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Anglo-Saxon

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be-slagen

(v.; part.)

slain, taken away

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slain, taken away, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 28, col. 1; Similar entries pp. of be-sleán

sunnan-corn

(n.)
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gromel; lithospermon officinale, Lchdm. i. 314, 18; see the remark in Lchdm. ii. 407, col. 1

a-spón

allured ⬩ induced

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allured, induced, Chr. 905 ; Th. 180, 18, col. 1 : Ors. 4, 11 ; Bos. 97, 15

freó-borh

(n.)
Grammar
freó-borh, gen. -borges; m.

A free surety ⬩ pledge ⬩ bondman ⬩ fidejussus

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C. 20; Wilk. 201, 53, col. 2

Linked entry: frí-borh

hundes cwelcan

(n.)
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Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 2

ge-trucian

(v.)

to fail ⬩ deficere

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Skt. 2, 3, col. 2

Linked entry: trucian

ge-rypon

(v.)

reaped

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reaped, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 33, col. 1; = ge-ripon; p. pl. of ge-rípan

fregen-seldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fregen-seldlic, -syllic; adj.
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Cat. 223, col. 1

Linked entry: seld-lic

cneoht

(n.)

a boy

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a boy Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 18: 3, 18; S. 545, 45, col. 2

pirige

(n.)
Grammar
pirige, an ; f.
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 27-30. Æt ðære pirian, 52, 18. On ða pyrian, ii. 205, 15. The word, as in Piriford, is found in local names, e.g. Pirigfliát, Pyrihom, Pirigtún, vi. 322, col. 2

Linked entry: pyrige

circ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
circ-líc, adj. [circe a church]

ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus

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Catal. 118, 4, col. 2

felt-wurma

(n.)
Grammar
felt-wurma, an; m. [felt = feld?]

The plant wild marjoram ⬩ orĭgănum

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Glos. vol. iii. p. 349, col. 2, 32

Linked entry: feld-wurma

furh-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
furh-wudu, m.

Fir-wood ⬩ a fir-tree ⬩ pīnus

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C. fol. 48 d; Lchdm. iii. 327, 39, col. 1

sweóta

(n.)
Grammar
sweóta, (?), an; m.
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Cockayne's remark, Lchdm. iii. 371, col. 1), Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 27

seonu-wealt

Grammar
seonu-wealt, [In the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 54 perhaps torosa denotes the roundness or plumpness of a muscular object. Could it be a gloss on a passage from Ovid, torosa colla boum?]
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Add Sinewealtre trendla tyrnincge tereti circulorum rotunditate, An. Ox. 522. Add Of sinewealtum þrǽda cliwene ex tereti filorum glomere, An. Ox. 3734. Sinewealte popelstánas rotundas lapillulos, 1813

hnot

(adj.)
Grammar
hnot, adj.

Bald, ⬩ shaven, ⬩ close-cut

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Hnot mutilum, mutilatum, Cot. 131, Lye. Tó ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?), iii. 211, 24

Clofes hoo

(n.)
Grammar
Clofes hoo, — Clofes hó;hós; hóas; óa; hóum; m.
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Cliff, near Rochester Her sinoþ wæs æt Clofes hoo [æt Clofes hó, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 822] there was a synod at Cliff, Chr. 822; Th. 111, 14, col. l; 110, 14, col. l, 2. Æt Clofes hóum at Cliff, Th. Diplm. A. D. 803; 52, 32: A.

Linked entry: Cleofes hoo

fæderen-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-cyn, fædren-cyn, -cynn, es ; n. [cyn a race, kin]

A paternal kin or race ⬩ păternum gĕnus

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A paternal kin or race; păternum gĕnus Hiera ryht fæderencyn [fædrencynn, Th. 87, 14, col. 1] gǽþ to Cerdice their direct paternal kin goes to Cerdic, Chr. 755 Th. 86, 14, col. 1.

Linked entries: fæderyn-cyn fædren-cyn

Brent-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Brent-ford, Bregent-ford, Brægent-ford; gen. -fordes; dat. -forde, -forda; m. [Brent
the river Brent
, ford
a ford, Brenford,
:
  • Sim. Dun
:
Brendeford
,
  • Hunt.
Hunt]

the river Brent ⬩ a ford, Brenford, ⬩ Brendeford ⬩ BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames ⬩ oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius

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. 1: 281, 26, col. 1

Linked entry: Brægent-ford

dúre-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
dúre-leás, adj.

Doorless ⬩ sine jānua

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Doorless; sine jānua Dúreleás is ðæt hús the house is doorless, Anlct. 153, 24, col. 2

Linked entry: dúru-leás

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