ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw. I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria, secundum mensuram Londoniæ.'
ambyht-mæcg
A servant-man ⬩ servant ⬩ minister ⬩ servus
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A servant-man, servant, minister; servus Ðíne scealcas, ambyhtmæcgas servi tui, Ps. Th. 101, 12
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aldor-mon
An elder-man ⬩ alderman ⬩ nobleman ⬩ chief ⬩ major natu ⬩ princeps
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An elder-man, alderman, nobleman, chief; major natu, princeps.Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 459, 3: Chr. 851; Th. 120, 19, col. 1: Lk. Jun. 19, 2
alet
Fire ⬩ ignis
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Fire; ignis, Cd. 186; Th. 232, 3; Dan. 254
a-tæfran
To depict ⬩ paint ⬩ depingere
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To depict, paint; depingere Ic hæbbe atæfred I have depicted, Past. 65 ; Hat. MS
a-teorian
To fail ⬩ become weary ⬩ cease ⬩ leave off ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatiscere ⬩ cessare ⬩ desistere
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To fail, become weary, cease, leave off; deficere, fatiscere, cessare, desistere : Geteorigende ateoraþ deficientes deficient, Ps. Spl. 36, 21. Ateorode hálig defecit sanctus, Ps. Spl. 11, 1. Ateorode on sáre líf mín. defecit in dolore vita mea, 30,
áþ-fultum
The support to an oath ⬩ the supporters of an oath ⬩ those who support one's oath, who will swear for another as witnesses ⬩ sacramentales
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E. 5 ; Th. i 362, 19 : L. Eth. ix. 22; Th. i. 344, 23
an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
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A beginning, attempt, resolve, purpose, design, undertaking, opportunity; initium, principium, conatus, inceptum, cœptum, occasio Ǽlc angin every beginning, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 18. Ðis synd sára angin initium dolorum hæc, Mk. Bos. 13, 8. Se ána Scyppend
a-snǽsan
to hit or strike against ⬩ to stake oneself upon anything ⬩ impingere ⬩ to wrest anything from another ⬩ extorquere
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to hit or strike against, to stake oneself upon anything; impingere Gif befóran eágum asnáse [MS. H. asnǽse] if he stake himself before his eyes, L. Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 14. to wrest anything from another? extorquere, L. Noel, Lye
áwisc-ferinend
One who sins disgracefully ⬩ a publican ⬩ qui turpiter peccat ⬩ publicanus
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One who sins disgracefully, a publican; qui turpiter peccat, publicanus, Cot. 204
burh-geat
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A city-gate; urbis porta Æt burhgeate at the city-gate, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 22; Gen. 2426. Mid ðam ðe ða burhgata belocene wurdon cum portœ clauderentur, Jos. 2, 5. Fóre burg-geatum before the city-gates, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461,
burn-sele
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A bath-house; balneum, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 10; Ruin. 22
búr-þegen
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A chamber-servant, chamberlain, chancellor, secretary; cubicularius, cancellarius, scriniarius Búrþén cubicularius, Ǽlfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 100; Wrt. Voc. 25, 40. His þeóden þanc gessǽde ðum búrþéne his chief gave thanks to the chamberlain, Byrht. Th.
clústor-loc
A prison-lock, lock, bar ⬩ claustellum, claustrum
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Epnl. Recd. 156, 2. Clúster-loc claustellum, Cot. 34: claustrum, 181
ciric-tún
A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery ⬩ ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον
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Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 7
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dúru-weard
A door-keeper ⬩ jānĭtor, ostiārius
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Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 168, 1, 3. Ostiārius [MS.
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dyrnan
To hide, secrete, restrain ⬩ occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre
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To hide, secrete, restrain; occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre Ðeáh hí hit ǽr swíðe dyrndon though they had before quite hidden it, Ors. 5, l0; Bos. 108, 15. Ne mihte Iosep hyne leng dyrnan non se potĕrat ultra cohibēre Ioseph, Gen. 45, 1
Eadulfes næs
Eadulf's ness, Walton-on-the-Naze? ⬩ Ædulphi promontōrium in agro Essexiensi
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Eadulf's ness, Walton-on-the-Naze? Ædulphi promontōrium in agro Essexiensi Ðá óðre fóron on Eást-Seaxon to Eadulfes næsse the others went on to Essex, to Eadulf's ness, Chr. 1049; Ing. 220, 24: 1051; Th. 319, 2, col. 2: 1052; Th. 321, 10
eorþ-mistel
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Genim eorþmistel take basil, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 21
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fíc-æppel
A fig-apple or fruit ⬩ a fig ⬩ fīcus ⬩ cārĭca
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A fig-apple or fruit, a fig; fīcus, cārĭca Fícappel cārĭca, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 125; Wrt. Voc. 32, 59. Ne Híg of þornum fícæppla ne gaderiaþ neque de spīnis collĭgunt fīcus, Lk. Bos. 6, 44: Mt. Bos. 7, 16
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