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þri-fingre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-fingre, adj.

Three fingers thick

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Three fingers thick Æt þryfingrum (spic is added in MS. B. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18

undern-swǽsendu

(n.)
Grammar
undern-swǽsendu, pl.

Breakfast

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Breakfast Ðæt hé mid ðý biscope sǽte æt his undernswǽsendum ( ad prandium ), Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 13

cú-býre

(n.)
Grammar
cú-býre, es; m.
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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

cynlíce

(adv.)
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Forlǽtan þá gebróðru þe hé ǽr cynlíce underféng fratres deserere quos semel suscepit, Gr. D. 108, 29. Add

fore-geceósan

(v.)
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to choose beforehand Ic mé sylfe myngode . . . þǽre mundbyrdnysse þe ic ǽr foregeceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543

fullwiht-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-þegnung, e; f.
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Baptismal service Ðá twá word abrenuntio and credo þe man æt fulluhtþénunge on gewunan hæfð, Wlfst. 38, 9

land-hredding

(n.)
Grammar
land-hredding, e; f.
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Redemption of mortgaged land Ic onborgedé .xxx. mancsa goldes tó mínre landhreddinge æt Beorhnóðe, Cht. Crw. 9, 118

ofer-druncenness

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Ic gewilnode þæs wínes on þám ic ǽr gelustfullode tó oferdruncennysse brúcan, Hml. S. 23 b, 535. Add

un-gewuna

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Ic secge nú ꝥ ic hwílon ǽr forsuwade for þám ungewunan woroldlices gesceádes, Angl. vii. 12, 114. Add

Domer-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Domer-hám, Domar-hám, es; m.

DAMERHAM, Wiltshire loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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Ic gean ðæs landes æt Domarháme into Glæstinga byrig I give the land at Damerham to Glastonbury, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 30

holen

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Tó ðǽam beorge ðe mon háteð æt ðǽm holne, C. D. ii. 29, 6. In ymman holig; of ymman holigne, C. D. B. iii. 223, 25. Tó ðǽm gemǽre æt ðám holignan; of ðám holigena gemǽra, C. D. iv. 287, 27

gæt

(n.)
Grammar
gæt, es; n.

A gate

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A gate Æt ðam gæte ad ostium, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 17 : Mt. Lind. Stv. 7, 13

mylen-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-stede, es; m.

A mill-steadmill

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A mill-stead, mill Ðysne mylenstede ðe ðǽrtó gebyreþ æt Leóferes hagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 243, 10

Pedrida

(n.)
Grammar
Pedrida, Pedreda (e ?)
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the river Parret Æt Pedridan (Pedredan, MS. E.) múþan, Chr. 845; Erl. 66, 23: 658; Erl. 34, 2

ge-toht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-toht, es; n.

A warlike expeditionbattleexpĕdītio bellĭcapugna

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A warlike expedition, battle; expĕdītio bellĭca, pugna Æt getohte at the battle, Byrht. Th. 134, 54; By. 104

Linked entry: tohte

þýmel

(adj.)
Grammar
þýmel, adj.

A thumb thick

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A thumb thick, applied to the fat of swine Æt þýmelum, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19

diácon

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Æt Scĩ Laurentie þám deácone, Shrn. 117, 11. Add

dwǽs-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dwǽs-líce, adv.
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Foolishly, stupidly Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, Ll. Th. ii. 357, 40

fore-ádihtian

(v.)
Grammar
fore-ádihtian, p. ode

pre-arrange

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To arrange beforehand, pre-arrange Ðis ǽrendgewrit Agustinus bróhte, swá hit ǽr foreádihtode Róme pápa, Past. 9, 9

Linked entry: á-dihtian

irfe-numa

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Swá hit míne ærfenuman ǽr onstellen, C. D. i. 316, 22. Eihwelc mon mínra ærbenumena, 299, 22, Add: —