æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen.
ge-drohtnian
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Mid þan þe hé þuss lange gedrohtned hæfde . . ., Shrn. 13, 26.] [
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unwit-weorc
A work of folly ⬩ foolish work
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A work of folly, foolish work Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé tó lange ne fylgeon unwitweorcum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 2
un-besacen
unmolested by litigation ⬩ not made the subject of litigation ⬩ uncontested
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Ðá sealde hé Æþelrige unbesacen land on hand, ðæt hé þanonforð syþþan ðǽron ne sprǽce he gave the land up to Æþelrige uncontested, so that thenceforth he would not lay claim to it, 289, 31.
filging
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Fallow land Faelging occa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 67. Fylging, 62, 67. Faelging naualia (1. noualia ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 77
welig
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Add Hié gemyndgiað ðára weligera (welegra, v.l. ) ðe lange striéndon, and lytle hwíle brucon, Past. 333, 15. v. ofer-, weorold-welig
plóg
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S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata.
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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the earth, dry land; tellus, terra He geséceþ fægre land ðonne ðeós folde he shall seek a fairer land than this earth, Cd. 218; Th. 277, 32; Sae. 213: 84; Th. 106, 3; Gen. 1765: 100; Th. 133, 2; Gen. 2204: Exon. 73a; Th. 272, 14; Jul. 499: 120a; Th.
gærs-yrþ
Grass-land ⬩ pasturage ⬩ herbāgium
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Grass-land, pasturage; herbāgium To gærsyrþe de herbāgio, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 17. See Schmid, p. 374, note
wæter-gewæsc
Land formed by the washing up of earth
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Land formed by the washing up of earth Circumlutus locusmid wæter ymbtyrnd stede, alluvium wætergewæsc, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15, 16
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horu-weg
A dirty road, a lane [?]
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A dirty road, a lane [?] Ðar horoweg útt sceát, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 173, 17. Horwegstige devia semita, Cot. 61, Lye
GNÆT
GNAT ⬩ culex
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Gnættas cómon ofer eall ðæt land gnats came over all the land, Or. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 29
sǽta
a resident, inhabitant.
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It also forms part of common nouns, Similar entries v. burh-, ende-, land-sǽta: with which may be compared. O. L. Ger. land-sétio: O. H. Ger. himil-sázo: Ger. land-safs..]
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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
ge-hende
Neighbouring ⬩ next ⬩ vicinus
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Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5
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
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