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camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, e; f.
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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12

feldlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
feldlíc, adj.

Fieldlikecountryruralcampester

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On feldlícre stówe in lŏco campestri, Lk. Bos. 6, 17. On feldlícum wunungum in campestrĭbus habĭtācŭlis, Jos. 10, 40

ge-wald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wald, es; m. n.

Powermasterysway

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Power, mastery, sway Ða Denescan áhton wæl-stówe gewald the Danes had the mastery of the battle-place, Chr. 833; Th. 116, 7, col. 1: Cd. 214; Th. 268, 15; Sat. 55

Scild

(n.)
Grammar
Scild, es; m.
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His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr

ǽ-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, an; f.: es; n.

A desert

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Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12

þeóster-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóster-full, (þístre-, þrýstre-); adj.
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Se engel mé lǽdde tó ánre þeóstorfulre stówe ... ealle ða ðeóstorfullan stówe, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 15-26. Hé geseah swilce án ðeóstorful dene, 338, 5. Ðeósterfulle wununga, i. 68, 4. Þésterfulle dimhoua latebrosa latibula, Hpt. Gl, 446, 5

mór-denu

(n.)
Grammar
mór-denu, e; f.

A swampy or fenny valley

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A swampy or fenny valley Of ðam stocce inn on mórdene; of mórdene inn on ðere saltstrét. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten

eardiend

(n.)
Grammar
eardiend, es; m.
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A dweller, an inhabitant Se unclǽna eardiend ( habitator ) eóde of þǽre ilcan stówe, Gr. D. 236, 8. Þá eardiend þǽre ceastre inhabitatores civitatis illius, 192, 3

óht

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Hí ne dorston ofer ꝥ geþrýstlǽcan ꝥ hí óhte gréttan þá hálgan stówe rihtgeleáffullra manna nequaquam ulterius praesumserunt catholica loca temerare, Gr. D. 235, 6. Add

syndrig

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Add Hé ǽnlýpig áwunode on syndrige (-re, v. l.) stówe fram þǽre cyrican in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 535, 14

ge-hwilcness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwilcness, e; f.
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Æfter stówa gehwylcnysse secundum locorum qualitatem R. Ben. I. 91, 10. Bútan þissum þingum . . . synt geswutelunga and gehwylcnyssa, Angl. viii. 299, 23

Linked entry: hwilc-ness

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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Neoti, but in other forms of the story, e.g. Matthew of Westminster's, he is subulcus and drives 'porcos ad solita pascua') húse his hléw gernde . . .

þrýþ

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ, e; þrýþu (? indecl. v. mód-þrýþu); f.

Forcepowerstrengthforcestroopshostsvehementlymightilyfiercelygreatly

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Wæteregsa stód þreáta þrýðum the terrible waves stood in battalions, Andr. Kmbl. 751; An. 376. Ecga þrýðum with hosts (or force?)

Linked entry: gebéldan

disc

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Þǽr stód micel sylfren disc ( discus ) on, Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 14. Discas (-es?) ferculi, swǽsende fercula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 18.

mæsse-reáf

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Se hálga Swídun on scínendum mæssereáfe stód swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 354. Mæssepreóst sceal habban clǽne mæssereáf, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 3. ÞreÓ þéningbéc . . . and án mæssereáf, Cht. Crw. 23, 27.

æle-midde

(n.)
Grammar
æle-midde, an; f.

The exact middlejust in the middle

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Agnes stód on ælemiddan gesund, Hml. S. 7, 223. Ðá héngon ðá cempan Críst on ælemiddan, and ðá twégen sceaðan him on twá healfa, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 22

Linked entry: midde

helto

(n.)
Grammar
helto, f.

Haltness,lameness

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Haltness, lameness Áfyrr ðú dríhten from ðære stówe blindnesse and helto and dumbnesse remove O Lord from the place blindness and lameness and dumbness, Shrn. 101, 35

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To belongpertain

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To belong, pertain Alle ða land ðe longen intó ðare hálagen stówe all the lands that belong to the holy place, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 4

leás-spell

(n.)
Grammar
leás-spell, es; n.

fictionfable

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A false story, fiction, fable Leásspel figmenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 43. Be swylcum menn leásspell secgaþ de qualibus fabulæ ferunt, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 26

án-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
án-wunung, e; f.
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Solitary dwelling: — Óþer cyn is muneca þe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ánwununge lufiaþ (deserta loca sequi atque habitare perhibentur), R. Ben. 134, 12