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Anglo-Saxon

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sóþ-líc

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
sóþ-líc, adj.

true ⬩ genuine ⬩ unfeigned ⬩ true ⬩ right ⬩ probable; just; fit

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Kmbl. 72; Leás. 38. true, right Ne þincþ mé nǽfre nánwuht swá sóþlíc swá mé þincþ ðín spell ðǽm tímum ðe ic ða gehiére cum tuas rationes considero, nihil dici verius puto, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 22

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protection ⬩ A protector ⬩ patron ⬩ advocate ⬩ a protection of rights granted by charter

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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7. Icc nelle ðat any man ðás mundbyrdnesse tóbreke, 213, 19

wígbed-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceát, es; m.

An altar-cloth

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Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 33.

Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
Wixan, pl.

The name of some people

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Dip. B. i. 414, 19. Similar entries Cf. on wixena bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 78, 1

tún-steall

(n.)
Grammar
tún-steall, es; m.
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Dip. B. ii. 202, 7. On ðone túnsteal eástweardne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 193, 14. Cf. hám-, mylen-steall, and town-place = farmyard, which Halliwell gives as used in Cornwall

scocere

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 107, 9

Súþ-hámtún

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 49, 20

mór-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
mór-seáþ, es; m.

A boggy ⬩ marshy pit

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 13

wróht-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-hangra, (?)
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 120, 12

Linked entry: hangra

wealdness

(n.)
Grammar
wealdness, e; f.

Rule ⬩ dominion

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Rule, dominion Waldnis ðín dominatio tua, Ps. Surt. 144, 13

DYNE

(n.)
Grammar
DYNE, dyn,es ; m.

DIN, noise ⬩ sonus, fragor, strepĭtus

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A DIN, noise; sonus, fragor, strepĭtus Se dyne becons hlúd of heofonum the din came loud from heaven, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 5; Sat. 466. Cyrm, dyne fragor, Mone B. 4413: Cd. 221; Th. 288, 13; Sat. 380: 222; Th. 289, 7, 27; Sat. 394, 404.

Linked entries: dynge dimma

staþolfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
staþolfæstlíce, adv.
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Ðæt ðiós úre sylene staðolfæstlíce ðurhwunian móte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 186, 12

wíþig-þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-þýfel, es; m.

A willow-copse

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Dip. B. iii. 336, 21. Andlang díche foren ongén wíðigþéuel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 418, 2. Anlang bróke on ánne wíðigþéfele, þiers ouer ðane mersc, 426, 26. Tóemnes ðám wíðigðýfelum bewestan flódan, v. 194, 32

a-cwylan

(v.)

to die

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to die, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 3

be-crafian

(v.)
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[Ðis maiden wile ic bicrauen], Gen. a. Ex. 1388. Add:

forþ-síðian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-síðian, p. ode; pp. od [síðian to journey]

To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ prōdīre ⬩ discēdĕre ⬩ mŏri

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To go forth, depart, die; prōdīre, discēdĕre, mŏri, Som. Ben. Lye

land-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
land-feoh, gen. -feós; n.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22

Linked entry: wudu-feoh

mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽne, adj.

Common

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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 284, 8

tigel-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
tigel-leáh, f.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 267, 21

tyrn-geat

(n.)
Grammar
tyrn-geat, es; n.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 4

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