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holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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., holm [in local names] Ðý ilcan geáre wæs ðæt gefeoht æt ðam Holme Cantwara and ðara Deniscra, Chr. 902; Th. 180, col. 2. Hér fór Cnut Cyng tó Denmearcon mid scipon tó ðam holme æt eá ðære hálgan, 1025; Erl. 163, 7

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running,an orbitcourse, uninterrupted progressa course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood course, cycle, lustrecourse of life

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Nǽron nó swá gewíslíce neswá endebyrdlíce hiora (the various members of the created world) stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum gif án unáwendendlíc God nǽre non tam certus naturae ordo procederet, nec tam dispositos motus, locis

Linked entry: rine

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Th. i. 436; while the frequent occurrence of the word swín in local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. . 339, may be taken as further evidence.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

ge-nerian

(v.)
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Hwylc manna is þæt fram helle locum his sáwle generige (eruet) ?, Ps. Th. 88, 41. Þ te ginerede ( eriperet ) úsig of ondueardum worulde wógsum, Rtl. 27, 17. Seó heofonlice cwén wearð tódæg generod fram ðyssere mánfullan worulde. Hml. Th. i. 446, 16.

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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Gang tó ciricean and site ðǽr and stille wuna and geseoh ðæt ðú fit ðanon ne gonge ǽr seó ádl from ðé gewiten sý ingredere ecclesiam & ibi reside, quietus manens; vide ne exeas inde, nec de loco movearis, donec hora recessionis febris transierit

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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Næs se folccyning ... þe mec gúðwinum grétan dorste, 2735. the object a thing, material, to try to injure Hí ne dorston ofer ꝥ geþrýstlǽcan ꝥ hí óhte gréttan þá hálgan stówe rihtgeleáffulra manna nequaquam ulterius praesumserunt catholica loca temerare

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of waterflowflowing waterwavetideFLOODsearunning streamriverflūmenfluctusfluentumæstusaccessusflŭviusthe Flooddelugedilŭvium

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water, wave, tide, FLOOD, sea, running stream, river; flūmen, fluctus, fluentum, æstus, accessus, flŭvius Ðæt flód [n.] eóde of stówe ðære winsumnisse to wætrienne neorxena wang; ðæt flód [n.] ys ðanon todǽled on feówer eán flŭvius egrĕdiēbātur de lŏco

Linked entry: flóde

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Sweriað þæt gé dón wið mé swilce mildheortnisse swá ic macode wið eów jurate ut quomodo ego misericordiam feci vobiscum, ita et vos faciatis cum domo patris mei, Jos. 2, 12. to conclude a bargain, contract Mid þám mannan, þe ǽr ꝥ loc makeden, Chr. 1094

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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</b> intrans. of local relations. to cleave to, remain in contact with Geþeóde tunge mín gómum mínum adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis Ps.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ic wiste ꝥ þú út áfaren ware, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 33. by numerals Hé of þǽre ylcan stówe wæs uneáðe gefaren týn mílum feor (feorr, v. l.) a loco eodem vix decem millibus aberat, Gr. D. 120, 4.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

eft

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., ne eft hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan, Past. 139, 13. Sé ðe ágiémeleásað ðá giémene . . ., oððe eft folgað ðǽre giémenne, 87, 11: 321, 16. Gehiéren hwæt áwriten is . . . and eft gehiérað ðone cwide, 323, 10: Met. 7, 27: 11, 26.

ge-réfa

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Hé heóld in þisse ylcan byrig geréfena stówe and scíre in hoc urbe locum Praefectorum servans, Gr. 0. 340, 32. a bailiff, steward. English Be gesceád-wisan geréfan.

ge-tǽcan

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Gúðlác bæd þǽt hé him þá stówe getǽhte Guthlacus ilium locum sibi monstrari a narrante efflagitat, Guth. Gr. 114, 22. fig. Getǽc mé þone weg. Bt. 36, 3; F. 174, 32.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Þá Dænescan þe wæs ǽrur geteald eallra folca getreówast wurdon áwende tó þǽre méste untríwðe (became perverts to faithlessness), Chr. 1086; P. 221, 30. to change Stówe hé áwent locum mutabit, Lch. iii. 151, 16.

Linked entry: on-wendan

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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.), seem to be used in reference to local relations in the sense of foot, lower side, the opposite of heáfod or heáfdu, e.g. Of ðes póles héuede on gerigte tó ðane ellene; of ðane ellene on gerigte á be wertuualen on ðe herestráte, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: -truma

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Þæt hé him stówe gegearwade þæt hé restan mihte ut sibi locum quiescendi praepararet, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 489, 7. Gegearnadon (-georwadan, R.) wyrta gemong, Lk. R. 23, 56. Gegearawa prepara, Kent. Gl. 939.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Loccas mid þisse eorðan synd gemengde, 243, 35. with case Hrím and snáw hagle gemenged, Wand. 48. (2 α) of non-material objects :-- Hlehter sáre byð gemincged risus dolori miscebitur, Scint. 171, 11. to prepare by putting various ingredients together

heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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Add: local. reaching to a great height, lofty, tall Heofon is wundorlíce heálic and wíd on ymbhwyrfte; sé gǽð under ðás eorðan ealswá deóp swá bufan, Hex. 10, 1. Man áhéng hí on heálicum gealgan, Hml. A. 95, 119.

hund

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Ox. 26, 61. the word occurs in local names On þone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfel, C. D. iii. 425, 29. See, too, Hunda-hám, Hunda-leáh, Hundes-geat, Hundes-hlǽw, vi. 304

hweorfan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 83, 74. (1 a) fig. of non-material objects :-- Mín hyge hweorfeð ofer hreðer locan, mín módsefa. . . hweorfeð wíde, Seef. 58-60. where the point to or from which motion is directed is marked. of living creatures Hwiðer hweorfað wé ( whither