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ge-leóhtan

(v.)
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Ic geann ðæs landes æt Rægene . . . ðám bisceope tó geleóhtenne I grant the land at Rayne to the bishop for the provision of lights for the church (cf. leóht-, weax-gescot), C. D. iii. 305, 4

FARU

(n.)
Grammar
FARU, e; f.

a going, journey, passage ⬩ ĭter, profectio, ĭtio, transĭtus ⬩ family, what is movable ⬩ fămĭlia, cŏmĭtātus ⬩ expedition, march ⬩ expĕdītio, agmen migrantium

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Abram ðá ferde of Egipta lande mid ealre his fare Abram then went from the land of the Egyptians with all his family, 12, 20.

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic

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Ðú byst uppan lande mid wímmannum oftor ðonne ic beó ... Ic hit gehýrde secgan, ðæt ðás uplendiscan wíf wyllaþ oft drincan, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 12.

Linked entry: uppe-land

ge-wunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wunelíc, -wunolíc; adj.

Accustomed ⬩ wonted ⬩ usual ⬩ ordinary ⬩ consuetus

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Eall ðæt wæs gewunelíc on ðisan lande all that was usual in this land, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 13: Blickl. Homl. 85, 29. Gewunelícre mildheortnyssa solita clementia, Hymn. Surt. 11, 25.

Linked entry: wune-líc

efen

(adv.)
Grammar
efen, efne; adv.

Evenly, equally, just so ⬩ æque

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Evenly, equally, just so; æque Wunedon ætsomne efen swá lange swá him lýfed wæs they dwelled together just so long as was permitted to them, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 487; Met. 20, 244: Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 24; Gú. 564

gafol-yrþ

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-yrþ, e; f.

The cultivation of tribute-land ⬩ tribūtāriæ terræ arātio

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The cultivation of tribute-land; tribūtāriæ terræ arātio His gafolyrþe [MS. gauolyrþe] iii æceras erige, and sáwe of his ágenum berne de arātūra gabli sui arābit iii acras, et semĭnābit de horreo suo, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 18

æt-wrencan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wrencan, p. te
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To cheat a person out of something, deprive by fraud Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð (æt-wrencð, v. l.), Prov. K. 34. [Cf. æt-wrenchen to twist awny, escape , Marh. 15, 20: O. and N. 248.]

Linked entry: wrencan

fódnóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fódnóþ, fódnoþ, es; m.

sustenance ⬩ support ⬩ food ⬩ annona

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Substitute: sustenance, support, food Þá land beón ðám gebróðran tó fódnoðe and tó scrúde, Cht. Th. 370, 27. a stock of provisions; annona Fódnaðas annonas (printed fodraðus annonus; but see Bd. Sch. 42, 36, the passage here glossed), Txts. 180, 20

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedge ⬩ fence

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Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

healtian

(v.)
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Hú lange wille gé healtian on twá healfe ðus? (usquequo claudicatis in duas partes?, 1 Kings 18, 21), Hml. S. 18, 98. Gangas rihte dóð mid fótum eówrum þæt ná healtigende (claudicans) worige (Heb. 12, 13), Scint. 186, 3. Add

hlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
hlanc, adj.

Lank, ⬩ lean, ⬩ gaunt

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Lank, lean, gaunt: — Ðæs se hlanca gefeah wulf in walde at that rejoiced the gaunt wolf in the wood, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 205. Swá ðú on hrime setest hlance cylle sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Th. 118, 83

wang-turf

(n.)
Grammar
wang-turf, gen. -tyrf; f.

Turf ⬩ grass-land

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Turf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.

The Scots ⬩ Scots of Ireland ⬩ Scots of Scotland

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In Hibernia mǽgþe, ðæt is on Scotta lande, Shrn. 51, 30. On Sceotta land, Wulfst. 205, 7. Scotta land, eálond, 215, 17, 21.

firgen-streám

(n.)
Grammar
firgen-streám, fyrgen-streám, firgend-streám, firigend-streám, es; m,

A mountain-stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ montānum vel saltuense flūmen ⬩ oceănus

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Ymb ealra land gehwilc fiówan firgenstreámas mountain-streams [shall] flow over every land, Menol. Fox 555; Gn. C. 47. Fleów firgendstreám the mountain-stream flowed, Andr. Kmbl. 3144; An. 1575. Ofer firigendstreám over the ocean, Andr.

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
Similar entries
v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructed ⬩ without hindrance ⬩ free ⬩ immunis

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Unobstructed, without hindrance, free; the term is used of land that after several lives was to revert to the grantor, and seems to render the word immunis in the Latin charters On ða gerád, weorce hé ðæt hé weorce, ðæt ðæt land seó unforworht intó ðære

heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

lencten-eorþe

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-eorþe, an; f.

veractum

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Land ploughed in the spring; veractum. Ducange gives 'veractum champ reonné' and refers to warectum 'terra novalis, seu requieta, quia alternis requiescit, sic dicta, inquit Edw. Cokus quasi vere novo victum, vel subactum.'], Ælfc.

Linked entry: eorþe

lendan

(v.)
Grammar
lendan, p. de

To arrive

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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá hé lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14

clæc-leás

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Voc. ii. 43, 68. free from injury, uninjured Ic habbe getýþed sc̃e Cúthberht ꝥ land and all ꝥ þǽrto belimpeþ clǽne and claclés, Hick. Thes. i. 149, 57.]

eorþ-geberst

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-geberst, -gebyrst, es; n.

land-slip

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A chasm in the ground, land-slip In ðæt eorðebyrst; of ðám eorðgebyrste, C. D. iii. 52, 10. Úp tó ðám eorðgeberste tó foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]

Linked entry: ge-berst