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Bensing-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Bensing-tún, Benesing-tún, Bænesing-tún, es; m.

BENSINGTONBenson in OxfordshireBensington in agro Oxoniensi

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BENSINGTON or Benson in Oxfordshire; Bensington in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cuðulf feówer túnas genam, Liggeanburh, and Æglesburh, and Bensingtún, and Egoneshám here, in 571, Cuthwulf took four towns, LENBURY, and AYLESBURY, and BENSON, and ENSHAM Chr. 571

beór-tún

(n.)
Grammar
beór-tún, es; m.

A beer-hallconvivis recipiendis locus vel aulaMann

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A beer-hall; convivis recipiendis locus vel aula, Mann

burg-tún

(n.)
Grammar
burg-tún, es; m. A
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BOROUQH-TOWX, city-inclosure, city-dwelling; urbis septum, urbana domus Sindon burgtúnas brérum beweaxne the city-dwellings are overgrown with briers, Exon. 115b; Th. 443, 16; Kl. 31

Linked entry: burh-tún

burh-tún

(n.)
Grammar
burh-tún, es; m.
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A city-inclosure, city-dwelling; urbis septum, urbana domus

cáfer-tún

(n.)
Grammar
cáfer-tún, es; m.
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A hall, inclosure, court, vestibule; atrium, vestibulum Mycel and rúm heall vel cáfertún atrium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61: Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Jn. Bos. 18, 15: Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 30. Seó fǽmne geneálǽhte ðam cáfertúne ðyses húses the

Linked entry: ceafer-tún

ceafer-tún

(n.)

a hall; atrium

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a hall; atrium

ciric-tún

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-tún, es; m. [tún an inclosure]

A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον

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A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery; ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον Ne binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume let not any dog come within the churchyard, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 7

Linked entry: cyric-tún

fel-tún

(n.)
Grammar
fel-tún, es; m.

An enclosed placegardenprivydunghillsecessuslatrīnasterquĭlīnium

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An enclosed place, garden, privy, dunghill; secessus, latrīna, sterquĭlīnium Se wisdóm and óðre cræftas licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox under feltúne wisdom and other virtues lie despised like dirt on a dunghill, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11. In feltún in secessu

fýr-tang

(n.)

fire-tongsforceps igniāria

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fire-tongs; forceps igniāria, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: tang

gærs-tún

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-tún, es; m.

A grass-enclosurea meadowprātumpascuum

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A grass-enclosure, a meadow; prātum, pascuum : hence GERSTON, now used in Surrey and Sussex, in the same sense Be ceorles gærstúne : gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne, oððe óðer gedálland to týnanne of a churl's meadow : if churls have a common meadow

gang-tún

(n.)
Grammar
gang-tún, es; m.

A privylatrīna

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A privy; latrīna, Som. Ben. Lye

ealeðe-tún

(n.)
Grammar
ealeðe-tún, es; m.

An ale-house taberna

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An ale-house; taberna. Som. Ben. Lye

leác-tún

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leác-tún, leáh-, léh-tún, es; m.
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A garden of herbs, a kitchen-garden Leáhtún ortus olerum, Wrt. Voc. 285, 76: ii. 64, 9 Ðér wæs léhtún ubi erat hortus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1: 19, 41. Nán man on ðysne ðæg wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wulfst. 227, 8: 231, 18. Monn sende in léhtúne his homo

Linked entry: leáh-tún

líc-tún

(n.)
Grammar
líc-tún, es; m.

a grave-yardcemetery

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An enclosure in which to bury people, a grave-yard, cemetery Hí woldon ðæt heora líctún wǽre geseted cimeterium fieri vellent, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 37: Glostr. Frag. 8, 20. On ðæra bróðra líctune wæs bebyriged in cœmeterio fratrum sepultum est, Bd. 3, 17

neáh-tún

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-tún, es; m.

A neighbouring town

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A neighbouring town Sum eald man wæs in ðam néhtúne ðǽr ic wæs ðæs nama wæs Malchus there was an old man in the town near where I was, whose name was Malchus, Shrn. 36, 6

táh-spora

(n.)
Grammar
táh-spora, -spura, an; m.

The point of the toe(?)

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The point of the toe(?) Táhspura calcis finis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 47. v. hand-spora, hél-spure, sporu

tún-cressa

(n.)
Grammar
tún-cressa, an; m. : -cærse, -cerse, an; f.
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Town-cress (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), garden-cress, nasturtium; lepidium sativum Tuuncressa nasturcium, Txts. 79, 1359. Túncǽrse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 4, 64: i. 67, 70. Túnkerse, 31, 50. Nim túncersan sǽd, Lchdm. ii. 90, 18

tún-gebúr

(n.)
Grammar
tún-gebúr, es; m.
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A tenant in villenage, villein Túngebúr inquilinus (cf. genaeot inquilinis, Txts. 71, 1117; geneát, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 57; bigenga tilia, inbúend colonus, i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, 134, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 56: i. 18, 50

Linked entry: ge-búr

tún-geréfa

(n.)
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tún-geréfa, an; m.
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a reeve, steward, bailiff. v. tún, <b>II </b>Túngeréfa villicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 50: villicus vel actor vel procurator vel rector, 18, 48. Ðá eodon hí on sumes túngeréfan gestærn and hine bǽdon ðæt hé hí onsende tó ðam ealdormen ðe ofer

tún-mann

(n.)
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tún-mann, es; m.
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A man belonging to a tún Túnman villanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 49. Furseus oncneów ða sáwle; se wæs his túnman ǽr on lífe ( he had lived on the estate (tún) belonging to Fursey's monastery ), Homl. Th. ii. 344, 18

Linked entry: túnes-mann