum in the day-time, Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 26; Rä. 18, 3: 126 a; Th. 484, 23; Rä. 71, 6

dæg-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-weorþung, e; f. [weorþung an honouring, celebration]

A commemoration or celebration of a feast-day diei festi celebratio

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A commemoration or celebration of a feast-day; diei festi celebratio Ðe on gemynd nime ðære deórestan dægweorþunga róde under róderum who may bear in remembrance the honouring of the day of the most precious cross under the firmament [i. e. the feast

dafenlícnes

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

A fit time, opportunity opportunitas

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A fit time, opportunity; opportunitas Ðú forsihst on dafenlícnyssum gedréfednysse despicis in opportunitatibus in tribulatione, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 1

CWYRN

(n.)
Grammar
CWYRN, cweorn, e; f:cweorne , an; f.

A mill, hand-mill, QUERN mola

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A mill, hand-mill, QUERN; mola Twá beóþ æt cwyrne grindende: án byþ genumen, and óðer byþ lǽfed duæ molentes in mola; una assumētur, et una relinquētur, Mt. Bos. 24, 41. Ðæt híg grundon on cwyrne popŭlus illud frangēbat mola, Num. 11, 8. Æt ðære cweornan

Linked entries: cwearn cweorn

deád-lícnys

(n.)
Grammar
deád-lícnys, -nyss, e; f.

Deadliness, mortalitymortalĭtas

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Deadliness, mortality; mortalĭtas Ðæt he dǽlnimend wǽre úre deádlícnysse that he was a partaker of our mortality, Homl. Th. i. 36, 34. He becom on ða tíde ðære mydan deádlícnysse tempŏre mortalitātis adveniens, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 9: 3. 30; S. 561, 38

Linked entry: deáþ-lícnes

cyric-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-stíg, e; f. [stíg a way, path]

A church-path ad ecclesiam callis

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A church-path; ad ecclesiam callis Of ðam hylle on cyricstíge, of cyricstíge on ða blacan þyrnan from the hill to the church-path, from the church-path to the black-thorn, Cod. Dipl. 1368; Kmbl. vi. 220, 19, 20

CYST

(n.)
Grammar
CYST, cist, cest,e e; f.

CHEST, coffer, coffin, sheath, casket capsa, capsella, cista, cistella, loculus

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A CHEST, coffer, coffin, sheath, casket; capsa, capsella, cista, cistella, loculus Hire cyste cistam suam, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21. He ða cyste æt-hrán tetigit loculum, Lk. Bos. 7, 14. On cyste dyde condidit in capsella, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 9. Ðæt

Linked entries: cest cist cist

cýs-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-wuce, an; f. [cýse cheese, wuce a week]

Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ

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Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent; septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ. In the Greek church quinquagesima Sunday is the last day on which cheese may be eaten till Easter. The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order