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wan-hálness

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On geogoðe and on ylde, on gesundfulnysse and on wanhálnesse, Archiv cxxi. 46, 9. Add

well-weg

(n.)
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a road to a spring (?) Ǽrest on welwyll . . . on wælwæg nyðæwerdnæ; of wellwæge on æscwyllæ, C. D. v. 344, 29-31. On ðá swelgende; ðonan on penderes clif foreuueardan on wæluueg, vi. 94, 6. Cf. wille-weg. (?)

ár-fæt

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Clǽm on árfæt . . . mylte syþþan on ðǽm árfæte, Lch. iii. 16, 24. Dó on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add

Súþ-healf

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On eásthealfe þeningden, and seó burhstrǽt on súþhealfe, Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, and hamingford on norðhealfe, C. D. iii. 15, 11. Add

mæsse-ǽfen

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Leóhtgesceotu þriwa on geáre, ǽrest on Eásterǽfen, óðre síðe on Candelmæsseǽfen, þriddan síðe on Ealra Hálgena mæsseǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 28. Add

prím

(n.)
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prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Prím prima, undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 10-12. Onginnaþ heáfudcwido tó prím ( ad primam ), Rtl. 166, 17. Gibedd tó prím, 171, 27. On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on

ríþig

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ríþig, es; n. : e; f. (?)
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A stream Hit cymeþ on ðæt lytle ríþig, of ðæm ríþige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 33, 1. On ðæt ríþig, ondlong ríþiges, 378, 15. Swá on ða ealdan díc, andlang díces on áne ríþige, of ðære ríþe on áne ealde díc, 385, 24. On hweólríþig, 381, 8

niht-nihstig

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Hine mon scel neahtnestigne tyhtan tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 184, 1. Gód wín þicgen hié and neahtnestige lapien on hunig, 12. ¶ on nihtnihstig after fasting a night :-- Syle drincan on mergene on nihtnihstig gódne bollan fulne, Lch. iii. 48, 15 : 50, 20:

midne-dæg

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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg (middum dæge, v. l. ) oþ nón, Shrn. 67, 18. On ǽrnemerigen, on undern, on midnedæg, and on ðǽre endlyftan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 9. Add

ge-welhwilc

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On corne and on flexe and on gewelhwylcon wæstme, Wlfst. 310, 23. Add

leáh

(n.)
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leáh, g. leáge; f.

A lea

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A lea, as a termination of local names -leigh, -ley, -ly; it occurs frequently in the charters Hríðra leáh campus armentorum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 232, 21. Ðis syndon ða landgemǽro tó madanleáge (cf. 120, 28 madan lieg) ǽrest on witena leáge, iii. 121,

Linked entry: leáh

nón-tíd

(n.)
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nón-tíd, e; f.

The ninth hour

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The ninth hour On undern, on midne dæg, on nóntíde, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 9

ofer-mete

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Deóflice dǽda on gífernessan, on ofermettan and on oferfyllan, Ll. Th. i. 310, 17. Add

Lindesse

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Lindesse, Lindisse, Lindesíge

Lindsey

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Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire [Lat. Lindi colonia] Lǽrde Scs. Paulinus Godes word on Lindesse: seó mǽgþ is seó nýhste on súþhalfe Humbre streámes, ligeþ út on sǽ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 18. On Lindesége mǽgþe, 519, 16. On Lindese, 3, 11; S.

eáster-ǽfen

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On Sæternesdæge on þám hálgan Eásterǽfenne ipso sacratissimo vesperascente Sabbato Paschali, Gr. D. 83, 31. On Eásterǽfen Sancto Sabbato, Chr. 1047; P. 171, 12: Wlfst. 117, 2. On Ðunresdæg ǽr Eástrum and on Frigedæg and on Eástorǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 438,

ciric-rán

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ciric-rán, (-rén), es; n.
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Sacrilege On fæstenbricon, on cyricrénan, and on mæniges cynnes misdǽdan, Ll. Th. i. 322, 20

Linked entry: rán

Langa-Frige-dæg

(n.)

Good-Friday

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Good-Friday Ðes passio gebyreþ on Langa-Frigadæg, Jn. Skt. 18, 1, rubric. Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa-Frigedæg forðan ðe Crist þrowode on ðone dæg for ús the eucharist must not be consecrated on Good Friday, for Christ suffered for us on that day

frum-mynetslege

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frum-mynetslege, es; m.
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A first minting Feówer síðon man áwende mynetísena on his dagum . . . and on þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega gewihte seolfres on ánum penege, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, and on þǽm þryddan . . . and on þám feórþan . . . Ðá wæs þæt feoh

teám-pól

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teám-pól, es; m.

A breeding-pool

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A breeding-pool Up on Exan on ðone neáran teámp-ol; ðanon up on Exan; ðonne of Exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace; of ðære lace eft on Exa[n]; ðanon up and lang Exa[n] on ðone uferan teámpól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 205, 8-11: iii. 441, 5-8

oden

(n.)
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oden, e; f.

A threshing-floor

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A threshing-floor Frymþa odene ðínre primitias areae tuae, Scint. 29. Beóþ sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, sume on carcerne, and lybbaþ ðeáh æalle be ánes hláfordes áre, Shrn. 187, 23. On odene cylne macian, Som