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bælca

(n.)
Grammar
bælca, balca (-e ?), bælcan; m. (f. ?).
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Þá Regulus swíðost forslagen hæfde, ðá hét bindan and on balcan lecgan Regulus plures Poenorum bello captos in vincula conjecerat, Bt. 16, 2; S. 37, 8

Ingwine

Grammar
Ingwine, pl.
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A name of the Danes, Beo. Th. 2092; B. 1044 : 2642 ; B. 1319. v. Grmm. D. M. 320-1; and see Ing

secg-leác

(n.)
Grammar
secg-leác, es ; n.
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Chive garlic, rush garlic, rush leek (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) ; allium schoenoprasum, Lchdm. ii. 128, 11 : iii. 28, 11

Biedan heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
Biedan heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; m. [Biedan Bieda's, heáfod head : Flor. Bidanheafod, A.D. 1114]
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- Hér Wulfhere and Æscwine gefuhton æt Biedan heáfde here, Wulfhere and Æscwine fought at Bedwin A. D. 675

Linked entry: Bedan heáfod

á-geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
á-geómrian, á-geómerian; p. ode
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To mourn, lament Ic ágeómrige, Gr. D. 5, 23. ágeómrode ingemuit , 42, 33. ágeómrode for his ágenre scylde, 345, 10

Linked entry: geómrian

á-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hleóþrian, p. ode
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To sound, resound Áhleóðrede ( intonuit) se heofon, Gr. D. 208, 21. Hit áhleóðrode (insonuit ) swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre onstyred, 236, 13

Linked entry: hleóþrian

bisceop-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-folgoþ, es; m.

episcopate

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The episcopal office, episcopate þám hi þone bisceopfolgoþ and hád mid gebicgean þóhte pro adipiscendo episcopatu, Gr. D. 65, 31

Linked entry: folgoþ

byden-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
byden-fæt, es; n.
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A bushel, barrel Hwéne wíddre þonne bydenfæt, Bl. H. 127, 6. VI. bidenfate and þrý trogas, C. D. B. iii. 367, 38

Linked entry: biden-fæt

corte

(n.)
Grammar
corte, an; f.
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Andlanges ðǽr ðáre wíc; fram ðǽre wíc ðǽre cortan; and swá andlanges Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7. ?

clott

(n.)
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a mass, lump Clotte (clottum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 76) massa (picis ), An. Ox. 3514. Clot massas, 3846. [v. N. E. D. clot.]

ciricsceat-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ciricsceat-weorc, es; n.
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Work connected with the grain contributed as ciric-sceat. v. C. D. v. 162, 26: ii. 398, 20 (quoted under ciric*-*sceat)

féster-fæder

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Fésterfæder nutritor, Gr. D. 228, 22. Drihtnes engel hine gelǽdde sumum sǽ and his fésterfæder mid hine, Shrn. 91, 1. Add

fird-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
fird-strǽt, e; f.

high road

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A military road, high road Úp cynges ferd-strǽte, C. D. iii. 174, 8. Andlang bróces on ðá fyrdstrǽt, 443, 5

Linked entry: here-strǽt

geréf-mǽd

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Substitute: Meadowland held by a reeve v.i. aecras mǽde on ðá gerefmǽde (joining on to the reeve's meadowland ?), C. D. 53, 2

ge-cóplíce

(adv.)
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seó hand and gewrit þæs wrítendan swá gecóplíce (cóplíce, v.l., apte ) ne onféngce, Gr. D. 9, 19. Add

Linked entry: cop-líce

in-ǽlan

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Holen sceal inǽled, yrfe gedǽled deádes monnes, Gn. Ex. 80. Gesáwon ǽnne ofen inǽledne ( succensum clibanum ), Gr. D. 219, 12. Add

irfa

(n.)
Grammar
irfa, an; m.
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An heir Ðet ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5

mǽr-þyrne

(n.)
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a boundary thornbush On ðá blacan þyrnan . . . of ðǽre þyrnan. . . andlang fúrena on mǽrðyrnan; ðanan on mǽrdíc, C. D. vi. 220, 22

lín-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
lín-leáh, f.
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A flax-field On línleáge geat, and ðonne on línleáge middewearde, C. D. ii. 172, 14. On línleáge eástewearde, v. 207, 21

on-gratian

(v.)
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to grate with the teeth (?), smile (?) -Ongrynt oððe ongratað arridet, An. Ox. 33, 2. [v. N. E. D. grate.] See next word. (?)

Linked entry: gratian