grafet
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Leo takes the word as a diminutive of 'gráf.'
weorc-rǽden
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Work, labour Of Dyddanhamme gebyreþ micel weorcrǽden (the work is then defined ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 31
heaðu-sceared
blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share
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If scearde is taken, the Icel. skarð may be compared, and the word = notched, hacked in battle
wén
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The word is also m. (or n. ?). add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.
weá-mód
Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate
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Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate Se ðe wǽre weámód, weorðe se geþyldmód, ulfst. 70, 7.W Ne réce ðú ná weámódes wífes worda you are not to care for an angry woman's words, Prov. Kmbl. 48.
cép-sceamol
A toll-booth, seat of custom, treasury ⬩ telonium = τελώνιον , gazophylacium = γαζοφυλάκιον
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A toll-booth, seat of custom, treasury; telonium = τελώνιον gazophylacium = γαζοφυλάκιον Ðás word he spræc æt cép-sceamole hæe verba locutus est in gazophylacio, Jn. Foxe 8, 20
níþ
Vexatious ⬩ rancorous
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Vexatious, rancorous Æfǽstum onǽled, níþum nearowrencum ( or níþum from preceding word? ), Exon. Th. 316, 5; Mód. 44. [Cf. he fell off heffne dun Inntill niþ hellepine. Orm. 13677.]
stæþhlíplíce
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Homl. 207, 20. v. preceding word
Unecunga
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The word occurs in a list of territorial names Unecung(a?)ga (Ynetunga, p. 415; Unecung-ga, p. 416) twelf hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 26
clǽnsung-dæg
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A day for taking cleansing medicine, day for purging Þis wilddeór well fremað, gif þú þínum clǽnsungdagum hys flǽsc gesoden etest, Lch. i. 330, 8. v. next word
geon
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See next word
ge-stynþo
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See preceding word
Linked entry: -stynþo
rysc
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The word occurs as the first part of many local names
róp
Liberal ⬩ bountiful
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Th. 439, 2; Rä. 58, 3. v. next word
wíf-healf
The female side ⬩ female line
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(Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word
-isse
-issa
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-issa, which in later English became the common suffix to mark the feminine gender, is found before the Norman Conquest in the word abbud-isse abbess
west-lang
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Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
fédels
a fatling ⬩ feeding
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The word occurs as a technical term in the following Cyninges fédesl .xx. scillinga forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 6, 8