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simble-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
simble-gemaca, an; m.
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan

Brádan ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan ǽ, indecl. f. [i.e. latus fluvius,
  • Hist. Eccl. Petroburg.
Bardanea,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio 15
]

BroadwaterBradanea

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Broadwater Bradanea Þurh án scýr wæter, Brádan ǽ hátte through a clear water called Broadwater, per unam pulcram aquam, Bradanea nomine, Chr. 656; Erl. 31, 17; Cod. Dipl. 984; A. D. 664; Kmbl. v. 5, 3

bricg-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
bricg-geweorc, es; n.

BRIDGE-WORK, the construction or reparation of a bridgepontis opus, pontis exstructio vel instauratio

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BRIDGE-WORK, the construction or reparation of a bridge; pontis opus, pontis exstructio vel instauratio Brycg-geweorc, Heming. 104, Lye. Turner's Hist. of A. S. App. No. 4, c. 3, vol. ii. p. 539, 8vo. 1823

Linked entry: brycg-geweorc

riht-hláfordhyldu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-hláfordhyldu, indecl. -hyld, e; f.

Fidelity justly due to a lord

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Fidelity justly due to a lord Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe ... forðam eall ðæt wé ǽfre for rihthláfordhelde dóþ, eal wé hit dóþ ús sylfum tó mycelre þearfe, Wulfst. 119, 15 : 299, 27

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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a DRENCH, dose, draught, drink; pōtus, pōtio Wið útsiht-ádle drenc a dose for diarrhœa, L. M. cont. 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 300, 23. Drenc pōtus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 16: Wrt. Voc. 82, 46: pōtio, 74, 7. Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl. Th

Linked entry: drenge

adul-seáþ

(n.)

a sewersinkcloaca

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a sewer, sink; cloaca, Wrt. Voc. 36, 42

Linked entry: adel-seáþ

æcer-man

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-man, æcer-mon; g. æcer-mannes; m.

A field-manfarmeragricola

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A field-man, farmer; agricola, Ælfc. Gl. 5

æppel-sceal

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-sceal, e; f.

A film about the kernels of an apple

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A film about the kernels of an apple

æsceda

(n.)
Grammar
æsceda, an; m.

A farragomixtureperfumemigma

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A farrago, mixture, perfume; migma.Wrt. Voc. 38, 53

appel-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
appel-leáf, es; n. [lit. apple-leaf]

A violetviolaviola odorata

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A violet; viola, viola odorata, Harl. Gl. 978

Linked entry: æppel-leáf

be-gíming

(n.)
Grammar
be-gíming, e; f.

An inventiona deviceadinventio

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An invention, a device; adinventioPs. Spl. 105, 36

Linked entry: gíming

barn

(n.)

a child

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a child, Th. Diplm. A.D. 830; 465, 30

basu

(n.)
Grammar
basu, e; f.

A scarlet robecoccinum

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A scarlet robe; coccinum, Grm. i. 254, 2

beáh-hord

(n.)
Grammar
beáh-hord, es ; n.

A ring-hoard

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A ring-hoard, Beo. Th. 1792; B. 894

beó-gang

(n.)
Grammar
beó-gang, es; m.

A swarm of beesexamen

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A swarm of bees; examen Cot. 15, 164

Linked entry: gang

bernes

(n.)

a burning

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a burning, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 21

burg-geat

(n.)
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a city-gate, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842

byffan

(v.)
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to mutter; mutire, Cot. 154. DER, a-byffan

Linked entry: a-byffan

byren

(adj.)
Grammar
byren, adj.
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Belonging to a bear; ursinus, Som. Ben. Lye

candel-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
candel-sticca, an; m.
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A CANDLESTICK; candelabrum, Chr. 1102; Th. 366, 20