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port-geat

(n.)
Grammar
port-geat, es; n.
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The gate of a town Portgeat porta, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 37 : 84, 38. Fare ðæt wíf tó ðam portgate perget mulier ad portam civitatis, Deut. 25, 7, Ðá dá hé geneálǽhte ðam portgeate (cf. ðære ceastre gate, Lk. Skt. 7, 12), Homl. Th. i. 490, 30. Ðæt portgeat

preóst-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-lagu, e ; f.
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N. P. L. 2 ; Th. ii. 290, 1-16

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on nihtsange, R. Ben. 40, 13. Ic sang prím and seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27. [Icel. prími; m. : prima; f. : prím; n.]

pull-spere

(n.)
Grammar
pull-spere, es ; n.
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A pool-spear, a reed (such as grows by pools, cf. hreód-pól under pól) Pulsper harundinem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7

pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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Maria nam án pund ( libram ) deórwyrðre sealfe, Jn. Skt. 12, 3. Ðæt ísen ðe biþ tó þrímfealdum ordále, ðæt wege .iii. pund, and tó ánfaldum án pund, L. Edg.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

rád-hors

(n.)
Grammar
rád-hors, es; n.
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A horse for riding, a saddle-horse Man sceal Jǽtan hine rídan on ðæs cyninges rádhorse, Anglia ix. 35, 235

ræced

(n.)
Grammar
ræced, reced, es; m. n.
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A house, hall, palace Reced sélesta ( Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 828; B. 412 : 1545; B. 770. Ræced, 3603; B. 1799. Wið ðæs recedes weal, 658; B. 326 : 1452; B. 724. His ( Lot ) recedes hleów, Cd. Th. 147, 18; Gen. 1441. Se beorn ( Noah ) reste on recede

Linked entry: reced

rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt hé wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf.

-rǽde

(suffix)
Grammar
-rǽde, v. ge-rǽde; n.

Linked entry: twi-rǽde

ráh-deór

(n.)
Grammar
ráh-deór, es; n.
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A roe-buck Ráhdeór capreus, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 66 : capreolus, 78, 30. Ráhdeóres mearh, Lchdm. iii. 2, 25

Linked entry: rá

rán

(n.)
Grammar
rán, es; n.
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Unlawful seizure of property, robbing Rán quod dicunt apertam rapinam, L. W. iii. 12; Th. i. 493, 6

ráp-gewealc

(n.)
Grammar
ráp-gewealc, (?), es; n.
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A coil of rope (?), a cord Rǽpe gewælc funiculum, Ps. Spl. T. 104, 10

Linked entry: ge-wealc

reáfung

(n.)
Grammar
reáfung, e; f.
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Nam post hujus praedae divisionem, aurum Persicum prima Graeciae corruptio fuit, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 21

reccend

(n.)
Grammar
reccend, es; m.
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Nis ðeós þeód wyrðe ðæt hí swylcne reccend and cyning ( as Oswine ) habban, Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 8

rédian

(v.)
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to furnish, provide Noe ongan Nergende lác rǽdfæst rédian (MS. reðran. Bouterwek suggests rénian. v. regnian), Cd. Th. 90, 20; Gen. 1498. (?)

Linked entry: reðran

ealu-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-gafol, es; n. [gafol tax, tribute]

Tribute or excise paid for ale ⬩ cervĭsiæ trĭbutum

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Tribute or excise paid for ale; cervĭsiæ trĭbutum On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan hunig-gafol, on suman mete-gafol, on suman ealu-gafol in one place a boor shall give honey-tribute, in another meat-tribute, in another ale-tribute, L. R. S. 4; Th. i

Eal-wealda

(n.)
Grammar
Eal-wealda, an; m.

All-ruler, God, the Almighty ⬩ omnium rector, Deus, omnĭpŏtens

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Noldon ealwealdan [MS. alwealdan] word weorþian they would not revere the all-ruler's [the Almightys'] word, 18; Th. 21, 23; Gen. 328

Linked entries: æl-walda All-walda Al-wealda al-wealda eall-wealda Eal-walda

EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn ⬩ spīca

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An EAR of corn; spīca Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spīcam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spīca, Mk. Bos. 4, 28. Ða seofon fullan ear getácniaþ seofon wæstmbǽre geár

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f: earce, an; f.

the ark of Noah ⬩ arca ⬩ a chest, the ark of the covenant ⬩ cista, cistella

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the ark of Noah; arca Noe on ða earce eode Noah went into the ark. Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 17, 27. Under earce bord under the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333.

Linked entries: arc earce erc ærc

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