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tó-worpness

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Add: destruction Of ðám dǽle heora tóworpnysse ex parte suae destructionis, Gr. D. 205, 6

þearfend-lic

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Woruldlicra ǽhta lǽddon þearfendlic líf rebus pauperem vitam ducebant, Gr. D. 283, 15. Add

þrinna

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Add: [v. N. E. D. thrin.] : <b>þríst-lǽcan.</b> Add:

un-bunden

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ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe, Gr. D. 214, 14. Add

un-fæger

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Swá sceort man and swá unfægger (-fæger, v.l. ) on ansýne, Gr. D. 46, 20. Add

un-onlísendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-onlísendlic, adj.
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That cannot be absolved Gif þá synna ne beóð unonlýsendlice (insolubiles), Gr. D. 348, 4

Linked entry: on-lísendlic

á-blendan

Grammar
á-blendan, (l a).
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Add: — Críst hine áblende ðe ðis ǽfre áwende, C. D. iv. 271, 19: 270, 21

ceorl

Grammar
ceorl, <b>; II.</b>
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add: — Fram þám dysigum ceorla folce wæs weorþod se hǽþena god, Gr. D. 121, 19

æcer-weg

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-weg, es; m.

A field-road

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A field-road Andlang æcerweges . . . eft on ðone æcerweg, C. D. vi. 137, 17, 22

gærstún-díc

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On becenes grestúndíc; ðet á be díc on Eccen, C. D. v. 330, 35. Add

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

beán-land

(n.)
Grammar
beán-land, es; n.

Land on which beans are grown

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Land on which beans are grown Ðone þriddan æcer beánlandes, C. D. iii. 366, 20

den-bera

(n.)
Grammar
den-bera, pl. n.
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Substitute: &lt;b&gt;den-bǽre,&lt;/b&gt; es; n. A swine-pasture (used only in pl.) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe ðissum londe belimpað, C. D. ii. 195, 15. Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda, 216, 4. Þá denbǽro, 265, 33.

aloþ

(n.)

ale

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ale Wulfréd scolde gifan twá tunnan fulle hlutres aloþ, and ten mittan Wælsces aloþ Wulfred should give two tuns full of clear ale, and ten mittan or measures of Welsh ale, Chr. 852; Ing. 93, 16: Th. Diplm. A. D. 791-796; 40, 4, 5, 6: A.

hecge

(n.)
Grammar
hecge, an; f.

an enclosurea fencehedge

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A place provided with a hedge (?), an enclosure; a fence (?), hedge On Beówanhammes hecgan . . . ðǽre rúwan hecgan, C. D. ii. 172, 28, 32. rúgan hegcan; swá andlang hegerǽwe, 137, 14.

lǽswian

(v.)
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Add: trans. with acc. lǽsode (fédde, v. l.) his swýn porcos pavit Gr. D. 106, 28. with dat. gewunode lǽswode þám eówde his sceápa ovium suarum gregem pascere solebat Gr.

lǽþ

Grammar
lǽþ, land, <b>lǽþ</b>
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a lathe. Take these together, and add On westan Cænt ðǽr ðæt land and ðæt lǽð líð, C. D. vi. 81, 19. Of Æglesforda and of ellan þám lǽþe þe þǽr líþ de Æilesforda et de toto illo lesto quod ad illum manerium pertinet, C. D. B. iii. 659, 25

mund-bora

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Mundbora patronus (civilalis ), An. Ox. 4877. An ðás rédenne ic hit ðider selle ðe se monn ðe Kristes cirican hláford sié, mín and mínra erfewearda forespreoca and mundbora and an his hláforddóme bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 21.

stybb

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Beeástan wrocena stybbe; ðæt swá wrocena stybbe; ðonne of wrocena stybbe, C. D. v. 297, 26. Of stánmere on þǽre pyrigean styb; þonne of pyrigean stybbe on þonne þorn, C. D. B. iii. 39-S 37- ¶ On ðæne æscstubb; of ðám æscstubbe, 234, 27.

blysa

(n.)
Grammar
blysa, blisa, an; m.

A torchfax

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A torch; fax Ðes blisa [blysa, D.] hæc fax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 59; Som. 13, 37

Linked entry: blæse