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æfter-gild

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-gild, -gyld, es; n.

An after-payment ⬩ a paying again or in addition ⬩ secunda vel iterata compensatio

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An after-payment, a paying again or in addition; secunda vel iterata compensatio, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 7

freónd-leást

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-leást, e; f.

Want of friends ⬩ indigence ⬩ amīcōrum inŏpia ⬩ indĭgentia

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Want of friends, indigence; amīcōrum inŏpia, indĭgentia þurh freóndleáste through want of friends, L. C. S. 35; Th. i. 396, 23

níw-cealct

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-cealct, -cilct

newly white-washed

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newly white-washed On ánum nícealtan (níwcilctan, MS. C.) húse in cubiculo nuper calce illito, Ors. 6, 32; Swt. 286, 30

Linked entry: cealct

be-sóne

(adv.)
Grammar
be-sóne, adv.

Soon, immediately ⬩ mox, statim

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Soon, immediately; mox, statim Cweðe se preóst besóne let the priest immediately say, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 24

un-gemunecod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemunecod, adj.

Not made a monk

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Not made a monk Unhádod man and ungemunecod homo non ordinatus nec monachus, L. Ecg. C. 12; Th. ii. 142, 4

Linked entry: ge-munecod

bí-gengere

(n.)
Grammar
bí-gengere, (big-, q.v. in Dict.)

a worshipper

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a worshipper Fram bisceopum and Godes biggencgerum a praesulibus et cultoribus Deo decretae Christianae religionis, C. D. B. i. 154, 13

Linked entry: -gengere

gehæg-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gehæg-holt, a copse in an enclosure (?),
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a copse where there is pasture(?) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16

heáfod-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stíg, e ; f.
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A path along the head of a field (?) Tó ðǽre heáfodstíge, ðæt swá in ðá heáhstrǽt, C. D. iii. 167, 23

land-hláford

Grammar
land-hláford, <b>. I.</b>
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Æt ǽlcum were ðe binnan ðám .xxx. hídan is, gebyreð ǽfre se óðer fisc dam landhláforde, C. D. iii. 450.26. Add

minte

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Brócminte and óþre mintan, Lch. iii. 6, 14. ¶ the word occurs in several local names, v. C. D. vi. 315. Add

mylen-tún

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-tún, a 'tún'
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with a mill, as a local name Aliquam partem terre in prouincio Cantiçe ubi nominantur Mylentún, C. D. i. 272, 14

scindel

(n.)
Grammar
scindel, es; m.
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A shingle Ut reddat iusticiam aecclesiae, id est, .i. cyricsceat, et .v. scindlas, et .i. bord, C. D. vi. 33, 1

sýþ

(adv.)
Grammar
sýþ, (?); adv.
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In a (more?) southerly direction Ðonne súð andlang paðes . . . of ðǽm ðýfele sýð (cpve. ?) andlang weges, C. D. vi. 36, 4

ǽfr-ǽlc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽfr-ǽlc, [ǽfr-ǽlic

every

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every On ǽfrice styde in omnibus omnino locis, C. D. iv. 209, 20. Ǽuric ríce man, Chr. 1137; P. 264, 1. ]

Linked entry: ǽfric

wín-tunne

(n.)
Grammar
wín-tunne, an; f.

A wíne-cask

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A wíne-cask Ne hé ne drince æt wíntunnum, swá swá woroldmenn dóð, L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 4

Linked entry: tunne

astrihilthet

(n.)
Grammar
astrihilthet, [astre a house, hold a master, þeowet a fine? Mann.]

A fine levied on a householder ⬩ compensatio facta a domino mansionis

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A fine levied on a householder; compensatio facta a domino mansionis, L. Ed. C. 26; Th. i. 454, 2, MS. L

cifes-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
cifes-gemána, an; m.

Fornication ⬩ concubinatus

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Fornication; concubinatus We lǽraþ, ðæt man geswíce cifesgemánan [MS. cifesgemanna] docemus, ut cessent concubinatus, L. Edg. C. 21; Wilk. 84, 1

cyrc-líc

(adj.)

ecclesiastical

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ecclesiastical, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 35, col. 3: L. Ælf. C. 33 ; Th. ii. 356, 13: Homl. Th. i. 600, 8

dafenlícnes

(n.)
Grammar
dafenlícnes, -nys, -nyss,e ; f.

A fit time, opportunity ⬩ opportunitas

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A fit time, opportunity; opportunitas Ðú forsihst on dafenlícnyssum gedréfednysse despicis in opportunitatibus in tribulatione, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 1

dúre-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.

A door-ward, door-keeper

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A door-ward, door-keeper, Mk. Bos. 13, 34: Wrt. Voc. 81, 12: L. Ælf. C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 28