wrǽt
A work of art ⬩ a jewel ⬩ an ornament
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Ðam ðe inne gehýdde wrǽte (wræce, MS. ) under wealle, 6112; B. 3060
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heoru
A sword
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The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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^f In one charter the word occurs in boundaries of land 'æt Eástún,' which Kemble places in Hampshire, the gift of the land being made at Glastonbury.
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cuopel
A coble, small ship ⬩ navicula
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A coble, small ship ; navicula Ofstígende hine oððe he ofstág in lytlum scipe oððe in cuople ascendente eo in naviculam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 23
forma
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In fruma ł in forma in principio, Jn. p. 3, 2. Sylle mé þín forme bearn primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi, Ex. 22, 29. Add
druncennes
DRUNKENNESS ⬩ ebriĕtas
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Ða hús ða ðe on to gebiddenne geworhte wǽron syndon nú on hús gehwyrfed oferǽta and druncennesse the houses which were built to pray in are now turned into houses of gluttony and drunkenness, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13.
ge-blǽd
A blowing out in the skin ⬩ blister ⬩ vēsīca in cŭte
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A blowing out in the skin, blister; vēsīca in cŭte
fernes
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In foernisse (fórnissæ) in transmigrationem, Txts. 71, 1091. and add
á-springung
Failing ⬩ defection
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Failing, defection In áspringunge in deficiendo, Ps. Srt. 141, 4
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hræfn
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Ðá cóm þǽr sum hrefen ( corvus ) inn; sóna swá hé þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenn, Guth. Gr. 140, 5. Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27.
middel
The middle ⬩ centre
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The middle, centre In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13, On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín in medio ventris mei, Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21. Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36.
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dype
Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum
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Ascúfaþ hine út on middan ðære dýpan thrust him out into the middle of the deep, Homl. Th. i. 564, 8. Teóh hit on dýpan duc in altum, Lk. Bos. 5, 4
friþ-land
A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made ⬩ pācis terra
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A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made; pācis terra Hí ðone mǽstan hearm dydon ðe ǽfre here innon friþlande dón sceolde they did the greatest harm that ever an army could do in a land with which it was at peace, Chr. 1097
breóst-gewǽdu
the breast ⬩ a garment, clothing ⬩ A covering for the breast, corselet ⬩ pectoris vestimentum, lorica
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[breóst the breast, gewǽde a garment, clothing] A covering for the breast, corselet; pectoris vestimentum, lorica Gehwearf in Francna fæðm feorh cyninges, breóstgewǽdu, and se beáh somod the king's life fell into the power of the Franks, his corselet
sealtness
Saltness
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Saltness Eorþan wæstmbére sealtsæleðan ł to sealtnesse terram fructiferam in salsuginem, Ps. Lamb. 106, 34. In saltnisse in salsilaginem, Ps. Surt. 106, 34
Dyra wudu
Beverley, Yorkshire ⬩ oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi
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He wæs bebyriged in Sce' Petres portice on his mynstre ðæt is cweden in Dera wuda sepultus est in portĭcu sancti Petri, in monastērio suo, quod dicĭtur in silva Derōrum, 5, 6; S. 620, 21.
fæstrǽdnes
constancy ⬩ unchangeableness
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Ðonne mon ðá fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst qui statum mentis perdidit, 359, 6: Bt. 5, 3; F. 10, 34: 5, 1; F. 8, 30. constancy, unchangeableness Þá woruldsǽlþa on heora wandlunga gecýþdon heora fæstrǽdnesse servarit in ipsa sui mutabilitate constantiam
feorm-riht
Right in an estate ⬩ in prædio jus
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Right in an estate; in prædio jus, Herring, p. 50, Mann
á-fremdung
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Alienation In áfremðunge in alienatione . Ps. Srt, ii. p. 190, 29
fæder-éþel
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In his faderoeðel in sua patria, Mt. p. 17, 8. Add