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smiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
smiþþe, an; f.

A smithy, a smith's workshop officina, fabrica

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Hwæt sylst ðú (the smith) ús on smiþþan ðínre búton ísene fýrspearcan Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 5. Hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 16.

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon

sceóh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh, adj.

shy, timid, fearful: wanton

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Parv. 444, col. 2

cawl

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Lorg, couel colum, 110, 1172. Cawel corvis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 9. Caulum corbibus, 79, 73. Caulas corbos, 83, 68: 18, 53

FELA

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FELA, fæla, feala, feola; adj. indecl.

Manymuchmultummultamany thingsmuchverymultamultumin primiscum maxĭmeso many ... astot ... quot

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Bos. 6, 34. so many ... as; tot ... quot Ic ne mæg swá fela [gefón], swá fela swá ic mæg gesyllan non possum tot căpĕre, quot possum vendĕre, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 27

æt-berstan

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Uneáþe cwic ætberstende, Coll. M. 27, 3. when person from whom or place from which is given, dat. Hé heom ætbærst, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 21. with adv. or prep. Sé ætbærst ðanon, Chr. 605 ; P. 23, 10.

hramsan

(n.)
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Hrameson ramuscium, Lch. iii. 304, col. 2. Ramesan ramusium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 44. ¶ in compounds? :-- On hramæshangran; of ðám hangran, C. D. iii. 229, 27. Beneoðan hramesleá, v. 297, 14

ígeoþ

(n.)
Grammar
ígeoþ, ígoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ, es ; m.

An eyotaitislet

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Hié flugon up be Colne on ánne iggaþ they fled up along the Colne on to an island, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28. Ðus feale synden ðere ýgetta ðe liggeþ intó Chertesége so many are the islets that belong to Chertsey, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 17, 30

Linked entry: ígoþ

ǽwisc-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-mód, adj.

Disgraced in mindashamedabasheddedecoratus animopudore suffusus

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Gewiton hym ða Norþmen Dyflin sécan ǽwiscmóde then the Northmen departed, abashed in mind, to seek Dublin, Chr. 938; Th. 207, 16, col. 1; Æðelst. 56

Linked entry: ǽwisc

arce-

(prefix)
Grammar
arce-, a prefix; v. arce-bisceop

chiefἀρχιἀρχός

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chief = ἀρχι = ἀρχός, Hér Ælfríc arce-bisceop férde to Róme æfter his arce[-pallium] this year archbishop Ælfric went to Rome after his arch-pallium, Chr. 997; Th. 247, 2, col. 2. = Wið ðan ðe he scolde gifan heom ðone arce [MS. erce] on condition that

Linked entries: stól árod ærce

Cerdices ford

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices ford, es; m.

Cerdic's fordCerdĭci vadum

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ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic and Cynric took the kingdom of the West-Saxons; and in the same year they fought against the Britons, where it is now named Cerdic's ford, Chr. 519; Th. 26, 21-26, col

Linked entries: Cerdic Cerdices óra

cyne-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-cyn, cyne-cynn,es; n. [cyne regius, regalis; cyn, cynn, gens, stirps, familia]

A royal race, royal lineage, royal offspring or familygens regia, proles regia, stirps vel familia regia

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He wæs cynecynnes he was of royal lineage, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 14: Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 39, col. 1: L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 18

Linked entry: cyning-cynn

ge-spédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spédan, p. -spédde; pp. -spéded, -spédd

To speedprospersucceedprogrediprosperaresuccedere

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Ac hí náht ná gespéddan but they succeeded naught, Chr. 1036; Th. 293, 23, col. 2. Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps.

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19

(n.)
Grammar
rá, ráha ; gen. rán; m.
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Ic gefeó heortas and ránn capio cervos et damas, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31. Rá ł gǽt capras, Rtl. 119, 16. The word is found in names of localities, e.g. On ráhweg : ðæt ondlong ráhweges on ráhdene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 22.

Linked entry: rǽge

leóf

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leóf, as a form of address.
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'Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe,' Coll. M. 20, 11. 7. Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D. ii. 133,3.

beán

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Gif þú beána habban wile, Tech. ii. 123, 16: Coll. M. 34, 27. Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml. S. 23 b, 128. Beána sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 7. Add

cweorn-stán

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Cweornstán scopulum, i. lapis (collo connexum ), An. Ox. 4457. Coernstán mola, Mt. L. 18, 6. Curnstánes molaris, Germ. 400, 489. Lǽt niman ǽnne greátne cwurnstán and hǽtan hine and lecgan hine under þone man, Lch. iii. 38, 15. Add

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, oldcomam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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. 2] bilgeslehtes the grizzly-haired warrior ought not to boast of the clashing of swords, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 34, col. 1; Æðelst. 45.

Linked entry: blonden-feax

pirige

(n.)
Grammar
pirige, an ; f.
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Pirigfliát, Pyrihom, Pirigtún, vi. 322, col. 2

Linked entry: pyrige