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Anglo-Saxon

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brúcing

Grammar
brúcing, (-ung).
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Fram ǽlcere gærsuman woruldlicra brúcunga unmǽne ab omni munere secularium functionum immunes , C. D. B. i. 154, 15. Add

fald-hríþer

(n.)
Grammar
fald-hríþer, (?), es; n.
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A beast kept in a fold(?) .xvi. oxan, faldréþere, and .III. hund scépa, C. D. B. iii. 367, 35

Linked entry: hríþer

hand-seten

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Ðis synt ðára witena handsetena and ðére hína ðe on ðǽre geþafunge wéron, C. D. v. 162, 30. Add

gylt-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
gylt-wíte, es; n.
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Fine for a crime: — Poenam delicti quae Anglice dicitur giltwíte, C. D. ii. 406, 23. Gyltwíte, vi. 240, 35

heópe

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Voc. ii. 126, 84. in a local name (?): Tó Heópeoricge, C. D. iii. 71, 30

hlíp-cumb

(n.)
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a valley with steep sides (? cf. stæþ-hlípe) Upp tó hlýp-cumbe; of hlýpcumbe, C. D. iii. 204, 19

hrís-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrís-weg, es; m.
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A road made by laying down brushwood, and covering it with earth(?) On hrísweg, C. D. iii. 384, 6

mǽr-furh

(n.)
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a boundary furrow Andlang mǽrfyrh, C. D. iii. 414, 9. Æt mǽrfurh, 28. [v. N. E. D. mere-furrow.]

port-herepaþ

(n.)
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a main road to a town Andlang ðes portherpaðes, C. D. iii. 453, 29. Cf. port-weg, ceaster-herepaþ

west-ende

(adj.)
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Tó ðæs clifes westende, C. D. iii. 419, 6: 449, 14. On ðæs hlincæs wæstændæ, v. 242, 32. Add

fram-eald

(adj.)
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very old, ancient Seó stów wæs gehálgod in framealdum dagum, C. D. iii. 60, 17. [Cf. Goth. fram-aldrs.]

Linked entry: eald

æsc-man

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, C. D. vi. 100, 7. Æscmen piratici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 13. Add:

ge-sworc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sworc, es; n.

A cloud ⬩ mist ⬩ nĕbŭla

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A cloud, mist; nĕbŭla Gesworc swá swá ahsan he tostredeþ nĕbŭlam sīcut cĭnĕrem spargit, Ps. Spl. C.147, 5

Linked entry: -swore

feoht-lác

(n.)
Grammar
feoht-lác, es; n.

A fighting ⬩ fight ⬩ pugna

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C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 11: L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 28

efes

Grammar
efes, efesc.
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Be Cilternes efese, Hrysebyrgan (cf. Hrisebeorgam margine luci Cilterni, iii. 347, 12), C. D. iv. 232, 33. Tó ðæs wudes efese, iii. 389, 27. Út of ðám wudu; of ðæs wudes efese, 390, 2. Be ðǽre æfesce . . . be efæsce, 460, 15, 18.

heáfod-weg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weg, es; m.
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A road along the head (v. heáfod, 2 a) of a field, valley, &c. (?) Of ðæn cumbe on Tetanhylle; of Tytanhylle tó ðæn heáfodwege; ondlong cumbes, C. D. V. 401, 35.

íre

(n.)
Grammar
íre, es; m.
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D. vi. 210, 24. Bohte man .LX. æcera mid þrím pundum and mid ánum ýre, C. D. B. iii. 371, 2

stigel

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Hí becómon tó ðǽre stigole þǽr se þeóf oferstáh ( ad aditum furis) in ðone wyrttún . . . 'Ic þé bebeóde . . . ꝥ þú þá stigole (aditum ) behealde,' Gr. D. 24, 6-12. Tó Dunnes stigele; of ðǽre stigele ad scansile . . . ab inde, C. D. B. iii. 252, 2.

befer

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D. v. 48, 8. The word occurs in local names, v. C. D. vi. 257, col. 2

a-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
a-gilde, a-gylde; adv.

Without compensation

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Without compensation,L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 14 [MS. A] : L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 12