tún-geréfa
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Ðá onféng hí se túngeréfa intraverunt hospitium cujusdan villici, petieruntque ab to, ut transmitterentur ad satrapam qui super eum erat . . . Suscepit eos villicus, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 19-28.
wara
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In composition both -waran and -ware occur (cf. Seaxe and Seaxan), and also -waras, v. Sigel-waras. The forms are united with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-waran, -ware; or with proper names, native or foreign, e. g.
Linked entry: -waru
Candel-mæsse
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CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles; festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ Æt Candelmæssan at Candlemas, L. Eth. ix. 12 ; Th. i. 342, 32. Hér, A.
ticia
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A tick (an insect infesting animals) Ticia ricinus, Txts. 109, 1130
mete-cleofa
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A pantry Met[e]clyf[a] cellarium, An. Ox. 56, 270
hangelle
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An implement that hangs, Rä. 45, 6
ge-stal
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17.
oter-hola
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An otter's hole Of ðam oterholan, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 23, 30
plegestre
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A female athlete Cemp[ena], plegestr[en]a luctatorum, An. Ox. 4735
efen-wǽge
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An equipoise Ebnwége aequipensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 47. Efenwǽge equipensium, 143, 71
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Th. ii. 98, 3. the exciting cause of such a feeling Beó eówer ege and óga ofer ealle nítenu terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia, Gen. 9, 2. On lígette is óga, Homl. Th. i. 222, 32.
godweb-wyrhta
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A weaver of godweb To ðám diólgum godwebwyrhtum ad abditos seres, Nar. 6, 15
abboda
An abbot ⬩ abbas
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An abbot; abbas Swá gebireþ abbodan as becometh abbots, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 35
dirn-maga
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One who presides at mysteries Dyrnmaga mysteriarches, Germ. 397, 350
dǽd-lata
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One slow to act, a sluggard Oft daedlata dómę foręldit sigisítha gahuém, Txts. 152, 8
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burne
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Running water, a stream, brook, river; torrens, rivus Burnan flóweþ aquæ fluent, Ps. Th. 147, 7. He of stán-clife stearce burnan lǽdde he drew a strong stream from the stony rock, Ps. Th. 135, 17.
mixen-duncge
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Dung from a mixen Myxendincgan út drag-an, Angl. ix. 261, 9
ge-setla
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One who sits with another Gesettlan sessorem, An. Ox. 56, 20. Ðás ðíne gesætlan (these that sit with thee) synd míne gebróðra, Hml. S. 2, 237.
swín-haga
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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35
eald-gefá
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An old foe Métte hiene his ealdgefána sum and hiene ofstang, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 34