tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Ðone tún ðe hé oftust on eardode gyt mon his naman cneódeþ cujus nomine vicus in quo maxime habitare solebat usque hodie cognominatur, 2, 20; S. 522, 23.
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ge-tácnian
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H. 71, 25: Past. 83, 25. (2 a) to express the character of an object by transferring a significant name :-- Galað is on Englisc gewitnesse heáp . . Ðý is swíðe ryhte getácnod ( non incongrue exprímitur) ðurh Galates naman sió hálige gesomnung.
þrýþ
Force ⬩ power ⬩ strength ⬩ forces ⬩ troops ⬩ hosts ⬩ vehemently ⬩ mightily ⬩ fiercely ⬩ greatly
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. ¶ Þrýþ is used in the formation of many proper names. v. Txts. 638
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seht
a settlement ⬩ an agreement ⬩ terms arranged between two parties by an umpire ⬩ a peace between two powers ⬩ peace ⬩ friendship
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Ðæt ða cyningas seht námon (cf. friþ niman) heom betweónan Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 1. Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta, 1086; Erl. 222, 35
ge-sceaft
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Ox. 692. with collective force, creation, created objects of. a particular kind, of rational creatures 'Bodiað eallum gesceafte'; ac mid þám naman is se mann ána getácnod, Hml. Th. i. 302, 12. Bodiað godspell ealre gesceafte,Mk. 16, 15.
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Hí námon ða láfa tulerunt reliquias, Mt.
swincan
to toil, labour, work with effort ⬩ to labour at, after, etc. , anything ⬩ to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress
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His nama is omnipotens, ðæt ys, ælmihtig, for ðan ðe hé mæg eall ðæt hé wile, and his miht náhwár ne swincþ his power nowhere works with effort, Lchdm. iii. 278, 17. Unnytlíce wé swincaþ, ðonne wé ús gebid-daþ, gif. . . . Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21.
lytel
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Lytel fremað þeáh crísten nama bútan crístenum dǽdum, Wlfst. 65, 21. Lyttel lufad minus diligit, Lk. L. 7, 47. with inst. Sam hé hine miclum lufige, sam hé hine lytlum lufige, Solil. H. 58, 14.
Æ
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune for æ is ᚨ; which is also put for æsc an ash-tree, the name of the letter. v. æsc. B. The long or accented ǽ has the sound of ea in meat, sea.
DÆG
DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men
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S. 771, 45. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear
ÉÐEL
property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home ⬩ prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum
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His ríces éðel ðæt he hæfde sĕdem regni quam tĕnuit, 4, I; S. 563, 14. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = œ́, the name o f which letter in Anglo-Saxon is œ́ðel, ǽðel, é ðel one's native country, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letters
strengðu
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Hí lǽrdon ðæt hí módes strengþo náman, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 5. (1 a) the time when a man is strong, mature years :-- On mínum cildháde oððe on mínre geógoðe oððe on mínre strengðe oððe on mínre ylde, Anglia xi. 102, 2. violence, force Hé ða ongeánwinnendan
for-déman
to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine
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Hí habbaþ démena naman, and ... hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde, Bl. H. 63, 11. Heó nolde seccgan unsóð and hí sylfe fordéman, Hml. S. 12, 241. 'Ðú eart fordémed.'
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Is ðín nama mǽre, wlitig and wuldorfæst, Cd. Th. 234, 3; Dan. 286. Wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Gǽst weorcum wlitigne, 180, II; Gú. 1278. Ðæt gé eówer ðæt wlitige líf magon generian. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 189.
lǽs
A pasture ⬩ leasow
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A pasture, leasow [still found in local names] Lǽs pascua; gemǽne lǽs compascuus ager, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 44, 47; Wrt. Voc. 53, 51, 54. Se wudu and seó lǽs is gemǽne tó ðám án and twentigum hídum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 28.
heorot
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Hé forbeád þá heortas, swylce eác þá báras, swá swíðe hé lufode þá heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 9. the word occurs in many place-names as the first part of a compound: On heortbróc, C. D. iii. 430, 12.
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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The word is found in many local names, and was preserved in various dialects, e. g. shaw a small shady wood in a valley, E. D. S. Pub. B. 7 (West Riding): A wood that encompasses a close, B. 16 (Sussex).
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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Ic ða geþungnestan nemde I have named the most distinguished, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 6: 905; Erl. 98, 30. Hafa ðú me to ðan geþungennestan wífe have me as the most excellent wife, Shrn. 40, 17
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trendel
a circle ⬩ ring ⬩ a disk ⬩ orb ⬩ a round place ⬩ a circus
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The word and the connected forms trend, trind, trin seem to occur in local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 343, 344
fold-búend
Earth-dwellers ⬩ earth's inhabitants ⬩ inhabitants of a land or country ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ
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Ðone Grendel nemdon foldbúende whom earth's inhabitants named Grendel, Beo. Th. 2714; B. 1355: Elen. Kmbl. 2026; El. 1014: Exon. 25a; Th. 72, 25; Cri. 1178: 121a; Th. 465, 9; Hö. 101.