riht-landgemǽre
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a lawful boundary to land Ofer feld on ðá rihtlandgemǽre, C. D. iii. 446, 18
Linked entries: riht-gemǽre land-gemǽre
riht-wísian
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to justify:Add: Gé syndon þá þe eów sylfe rihtwísiað beforan mannum, Gr. D. 40, 9
þancfullíce
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Add: graciously, kindly Hé þá áne spyrtan þanc-fullíce ( benigne ) onféng. Gr. D. 203, 8
un-gerǽdod
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Not furnished with harness Feówer hors, twá gerǽdode, twá ungerǽdode, C. D. iv. 299, 21
Linked entry: ge-rǽdod
wól
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Add: n. In þám hláfe næs ná bemiþen ꝥ wól (pestis), Gr. D. 118, 10
wringe
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A press, Gr. D. 250, 15. [See first passage under wringan. )[Wringe, Pall. xi. 107.]
æcer
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Twégen æceras . . . se þridde æcer, C. D. iii. 400, 6-9 ; 19, 5-8. Add
fyxe
A she-fox, vixen
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A she-fox, vixen Ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gæð, C. D. ii. 29, 1
beán-stede
A place where beans are grown?
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A place where beans are grown? Tó beánstede . . . of beánstede, C. D. iii. 425, 19
haca
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On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde (haccan is the form in the MS. printed C. D. B. iii. 395, 18), vi. 41, 24. Here there might be reference to the enclosures being bolted, or to their construction with hurdles, cf. hæc, and see hake in N. E. D
snǽd
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On herredsnád, 300, 11. On tattingsnád, C. D. B. i. 295, 28. Wiðútan ðone snǽdhege, C. D. iii. 79, 28
un-mǽte
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Add: of material objects Wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres, Hml. S. 23 b, 774. of non-material objects Mægn unmættra hreónessa and unwederes vim nimiae tempestatis, Gr. D. 346, 33.
beden
prayed
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prayed,Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 527, 28 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 22;
sund-deáw
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Sundew remains as a name for drosera rotundifolia, v. E. D. S. Pub., Plant Names
Linked entry: sunn-deáw
þrym-dóm
Glory
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Glory Ðæt eorðlíce mægn ðe tó dóme (þrymdóme, MS. D.) cumen is, Wulfst. 254, 14
brémel-leáh
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A lea covered with brambles On bré-merleáh; of brérnerleá, C. D. iii. 80, 26
brémel-þorn
A bramble
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A bramble Andlanges furh on brémelþornan on ðá ealdan díc, C. D. iii. 10, 22
brér-hlǽw
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A hlǽw (q. v.) with briers on it On brérhlǽw, C. D. iii. 82, 21
Linked entry: hlǽw
cærsiht
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Cressy, having much cress In cærsihtan wyll, C. D. iii. 121, 18. v. next word
circan
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to roar (?) Circinde wæter, Lch. i. 390, 11. [v. N. E. D. chirk.] Cf. cearcian