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eádan

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For second passage substitute Þonne is gromra tó fela æfestum eáden hæbbe ic þonne æt freán frófre when fate maliciously brings too many foes, then may I have comfort from the Lord, Hy. 4, 46. Add:

hlinc-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc-gelád, es; n.
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A watercourse on a slope (?). The word occurs as a place-name Ðis sind ðá landgemǽru tó Hlincgeláde (cf. quoddam ruris praediolum . . . eni solicolae antiquum indiderunt uocabulum æt Lhincgelade, 78, 21), C. D. vi. 79, 4

Linked entry: ge-lád

ofer-swingan

(v.)
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to strike through Ꝥ húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33

stott

(n.)
Grammar
stott, es; m.
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7

tweógung

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Ic wille ániman fram þám þe þás bóc rǽdað þone intingan ǽlcre tweónnge (tweónge, v.l.) æt ǽlcum þǽra spella þe ic wríte ut dubitationis occasionem legentibus subtraham per singula quae describo, Gr. D. 9, 6. Add

weorf

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Add: any draught cattle Hwyorif [printed hryofif, but MS. has hwyorif (= ? weorf)] jumentum, Wrt. Voc. l. 23, 6. Hé geann . . . þám æþelinge .XL. mancsa goldes and þǽra wildra worfa æt Æscburnan lande, Cht. Crw. 23, ii

be-swícan

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Add Gif wé þurh deófles searocræftas wurðað æt þám sáwlum beswicene ( frustratis animabus insidiis antiqui hostis ), Chrd. 88, 12. Add Ðurh gítsunge wearð beswicen Sawl . . . Ahab yfele wearð beswicen for Naboðes wínearde, Hex. 54, 6-11

ærce-stól

(n.)
Grammar
ærce-stól, es; m.
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Ælfeáh féng tó ðám ærcestóle, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 8. Arcestóle, 988; P. 125, 24. Wæs Dúnstán æt ðám ercestóle, Hml. S. 21, 458. Hé heóld ðone arcestól mid mycclan weorðmynte, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 11

ge-neósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neósian, <b>; II.</b>
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Hí ne dorston ꝥ hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, ac æt ðǽre dura hí gebǽdon they didn't venture to enter the house when they visited it, but prayed at the door, Hml, Th. i. 504, 10. Add

cígung

(n.)
Grammar
cígung, e; f.
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Calling Ceigung vocatio, Mt. p. 12, 9. Æt þǽre cígingce, Gr. D. 53, 7. Mið ceigunge clamando, Jn. p. 6, 8. Ot ceigeng Petres de uocatione Petri, Mk. p. 2, 10. Ceigunc vocationem, Mt. p. 13, 7

disc-þegn

Grammar
disc-þegn, -þegen, -þén.
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Discþegn discifer, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 23. An ic ǽlcan gesettan discðegne hundeahtatig mancusa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30. Ic geann Ælmǽre mínon discþéne þára ehta hída æt Cateringa*-*túne, Cht. Th. 560, 36. Add

glind

(n.)
Grammar
glind, a fence of boards(?),
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a railing(?) Andlang ríðe on wican glinde, C. D. B. i. 296, 29. Cf. Æt Glindleá, C. D. iii. 426, 22. Glynde is a place-name in Sussex. [O. L. Ger. gi-lindi railings. v. Gall. 439.]

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
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Þá þá hé barn witodlíce útan, hé ádwǽscte ꝥ hé unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, fall away, decay

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To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

bearn-teám

(n.)
Grammar
bearn-teám, es; m.

A succession of childrenissueposterityliberorum ordo vel successiosoboles

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A succession of children, issue, posterity; liberorum ordo vel successio, soboles Ðæt hí to raðe woldon fultumleáse beón æt hiora bearnteámum that they should very soon be without help from posterity, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 19

Linked entry: teám

Clede-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Clede-múþa, an; m. [the mouth of the river Cleddy]

GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH

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GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH, South Wales Hér Eádweard cyning getimbrede ða burh æt Cledemúþan in A. D. 921, king Edward built the burgh at Cledmouth, Chr. 921; Th. 194, 1-3, col. 3; Th. 195, 1-3, col. 1

Cinges tún

(n.)
Grammar
Cinges tún, es; m. [cinges tún the king's town]

KINGSTONregia villa

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KINGSTON;regia villa Æðelstán wæs to cinge æt Cinges túne gehálgod Athelstan was consecrated king at Kingston, Chr. 925; Th. 198, 7, col. 3; 8, col. 2: 979; Th. 234, 9, col. 1; 235, 6, col. 2

Linked entry: Cynges tún

á-léfedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-léfedness, e; f.
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Infirmity, lameness, crippledness Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle getíged. . . . Ðám wearð geswutelod ꝥ hé sceolde gefeccan æt Swýðúnes byrgene his líchaman hǽle and þǽre áléfednysse ( the cure of his crippledness ), Hml. S. 21, 99

Linked entry: -léfedness

tó-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-heald, adj.

Inclined

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Inclined Tóhald adclinisvel incumbens, Txts. 37, 74. Tóheald adclinis. Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 74: ii. 4, 41. Þeáh wuhta geliwílc wrigaþ tóheald, swíðe onhelded, wið ðæs gecyndes ðe him cyning engla æt trymðe getióde. Met. 13, 10

bonda

Grammar
bonda, l. bónda,
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Æt ǽlcum forðfarenum gildan, sé hit bónda, sé hit wíf, þe on þám gildscipe sindon, Cht. Th. 609, 12. Gyf frígman þæt fasten ábrece, gebéte þæt þus: bónda mid .xxx. penigan, þegen mid .xxx. scillingan, Wlfst. 172, 5. Bunda, 181, 9. Án his manna wolde wícian