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bý

(n.)
Grammar
bý, es; n?

A dwelling, habitation ⬩ habitatio

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A dwelling, habitation; habitatio Se ðe hús oððe lytel [MS. lytelo] bý hæfde in byrgenum [MS. byrgennum] qui domicilium habebat in monumentis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. Hence, by and bye in the termination of the names of places

Linked entry: býing

cassuc-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc-leáf, pl. n.

Hassock-leaves

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Hassock-leaves Wið eárum [earon MS.] genim ða brádan biscopwyrt and cassucleáf for the ears take the broad bishop-wort and hassock-leaves, Lchdm iii. 46, 2

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking

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a trace, track, spoor Ne biþ ðǽr éþe ðín spor on tó findanne vestigia tua non cognoscentur Ps. Th. 76, 16. Stande ðæt spor for ðone foreáð, L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16. Wé noldon tó ðæm spore onlútan. Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 18 : Exon. Th. 497, 8 ; Rä

sprot

(n.)
Grammar
sprot, es; n.

A sprout ⬩ shoot ⬩ twig ⬩ small branch ⬩ surculum ⬩ a sprout, twig

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A sprout, shoot, twig, small branch Sprote with a rod (?), Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 35. Sprota sarmentorum, ramorum, qui de vinea exciduntur, Hpt. Gl. 445, 32: 489, 10: palmitum, Germ. 401, 16. Sprotum sarmentis, 401, 24

Linked entries: sprota sprytele

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es; n.

A town, habitation

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A town, habitation Stócclíf oppidum, civitas, Hpt. Gl. 500, 18. Se mæg gedón ðæt ic sóftor eardian ǽgðer ge on ðisum lǽnan stóclífe (cf. Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé

Linked entry: stóc

stóc-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-wíc, es; n.

A habitation, residence

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A habitation, residence On Casino ðam stócwíc in the monastery at Monte Casino, Earle, A. S. Lit. 200, 34

strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, es; n.

A strand, shore

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A strand, shore Strand litus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 24: sablo, Hpt. Gl. 502, 77. Se Hǽlend stód on ðam strande . . . Ðæt strand getácnode ða écan staðolfæstnysse ðæs tówerdan lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 30. Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, Lchdm. iii. 288

streám-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
streám-gewinn, es; n.

The strife of waters

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The strife of waters Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes, Exon. Th. 384, 12; Rä. 4, 26

bealo

(n.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; n.

hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice

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Add: hurt, mischief, destruction Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml. Th. i. 266, 14. a noxious

ge-dafen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dafen, es; n. (or ge-dafenu; f. ?)
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What is due or fitting Þá wæs þǽr ylding þǽre tíde þe man sceolde þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan and gyldan cum mora esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5. Ágylde se wer þám wífe hire gedafenu (debitum), 218

áht

(pronoun.)
Grammar
áht, es; n.

AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ aliquid ⬩ quidquam

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AUGHT, anything, something; aliquid, quidquam Nó he ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde he would leave not anything living there, Beo. Th. 4618; B. 2314: Ps. Th. 143, 4. Ðe áhtes wǽron who were of aught, of any account or value, Chr. 992; Th. 238, 35. Ðæt án

Linked entry: óht

cépe-þing

(n.)
Grammar
cépe-þing, pl. n.

Saleable things, goods, ware, merchandise ⬩ venalia, merces

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Saleable things, goods, ware, merchandise; venalia, merces Secgeaþ hí ðæt cýpemen monig cépeþing to ceápstowe brohte dicunt quia mercatoribus multa venalia in forum fuissent conlata, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 4. Cépeþing [MS. cepeþinge] merces, Ælfc. Gl. 16;

Linked entry: cýpe-þing

cluster

(n.)
Grammar
cluster, es; n.

A CLUSTER, bunch ⬩ botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima,

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A CLUSTER, bunch; botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 b, 32

CLYMPRE

(n.)
Grammar
CLYMPRE, an; n?

A lump or CLUMP of metal, metal ⬩ massa metalli, metallum

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A lump or CLUMP of metal, metal; massa metalli, metallum Hefigere ic eom ðonne unlytel leádes clympre I am heavier than a huge clump of lead, Exon. III b; Th. 426, 18; Rä. 41, 75. Wyrc greáte clympran [MS. clymppan] feówur make four great lumps, Lchdm

ciern

(n.)
Grammar
ciern, es; n?

sapa

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Must or new wine toiled thick; sapa, Cot. 170: 184

cildiung-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
cildiung-wíf, es; n.

A child-bearing woman ⬩ puerpera,

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A child-bearing woman; puerpera, Wrt. Voc. 7, 17

cipp

(n.)
Grammar
cipp, es; n?

A coulter, ploughshare ⬩ dentale

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A coulter, ploughshare; dentale Cipp dentale, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 7; Wrt. Voc. 15, 7

Linked entry: cyp

cyld

(n.)
Grammar
cyld, es; n.

Cold, coldness ⬩ frigus

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Cold, coldness; frigus For cylde præ frigŏre, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29

cyld

(n.)
Grammar
cyld, es; n.

A child

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A child, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 6: Mt. Jun. 2, 13, in the title

CYND

(n.)
Grammar
CYND, es; n.

nature, KIND ⬩ natura ⬩ a sort, gender ⬩ natura, genus

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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS. Cot. a sort, gender; natura, genus Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces neuter is neither sort [gender], neither of male

Linked entry: cind