eald-gestreón
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Hié ne úþon ꝥ hiera fiénd tó hiera ealdgestreónum féngon. Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 11. Brond ǽleð ealdgestreón, Cri. 813. Add
gold-fyll
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gold-leaf, gold-foil Him an rǽd hiów rudaþ on þám ricge goldfylle (-felle [ in a later MS. ], 476, 58) gelíc glitonaþ Fénix, E. S. viii. 478, 61. (?)
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mǽr-haga
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a boundary fence Andlang mǽrhagan . . . on þone mǽr-hægan, C. D. iii. 437, 1-6. v. gemǽr-haga under ge-mǽre ; <b>II. ¶.</b>
tó-samne
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Add Hí ðá tósomne cómon æt Peonhó, and sóna swá hí tógædere fengon, þá beáh seó Englisce fyrd, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 23
fyniht
Produced in marshy, fenny places
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Produced in marshy, fenny places Mettas þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint scilfixas finihte, Lch. ii. 244, 25. [Cf. He must abstaine from maryshe fyshes and fennie
Gyrwas
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.
þengel
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Cf. fengel, strengel
ge-týnan
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Add: to fence, enclose land Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben tó týnanne and hæbben sume getýned hiora dǽl ... þám þe hiora dǽl getýnedne hæbben, Ll. Th. i. 128, 5-9
hæcce
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A fence of rails (?) Andlang hæccan (heccan, v. l. ), 3. D. B. iii. 147, 25. [Cf. (?) On haccan bróc; andlang haccan bróces, 3. D. v. 298, 4. v. hæc.]
hreód-wæter
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Fenny land where reeds are growing Ðá wæs ðæt land eall swá wé geférdon ádrigad and fien and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23
páwa
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On ðære ylcan stówe byþ óðer fugelcynn fenix hátte ða habbaþ cambas on heáfde swá páwan in eo monte est avis fenix que habet cristas quasi orbes pavonis, Nar. 39, 4. Se fugel ( the phenix ) is onlícost peán, Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312
Eádbald
Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640
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He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640 Hér Æðelbryht Contwara cyning forþférde, and Eádbald his sunu féng to ríce, se forlét his fulluht and leofode on hǽðenum þeáwe, swá ðæt he hæfde his fæder láfe to wife in
bisceop-hád
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Hé féng tó his sweorde æfter his biscupháde, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 28. Hé þon bisceopháde onféng in Turnan, ... and hé his bisceophád gedéfelíce geheóld, Bl. H. 219, 24-31.
drosna
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Ger. drósnon) Of fenne drósnan de luto faecis, Ps. L. 39, 3. Fex, i. virus vel drósna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 50. Drósne, Ps. Srt. 74, 9
æcer-geard
An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or the fence of a field
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= Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24
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gyru
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Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12
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byldan
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To build, fence (?) Onbúton ðone croft ðe Wynstán bylde; on ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6. Tó werbolde án fóðer gyrdo, oððe . viii. geocu byld, 451, 1
cyne-ríce
A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm ⬩ regnum
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Féng his bearn to cyneríce his child succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 5; Edg. 31: 1066; Erl. 201, 1: 1076; Erl. 215, 2. On ðý cyneríce be súþan Temese in the kingdom south of the Thames, 871; Erl. 76, 9.
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wíd-floga
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Oferhogode fengel ðæt hé ðone wídflogan weorode gesóhte, 4681; B. 2346
beorgan
to taste ⬩ gustare
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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