folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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It is a mistake to imagine with Lambarde, Spelman, and a host of antiquaries, that it was possessed by the common people only.
hwilc
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Swá hwilcne swá hí tó hospe habban wolde, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 31: Bl. H. 49, 15. Swá hwylce swá ( quaecumque ) gé gebindað ofer eorðan . . . swá hwylce (hwælc, R.) swá gé ofer eorðan unbindað, Mt. 18, 18.
gifu
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THORN;ancwurþe gife grata libamina, i. hostia (oblaturus ), An. Ox. 367. Gebróhton hint geafa (lác, R., W. S., munera), Mt. L. 2, ii.
ge-reccan
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Hé þá hálgan weras hospe gerahte, 300. Mé sóðfæst symble gerecce, and mildheorte móde þreáge corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me, Ps. Th. 140, 7.
tilian
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Hié ða londlióde tiolode má ússa feónda willan tó gefremmanne ðonne úrne illi maiorem hosti quam mihi fauorem accomodantes efficere pergebant, Nar. 6, 19.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ (gets a (bad) name), hæleð hý hospe mǽnaþ, Exon. Th. 337, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 65. a command, an order, ordinance Word hleóðrode: 'Ne wép ðone wræcsíð,' Andr. Kmbl. 2860; An. 1432 : Cd. Th. 173, 14; Gen. 2861.
helle-dor
- Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 14; Hö. 87.