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iú

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-isc

(suffix)
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ice

Grammar
ice, v. yce. l.
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íce

ís

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On ðǽm mere wæs micel ís and yfel . . . þá on forewearde niht snáð ꝥ ís ðára háligra líchoman, Shrn. 61, 35-62, 2.

ice

Similar entry: ýce

in

(adv.)
Grammar
in, [adv. and noun].

ioc

Similar entry: iuc

ír

(n.)
Grammar
ír, [íre, es; n. ?]
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The projecting back of an axe Somnige mon ealle þá bán . . . and cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, Lch. iii. 14, 12.

Linked entry: ére

-isc

(suffix)
Grammar
-isc, -isce.

Beordan íg

(n.)
Grammar
Beordan íg, e; f. [íg an island, beordan = bridan = bridum with the young of birds]

BARDNEY in Lincolnshire ⬩ cœnobii locus in agro Lincolniensi

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BARDNEY in Lincolnshire; cœnobii locus in agro Lincolniensi Som

Ceortes íg

(n.)
Grammar
Ceortes íg, Certes íg, e;. f. [Hovd. Matt. West. Certesie]

CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia

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monasterium construxerat in regione Sudergeona, juxta fluvium Tamensem, in loco qui vocatur Cerotæsei, id est, Ceroti insula, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 15.

Linked entry: Certes íg

Ceóles íg

(n.)
Grammar
Ceóles íg, e; f. [ceól a ship, íg an island]
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CHELSEA, on the bank of the Thames, Middlesex; Somner says, 'Insularis olim et navibus accommodata, ut nomen significat.'

Ceóles íg

(n.)
Grammar
Ceóles íg, e; f.

CHOLSEY

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CHOLSEY, Berks, near Wallingford, Chr. 1006;Th. 256, 27

Certes íg

(n.)
Grammar
Certes íg, e; f.

CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia

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CHERTSEY; Certesia Hér [MS. hier] wurþan ða canonicas gedrifen út of ealdan mynstre fram Eádgáre cynge, and eác of niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre and of Certes íge, and of Mideltúine, and he sette ðárto munecas and abbodas: to niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre Ægel-gárum

Eðelinga íg

(n.)

the island of nobles, the island of Athelney

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the island of nobles, the island of Athelney, Som. Ben. Lye

iuc-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
iuc-sticca, an; m.
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The bar of a yoke Ioc-sticca obicula, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 61; Wrt. Voc. 16, 33. (Cf. O. H. Ger. iuh-rota pertica, Grff. ii. 491.]

iú-meówle

(n.)
Grammar
iú-meówle, an; f.

an old woman

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One who was a maiden long ago, an old woman Ió-meówlan, Beo. Th. 5854; B. 2931

Linked entries: meówle geó-meówle

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ intent ⬩ sense ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ conscience ⬩ intention ⬩ purpose

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Cherubin is gecweden gefyllednys ingehýdes oððe gewittes, Homl. Th. i. 344, 3. Úre wuldor is seó gecýðnys úres ingehýdes our glory is the testimony of our conscience, ii. 564, 32. Mid ealle inngehygde heortan mínre in toto corde meo, Ps.

Linked entries: in-geþanc in-geþóht in-gemynd

in-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
in-brengan, p. -brohte

To bring in ⬩ present

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To bring in or to, present Hú micele hefigra biþ se wénenda deáþ ðonne se inbrohta how much more grievous is death when it is expected than when it is presented to us, Shrn. 42, 31.

in-fiht

(n.)
Grammar
in-fiht, -feoht, es ; n.
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H. 80, 12; Th. i. 587, 25

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