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hwirfel

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Add: In local names hwerfeldíc, C. D. iii. 316, 29. Ouer worfuldoune, vi. 233, 16. On wirfelmere, C. D. B. iii. 606, 16

pirige

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On þǽre pyrigean styb; þonne of pyrigean stybbe on þone þorn, C. D. B. iii. 396, 37. Æt ðǽre pyrgean, C. D. iii. 453. 39. Add

on-leccan

(v.)

to reproach, blame

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to reproach, blame Onlehton (bysmrydon, MS. C.) irritaverunt, Ps. Spl. T. 105, 8. Cf. hosp (on leccungæ, MS. T.: bysmre, MS. C.) irrita, 88, 34. (?)

Linked entry: læccan

hæcce-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hæcce-leás, adj.
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Without a hatch (hæc[c], q. v.)?, without a fence hæcce. q. v. )? On hæcceleás díc; ðonne andlang dǽre díc, C. D. vi. 70, 20

treów-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
treów-weorþung, e; f.
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S. 5 ; Th. i. 378, 17-21. v. Grmm. D. M. c. 21

rǽw

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Andlang rǽwe on þornwíc, C. D. v. 220, 36. In compounds bróce; andlang brócréwe, C. D. v. 122, 19. On ðá norðrǽwe, iii. 412, 28. Add

reád-leáf

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, and add Andlang mearce reádléfan bécan, C. D. iii. 14, 7. On þæt reádleáfe treów; of ðám reádleáfan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 28. (?)

west-healf

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Ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes vi gyrda bewestan Yttinges hláwe, C. D. v. 275, 18. Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, C. D. R. iii. 15, 12. Add

fyrþriend

(n.)
Grammar
fyrþriend, es; m.

One who promotes, advances, &c., a patron

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One who promotes, advances, &c., a patron God eallum þám þe wel þencaþ simle is fultum and firþriend, C. D. B. ii. 389, 17

hlóse

(n.)
Grammar
hlóse, an; f.

A pigstyelewzflooze

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A pigstye, lewzf, looze (v. D. D.) Swína hlóse ceni, luti (the gloss seems to refer to the dirt of a pigstye ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 77.

fearnig

(adj.)
Grammar
fearnig, adj.

Ferny

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Ferny, full of fern On ðá fearnigan hylle, of ðǽre fearnigan hylle, C. D. B. ii. 246, 21. On ðá fearnige leáge, C. D. iii. 376, 5

borg-steall

(n.)
Grammar
borg-steall, a borstal, 'any seat on the side or pitch of a hill,' Hall. Dict., a steep path up a hill. Take here passage given at
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burg-steall In loco qui dicitur æt Borstealle, C. D. iii. 209, 5. In loco qui dicitur Gealtborgsteal (cf. Icel. göltr a hog ), C. D. B. i. 365, 4

Linked entries: beorg-steal burg-steall

croft

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Ondlong ðæs croftes heáfodlandes . . . ðæt bercrofte, C. D. iii. 259, 34. On hwǽtecroft; of ðém crofte on grénan hylle, C. D. B. iii. 135, 25. bærlice crofte, C. D. vi. 79, 10. Onbúton ðone croft ðé Wynstán bylde, iii. 367, 6.

ǽryn

(adj.; part.)

brazenæreus

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brazen; æreus Ðú gesettest swá swá bogan bræsenne ǽrynne, Spl, C.] earmas míne posuisti ut arcum æreum brachia mea, Ps. Lamb. 17, 35: Ps. Spl. C. 106, 16

ác-holt

(n.)
Grammar
ác-holt, es; m.
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An oak wood thám ácholte, C. D. B. iii. 44, 28. Ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, C. D. vi. 243, 13

hætsan

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Dele: 'Perhaps, &c.'

pæþ

(n.)
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Add: n. (? v. mearc-, seolh-paþ) : paþu; f. (? Another list of boundaries to the same land as that mentioned in C. D. iii. 175-176 is given C.

ge-hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýnan, -hénan, -hínan; p. de; pp. ed

To humbleoppresswastedestroyhumiliareopprimeredamnare

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To humble, oppress, waste, destroy; humiliare, opprimere, damnare Uton gehýnan hit opprimamus eum, Ex. 1, 10. Eágan ofermódra ðú gehýnyst oculos superborum humiliabis, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 29. Gehýnyþ humiliat, Ps. Spl. C. M. 74, 7.

clǽg

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Add: ¶ as a component of words denoting places with a clayey soil, Clay- in local names Of clǽgbróce . . . on clǽgbróc, C. D. vi. 52, 25, 29. Cléigate, iv. 178, 2. On clǽghyrste, C. D. B. iii. 45, 7. On clǽgweg, andlang clǽgweges, 44, 25: C.

fealcen

(n.)
Grammar
fealcen, es: fealca (?), an; m.

A falcon

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A falcon fealcnes forda (cf. Hafuclord, C. D. v. 103, 37), C. D. B. ii. 220, 14. Ðæt land æt Fealcnahám (cf. æt Habeccahám, i. 315, 23. On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf.