wunden-stefna
A ship with curved prow
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A ship with curved prow Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde, ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon, Beo. Th. 445; B. 220
Linked entry: -stefna
á-fæstan
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l
cú-býre
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A cow-byre, cow-shed Land æt cúbýrum . . . Oxena gehæg . . . cúbýra[s?], C. D. iv. 77, 26, 29
Linked entry: býre
nǽnig
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Þá fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aues non nobis perniciem ferebant Nar. 16, 18. Add
æfter-ǽ
Second-law, Deuteronomy
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Second-law, Deuteronomy Seó bóc ðe is genemned . . . on Grécisc Deuteronomium . . . and on Englisc seó æfterǽ, Deut. proem
in-cúð
Strange ⬩ grievous
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Hé hálegra cyricena land incúðum reáferum tódǽlde he [Edwy] distributed the lands of holy churches to strangers and robbers, 436, 1
irfan
To inherit
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To inherit Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let the land devolve upon such as they know to be worthy or entitled [v. wyrðe], Chart. Th. 578, 9. v. [?] Cod. Dipl.
ge-offrian
To offer, sacrifice
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To offer, sacrifice He hét hine his leófan sunu geoffrian Gode to láce he bade him offer his dear son as a sacrifice to God, Btwk. Scrd. 23, 3. Abel geoffrode ða sélostan lác Gode Abel offered the best sacrifices to God, 18, 5: 22, 9: Gen. 8, 20.
Linked entry: offrian
cost
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Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, and hé lufe geceóse where a thane has two ways of settlement open to him, by amicable agreement or by appeal to law, and he choose the former, Ll. Th. i. 298, 5
word-riht
a law expressed in the form of a command ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ a law expressed in spoken words ⬩ a spoken law ⬩ a statement of what is right ⬩ a duty which one has given his word to perform
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a law expressed in the form of a command ( Similar entries v. word, II. 6), an ordinance; or a law expressed in spoken words a spoken law Móyses dómas, wræclíco wordriht, Cd. Th. 177, 31; Exod. 3. a statement of what is right; or (?)
ferren
Far off ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus
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Rl.] land in regiōnem longinquam, Lk. Skt. Hat. 19, 12
hryding
A clearing
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A clearing, a patch of cleared land Hryding subcisiva, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 71; Wrt. Voc. 37, 57
swán-riht
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Law concerning the swán (q.v.) On manegum landum gebyreþ deópre swánriht, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 15
neáh-ceaster
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a neighbouring city Néhceastra gehwilce and land forhergiende proximas quasque ciuitates agrosque depopulans, Bd. I. 15; Sch. 43, II
Linked entry: ceaster
smolt
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Lard, fat Smolt pinguedo, Angl. xiii. 404, 558. Þǽr sculan ii fǽtte swýn úp árísan tó smolte, Nap. 58
snóca
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substitute: A projecting point or piece of land, a promontory, a snook (v. N. E. D.)
súþ-ecg
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The south edge of land Of cumbes súðecge, C. D. iii. 416, 21, On crundles súðecge, 465, 15: 20
Linked entry: ecg
wyrhta
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Add: croc-, frum-, gim-, godweb-, ísern-, lám-, lǽst-, leóþ-, lypen-, méd-, morþ-, morþor-, níd-, scild-, scóh-, slecg-, sweord-wyrhta
swǽr
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Sum welig man wæs swangor and swǽr, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12. Nis hé swár ne swongor non est tarda Exon. Th. 220, 4; Ph. 315. On swárran ðisum líchoman in gravi isto corpore, Hymn. Surt. 13, 15.
Linked entry: swár
Æ
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Læt late; g. m. n. lates; d. latum; se lata the late; latost, latemest, latest: Smæl small; g. m. n. smales; d. smalum; se smala the small, etc.