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ceaster-æsc

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Ceasteræsc eliforus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 30. Add

æsc-grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
æsc-grǽg, adj.

Ashy-grey

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Ashy-grey

ǽc

also

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also, Th. Dipl. A. D. 804-829; 460, 9: 461, 18, 33

ǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽc, e; f.

An oakquercus

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An oak; quercus Of ðære ǽce [MS. ǽc] andlang heges to ðæm wege from the oak and along the hedge to the road, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. p. 78, 7

ǽc

(n.)

an oak

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an oak. Dele; the passage belongs to ác, q. v. an oak. Dele: the passage belongs to ác, q. v

æced-wín

(n.)
Grammar
æced-wín, es; n.

ACID-WINEmurratum vinum

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ACID-WINE; murratum vinum, Mk. Lind. War. 15, 23

Linked entry: eced-wín

æcer-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-ceorl, es; m.

A field-churla farmerploughmanagricola

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A field-churl, a farmer, ploughman; agricola

Linked entry: ceorl

æcer-man

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-man, æcer-mon; g. æcer-mannes; m.

A field-manfarmeragricola

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A field-man, farmer; agricola, Ælfc. Gl. 5

æcer-spranca

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-spranca, æcer-spranga, an; m. [æcer, spranca, an; m. a shoot, sprout]

Young shoots springing up from acornssaplingsthe holm oakscarlet oakilex

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Young shoots springing up from acorns, saplings, the holm oak, scarlet oak; ilex Æcer-spranca ilex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Som. 13, 48

ǽdre-weg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre-weg, es; m.

A drain waya veinan arteryarteriavena

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A drain way, a vein, an artery; arteria, vena

æfte-wearde

(adv.)
Grammar
æfte-wearde, adv. [æfter, wearde, weardes]

Afterwardafterbehindpostpone

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Afterward, after, behind; post, pone Ðú gesihst me æftewearde thou shalt see me behind, Ex. 33, 23

ærne-weg

(n.)
Grammar
ærne-weg, es; m. [ærnan to run, weg a way]

A running-waya way fit for running ona broad roadvia cursui aptaplatea

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A running-way, a way fit for running on, a broad road; via cursui apta, platea Æt sumes ærneweges ende at the end of some course, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 9. Gescroepe ærneweg via apta cursui equorum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41

aersc-hen

(n.)

a quail

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a quail, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Wrt. Voc. 29, 42

sulh-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s

bydel-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
bydel-æcer, es; m.
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31

cyning-ǽþe

(adj.)
Grammar
cyning-ǽþe, adj.
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Entitled to make a king's thane's oath(?) Sé þe onsacan wille þæs sleges mid áðe, þonne sceal bión on þǽre hyndenne án kyningǽðe (-ǽde, v. l. ) (cf. ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena and mid ánum cyninges þægne, 154, 9), Ll. Th. i. 136, 12

Linked entry: -ǽþe

corn-æsceda

Grammar
corn-æsceda, l.
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-ǽsceáda

fleax-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-æcer, es; m.

A flax-field

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A flax-field On ðá flexæcyras, C. D. v. 389, 16

æcer-ceorl

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Ealle æcerceorlas rustic/, aratores, Chrd. 68, l. Add

æcer-splott

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-splott, es; m.

An acre-plot, an acre

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An acre-plot, an acre Ðæs healfes weres bóc and ðæs æcersplottes ðe ðǽrtó líð (cf. Cum unius jugeris sibi adjacentis portione, (134, 33), C. D. vi. 136, 12

Linked entry: splott