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Eofes-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Eofes-ham, Eues-ham; gen. -hammes; m. [Flor. Eouesham: Hovd. Heuesham: Brom. Euesham: Kni. Evisham, Evysham, Ewesham, Evesham]

EVESHAM, Worcestershire oppĭdi nomen in agro Vigorni*-*ensi

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D. 1054] was consecrated the monastery at Evesham, on the 6th of the Ides of October [October 10th ], Chr. 1054; Th. 322, 34, col. 1; 324, 3, col. 2 : 1078; Th. 350, 15

Linked entry: Eues-ham

þeáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáwlíce, adv.
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In accordance with good manners, properly Gáþ þeáwlíce ... and standaþ þeáwlíce incedite morigerate ... et state disciplinabiliter, Coll. Monast. Th. 36, 1-5. Ðá hé ðæt hæfde ðeáwlíce ( rite ) gesett, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 37

clincig

(adj.)
Grammar
clincig, adj.
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Shrivelled with heat or cold, rough Clincig síþfæt asperum iter, Hy. S. 104, 35. [Cf. somer dryeth mareis and mores . . . and maketh hem rouȝe and harde and clynkery. v. N. E. D. clinkery.] Cf. clingan

ÍW

(n.)
Grammar
ÍW, es; m.

Yew

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In proper names, vi. 306, col. 2 ; 307, col. 1

Linked entry: eóh

hratele

(n.)
Grammar
hratele, an; f.
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bobonaca, Lch. iii. 300, col. 2

Linked entry: hrætele

Bret-walas

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walas, pl. m.

The Britons of Wales;

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The Britons of Wales; Walli — Cynríc ða Bretwalas gefliémde Cynric routed the Welsh, Chr. 552; Th. 28, 39, col. 1

Linked entry: Bret-

fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
fúlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. n.

To become foulputrefyrotdecayputrescĕrecomputrescĕrecorrumpi

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; and, therefore, the dead men lie there so long, and decay not, because they bring the cold into them, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 7.

Linked entries: a-fúlian fýlan

of-stician

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix

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Ofstikian bâr jugulare aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13. Hé swealt ofsticod fram him sylfum. Chr. 2; Erl. 5, 19

Linked entry: of-stingan

Cent-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cent-land, -lond, es; n.

Kentish land, KentCantium

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Æðelréd oferhergode Centland [Centlond, col. 1] Æthelred ravaged Kent, Chr. 676; Th. 60, 8, col. 2, 3. Ða Brettas forléton Centlond the Britons forsook Kent, 457; Erl. 12, 19

Bremes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bremes burh, gen. burge ; dat. byrig; f.

BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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D. 909, Æthelfled built Bramsbury, Chr. 909; Th. 183, 30, col. 2. Hér, A. D. 910, Æðelflǽd getimbrede ða burh æt Bremes byrig in this year, A. D. 910, Æthelfled built the fortress at Bramsbury, 910; Th. 184, 11. col. 2

hwíting-treów

(n.)
Grammar
hwíting-treów, es; n.
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Lchdm. iii. 334. col. 1

beorgan

(v.)

to tastegustare

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to taste; gustare Fénix of ðám wyll-gespryngum brimcald beorgeþ æt baða gehwylcun the Phoenix tastes ocean-cold [water] from the well-springs at every bath Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 9; Ph. 110

and-swerian

(v.)
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And*-*sweraþ respondit, Coll. M. 30, 37. Andswyrah, Cant. Ez. 15. Andswerede, Bl. H. 233, 10. Ondsweorede, Ps. Srt. 101, 24. Andswyra responde, Cant. Ez. 14. Add

ge-anwyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-anwyrde, adj.

Knownmanifestconfessedprofessus

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Known, manifest, confessed; professus Ic eom geanwyrde monuc professus sum monachus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 23. He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5

Linked entry: ge-wyrde

stott

(n.)
Grammar
stott, es; m.
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7

sprot

(n.)
Grammar
sprot, es; n.

A sproutshoottwigsmall branchsurculuma sprout, twig

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, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 35. Sprota sarmentorum, ramorum, qui de vinea exciduntur, Hpt. Gl. 445, 32: 489, 10: palmitum, Germ. 401, 16. Sprotum sarmentis, 401, 24

Linked entries: sprota sprytele

be-léweda

(n.)
Grammar
be-léweda, an; m.

A betrayerproditor

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Catal. 137, 38. col. 1

Linked entry: be-léwa

be-notian

(v.)
Grammar
be-notian, p. ode; pp. od [be, notian to use]

To useconsumeuti

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To use, consume; uti Hie hæfdan heora mete benotodne they had consumed their provisions Chr. 894; Th. 166, 15, col. 2

cyrc-líc

(adj.)

ecclesiastical

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ecclesiastical, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 35, col. 3: L. Ælf. C. 33 ; Th. ii. 356, 13: Homl. Th. i. 600, 8

dihtnung

(n.)
Grammar
dihtnung, e; f.
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Catal. 293, 50, col. 1

Linked entries: dehtnung ge-dihtnung