middel-gemǽru
A middle or central district
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A middle or central district On Filistina middelgemǽrum in the centre of the land of the Philistines, Salm. Kmbl. 509; Sal. 255
Wocen-
The name
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The name of the occupants of some district in England Wocensǽtna land is syfan þúsend hída, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 16
Linked entry: Wreocen-sǽte
carc-ern
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A prison, a house of correction; carcer, latomiæ Alǽd of carcernes clúse míne sáwle educ de carcere animam meam, Ps. Th. 141, 8. Ðonne þincþ him ðæt he síe on carcerne gebroht then it seems to him that he is brought into prison, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 15
FROGGA
A FROG ⬩ rāna
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He afylde eal heora land mid froggum [MS. froggon] he filled all their land with frogs, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 20
ealgian
To defend ⬩ defendĕre
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Hí æt campe wið láþra gehwæne land ealgodon they defended the land in conflict against every foe, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 4; Æðelst. 9: Andr. Kmbl. 20; An. 10: Bec. Th. 2413; B. 1204: R. Ben. 64: 69
folc-scearu
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. ¶ in B. 73 Kemble would take folc-scearu = folc-land public land, C. D. ii. p. ix. Add
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norþ-weg
a way going to the north
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a way going to the north Nearwe genýddon on norþwegas wiston him be súþan Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 181, 29; Exod. 68
frum-cenned
first-begotten ⬩ firstborn ⬩ primogĕnĭtus ⬩ primitive ⬩ primĭtīvus
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Ðe on ðæm lande frumcennede wǽron who were firstborn in the land, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 5. He ætbræd me míne frumcennedan primogĕnĭta mea tŭlit, Gen. 27, 36.
ge-ríp
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Fela landa wuniað gyt on hǽðenscipe and úres Hǽlendes geríp mænigfeald is on mancynne, Hml. S. 29, 128.
holm
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Of elkanleighe tó hilisbrók on þane holm ; þane endelanges thes brókes in on wryng; þanen end-lang wryng, C. D. B. ii. 264, 18
innor
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Férde hé forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít hé wilnode ꝥ hé innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310. Hine seó ýð gegráp and hine fram lande innor áteáh quem unda rapuit et eum a terra introrsus traxit, Gr.
ell-þeód
A strange people, foreign nation ⬩ pĕregrīna gens
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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6
eard-éðel-wyn
Joy of an estate ⬩ prædii gaudium
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Joy of an estate; prædii gaudium He me lond forgeaf, eardéðelwyn he gave me land, joy of property, Beo. Th. 4979; B. 2493
in-sting
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Him mon betǽhte þá þreó land tó innstinge inn tó Defenum ( to be under the authority of Devonshire ), Cht. Crw. 19, 16. Add
Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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Hé sǽde ðæt Norþmanna land ( Norway ) wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl, Swt. 18, 24. Hé ( Ohthere from Halgoland ) ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2. On his dagum cómon ǽrest iii scipu Norþmanna ...
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ge-rídan
To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject
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Se cing lét gerídan ealle ða land ðe his módor áhte him to handa the king caused all the lands that his mother owned to be brought under his own control, 1043; Erl. 168, 8
tilþ
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Ðæt land mid ðære tilðe ðe ðár ðænne on sý, Chart. Th. 329, 12. Ic geann ðæs landes mid mete and mid mannum and mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod biþ, 529, 18, and often in the same will. Fela tilða hám gædelian, Anglia ix. 261, 16.
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Finnas
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Finwood, between Gothland and Smöland, in the south of Sweden Ða Beówulf sǽ óþbær, flód æfter faroþe, on Finna land then the sea bore Beowulf away, the flood along the shore, on the Fins' land, Beo. Th. 1165; B. 580.
eard-stapa
A land-stepper, wanderer ⬩ terras peragrans, peregrīnātor
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A land-stepper, wanderer; terras peragrans, peregrīnātor Swá cwæþ eard-stapa so said a wanderer, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 25; Wand. 6
irþ-mearc
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f A boundary of arable land Be ðǽre yrðmearce, C. D. iii. 419, 2. Andlang westcumbes betweah ðá twá yrhmearca (yrþ-?), 420, 4