frí-borh
A free surety ⬩ pledge ⬩ bondman ⬩ fĭdejussio
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A free surety, pledge, bondman; fĭdejussio, L. Ed. C. 20; Wilk. 202, 11
friþ-borh
A peace or frank-pledge ⬩ peace-surety ⬩ pācis fidejussio
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A peace or frank-pledge, peace-surety; pācis fidejussio, L. Ed. C. 20; Th. i. 450, 24, 29; 451, 2, 4, 7: 21; Th. i. 451, 19, 20: 28; Th. i. 454, 18, 22. v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 87
fýr-bæþ
A fire-bath ⬩ igneum balneum
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A fire-bath; igneum balneum On fýrbæðe in the fire-bath, Elen. Kmbl. 1895; El. 949. In fýrbaðe in the fire-bath, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 10; Cri. 831 : 22 b; Th. 61, 18; 986
gǽst-sunu
A spiritual son ⬩ Christ
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A spiritual son, Christ Godes gǽstsunu God's spiritual Son, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 23; Cri. 660 : 20 b; Th. 53, 35; Cri. 861
galdra
of enchantments ⬩ of sorceries
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of enchantments, of sorceries, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 106; Met. 26, 53;
mæstel-bearh
A fattened barrow pig
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A fattened barrow pig Ante porcos, before bergum; ðæt sindon ða mæstelbergas; ðæt aron ða gehádade menn, and ða góde menn, and ða wlonce menn forhogas Godes bebod and godspelles, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 6 note
Linked entry: bearg
meld-feoh
Fee paid for giving information
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Fee paid for giving information Se ðe hit (forstolen flǽsc) ofspyraþ, hé áh ðæt meldfeoh, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 4. v. Grmm. R. A. 656
un-tweó
Not doubt ⬩ certainty
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Not doubt, certainty Bið untweó (-treo, MS.) ðæt ðǽr Adames cyn cwíþeþ gesárgad there is no doubt that Adam's race will lament afflicted, Exon. Th. 59, 31; Cri. 961
Linked entry: tweó
gemót-leáh
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A field where a 'gemót' is held: — -Tó gemótleáge eástewearde, C. D. vi. 94, 10. In gemótleáge, v. 103, 29
haca
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substitute Haca (haᵤca, 87, 1559) pessul, Txts. 88, 803, and add: Perhaps the word occurs in the following :-- On hacapenn foreweard . . . on hacapenn foreweardne, C. D. iii. 412, 2, 14, An hacan penne, v. 238, 30. On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde
felde-fare
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reads felde-ware
wealh-hnutu
A foreign nut ⬩ walnut
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A foreign nut, walnut Hnutbeám oððe walhhnutu nux, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 23
cneów-sib
A race ⬩ generation ⬩ generatio
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A race, generation; generatio Cende cneówsibbe cénra manna he begot a race of brave men Cd. 161; Th. 200, 13; Exod. 356
Linked entry: cneó-sib
Cone-ceaster
Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle ⬩ oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario
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Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle; oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario N. Som. Ben. Lye
Creácas
The Greek ⬩ Græci
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The Greek; Græci Mid eallan Creáca cræftum with all the arts of the Greeks Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 29, 31; Bos. 34, 6
mearu
Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate
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Gl. 444, 69. Merewistan gracillima, 521, 29
Linked entry: myrwa
DÁ
DOE ⬩ dama
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Gl. 13; Wrt. Voc. 78, 28
Linked entry: BUC