pirige
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The word, as in Piriford, is found in local names, e.g. Pirigfliát, Pyrihom, Pirigtún, vi. 322, col. 2
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styria
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A sturgeon; but the word is used as the equivalent of several Latin names of fishes Styria cragacus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 50: 15, 48. Styrga, styria, styra porcopiscis, Txts. 87, 1614. Styria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 29. Styriga, i. 281, 59.
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be-weorpan
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Ðá námon hí þone durman oxan, bewurpon mid wudu tó offrunga, Hml. S. 18, 106-113. þæ folc mid rápum þá anlicnesse bewurpon, Hml. Th. i. 464, 19. þæt hig mid wyrtgemangum hine bewurpon ut aromatibus condirent eum.
ened
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. ¶ in local names: Tó ænedwille, C. D. v. 179, 36. Tó enedforda, 216, 35. Add
lǽfan
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Nam se óðer hí and wearð deád, ne sé sǽd ne lǽfde . . . And ealle seofon hí hæfdon and sǽd ne lǽfdon, Mk. 12, 21, 22.
grið
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Ðonne nam man grið and frið wið hí then was truce and peace made with them, 1011; Erl. 145, 3, 4. We willaþ wið ðam golde grið fæstnian for the gold we will make a truce, Byrht. Th. 132, 53; By. 35.
ge-hwá
Every one ⬩ whoever ⬩ who ⬩ quisque ⬩ quis
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Hwæt gehwá náme quis quid tolleret, Mk. Bos. 15, 24. Fæder-æðelo gehwæs the ancestry of each, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 24; Exod. 361.
stæf
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Se biscop hine hét (steafa, v. l. ) naman cweðan, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. Ꝥ getæl þǽra stafena, Angl. viii. 335, 40. Stricum, stafum apicibus, i. litteris, An. Ox. 2009.
á-wegan
to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to
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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað wærlicum móde þá naman and þá bínaman ... Syððan hig þá word áginnað tó áweganne mid þam bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 4-7. to be equal in weight to Se dinor áwehð decem nummos, Ælfc. G. Z, 285, 2
el-þeódig
foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign
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Sécaþ sumne ælþeódigne man þæs nama is Andreas, 239, 33.
for-weorþan
to become ill ⬩ to go bad ⬩ to come to a bad end ⬩ to perish
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On mé earmre is mínes fæder nama reówlíce forworden, Ap. Th. 2, 22. [v. N. E. D. forworth. Goth. fra-wairþan : O. Sax. far-werðan : O. H. Ger. fer-werdan.]
mapulder
A maple tree
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The word is found in several place-names in the Charters v. Cod. Dip. vi. 313, and still occurs, e.g. Mappledurwell in Hampshire, Mapplederham in Oxfordshire
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Temes
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Hí námon him wintersetl on Temesan and lifedon of Eást-Seaxum, 1009; Erl. 143, 4
þri-líðe
Having three months named Líða
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Having three months named Líða, a term applied to the year in which a fourth summer month was intercalated; the passage in which the Latinized form of the word occurs is as follows: Quotiescunque communis esset annus, ternos menses solares singulis anni
spannan
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Ox. 17, 62. to bind by considerations of interest, fear of consequences Hí speónnon heom eall ꝥ landfolc tó (cf. hí námon gíslas swá fela swá hí woldon, 179, 3), Chr. 1052; P. 178, 36
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Ðá hé ( the Roman name ) com ǽrest tó Parþum, and wæs ðǽr swíðe níwe, Bt, 18, 2; Fox 64, 13. Níwe móna neomenia, Wrt, Voc. i. 16, 51. Se níwa neophytus, ii. 60, 64. Seó ( the English Church ) núgyt is níwe on geleáfan, Bd. 489, 41.
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Eást-Engle
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Hí wintersetl námon on Eást-Englum, and hié him friþ wiþ námon. Hér fór se here of Eást-Englum, 866-7; P. 68, 14-16. On Lindesse and on Eást-Englum and on Cantwarum wurdon monige men ofslægene, 838; P. 64, 1.
sanct
A saint
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The Latin forms sanctus, sancta (also sancte) are used before proper names :-- Sanctus Johannes, se mon Sancte Johannes, Sanctus Johanneslíf Blickl. Homl. 163. Sancta Maria, 5, 30. Sancta Marian (gen. ), 165, 27
gyrdel
A GIRDLE, ⬩ belt ⬩ zone ⬩ purse ⬩ cingulum
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Him bebeád ðæt hí ne námon feoh on heora gyrdlum præcepit ne tollerent in zona æs, Mk. Skt. 6, 8
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Icel. haugr a mound, funeral mound; how in local names.] the interior of a mound, a cave Draca sceal on hlǽwe a serpent shall dwell in a cave, Menol. Fox 512; Gn. C. 26: Beo. Th. 5539; B. 2773.
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