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æcer-hege

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-hege, es; m.

A field-hedge

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A field-hedge On ðone æcerhege; ondlong ðæs æcerheges, C. D. iii. 33, 2

Linked entry: hege

æcer-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
æcer-mǽlum, adv.

By acres

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By acres Ðæt land líð hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum, C. D. vi. 98, 5

æcer-mann

arator

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Æcerman agricola, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 67. Add

æcer-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-sǽd, es; n.

Seed for an acre

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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd

æcer-týning

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-týning, e; f.

Fencing of fields

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Fencing of fields Æcertýninge .xv. gyrda, C. D. iii. 451, 2

Linked entry: týning

æcer-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-weorc, es; n.

Field-work, agricultural labourfield-work, harvest-work

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Field-work, agricultural labour Fra[m] hys æcerweorce agresti bonus, Germ. 391, 60

Linked entry: weorc

ǽder-seax

Grammar
ǽder-seax, ǽdder-seax.
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Flebotomum blódseax oððe ǽdderseax. Græce namque fleps vena, tomum vero incisio nominatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 22. Add:

æle-lendisc

Similar entry: ele-lendisc

æle-grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
æle-grǽdig, adj.

Very greedy, ravenous

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Very greedy, ravenous Gezabel sceolon etan ælegrǽdige hundas, Hml. S. 18, 213

Linked entry: grǽdig

ælf-þone

(n.)
Grammar
ælf-þone, f.?
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Dele?

wind-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wind-ǽdre, an; f.

A windpipe

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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39

bryne-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-ádl, e; f.

a diseaseA burning disease, a feveræstuans morbus, febris

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[ádl a disease] A burning disease, a fever; æstuans morbus, febris, Cot. 92

gár-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
gár-æcer, es; m.

A strip of land tapering at one end

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A strip of land tapering at one end, not having parallel sides like the ordinary acre-strip, v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on

hafud-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
hafud-æcer, es;m [?]
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Tióþa hafudæcer decumanus, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 78; Wrt. Voc. 38, 4

on-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
on-ǽht, e; f.

Possession

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Possession Ic sellu ðé þeóde erfeweardnisse ðíne and onǽhte ðíne gemǽru eorþan dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam et possessionem luam terminos terrae, Ps. Surt. 2, 8

ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devourĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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Ðú- ǽte of ðam treówe thou hast eaten of the tree; cŏmēdisti de ligno. Gen. 3, 17. He æt ða offring-hláfas pānes prōpŏsĭtiōnis cŏmēdit, Mt. Bos. 12, 4. He æt he ate, Gen. 3, 6. Fuglas ǽton ða vŏlucres cŏmēdērunt ea, Mt. Bos. 13, 4.

ersc

(n.)
Grammar
ersc, ersc, ærsc, es; m.

Arrishersh

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For bealdan ærsc eásteweardnæ, 174, 1. Ad locum qui dicitur langan ersc . . . ubi dicitur heán ersc, iii. 373,9, 18. Substitute:

EAX

(n.)
Grammar
EAX, , ex, æx , e; f.

An axis, axle-tree axis

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An axis, axle-tree; axis Neáh ðam norþende ðære eaxe near the north end of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 20: 39, 13; Fox 232, 33: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 44; Met. 28, 22: 29, 36; Met. 29, 18. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall rúma ródor all the spacious sky turns

hord-ern

(n.)
Grammar
hord-ern, -ærn,es; n.

A store-house, store-room, treasury

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A store-house, store-room, treasury Hordern cellarium, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 100; Wrt. Voc. 58, 15: Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 24. Cellaria uini id est hordern promptuaria, Blickl. Gl. 259, 5: Ps. Surt. 143, 13. Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre

ǽrist

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrist, = ǽrest; adv.

First

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First Mec se wong ærist cende the field first brought me forth, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 10; Rä. 36, 2: