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fram-adrífan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-adrífan, -adrýfan; p. -adráf, pl. -adrifon

To drive from or away ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre

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To drive from or away, expel; expellĕre Gif gé me framadrýfaþ si me expellĭtis, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 23

sigel-hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
sigel-hweorfa, an ; m. A plant-name, a word equivalent in meaning to the Greek
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Voc. i. 68, 5, 80 : Lchdm. iii. 302, col. 1. Sigelhuerpha eliotropia, id. Sigelhueorua nimphea, 304, col. 1 : solsequia, 305, col. 1. Sigelwearfa.

Linked entry: -hweorfa

sealt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt, es; n.
Entry preview:

Kmbl. vi. 331, col. 2, and Leo on Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 27

Linked entry: salt

Bedan ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Bedan ford-scír, Bæda-ford-scír, Beada-ford-scír, Bede-ford-scír, e ; f.

BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen

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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1

Linked entries: Bæda-ford-scír Beada ford-scír Bede-ford-scír

ful-wurþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wurþlíce, full-weorþlíce; adv.

Full worthily ⬩ very honourably ⬩ dignissĭme

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Th. 294, 21, col. 2], swá he wyrðe wæs they buried him very honourably, as he was worthy, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 22, col. 1

Linked entry: full-weorþlíce

ge-célan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-célan, p. de; pp. ed.

To make cold ⬩ to cool ⬩ allay ⬩ refrigerare ⬩ To become cold ⬩ to be refreshed ⬩ refrigerari

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To become cold, to be refreshed; refrigerari Forlǽt me ðæt ic gecéle ǽrðam ðe ic gang remitte mihi ut refrigerer priusquam abeam, Ps. Spl. 38, 18

Linked entries: célan ge-ceolan

hrætele

(n.)
Grammar
hrætele, hrætel-wyrt

rattlewort

Entry preview:

rattlewort, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 2

hopu

lygustra,

Entry preview:

lygustra, Lchdm. iii. 332, col. 2

be-grynian

(v.)
Grammar
be-grynian, p. ode; pp. od

To ensnare ⬩ entrap ⬩ illaqueare ⬩ irretire

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To ensnare, entrap; illaqueare, irretire Ðæt híg swá beón begrynode ut sic irretientur Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 17

hwæt-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-líce, adv.

Quickly ⬩ speedily

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Hwætlícor citius, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23

lím

Entry preview:

Dele last passage, and ' cola, 20, 24:' in l. 6, and add: — Liim cementum lapidum, Txts. 49, 449

Briten

(n.)
Grammar
Briten, Britten, e; f.

Britain ⬩ Britannia

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Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2

a-stáh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-stáh, p. of a-stígan.

ascended

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ascended,Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2 ;

Ascan mynster

(n.)

Axminster

Entry preview:

Axminster, Chr. 755; Th. 86, 13, col. 1

Bede-ford-scír

(n.)

Bedfordshire

Entry preview:

Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 1

Bæda-ford-scír

(n.)

Bedfordshire

Entry preview:

Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 267, 4, col. 2

Benesing-tún

(n.)

Bensington

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Bensington Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28, col. 1

Euer-wíc

(n.)

York

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York, Chr. 189; Th. 14, 23, col. I

sunn-treów

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-treów, (?). In Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 3 origia is glossed by sun*-*treów. Cockayne suggests,
Entry preview:

oryza sum treów, Lchdm. iii. 346, col. 1

clif-wyrt

Entry preview:

Clifwyrt clitum, Lch. iii. 303, col. 1. Add

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