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þorn-grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-grǽfe, an; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 148, 4

Linked entry: wír-grǽfe

fyrn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-dagas, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Days of old ⬩ ancient days ⬩ priscæ dies

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Days of old, ancient days; priscæ dies Ðis is se ilca God ðone on fyrndagum fæderas cúðon this is the same God whom your fathers knew in days of old, Andr. Kmbl. 1503; An. 753: 1951; An. 978: Cd. 223; Th. 293, 31; Sat. 463.

dícian

(v.)
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Sch. 17, 19 under díc). Harald lét dícian ðá díc ábútan ꝥ port, Chr. 1055; P. 186, 14. Wíngeard settan, dícian, deórhege heáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 8

ge-delfan

(v.)
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To dig Hé gedalf in eorðo fodit in terra, Mt. L. 25, 18. Þá hé hæfde gedolfen twéntig fóta on ðǽre eorðan, H. R. 13, 14. trans. To dig a hole In ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne his stóue in defossum sepulturae suae locum, Jn. p. 2, I

delfan

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Add: absolute, to dig 'Ic nát mid hwí íc delfe . . . ' ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 765. Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13.

lám-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
lám-pytt, es; m.

A clay-pit

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 24

lús-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
lús-þorn, es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 19

þeóf-denn

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-denn, es; n.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 15, 28

þri-ex

(n.)
Grammar
þri-ex, n.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 436, 28. ?

Linked entry: -ex

wæter-furh

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-furh, f.

A trench

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Dip. Kmbl. v. 105, 17

wíg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-strǽt, e ; f.

A high-road ⬩ public road

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 89, 4

deógollíce

(adv.)

secretly

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secretly Deógollíce folcrǽd fremede secretly did public benefits. Andr. Kmbl. 1241; An. 621

mǽd-splott

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-splott, es; m.

A plot of meadow-land

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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 7

pir-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
pir-gráf, es ; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 284, 23

reád-leáf

(adj.)
Grammar
reád-leáf, (?); adj.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 179, 26

sealh-hangra

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 234, 18

Linked entry: wír-hangra

sláh-hyll

(n.)
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 367, 3

wíþig-mór

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-mór, es; m.

A moor where willows grow

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21

wítege

(n.)
Grammar
wítege, an; f.

prophetess

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A prophetess Anna ðió wítga Anna prophetissa, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 36

gister-dæg

(n.; adv.)
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yesterday Giosterdoeg (gestordæge, R.) ðió seofunda heri hora septima, Jn. L. 4, 52

Linked entry: geostra

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