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wæscing

(n.)
Grammar
wæscing, (?) washing in weascing-weg

a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?)

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a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?) Tó weascingwege nioðeweardun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: weascing

forþa

Grammar
forþa, [ = furþum],
  • Angl. ix. 265.

fram-ness

Grammar
fram-ness, v. fromnis in Dict.

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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In locum qui dicitur cynges uuíc (cf. in villa regali qui dicitur Werburging-wíc, i. 275, 3), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 373, 8.

efne-

(prefix)
Grammar
efne-, This form is used in the Northern specimens to render the prefix con- in many Latin verbs, e. g. efne-árísa con-surgere, efne-ceiga con-vocare, efne-fornioma com-prehendere, efne-senda
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com-mittere. For other compounds

un-áteórigendlic

Grammar
un-áteórigendlic, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Þone gást ðe is éce and unáteórigendlic, Hml. S. 17, 14. of a person, that fainleth not Is maUNCERATAIN trum weall and unáteórigendlic bewerigend (cf. Is. 40, 28), Hml. S. 7, 127

Linked entry: á-teorigendlic

emn-

(prefix)
Grammar
emn-, emne-, in composition,

even, equal

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even, equal, as efen mne-cristen a fellow-christian. Emn-sceólere a school-fellow

Linked entry: efen-micel

-mǽlum

(suffix)
Grammar
-mǽlum, -meal (in piece-

meal

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meal)

Linked entry: mǽl

reáda

Grammar
reáda, In l. 2 read
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extales, and add: A tonsil Reádan toleam, Lch. i. lxxii, 5: lxxiv, 28

strece

Grammar
strece, Tech. ii. 128, 25.

Similar entry: strícan

wæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-here, (ig)es; m.

A slaughtering host

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A slaughtering host Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Cd. Th. 119, 21; Gen. 1983

-ǽre

(suffix)
Grammar
-ǽre, -oared, in cmpds.
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Ǽnne scegð .lxiiii. ǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 8

brasian

(v.)
Grammar
brasian, brasigan, ic brasige

æro, ⬩ I cover with brass

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æro, I cover with brass; Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39, Bodleian copy, C. D

swane-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
swane-wyrt, (?),
  • Lchdm. ii. 74, 20.

for-swígan

Grammar
for-swígan,
Similar entries
v. swígan
in Dict.

Linked entry: swígan

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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.; ðonne is ealles ðæs londes .xxv. swulunga and án swulung on Ceólulfingtúne, iii. 429, 14-18. Ðæt lond æt Stánhámstede ( Stanstead, in Kent ) .xx. swuluncga, i. 292, 23.

Linked entry: swulung

frosc

(n.)
Grammar
frosc, forsc, frox (q. v. in Dict.), frocx, es; m.

A frog

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Voc. ii. 113, 31. Frocx, 51, 28. Regnwyrm lumbricus frox luscinus ýce rana 71, 13-15. Frosc ranam, An. Ox. 54, 2. Frox, Bl. Gl. Forsc, Ps. Srt. 77, 45. Forscas ranas, 104, 30. ¶ in local names Forscaburna, C. D. iii. 383, 29. Æt Froxafelda, 127, 33

Linked entries: forsc frocx frox

ge-rǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽwe, in the phrase on gerǽwe
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in a row Hí ealle on gerǽwe sǽton, Hml. S. 23, 779. Of ðám alre tó ðám twám wycan standað on geréwe swá ðæt gemére gǽþ, C. D. iii. 424, 8

Apulder

(n.)
Grammar
Apulder, es; m. [in paludibus]

APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden

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APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden Æt Apuldre at Appledore, Chr. 893; Th. 164, 10: 894; Th. 166, 41, col. 1. Æt Apoldre at Appledore, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1032; 328, 23

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat

sweaty, sweating

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sweaty, sweating Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung, swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 18. Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6

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