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ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14.

Linked entry: wæd

éfest

Grammar
éfest, l. efest
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haste, and add Inn eode sóna mið oefeste ( festinatione ), Mk. L. R. 6, 25. Mið oefeste (-iste, R.), Lk. L. 1, 39

Fróm-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm-múþa, Frómuþa, an; m.

The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole BayFromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat

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The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay; Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat Hér wende se here eft eástweard into Frómmúþan, and up

Linked entry: Fróm

Eadulfes næs

(n.)
Grammar
Eadulfes næs, Ealdulfes næs, næss, es; m.

Eadulf's ness, Walton-on-the-Naze?Ædulphi promontōrium in agro Essexiensi

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Ædulphi promontōrium in agro Essexiensi Ðá óðre fóron on Eást-Seaxon to Eadulfes næsse the others went on to Essex, to Eadulf's ness, Chr. 1049; Ing. 220, 24: 1051; Th. 319, 2, col. 2: 1052; Th. 321, 10

fel-tún

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Hé gecierde inn tó ðǽm scræfe and wolde him ðǽr gán tó feltúne ad purgandum ventrem speluncam ingressus est, Past. 197, 15, 24. Add

dæg-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-cúþ, adj.
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Clear as daylight, perfectly known Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánra gylta, ꝥ hit ne sý dægcúð, ꝥ ꝥ díhle wæs, openum wordum eall ábæred nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, omnia quin luci verbis reddantur apertis, Dóm.

streát

(n.)
Grammar
streát, es; m. (?), n. (?).
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Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H. Ger. ge-striuze, striuzach copse, thicket.] See next word

Linked entry: hen-streát

ge-restan

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Gefere þæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan, gereste him swíðe wel hleówe, and wearma gléda bere man gelóme inn, Lch. ii. 280, 11

ǽrst

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrst, = ǽrost.

firstprimo

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first; primo,Homl. in nat. Innoc. p. 36

rysc-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
rysc-pytt, es; m.

A pit or pool

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A pit or pool in which rushes grow In hriscpyt; of hriscpytte intó ðere díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 2-3

Acsan mynster

(n.)
Grammar
Acsan mynster, Ascan mynster, Axan minster, es; n. [Acsa, an; m? the river Axe; mynster a monastery: Flor. Axanminster: Hunt. Acseminster]

AXMINSTER in Devonshirehodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi

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AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf

sand-seáþ

(n.)

a sand-pit

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a sand-pit Ofer ðene hǽþ inn on ðam sandseáþe; of ðam sandseáþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 26. Of ðære ǽc on ða sandseáþas, 80, 2: 169, 4

Samaringas

(n.)
Grammar
Samaringas, Samaritane, Samaritanisce; pl.

The Samaritans

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The Samaritans Innan Samaritana ceastre (in burgum ðæra Samaritanesca, Lind. ; in cæstra Samaringa, Rush. ) in civitates Samaritanorum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 5. Tó Samaritaniscum, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 4, 9. Similar entries v. next word (Samaritanisc)

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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He lífes gesteald in ðam écan hám eal sceáwode he saw all the dwelling-place of life in the eternal home, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 24; Cd. 305. Ðæs we ealles sculon secgan þonc for all that we ought to give thanks, 16 b; Th. 38, 24; Cri. 611.

Linked entries: al all eall

Andred

(n.)
Grammar
Andred, es; m.

The name of a large wood in Kentthe city of ANDRED or AndridaAndredes ceaster

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ANDRED'S WEALD, a large wood in Kent, extending into Sussex [v. Sandys Gavel. Ind. p. 340] Hine ðá Cynewulf on Andred adrǽfde then Cynewulf drove him into Andred, Chr. 755; Th. 82, 9, col. 2.

Linked entry: Andredes ceaster

Afen

(n.)
Grammar
Afen, Afn, e; f: Afene, an; f.

AVON

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AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, (cf. byri-weard) a city.
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In the earlier MS. of the Chron. the form burg occurs in the passages; in the later the mutated form seems to have made its way into the nominative and accusative

bleóm

(n.)

in colours

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in colours, Elen. Kmbl. 1515; El. 759; inst. pl. of bleoh

bleóum

(n.)

in colours

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in colours, Salm. Kmbl. 301; Sal. 150; inst. pl. of bleoh