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bócung

Grammar
bócung, For '
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Dele' substitute: Conveyance by charter or deed Ic geaf ... ðonæ hagan ... ðǽre ilcan bócunga ðæ ðæt land gæbócod is, C. D. v. 257, 12

a-tiefran

(v.)
Grammar
a-tiefran, -tifran; p. ede; pp. ed

To paintdescribe by paintingdepingere

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To paint, describe by painting; depingere Ealle ða hearga Israhéla folces wǽron atiefrede [MS. C. atifred : MS. Oth. atiefred] on ðæm wage universa idola domus Israel depicta erant in pariete, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30 a, 23. He atiefreþ [MS.

fæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-tíd, e; f.

Fast-tide or time jējūnii tempus

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Yfel biþ ðæt man riht fæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete it is bad that any one, at a lawful fast-time, eat before the time, 47; Th. i, 402, 23: L. Edg. C. 25; Th. ii. 250, 2

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, adj.
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Voc. i. 45, 3. Andlang on middel gewæd (middel-gewæd?) . . . andlang fleótes tóemnes middelbyrum, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14. Gif slápað betwih midle (middele, Ps. Spl. ) þreátas si dormiatis inter medios cleros, Ps. Cam. 67, 14.

ferd-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
ferd-rinc, es; m.

A warriorsoldierbellātormīles

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A warrior, soldier; bellātor, mīles He fromne ferdrinc fere beserode he deprived the brave warrior of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fightingpugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B

Linked entry: fyht-wíte

fór-tymbrian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-tymbrian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To build before or in front ofstop upobstructobstruĕre

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To build before or in front of, stop up, obstruct; obstruĕre Fórtymbred is múþ sprecendra unrihtu obstructum est os lŏquentium inīqua, Ps. Spl. C. 62, 10

ful-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ful-wyrcan, full-wyrcan; p. -worhte; pp. -worht

To do fullyaccomplishcommitperfĭcĕre

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To do fully, accomplish, commit; perfĭcĕre Gif hwá griþbryce fulwyrce if anyone commit a breach of the peace, L. C. S. 62; Th. i. 408, 22

Linked entry: full-wyrcan

ge-wænian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wænian, p. ede; pp. ed.

to accustomassuefacereto weanablactare

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to accustom; assuefacere Folc to ælmessan gewænian to accustom the people to alms, L. Edg. C. 55; Th. 256, 9. to wean; ablactare, Gen. 21, 8

scrépe

(adj.)
Grammar
scrépe, scroepe; adj.
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Suitable, adapted, convenient Hit (Britain) is gescrǽpe (scroepe, MS. C.) on lǽswe sceápa and neáta alendis apta pecoribus ac jumentis, Bd. 1, l; S. 473, 13

Linked entry: scroepe

un-temed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-temed, adj.

Untamedwild

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Untamed, wild Untemed (Wright prints untamed, but see Wülcker 226, 14), wilde edomitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 40. Un-temed hors, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 17

Linked entries: temian un-tamed

wyll

(n.)
Grammar
wyll, e; f.

Wool

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Wool Ða wylle and ða horna dóð heom nytnysse lanam et cornua in usum suum convertunt, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 31

Linked entry: wull

gor-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gor-gráf, gor-grǽfe
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a muddy copse (?) Æt gorgráfes slædę ... eft in on gorgráfes slæd, C. D. vi. 120, 8-26. Of gorgrǽfan, v. 579, 18. On gorgráues, 380, 4

Linked entry: gráf

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hæl (?, for form cf. tæl, tel), es; m.

a shelter

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A hidden spot (f), a shelter Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16

heáh-geþring

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geþring, es; n.
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Mounting waves Bídað stánhleoðu streámgewinnes, þonne heáhgeþring on cleofu crýdeð, . 4, 27. Cf. heáh; <b>A. I.</b> 1 c a

Linked entry: ge-þring

mór-lǽs

(n.)
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marshy pasturage xxiii. acrae prati iacent in feormóre . . . Item uilla habere debet in eodem prato communem pasturam, quae yméne mórlése appellatur, C. D. iii. 408, 23

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, f.
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Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene þære wyllan (ad fontem). Gr. D. ii. 21. On winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, C. D. iii. 394, 8. Add

bær-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
bær-líc, es; m.? Substitute: bær-lic; adj.

Of barley

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Of barley Of hláwe bærlice crofte, C. D. vi. 79, 10. [ acersǽd hwǽte . . . (acersǽd) bærlic . . . acersǽd áten, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 15.]

Gleáw-ceaster

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Gleáwanceaster (Gleáw-, -cestre, v. ll. ), Chr. 577; P. 18, 32. Of Gleáweceastre, 918; P. 98, 18: 941; P. 110, 8: C. D. v. 140, 9. Intó Gléweceaster, iii. 208, 25; Chr. 918; Th. 193, 18. Of Gleáwcestre, 1043; P. 163, 32: 1052; P. 175, 6.

or-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
or-treówe, -triéwe, -trýwe; adj.

despairing, hopelessfaithless, perfidious

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despairing, hopeless Da him eorla mod ortrýwe wearþ, Cd. Th. 18 f, 21; Exod. 154. wáce hýraþ Qrum Drihtne, and wg to ortreówe (-trýwe, MS. A. : -truwe, MS. C. ) syndan Godes mihta and his mildheortnesse, Wulfst. gi, 14.

Linked entry: or-trýwe