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þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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Leo, Anglo-Saxon Names of Places, p. 43 sqq.; Taylor's words and Places, s.v

Linked entry: þrop

sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
sceaga, an; m.

A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood

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A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket. The word is found in many local names, and was preserved in various dialects, e. g. shaw a small shady wood in a valley, E. D. S. Pub. B. 7 (West Riding): A wood that encompasses a close, B. 16 (Sussex).

þrág

Grammar
þrág, III.
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Crw. 19, 5. v. hwíl-, wód-þrág

grǽg-hama

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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird.

stic-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
stic-wyrt, e; f.
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Stitch-wort; stellaria holostea; but the word glosses agrimonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 2

regn-

(prefix)
Grammar
regn-, in the compounds regn-heard, -meld, -þeóf, -weard has an intensive force, implies greatness, might. The word occurs as part of many proper names, e.g. Rǽdwoldes sunu wæs Regeuhere geháten,
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Bd. 2, 12;S. 515, 10. Some of these e. g. Reginald are still used

Linked entries: regen- regn-heard regn-meld regn-þeóf regn-weard

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom; gen. hammes; m.

A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.

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'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise

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

fægir

(adj.)
Grammar
fægir, adj.

Fair ⬩ pulcher

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Fair; pulcher Þurh fægir word with fair words, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 24; Gen. 899

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to succeed. See preceding word: ge-sælge. -For Cot. 89 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 63. (Gesǽlge might be adjective, fauste being faustae. Cf. for the termination (-e = ae) attrite gegiiidenan, 5, 12. v.
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also 5, 3.)

ge-gyddian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gyddian, p. ode; pp. od

To sing ⬩ cantāre

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To sing; cantāre Ic ðás word gegyddode I sang these words, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 40

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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Tó ðam lande ðe fléwþ on ríþum meolce and hunies, Num. 16, 14. v. wæter-r-iþe and next word

ge-strúdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strúdian, p. ode
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To commit rapine, prey on Þá biód þǽr on mǽstre nearonesse forþylmed þá þe hér hiora líchaman mid mǽstum unrihtum byldað and ꝥ on óðrum mannum mid wó gestrúdiaþ, Nap. 32. See next word

Linked entry: strúdian

for-weoren

(adj.)
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Eorðgráp wyrhtan hafað forweorone geleórene, Ruin. 7. v. next two words

lust

(adj.)
Grammar
lust, adj.

Pleased ⬩ glad ⬩ desirous

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Pleased, glad, desirous Ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twýsprǽcena word that thou be not glad or desirous to hear the words of the double-tongued [or does lustum belong to the preceding word?], Wulfst. 246, 10

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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Straight Þárrihtum strictis (but the passage glossed is strictis mucronibus; the glosser seems to have given two senses of the word, as he gives evaginatis besides the English word ), Hpt. Gl. 495, 50. v. next two words

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60. Hé heora fela

Linked entry: ge-tucian

wǽg-streám

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-streám, es; m.

The sea

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The sea Ðæt feórþe cyn wód on wǽgstreám (the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311

hryre

(adj.)
Grammar
hryre, adj. [?]

Falling ⬩ decaying ⬩ perishing

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Tó ðam hé wext ðæt hé fealle verily by these words is manifested that the fruit of this world is decaying [or a ruin (?) v. preceding word]. It grows that it may fall, Homl. Th. i. 614, 8

ed-

(prefix)
Grammar
ed-, prefixed to words, denotes anew, again, as the Latin re- meaning rursus, dēnuo, itĕrum. Edniwian

to renew, to make new again ⬩ renŏvāre

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to renew, to make new again; renŏvāre

Linked entries: witian æd- níwian níwung ryne staþolian staþoliend staþolung þingung wille

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