sǽ-steorra
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Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden, for ðan þe se steorra on niht gecýþeð scyplíðendum mannum hwyder bið eást and west, hwyder súð and norð, Hml. A. 117, 6-19
port-geráfa
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Portreeves of London, Canterbury, Bodmin, and Bath are mentioned in the charters, and from the Laws (v. under port, II) it is seen that one of the duties of such officials was to witness all transactions by bargain and d]
turf
a turf ⬩ sod ⬩ piece of earth with grass on it ⬩ turf ⬩ greensward ⬩ the grassy surface of the earth
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a turf, sod, piece of earth with grass on it Turf gleba, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20. Ðeós wyrt of ánre tyrf manega bógas ásendeþ, Lchdm. i. 290, 7. Hí ða flaxan gehýddon under ánre tyrf, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 64, 16. Under áne (ánre?) tyrf, 23.
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cwice
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Add: cwice, es; m. Quiquae, quicae, quice gramen, Txts. 66, 464. Cwice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 64. Quicae, cuique virecta, Txts. 106, 1088. Cwice gramis birecta, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 75. Cwicas gramina, Hpt. Gl. 433, 30: frutecta, i. arbusta, An. Ox. 2, 28
stéda
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A stallion, an entire horse; the word is also used of a camel Hors equus, stéda emisarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 55: misarius, 56, 39: i. 287, 40. Stéda faussarius, hengst canterius, 23, 9.
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tihtle
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A.), L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 7. Ne stent nán óðer lád æt tihtlan búte ordál betweox Wealan and Englan, L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 354, I.
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gingre
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a follower, servant (cf. gingra; 2 a). v. Dict. a deputy.
sprǽce
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Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26
ster-melda
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The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage Gif frigman mannan forstele gif hé eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif hé mǽge if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information
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plante
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Ðæt is sió hálige gesomnung ðæt eardaþ in æppeltúnum ðonne hié wel begáþ hira plantan and hiera impan óþ hié fulweaxne beóþ ecclesia quippe in hortis habitat, quae ad viridatem intimam exculta plantaria virtutum servat, Past. 49, 2 ; Swt. 381, 17
mýdrece
A chest
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A chest Mýderce (méderce, MS. J. ) oððe cyst loculus, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 313, 15. Ðǽs synt twá micle mýdercan, and án hræglcysð, and án lytulu towmýderce, and eác twá ealde mýdercan, Chart. Th. 538, 19-22.
pípe
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A pipe. as a musical instrument Pípe oððe hwistle musa, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 60. Hearpe and pípe drémaþ eów on beorsele, Wulfst. 46, 16. i. silfren pípe, Chart. Th. 429, 20. of other tubes In pípan; of pípan in wiði bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 2.
heáh-cræftiga
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Heáhcræftegan (-igan, v. l.) architectos, Sch. 676, 7. a highly skilled artist, a physician (?) Heáhlǽcas oððe (heáh)cræfgan archiatros (or has architectos been read?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 60
Gota
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; and with their kings, who were called Rhadgast and Alaric, sacked the Roman city [A.
púca
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A goblin, mischievous spirit Púca larbula, An. Ox. 23, 2. Wandrigende púcan (printed wucan) uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. ¶ in a place-name :-- Ðis synd ðá landgemǽru ðe sceótað dún tó Púcanwylle, C. D. iii. 423, 28. ¶ Cf. (?)
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sucga
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The name of a bird. [In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29.
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níd-wraca
One who is forced to be an avenger ⬩ who avenges an affront
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One who is forced to be an avenger, who avenges an affront Gif ǽnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá, and hé neádwraca sí, and his bismer béte, fylste ǽlc gegylda, Chart. Th. 611, 29
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weorold-wíse
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Then came a voice from heaven, and it said: . . . If any man in great need shall be mindful of thee . . . I will perform that man's need, Shrn. 77, 1-9
cucurbite
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A gourd Lácnian mid lactucan and clátan and cucurbitan, Lch. ii. 244, 17
módor-lufu
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Love for a mother, filial affection 'Þis is þín módor, and þú hié þé for módor hafa. 'And hé þá, Jóhannes, swá dyde, and hé hié þá in módorlufan hæfde, Nap. 45