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forþ-fering

Grammar
forþ-fering, l. -féring,
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and add On dæge forðféringe in die defunctionis, Scint. 65, 8

rusce

(n.)
Grammar
rusce, an; f.

Rushy ground

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 131, 7

sceáp-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-wíc, es ; n.

A sheep-fold

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Dip. Kmbl. Iii. 405, 5

út-weald

(n.)
Grammar
út-weald, es; m.

An outlying wood

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 36

Linked entry: weald

ge-wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilnung, -willnung. e; f.

A wish ⬩ desire ⬩ longing ⬩ seeking ⬩ appetite ⬩ will ⬩ vow ⬩ oncŭpiscentia ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ ambĭtus ⬩ appĕtītus ⬩ affectus ⬩ vōtum

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Ðæt ic agylde gewilnunga of dæge to dæge ut reddam vōta mea de die in diem, Ps. Spl. 60, 8

Linked entries: ge-willnung wilnung

þíxl

(n.)
Grammar
þíxl, þisl, e; þísle, an; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6

Linked entry: þísl

for-sweltan

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Add: of persons, to die, perish. [He shal þe makie to forswelten, Jul. 19, 7.] of a (visible) thing, to die away, fade away, disappear Forswealt disparuit (omnis praestigiarum scaena ... ut fumus evanescens disparuit, Ald. 57, 13), Wrt.

ge-grippan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grippan, p. de.
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Soecendo hine tó gegriopann[e], Jn. p. 5, 5. v. ge-græppian in Dict

Linked entries: grippan ge-grípan

þorn-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-stybb, -stubb, es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 252, 28. Tó ðan þornstybbe, vi. 8, 33, 37. On ðonæ þornstub, v. 291, 11. On ðone þornstyb; of ðam stybbe, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 169, 33

Spaldas

(n.)

a tribe name left in Spalding

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Dip. B. i. 414, 20. Cf. Spaldyng, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 333, col. 2

mór-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
mór-pytt, es; m.

A marshy pool

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 381, 9

sealt-mere

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-mere, es; m: A salt mere or marsh; hence
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 3

Linked entry: mere

ge-scrépness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scrépness, e; f.
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Advantage, commodity Gescroepnis conpe[n]dium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 14

Linked entry: -scrépness

scead

(n.)
Grammar
scead, es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 123, 8. ?

Linked entry: sced

smeáþ

(n.)
Grammar
smeáþ, e; f.

Meditation

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Meditation Ǽ ðín smeáþ (meditatio) mín is Ps. Spl. 118, 77

be-beódend

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Ðín eágan weorðað gesiónde ðínne bebiódend (praeceptorem), Past. 405, 25. Add

ge-dyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyppan, -deppan

to dip ⬩ baptize

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to dip, baptize Ðá gedeped [wæs] baptizatus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 16

sláhþorn-weg

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 27

gistran

Grammar
gistran, v. giestron
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in Dict., and add Dæg gestran dies hesterna, Ps. Vos. 89, 4

Linked entries: girstan gyrstan gestran

feoh-wíce

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Is ðis ðára feohwícuna gemǽre and ðæs dúnlandes, C.D. v. 238, 35. (?)

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