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fóþorn

(n.)
Grammar
fóþorn, es; m. [fón to grasp, catch; þorn a thorn]

A fothorn ⬩ surgeon's instrument ⬩ tĕnācŭlum

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A fothorn, surgeon's instrument; tĕnācŭlum Wið ðam niðeran tóþece, slít mid ðé fóþorne óþ-ðæt hie bléden for the nether tooth-ache, slit [the gums] with the fothorn till they bleed, L. M. 1, 6; Lchdm. ii. 52, 8

Dyra wudu

(n.)
Grammar
Dyra wudu, Dera wudu; gen. dat. wuda; m. [Dere the Deirians, wudu a wood: the wood of the Deirians]

Beverley, Yorkshire ⬩ oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi

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Beverley, Yorkshire; oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi Se sóþfæsta Berhthun eft wæs abbud ðæs mynstres ðæt ys gecýged on Dyra wuda veracissĭmus Bercthun nunc abbas monastērii quod vocātur in Derauuda, id est, in silva Derōrum, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 29. He

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Se Ælmihtiga eorþan worhte the Almighty made the earth, Beo. Th. 185; B. 92. Drihtnes is eorþe and fulnysse oððe gefyllednes hyre the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, Ps. Lamb. 23, 1: Ex. 9, 29: Deut. 10, 14.

Linked entries: eord eorþ

be-þwyr

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þwyr, adj. [be, þwir wicked]

Perverse, depraved ⬩ depravatus

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Perverse, depraved; depravatus,Cot. 63

eága-swind

(n.)
Grammar
eága-swind, the eyelid, the cheek; gĕna. Som. Ben. Lye; Grm. Gr. iii. 401
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proposes eagan-spind

fleá

Grammar
fleá, Strong and weak forms occur of which the former seem the older
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Fleáh, flę́h pulix Txts. 88, 813. Hine byton lýs and lyftene gnættas and eác swylce fleán, Hex. 24, 31. Hwí ne lufast þú flæá (pulices) ?, Solil. H. 16, 7. Take II under fleáh albugo; with I take fleó in Dict., and add;

stán-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
stán-bucca, Ælfric has wrongly given to the river-name Cinyps the meaning of
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Cinyphius hircus: cf. Virgil Georg. 3, 312 and Isidore xii. 1. 14: 'Maiores hirci Cinyphii dicuntur a fluvio Cinyphe in Libya ubi grandes nascuntur.' (Note by Dr. Craigie.)

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, ⬩ a cave ⬩ chamber ⬩ The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; ⬩ pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan > he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 64; Met. 9, 32: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 19; Gen. 574: Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 22; Wand. 18

Linked entry: in-cofa

-feald

(suffix)
Grammar
-feald, the termination of numerals, as án-feald one-fold, single; twí-feald or twý-feald two-fold, double; þreó-feald or þrý-feald three-fold, treble; seofon-feald seven-fold; manig-feald

manifold

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manifold

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

bǽl-blys

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-blys, l. e -blyse(?); m. u -blysu (?); f. (the word occurs only in the acc.:-- In bǽlblyse gesyllan, scúfan)

Similar entry: blysian

hind-fald

Grammar
hind-fald, híne. The word seems constructed as a nominative to the genitive hína (from hígna).
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BRÉME

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÉME, brýme; def. se bréma, seó, ðæt bréme; comp. brémra; sup. brémest, brýmust; adj.

Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; ⬩ celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus

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Fram gebyrdtíde brémes Cyninges from the birth-time of the glorious King [Christ], Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 20; Edg. 12. Hí Rómána brýmuste wǽron they were the most esteemed of the Romans, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30

Linked entries: brémen brýme

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605 ⬩ Augustínus

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Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A.

Linked entry: Agustin

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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Hí tó scipon stréddon they dispersed to their ships, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 3. to lay in order (?) Streide struere (struerem?), strídae, streide struere, Txts. 99, 1910

Linked entries: strédan strégan

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Hé teáh hiene ðæt hé his ungerisno sprǽce wið ða senatos he (Philip) charged him (Demetrius, his son) that he had spoken disparagingly of him to the senate, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 28.

Engla feld

(n.)
Grammar
Engla feld, gen. feldes; dat. felda, felde; m. [Hovd. Englefeld: Brom. Englefelde: Matt. West. Anglefeld: Angles' field, the field of the English]

ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi

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D. 871] the army came to Reading in Wessex, and three nights after two earls rode up: then alderman Æthelwulf met them at Inglefield, and there fought against them, and gained the victory. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 5-8

ge-stalu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stalu, e; f. [stalu theft]

Theft; ⬩ furtum

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Theft; furtum Ylce gestale for every theft, L. Ath. iv. 3; Th. i. 222, 22. Oft gé in gestalum stondaþ oft ye are engaged in thefts [or gestalum from gestala?], Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 31; Gú. 481

Linked entry: stalu

un-slǽwð

(n.)
Grammar
un-slǽwð, seems an error for un-sǽlð, the reading of the Cott. MSS.
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Past. 45; Swt. 341, 4

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