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Anglo-Saxon

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gísel

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In tó West-Sexan þyder hý scylan gafol and gíslas syllan, 356, 20. Add

Frysa

(n.)
Grammar
Frysa, Friesa, an; pl. nom. acc. Frysan, Frisan, Fresan; gen. Frysena, Frysna; dat. Frysum; m.

A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso

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Be norþan-westan him syndon Frysan to the north-west of them are the Frisians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 35: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 15: Chr. 886; Th. 154, 24, col. 2, 3; 155, 23, col. 1.

Linked entries: Fresan Friesa Frisan

Cwén-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-sǽ, gen. s; m.

The White Sea ⬩ hyperboreus oceanus

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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to

sigor-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
sigor-tiber, es ; n.
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A sacrifice for victory or deliverance Wes ðú on ófeste . . . ðæt ðú lác onsecge sigortifre hasten to offer with a sacrifice, that may deliver you from your peril, Exon. Th. 257, 30 ; Jul. 255

Linked entry: sige-tiber

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

Æðelbald

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbald, es; m. [æðele, bald bold, brave]

Æthelbald ⬩ Æthelbaldus

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D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and Ethelbert to the kingdom of Kent, Chr. 855; Th. 129, 16-19, col. 1.A.D. 860, hér, Æðelbald cyning forþférde here, A.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an ; m.

A border, edge, margin, bank

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Ðonan on ðone óran foran wið-eástan Ecgulfes setl west be ðatn óran eft tóweard setle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 216, 2-3. Siððan dú gehýrde on hliþes óran galan geác on bearwe. Exon. Th. 473, 28; Bo. 21. On óra[n] his hrægles in oram vestimenti ejus, Ps.

Linked entries: íre óre

folde

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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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These, in Alfred's time, dwelt to the north-west of the Osti. We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder.

Linked entry: Burgendan

EÁST

(n.)
Grammar
EÁST, es; m.

EAST ⬩ ŏriens

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Ðæt eálond on Wiht is þrittiges míla lang eást and west; and twelf míla brád súþ and norþ Vecta insŭla hăbet ab ŏriente in occāsum triginta circĭter mīlia passuum; ab austro in bŏream duodĕcim, Bd. I. 3; S. 475, 19

Linked entries: Eást eásta

Middel-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Seaxe, <b>Middel-Seaxan;</b> pl.

The Middle-Saxons

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The Middle-Saxons, Saxons who settled in the district west of London, and whose name is preserved in the present Middlesex: they appear to have been an offshoot of the East Saxons. v.

Linked entry: Seaxe

grimena

(n.)
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The passage is Kymð gerstæpæ and grimenæ þus ne wes rím venit locusta et bruchus cuius non erat numerus. Grímenæ seems a pl. gen. of the preceding word, governed by rím, but the meaning is not clear

wil-gedryht

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gedryht, e; f.

A glad band

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Wes ðú, Andreas, hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Kmbl. 1828; An. 916

wíde-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíde-ferhþ, -ferþ, long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative, alone or with eall, with adverbial force,
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Wese swá, wese swá þurh eall wídeferhð ( through all ages ), Ps. Th. 105, 37. v. two preceding words

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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[Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

Birīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Birīnus, i; m. Latin: Biríne, Byríne, es; m.

Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,

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D. 650, Ægelbyrht of Gaul succeeded to the bishopric of the West-Saxons after Birinus the Roman bishop, 650; Th. 50, 1-5, col. 1

Linked entry: Byríne

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða

Linked entries: beód wí-bed wíg-gebed wíh weó-bed

templ-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
templ-geweorc, es; n.
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Salomon wes se forma man ðe Gode tó lofe ǽrest on eorðan templgeweorc árǽrde, 277, 25

hwíting

(n.)
Grammar
hwíting, e; f.
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Substitute: <b>hwíting-melu,</b> wes; n. : <b>hwít-loc.</b> For Rä. 48, 3 l. 43, 3 : <b>hwít-locced.</b> l. -loccede, and add Cwén hwítloccedu

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good

Linked entry: commuc

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