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eíg-land

(n.)
Grammar
eíg-land, es; n. [eá water = eíg, land land]

Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla

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Water-land, an island; insŭla On ðis eíglande in this island, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15

fýrenfull

(adj.)
Grammar
fýrenfull, adj.

Fiery ⬩ ignītus

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Fiery; ignītus Is fýrenfull spæc ðín swíðlíce est ignītum elŏquium tuum vehementer, Ps. Lamb. 118, 140

leás-lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
leás-lícettung, e; f.

Dissimulation ⬩ pretence

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Dissimulation, pretence Næs hé begangende leáslícetunge he did not practise dissimulation, Guthl. 2; Gdwin 12, 18

Linked entry: lícettung

mylen-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-steall, es; m.

A mill

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 4, 14. Mylenstall, 169, 9. v. next word

owisc

(n.)
Grammar
owisc, e; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 388, 25

Linked entry: ofesc

scot-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
scot-freó, adj.
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 32 : 191, 18

wíþig-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-bed, wíþig-bedd, es; n.

A bed of willows ⬩ an osier-bed

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 21

wudu-gehæg

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-gehæg, es; n.

An enclosed wood

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 1

Linked entry: ge-hæg

mǽre-mǽd

(n.)
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a boundary meadow Ðis syndon þá landgemǽro . . . norðrihte on mǽremǽde westewearde, C. D. iii. 416, 18. (?)

swǽr

(n.)
Grammar
swǽr, swár, es; n.
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What is heavy or grievous, labour, trouble Ðis syndon swáres and geswinces dagas, Verc. Först. 173

þúr

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Dæg þúres die Iouis, Archiv cxx. 297, 27. On þurres dæge, Verc. Först. 123, 20. Add

beorhtnian

(v.)
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Bertna ðú sune ðínne ꝥte sune ðín ðec geberhtna (berehtnað, R.), Jn. L. 17, 1. Add

bryce

(n.)
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Add Hý him bryce heóldon (v. healdan; ) they did him service, Gú. 701. v. weorold-bryce

wǽðe-burne

(n.)
Grammar
wǽðe-burne, (?), an; f.

A fishing-stream (?)

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 27

leáh-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
leáh-hrycg, es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 17

mearc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-treów, es; n.

A tree serving as a boundary

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Dip. Kembl. iii. 434, 18

níd-syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-syndrig, adj.

Quite apart

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Dip. B. i. 154, 12

stán-scealu

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scealu, -scalu, e; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word

wíþig-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-wíc, es; n.

A dwelling-place by which willows grow

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 18

weall-weg

(n.)
Grammar
weall-weg, (?), es; m.

A walled road(?)

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Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: hege-weg

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