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a-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon ; pp. -sigen

To declinego downfall downdelabioccidere

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To decline, go down, fall down; delabi, occidere Ðæt, mid ðam dynte, he nyðer asáh that, with the blow, he fell down, Chr. 1012 ; Th. 268, 30, col. 1 ; 269, 28, col. 1 ; 269, 26, col. 2.

Linked entries: a-sáh a-sigen

Exan ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Exan ceaster, Eaxan ceaster, Exe cester, es; n. [Flor. Exancestre, Excestre: Hovd. Excester; Ex. Exa the river Ex: ceaster; gen. ceastres; n. v. ceaster a city]

EXETER, Devoncīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis

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Wið Exan cestres towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 168, 26, col. 1. Exacester, Chr. 1003; Th. 252, 14, col. I. Eaxeceaster, Execiester, Th. 253, 14, col. 1, 2

þunor-rád

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-rád, e; f.

Thundera peal of thunder

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Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl, Shrn. 57, 35. Ðá wæs geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl. Hornl. 145, 29. Ðonne þunorrád biþ, ne sceþeð ðam men ðe ðone stán ( agate ) mid him hæfð, Lchdtn. ii. 296, 30: iii. 374, col. 2.

Briten

(n.)
Grammar
Briten, Britten, e; f.

BritainBritannia

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Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2

un-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
un-gímen, un-gímenn, e; f.

Carelessness

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Carelessness Þurh ungémænne synne (ðurh gýmeleáste, col. 1) per culpam incuriae, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 24, col. 2: 2, 7; S. 509, 19. Ungýmenne, 4, 25; S. 599, 20. Ðurh ungýmenne per incuriam, 4, 9; S. 576, 28

Linked entry: un-gýmen

breáw-ern

(n.)

a brew-house

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Brewarne pandoxatorium, 174, 14: brywhowse pandocsaiorium, 274, col. I: brewster pandoxator, 214, col. 1. Substitute

ge-flit

(n.)

a fan to clean cornvannus

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a fan to clean corn; vannus, Cot. 33

a-stáh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-stáh, p. of a-stígan.

ascended

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ascended,Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2 ;

Ascan mynster

(n.)

Axminster

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Axminster, Chr. 755; Th. 86, 13, col. 1

Bede-ford-scír

(n.)

Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 1

Bæda-ford-scír

(n.)

Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 267, 4, col. 2

Benesing-tún

(n.)

Bensington

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Bensington Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28, col. 1

Euer-wíc

(n.)

York

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York, Chr. 189; Th. 14, 23, col. I

sunn-treów

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-treów, (?). In Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 3 origia is glossed by sun*-*treów. Cockayne suggests,
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oryza sum treów, Lchdm. iii. 346, col. 1

clif-wyrt

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Clifwyrt clitum, Lch. iii. 303, col. 1. Add

hæsel-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-wyrt, e; f.

Asarabacca, asarum Europæum

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Asarabacca, asarum Europæum, Lchdm. iii. 329, col. 2

Creacc-gelád

(n.)

Cricklade

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Cricklade Chr. 905; Th. 181, 21, col. l

a-cólian

(v.)
Grammar
a-cólian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To become coolcoldchilledfrigescere

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To become cool, cold, chilled; frigescere Ræst wæs acólad his resting-place was chilled. Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 28; Hö. 6. Ðonne biþ ðæt werge líc acólad then shall be the accursed carcase cooled, Exon, 100a; Th. 374, 12; Seel. 125

Linked entry: a-cealdian

Andefera

(n.)
Grammar
Andefera, an; m.

ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Antonoppidum in agro Hamtunensi

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, col. 2.

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortressA city, fort, castle, townurbs, civitas, castellumthe cityhæc civitas

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Ðá wende he hine west wið Exanceastres then he turned west towards Exeter [versus Exanceaster], Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 10; Th. 166, 31, col. 1; 29, col. 2 ; 167, 28, col. 1, col. 2.