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burg-staþol

Grammar
burg-staþol, (burh-).
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Substitute: The foundation of the wall of a burg (v. burg, Ia) Nim his lifre, tódǽl and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra and þínra burhstaþola, and þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele. Lch. i. 328, 23

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
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To-écan ðám dómum ðe æt Greátanleá and æt Exanceastre gesette wǽron, and æt Þunresfelda in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, and at Exeter, and at Thunresfeld, v. pref; Th. i. 228, 9

ge-beór

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Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum eallum ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeór-scipe, and ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 20. Gemétte hé gebeóras blíðe æt þám húse, . . . and sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod.

feohte

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Þá wæs feohte (fohte, MS.) néh, tír æt getohte, By. 103. Æt feohtan in battle, Gen. 2116. Þæt ðú tó fyrenlíce feohtan sóhtest, . . . óðres monnes wígrǽdenne, Vald. 1, 20, 18. Þú gúðe findest, frécne feohtan, An. 1352. Add

lǽdend

(n.)
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a bringer Ǽs lǽdend legislatorem Ps. Rdr. 9, 21

blód-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-lǽte, an; f.
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Blood-letting, bleeding Æt blódlǽtan, Lch. ii. 16, 8

GEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
GEÓL, giúl, iúl, geóhol, es; n.

festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium

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Feówertig daga ǽr eástran and feówertig daga ǽr Cristes acennisse ðæt is ǽr geólum fourty days before Easter and fourty days before Christ's birth, that is, before Christmas, Shrn. 82, 11

af-

(prefix)

offromaway fromdeexab

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= æf- = of- of, from, away from; de, ex, ab

Linked entry: af-godnes

ge-bréman

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Ǽr ǽfenþénung sý gebrémed ( celebretur ), Chrd. 114, 17. Add

Súþ-hámtún

(n.)
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Southampton Æt Súðhámtúne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 49, 20

Hǽðum

æt Slesvig

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æt Slesvig, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 30, 39

Wíre-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Wíre-múþa, an; m.

Wearmouth

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Wearmouth On ðære stówe ðe mon háteþ æt Wíremúðan, juxta ostium fluminis Viuri, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 27: 5, 21; S. 642, 35; Shrn. 50, 30; 61, 14. Æt Wíramúðan ad Viuraemuda, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 20

ge-botl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-botl, es; n.
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511

Linked entry: botl

gebed-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-tíd, e; f.
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An hour appointed for prayer Hé æt nǽnigre gebedtíde wolde on ðǽre cyrican wunian ðæt hé mid þǽm óþrum his gebed gefylde, Shrn. 65, 15. Æt gehwelcre gebedtíde Godes englas cóman and lǽddan hí on ðá lyft, 107, 25

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Æt wígge spéd, sigor æt sæcce, Elen. Kmbl. 2363; El. 1183. Hé feorg gesealde æt sæcce, Apstls. Kmbl. 117; Ap. 59. Ic ofslóh æt ðære sæcce ( the battle with Grendel's mother) húses hyrdas, Beo. Th. 3334; B. 1665.

Linked entry: sæccan

of-gán

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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte.

weorc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorc-weorþ, weorc-wirþe; adj.
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Capable of work Þonne is æt Farresheáfde . xvi. weorcwurðe men and viii. iunge men . . . æt Geácesleá þrytténe wépmen weorcewyrþe and v. wimmen and æhta geonge men, C. D. B. iii. 367, 15-35. Weorcwyrþra manna, Verc. Först. 158, 20

wægn-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-treów, es; n.

A perquisite of a log of wood from each load to the labourer loading and leading the waggon

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cf. wægn-scilling) On sumere þeóde gebyreþ ... æt wuduláde wǽntreów, æt cornláde hreáccopp, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 27

land-gehwearf

(n.)
Grammar
land-gehwearf, es; n.
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Se biscop gesealde ða hída æt Cenintúne and se abbud gesealde ðæt seofontýne hýda æt Crydanbricge, Chart. Th. 191, 6

Linked entry: ge-hwearf

wlite-wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-wamm, es; m.

A disfigurement of the facepersonal disfigurement

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A disfigurement of the face, personal disfigurement Æt ðám læsestan wlitewamme .iii. scillingas, and æt ðám máran .vi. scill. L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. Wlitewomma nevorum (nullis naevorum maculis deformatos, Aid. lo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 27: 60, 56

Linked entry: wamm-wlite