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aler-holt

(n.)
Grammar
aler-holt, es; m. [aler the alder; holt a grove, wood]

An alder wood ⬩ alnetum

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An alder wood; alnetum

Linked entry: alor-holt

cypresse

(n.)
Grammar
cypresse, an; f. The cypress; cupressus [ = κυπάρισσος ], cupressus sempervirens, Lin
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Of cypressan from the cypress, Lchdm. iii. 118, 21

Linked entry: cipresse

cwiman

(v.)
Grammar
cwiman, to come; venire, the supposed infin. of cwom, q. v.

Linked entry: cwom

gagel-croppan

(n.)
Grammar
gagel-croppan, pl. m. [croppa the top of a flower or herb]

Catkins of gale ⬩ myricæ panĭcŭlæ

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Catkins of gale; myricæ panĭcŭlæ Genim gagelcroppan take catkins of gale, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 20

mynecenu

(n.)
Grammar
mynecenu, e ; f. The feminine form corresponding to masc. munuc
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Mynecenu monacha vel monialis Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Munuc and mynecenu ðe Gode sylfum beóþ gehálgode, and hyra gehát Gode geháten habbaþ, L. Ecg. P. iii. II.; Th. ii. 198, 32. Seó mynecynu monacha, iv. 9; Th. ii. 206, 16 : Homl.

twi-bót

(adv.)
Grammar
twi-bót, (?) double 'bót.' Perhaps in the passages given under twibóte; adv.
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the word might be taken as a case of this noun. Cf. twi-gilde

Linked entry: twibóte

el-leoht

(n.)
Grammar
el-leoht, es; n. The incorrect use (elision f) of l
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Elleohtes lauta*-*cismi (= labdacismi; cf. laudacismi ðǽre uncyste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 33), An. Ox. 5471

Linked entries: -leoht em-leoht

ge-célan

Grammar
ge-célan, [The passage in I is from Lch. i. 146, 14.]
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Ðætte hé gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre and mid ðǽm gecéle míne tungan, Past. 309, 7. Gekéle (-céle, v.l.) Gr. D. 304, 18: 310, 14. ꝥte geceóla tunga mín ut refrigeret linguam meam, Lk. L. 16, 24. Þæt hé hys ( Dives ) þurst myd þí gecélde, Solil

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, to write together the names of things to be granted
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and make the grant, to make a grant in writing. Cf. gewrit-rǽden Nú gewríte ic hire ðæt ðreóra hída lond, C. D. ii. 100, 12. Ðis earon þára manna noman þe gewritene earon from Bynsingtúne in ꝥ bisceopríce tó Uueogornacestre mid heora teáme and mid þý

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, The gloss at Txts. 113, 72 is probably High German.

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-weard

(suffix)
Grammar
-weard, the second component of many adjectives denoting position or direction.

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum

fóster-módor

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Add Þeós fóstormódor haec nutrix, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 71, 3. lit. His fóstormóder ( nutrix ) áne wæs him fylgende, for þon þe heó hine swýðe geornlíce lufode, Gr. D. 96, 20: 152, 28. Fóstermóder, Hml. A. 171, 49. fig.

wærcan

(v.)
Grammar
wærcan, p. wærhte.

to pain ⬩ to suffer pain ⬩ be troubled

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Gif ða þeóh wærce, 312, 7. Ðonne monnes wambe wærce oððe rysle, 318, 20. to suffer pain (?), be troubled Ic werhte eom exercitatus sum (if werhte can be taken as the past tense of the verb, eom is superfluous), Ps. Spl. 76, 3

Linked entry: werhte

andettan

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Srt. 88, 6. to make acknowledgement of a benefit to a person, to give thanks, praise to Þeós Drihtne andette and be him spræc, Lk. 2, 38. Ondettigen ðé ( tibi ) folc, ondettien ðé folc, Ps. Srt. 66, 4. Ondette (-ie), 6.

lár-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
lár-bóc, f.
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A book which conveys instruction: Swá swá Beda áwrát, Engla þeóde láreów, on his lárbócum, Chart. Th. 241, 20

ge-wélan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wélan, pp. ed

To bind together

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To bind together Þurh ðas þeóde gewélede togædere through this people banded together, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 131

æfter-fæce

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter-fæce, adv. [æfter after, and the dat. of fæc a space]

Afterwards ⬩ after that ⬩ postmodum

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Afterwards, after that; postmodum

án-cummum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-cummum, adv. [án one, cummum the dat. of cuma a comer]

One by one ⬩ singly ⬩ singulatim

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One by one, singly; singulatim, Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25

Carendre

(n.)
Grammar
Carendre, an; f, A province of Germany, now the duchy of
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Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire On óðre healfe Donua ðære eá is ðæt land Carendre, súþ óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis on the other side of the river Danube is the country Carinthia, [lying] south to the mountains which are

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