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beór-byden

(n.)
Grammar
beór-byden, e; f.
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A beer-barrel Man sceal hibban. . . beórbydene, Angl. ix. 264, 16

breátan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Transfer the passage to breótan, and see remark at á-breátan

brémel-þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
brémel-þýfel, es; m.
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A bramble-thicket Tó ðám brǽmbeldýfelan, C. D. v. 340, 24

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, es; m.
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A strong wind, storm Byre aestu (cf. ýst), Germ. 400, 496

cassa

(n.)
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a net Casses vel cassan retia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 23

breóst-gird

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-gird, e ; f.

A sceptre

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A sceptre ? Tǽnene breóstgyrde sceptrinae virgae, An. Ox. 3303: 2, 188

Linked entry: gird

bróþor-slaga

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Cain, se bróðorslaga, þe Abel ofslóh, Hml. A. 60, 221. Add

cwén-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
cwén-hirde, es; m.
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A keeper of women, eunuch Cuoenhiordo eunuchi, Mt. L. 19, 12

cirse

(n.)
Grammar
cirse, an; f.
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A cherry Cyrsena tácn is . . ., Tech. ii. 124, 22. v. ciris-

Linked entries: ciris- cyrse

cleac

(n.)
Grammar
cleac, e; f.
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A stepping-stone On cleaca, C. D. iv. 36, 3, 12

esne-mann

(n.)
Grammar
esne-mann, es; m.

A servant ⬩ hireling

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A servant, hireling Ðe aesnemonn mercenarius, Jn. L. R. 10, 13

fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Provided with a belt Tuéye suerde fetelsade, Cht. Th. 505, 21

Linked entry: ge-fetelsod

fisc-þrút

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-þrút, es; m.
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A small fish Huón fiscðrútas paucos pisciculos, Mt. L. 15, 34

Linked entry: þrút

flacge

Grammar
flacge, flacg

a poultice ⬩ plaster

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a poultice, plaster Flacg cataplasma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 3. Substitute:

for-neted cli

(n.)
Grammar
for-neted cli, (fornaeticli, Ep. Gl., fornetiali, Erf. Gl.)

a trout

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glosses cyprinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 72. Cf. (?) forn a trout

ge-heáfdod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heáfdod, adj.
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Having a head Geheáfdod hringce Samothracius, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 60

ge-rec

(n.)
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a pinnace (?) Gerec liburnices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 67: 50, 79

ge-cwidrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwidrǽdness, e; f.
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An agreement, a covenant Hér swutelað seó gecwydrǽdnes ðe ..., Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cwidrǽdness

ge-wyrd-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd-wrítere, es; m.
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A historiographer Stǽrwrítere ł gewyrd-[wtere] istoriographus An. Ox. 60, I

grund-wæg

Grammar
grund-wæg, l. grund-weg, grund-wæg, dele '
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A foundation,' and add: Cf. eorþ-weg, fold-weg, mold-weg

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