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Clofes hoo

(n.)
Grammar
Clofes hoo, Clofes hó;hós; hóas; óa; hóum; m.
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Cliff, near Rochester Her sinoþ wæs æt Clofes hoo [æt Clofes hó, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 822] there was a synod at Cliff, Chr. 822; Th. 111, 14, col. l; 110, 14, col. l, 2. Æt Clofes hóum at Cliff, Th. Diplm. A. D. 803; 52, 32: A.

Linked entry: Cleofes hoo

west-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
west-ende, es; m.
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Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende, ðam stýple ful gehende, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 37. Æt ðam westænde, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 30

ge-broc

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Eác swylce hé bróhte eft on óðre dæge þám wyrhtum tó gereordnesse, ac ꝥ þǽr wæs tó láfe of þám gebrocum wæs þá gyt máre þonne þá gebrocu ǽr wǽron . . . efne swylce þá gebrocu þæs hláfes þurh þone ǽt weóxon, Gr.

regn-meld

(n.)
Grammar
regn-meld, e; f.

A mighty, solemn announcement

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A mighty, solemn announcement Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest æt regenmelde, Lchdm. iii. 30, 30

Linked entry: meld

healf-weg

(n.)
Grammar
healf-weg, es; m.

Half-way

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Half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes Ægelríc æt healfwege, C. D. iv. 234, 3

hring-stede

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Cf. hring; Æt Ringstyde, C. D. iv. 208, 25

in-siht

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Ic wille mid tintregum æt ðé ofgán ðises ðinges insiht, Hml. Th. i. 590, 23. Add

oþ-berstan

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Gif hwá wóh wyrce, and út oðberste (æt-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 268, 9. Add

ǽfen-tíma

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On ǽfentíman úre Dryhten offrode æt his ǽfengereorde, Btwk. 218, 9: Hml. S. 15, 58. Add

hýþ

Grammar
hýþ, a port. (
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Æ[t] hýðum (æt[h]ýðum wǽran gesette, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 30) portunalia (v. hýþ-gild), An. Ox. ll, 186

Linked entries: hýþ-gild Lamb-hýþ

fealcen

(n.)
Grammar
fealcen, es: fealca (?), an; m.

A falcon

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Ðæt land æt Fealcnahám (cf. æt Habeccahám, i. 315, 23. On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf. Wilgísl Westerfalcing (-falcning, v. l.), Westerfalca (-falcna, v. l.) Sǽfugling, Chr. 560; P. 18, 5

cerr

(n.)
Grammar
cerr, es; m.

A turn, timeversio, temporis spatium

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A turn, time; versio, temporis spatium Æt óðrum cerre alio tempore, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 17

Linked entry: cer

mynster-geat

(n.)
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monastery-gate Æt þám mynstergeate (cf. beforan þæs mynstres geate, 25), Gr. D. 145, 2 : 163, 25

rysc-steort

(n.)
Grammar
rysc-steort, es; m.

A promontory where rushes grow

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A promontory where rushes grow Æt riscsteorte of ðam hriscsteorte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 217, 12-13

Linked entry: steort

á-scortian

(v.)

to run shortrun outbe exhausted

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to run short, run out, be exhausted Æt ðám giftum áscortode wín, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 10

Linked entry: á-sceortian

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Hí Ordulfes mynster æt Tæfingstóc (Tefingstóce, MS. E.) forbærndon, Chr. 997 ; Erl. 134, 14

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

ge-lǽte

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Þæt wíf æt þǽra wega gelǽte ( in bivio ) sæt, Gen. 38, 21. Twégra wega gelǽtu biuium, þreóra triuium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 288, 9. Þá belocenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 56. Competalia æt þám wega gelǽtum wǽran, Wrt.

sibling

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Swilce hí þonne lufian heora siblingas, ðe ǽr on lífe ne hí sylfe ne heora mágas ne lufedon, i. 332, 30. Add

godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Seó ealde ǽ and wítegan wǽron oð Ióhannes tócyme; siððan ongann godspelbodung ( lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem; ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, Lk. 16, 16), Hml. Th. i. 354, 16. Æt him ongann seó godspellbodung, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 16.

niht-wacu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-wacu, (o); f.

A night-watch

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A night-watch Mec oft bigeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, Exon. Th. 306, 13; Seef. 7

Linked entry: wacu