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beadu-wang

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-wang, es; m.

A battle-plain ⬩ pugnæ campus

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A battle-plain; pugnæ campus On beaduwange on the battle-plain, Andr. Kmbl. 825; An. 413

fold-wong

(n.)
Grammar
fold-wong, es; m.

Earth-plain ⬩ terræ campus

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Earth-plain; terræ campus On foldwong on earth's plain, Exon. 22a; Th. 60, 25; Cri. 975

ge-fyrhþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhþe, es; n.
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Wood, wooded country On accan gefyrhðe; of ðan gefyrhðe on ford, C. D. v. 376, 11

Linked entry: fyrhþ

geflitful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
geflitful-ness, e; f.
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Contentiousness, quarrelsomeness Mîne synna þe ic . . . gefremede . . . on hatunge and on geflitfulnesse, Angl. xi. 102, 84

lencten

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Add: lenten. spring. The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28. Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra

EFEN

(adj.; prep.; adv.)
Grammar
EFEN, efn, æfen; adj.

EVEN, equal ⬩ æquus, plānus, æquālis

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EVEN, equal; æquus, plānus, æquālis Modes gecynde gréteþ grorn efen winde the disposition of his mind approached sadness equal to the wind, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 22; Reim. 49. On efen, adv. together; simul, una Englas on efen bláwaþ býman angels shall

Linked entries: æfen efn emn euen

ge-laðung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-laðung, e; f.

A congregation ⬩ assembly ⬩ church ⬩ congrĕgātio ⬩ convŏcātio ⬩ ecclēsia

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A congregation, assembly, church; congrĕgātio, convŏcātio, ecclēsia Gelaðung convŏcātio, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 51; Wrt. Voc. 26, 50. On middele gelaðunge ic hérige ðé in mĕdio ecclēsiæ laudābo te, Ps. Spl. 21, 21. On Godes gelaðunge in God's church,

Linked entry: laðung

eorþ-styrung

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Wæs mycel eorðstyrung wíde on Englalande (on Wygracestre and on Wíc and on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr, v. l.), Chr. 1048; P. 166, 24: 1089; P. 225, 11: Hml. S. 15, 60. Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce mid eorðstyrunge, 25, 842. Eorðstyrungurn geswenced terrae

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

bí-rihte

(prep.)
Grammar
bí-rihte, -ryhte; prep. dat.

Near, close by ⬩ juxta

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Near, close by; juxta Geseh he on greóte gingran síne bíryhte [Kmbl. birihte] him swefan on slǽpe he saw his disciples near him slumbering in sleep on the sand, Andr. Recd. 1699; An. 850

ge-strúdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strúdian, p. ode
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To commit rapine, prey on Þá biód þǽr on mǽstre nearonesse forþylmed þá þe hér hiora líchaman mid mǽstum unrihtum byldað and ꝥ on óðrum mannum mid wó gestrúdiaþ, Nap. 32. See next word

Linked entry: strúdian

mǽd

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Dele the passage from C. D. iii. 52, 15, and add: meadow*-*land Ðára oxena wíc and seó mǽd ðe ðǽr mid rihte tó gebyreð . . . and seó meád benorðan eá, C. D. v. 383, 14-18. Feówer æceras mǽde bewestan eé, i. 175, 2. [On hreódmǽde lace, vi. 153, 9. Mómǽde

hærfest

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Add: I. autumn, the third ofthe four seasons. [It began on August 7 and November 6 was its last day Þæs (after Lammas day) hærfest cymð ymb seofon niht bútan ánre wonan . . . Syþþan (after All Saints' day) wintres dæg on syx nihtum genimð hærfest mid

frum-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
frum-byrd, e; f.

Birth ⬩ nativity

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Birth, nativity On mínre frumbyrde dæiæge on the day of my birth, Th. Chart. 369, 9

scyte-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
scyte-rǽs, es; m.
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A headlong rush On scyterǽs oððe on fǽrfyll, unforesceáwadlíc in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 43

un-foresceáwodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-foresceáwodlíc, adj.

Hasty ⬩ inconsiderate ⬩ rash

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Hasty, inconsiderate, rash On scyterǽs oþþe on fǽrfyll, unforescéáwodlíc in precets, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 44

Linked entry: un-forsceáwodlíce

Eáster-mónaþ

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Þone mónaþ man nemneð on Læden Aprelis, and on úre geþeóde Eastermónaþ, Shrn. 69, 16. Add

forþ-weg

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Hé his gást ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg ( desirous to depart ), Men. 218. Add

ge-cirring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cirring, e; f. A turning [v. ge-cirran; A.I. 1 a]
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On ge-cyrrincge feónd mínne on bæcling in conuertendo inimicum meum retrorsum. Ps. L. 9, 4

Linked entry: ge-cerring

micelu

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Heó hafað sǽd on grénum coddum on ðǽre mycele þe pysan, Lch. i. 316, 10. Add

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