leáh
A lea
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A lea, as a termination of local names -leigh, -ley, -ly; it occurs frequently in the charters Hríðra leáh campus armentorum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 232, 21. Ðis syndon ða landgemǽro tó madanleáge (cf. 120, 28 madan lieg) ǽrest on witena leáge, iii. 121,
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nón-tíd
The ninth hour
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The ninth hour On undern, on midne dæg, on nóntíde, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 9
ofer-mete
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Deóflice dǽda on gífernessan, on ofermettan and on oferfyllan, Ll. Th. i. 310, 17. Add
Lindesse
Lindsey
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Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire [Lat. Lindi colonia] Lǽrde Scs. Paulinus Godes word on Lindesse: seó mǽgþ is seó nýhste on súþhalfe Humbre streámes, ligeþ út on sǽ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 18. On Lindesége mǽgþe, 519, 16. On Lindese, 3, 11; S.
Langa-Frige-dæg
Good-Friday
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Good-Friday Ðes passio gebyreþ on Langa-Frigadæg, Jn. Skt. 18, 1, rubric. Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa-Frigedæg forðan ðe Crist þrowode on ðone dæg for ús the eucharist must not be consecrated on Good Friday, for Christ suffered for us on that day
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frum-mynetslege
A first minting
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A first minting Feówer síðon man áwende mynetísena on his dagum . . . and on þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega gewihte seolfres on ánum penege, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, and on þǽm þryddan . . . and on þám feórþan . . . Ðá wæs þæt feoh
teám-pól
A breeding-pool
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A breeding-pool Up on Exan on ðone neáran teámp-ol; ðanon up on Exan; ðonne of Exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace; of ðære lace eft on Exa[n]; ðanon up and lang Exa[n] on ðone uferan teámpól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 205, 8-11: iii. 441, 5-8
oden
A threshing-floor
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A threshing-floor Frymþa odene ðínre primitias areae tuae, Scint. 29. Beóþ sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, sume on carcerne, and lybbaþ ðeáh æalle be ánes hláfordes áre, Shrn. 187, 23. On odene cylne macian, Som
byd
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Andlang bróces on Bydincel, of Bydincele . . . of thám forda on thá ealdan byd, andlang byd . . . of thám hamme on Byd, andlang Byd, C. D. B. iii. 44, 24-38. On bydyncel . . . ðæt on byd, C. D. iii. 81, 5-7
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Ismahéli
Ishmaelites ⬩ Bedouins
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Ishmaelites, Bedouins Ðá þiccodan ðider semninga ða ismahéli on horsum and on olfendum then crowded thither on a sudden the Bedouins, on horses and camels, Shrn. 38, 4
gemót-beorg
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A hill where a 'gemót' is held Ǽrast on æscwoldes hláw ; ðonne on gemótbiorh, C. D. ii. 195, 10. On æscstede; ðanon on ðæne gemótbeorh, v. 82, 20
fyrs-íg
An island on which furze grows
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An island on which furze grows On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, C. D. v. 300, 17
wyrtung
Seasoning with herbs
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Seasoning with herbs On scírum wíne . . . : ge on wíne ge on wyrtunge, Lchdm. i. 342, 26
eáster-ǽfen
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On Sæternesdæge on þám hálgan Eásterǽfenne ipso sacratissimo vesperascente Sabbato Paschali, Gr. D. 83, 31. On Eásterǽfen Sancto Sabbato, Chr. 1047; P. 171, 12: Wlfst. 117, 2. On Ðunresdæg ǽr Eástrum and on Frigedæg and on Eástorǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 438,
ciric-rán
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Sacrilege On fæstenbricon, on cyricrénan, and on mæniges cynnes misdǽdan, Ll. Th. i. 322, 20
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elpend
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Ylpend elefans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 81. On horsum and on, múlum and on olfendum and on elpendum equis et mulis et elephantis et camelis, Nar. 9, 15. Add
mold-gewind
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the top of the head Þonne se untruma bið gesmyred on þám moldgewinde ( in vertice) and on foranheáfde and on þan þun-wengon and on his nebbe, Nap. 46
fild-denu
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a valley with a flat bottom(?) Andlang bróces on fildena wyllan, C. D. iii. 15, 30. Of hlǽwe on fildena weg; andlang weges on ðone ealdan ford, 289, 3. Ondlong longan hylles on fildena weg; ðonan on holan dene, 400, 15. Tó fildene lane uppende, 410,
súþ-sǽ
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a south sea On ðám dagum ríxade Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðǽre micclan eá Humbre oð súðsǽ, Hml. Th. ii. 128, 19. Ðis synt ðára .xxx. hída landgemǽro tó Cawelburnan on Wiht . . . on súðsǽ on Eádgýlses múðan; . .
ham
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N. E. D.). Add: — Hæfde hió hire gebógod on ánan wyrtigan hamme, Hml. S. 30, 312. On brádan leá on énne ham; þurh út ðone leá súð út on óðerne ham ; of ðan hamme . . . on brádan ham westeweardne; of brádan hamme . . . of mǽde on flexhammas; of flexhamman