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gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Gegafsprǽce and ídele word and þá word þe leahter ástyrien on eallum stówum wé forbeódaþ scurrilitales vel verba otiosa et risum moventia in omnibus locis dampnamus, R. Ben. 22, 4. Add

ge-hendnys

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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.

hymlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hymlíc, hymlic ?, es; m.
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. ¶ in a local name :-- On hemléclége, C. D. iii. 437, 3

Linked entry: hemlic

án-haga

(n.)
Grammar
án-haga, -hoga, an; m.

One dwelling alonea reclusesolitariussolitarie habitans vel degens

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One dwelling alone, a recluse; solitarius, solitarie habitans vel degens Ðǽr se ánhaga eard bihealdeþ ibi solitarius natalem locum tenet, Exon. 57a; Th. 303, 20; Ph. 87. Íc eom ánhaga I am a recluse, 102b; Th. 388, 1; Rä. 6, 1: Beo.

Linked entries: án-hoga -haga

swan

(n.)
Grammar
swan, swon, es; m.
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For instances of the word in local names, see swonleáh, swonweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 78

blóstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
blóstm-bǽre, adj.

Floweryblooming

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Ðeós blóstmbǽre stów locus iste florifer, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 31. Ðá blóstmbǽran juguðe floridam iuuentutem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 13. Blóst(m)bǽre, An. Ox. 442. Blóstmbǽre florulenta, i. floribus referta, 140

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3.

læfer

Grammar
læfer, <b>. I.</b>
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Add: In local names Ad uadum qui uocatum Leuerford, C. D. i. 64, 12. Leuuremer Livermere (in Suffolk), iv. 245, 30. Cf. Liversedge, Liverpool; cf. eá-lifer. Add Læfer lamina (auri), An. Ox. 2, 26. Læfrum petalis (deauratis ), 5497.

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthyniger, fuscusnigerink

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Forðonðe ðú ne mæht ǽnne loc hwítne gewirce oððe blæcne quia non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 36. Ofslógon ðone blacan Heawald they killed the black Heawald, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 40.

Linked entries: blæc-berie bleac

ge-staþelfæstan

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Vos. 143, 12. of a person. to fix in a position to be occupied Munuc gestaþolfæstan mæg abbod on máran þænne in eóde stede monachum stabilire potest abbas in maiori quam ingreditur loco, R. Ben.

BÚAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.

To dwell, livehabitare, versari aliquo locoTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, colere, incolere

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To dwell, live; habitare, versari aliquo loco He búde on Eást-Englum he dwelt among the East-Angles, Chr. 890; Erl. 66. 29: Ors. 1, l; Bos. 19, 26. Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount, Beo.

hóh

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hóh, (applied to land).
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. ¶ the word occurs mostly in local names, from one of which (Clofes-hóh) the declension may be shewn :-- Seó stów is nemned Clofeshooh (-hóh, v. l.) locus appellatur Clofeshoch Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 12. Clofeshóh, C. D. i. 227, 8. Cloueshó, v. 58, 9.

geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyondper, trans, inter, post, ultraκατά

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Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond; per, trans, inter, post, ultra; κατά He gǽð geond drige stówa ambulat per loca arida, Mt. Bos. 12, 43: 14, 35. Ðá eóde geond Hiericho tum perambulabat Jericho, Lk. Bos. 19, 1.

eardung

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D. 184, 26. of beasts, v. eardian, 3 Úre fór wæs þurh þá lond and stówe þe missenlicra cynna eardung in wæs nǽdrena and wildeóra per bestiosa serpentiosaque loca nobis iter erat, Nar. 10, 5.

feor

(adj.)
Grammar
feor, adj.
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Gehwylce men þe þǽr landleóde wǽron, ge þá nearran ge þá feorran (fyrran, v. l.) vicini vel longe positi ejusdem loci accolae, Gr. D. 230, 8. Munecas of feorrum stówum, Hml. S. 23 b, 29.

Linked entry: feor-land

wræc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-stów, e; f.

a place of exilea place of miserypunishment

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a place of exile Seó stów ðe, ðú nú on hǽft eart, and ðú cwist ðæt ðín wræcstów sý, heó is ðám monnum éþel ðe ðǽron geborene wǽran hic ipse locus, quem iu exsilium vocas, incolentibus patria est, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 27. a place of misery or punishment

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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</b> of a place that can be shut up :-- Wunion ealle an ánre fæstre wununge omnes in uno conclaui (cf. conclaus, locus conclusus, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 683) atrii, Chrd. 54, 33

nirwett

(n.)
Grammar
nirwett, es; m.

narrownessa narrow placepassoppression of the chestdifficulty of breathing

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narrowness Ic hit geféran ne mehte for ðara wega nerwette ( propter angustas semitas ), Nar. 25, 5. a narrow place, pass Se engel eode intó ánum nyrwette angelus ad locum angustum transiens, Num. 22, 26. oppression of the chest, difficulty of breathing

Linked entry: nerwet

wéstig

(adj.)
Grammar
wéstig, adj.
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Wéstig is stów desertus est locus Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig (woestig, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. Woestihg (woestig, Rush.), 14, 15. On woestigum stówe, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 42. In wéstige stówe, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 35. Woestig, 6, 32

Linked entry: woestig

cwealm-stów

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Cualmstón calvariae locus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 2. Ðá cempan hine ( Jesus gelǽddon tó ðǽre cwealmstówe þǽr man cwealde sceaðan, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 15. Hí lǽdde Maximus mid óþrum cwellerum tó þǽre cwealmstówe, Hml. S. 34, 226.