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þreá-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-weorc, es; n.

Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell

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Sax. the phrase thrá-werk tholón Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, and þýstre land, Cd. Th. 45, 35; Gen. 737

ge-erian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-erian, p. ede, ode, ade; pp. ed, od, ad

To ear ⬩ plough ⬩ arare

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Ðæt land is geerod [geered MS. C.] aratur terra, 19; Som. 22, 46 : Heming, p. 134

steór-bord

(n.)
Grammar
steór-bord, es; n.
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-Hé lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste land on ðæt steórbord and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 17, 10, 25

be-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wrecan, bi-wrecan; p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen.
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Ða us bewrǽcon they have sent us forth, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 12; Dan. 305. to strike or beat around, afflict; circum pulsare We land gesóhton wære bewrecene we sought the land beaten round [afflicted] with the sea, Andr.

Linked entries: bi-wrecan wrencan

FYRS

(n.)
Grammar
FYRS, es; m.

FURZE ⬩ furze-bushes ⬩ genista ⬩ rhamnus ⬩ ulex eurōpæus

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Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, atió ǽrest of ða þornas, and ða fyrsas whosoever will sow fertile land, let him first draw out the thorns, and the furze, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 12, 6; Met. 12, 3

geond-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-hweorfan, p. -hwearf; pp. -hworfen
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Land eal geondhwearf he travelled over all the land, Salm. Kmbl. 372; Sal. 185

ge-wadan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wadan, p. -wód; pp. -waden.

To wade ⬩ go ⬩ vadere ⬩ ire ⬩ To pervade ⬩ go through

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Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon the ship had gone [so far] that the sailors saw land, Beo. Th. 446; B. 220. v. trans. To pervade, go through Flód blód gewód blood pervaded the flood, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 6; Exod. 462: Elen.

Grécas

(n.)
Grammar
Grécas, Greácas; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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Greáca land land of the Greeks, 5, 11; Bos. 109, 28

Linked entries: Greácas Creácas Crécas

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20.

hylc

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Fram stíge geond wóge hylcas on þá swýþran hand búgende a tramite per obliquos anfractus dextra (levaque) declinantia, 3427. an inequality of surface, a hump, roughness of land Ábrocen land vel hilcas (-es, MS.) anfractus, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 12.

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.
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Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)

úp-gang

Grammar
úp-gang, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a going up of water on to land Gedónre ýþunge se streám mid his rynum and mid his uppgange (úpgonge, v.l. ) gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras, Gr. D. 192, 17

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, cláne, cléne; adv.

CLEAN, entirely ⬩ penitus, omnino

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CLEAN, entirely; penitus, omnino Ne rípe ge ðæt land tó clǽne reap not the land too clean, Lev. 23, 22: Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 30: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 35.

Linked entry: cléne

freme

(n.)
Grammar
freme, an; f.

Advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ good ⬩ commŏdum ⬩ quæstus ⬩ emŏlŭmentum ⬩ bŏnum

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Gesǽton land unspédigran fremena gehwilcre they inhabited a land more barren of every good, 46; Th. 59, 13; Gen. 963

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e; f.
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A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land Hár hǽþ the hoar heath, Cd.148; Th. 185, 5; Exod. 118. Bera sceal on hǽþe the bear shall [live] on the heath, Menol. Fox 518; Gn. C. 29

Linked entry: for-hǽþan

here-togen

(part.)
Grammar
here-togen, [?]; pp.

Captive ⬩ heretogan

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folces on Chaldéiscum earde the remnant of the captive people dwelt in the land of Chaldea, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 393. [Cf. Icel. her-numinn, -tekinn captive.]

béd-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
béd-ríp, l. bed-ríp, es; n. , and add
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Aelc man in Sc̃e Eádmundes byri húsfast on his ówe land sal gifen tó þe hálegenes biderípe ón peni, Cht. Th. 438, 7. [v. N. E. D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum

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If a gesithcund man owning land, neglect the fyrd, let him pay 120 shillings and forfeit his land; one not owning land, 60 shillings; a churlish man, 30 shillings; as a fine for neglecting the fyrd, L.

Linked entries: færd feord ferd fierd fird folc-land fyrdung

ge-neát-man

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-man, -mann, es; m. [v. ge-neát]
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A tenant, one holding land on payment of rent, 'gafol :'-Gif geneátmanna hwilc forgýmeleásaþ his hláfordes gafol if any 'geneat-man' neglect the tribute due to his lord, L. Eádg. Suppl; Th. i. 270, 16

geond-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-lácan, p. -léc; pp. -lácen
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To go through or over, flow over; pertransīre, transfluĕre Ðætte ðæt tírfæste load geondláce laguflóda wynn that the joy of water-floods sports over the glorious land, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 15; Ph. 70

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