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buttuc

(n.)
Grammar
buttuc, es; m.
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A small parcel of land is often called the butts, v. N. E. D.) Of ðám heáfdon on ðæne weg; of ðám wege on ðá buttucas; of ðám buttucon on ðone bróc, C. D. iv. 19, 32

wærþu

(n.)
Grammar
wærþu, (-o); indecl. f.

Sagacity, cunning, cleverness

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Sagacity, cunning, cleverness Gif him lífes weard of móde ábrít ðæt micle dysig ðæt hit oferwrigen mid wunode lange, þonne ic wát ðæt hí ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges ðe monnum nú wærþo and wunder þynceþ (many a thing that now seems very clever and wonderful

ádlian

(v.)

to ail, &c.to make ill, cause disease

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Lange hé ádlað and áríst diu languet et surget, Lch. iii. 151, 6, 7, 23, 25. Hé ádlað and hé swelt, 26: Scint. 41, 3. Míne eágan ádlodan languerunt Ps. L. 87, 10. Hálwende ádligendum líchaman, Hml.

Brondingas

(n.)
Grammar
Brondingas, nom. acc ; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Brondingspopuli nomen

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The Brondings, supposed to be the inhabitants of the island Brännö, lying off the coast of West Gothland in the Cattegat; populi nomen Breca gesóhte swǽsne éðel, lond Brondinga Breca sought his own country, the land of the Brondings, Beo.

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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and add Náht is lang, náht ys ǽ þryte ( longum ) ꝥ ná on sceortum sý geendud, Scint. 217, 6. Gyf hit ne þúhte ǽsþryt (-þrytt. v. l. ) tó áwrítenne. Lch. iii. 276, 3. Þý lǽs ðe hit eów ǽðryt þince, Hml. Th. i. 88, 32.

forþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adj.
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Cf. forþ, 1 b Ic ( a lance ) hwílum éðelfæsten forðweard brece, Rä. 72, 23. expressing state reached, forward, advanced.

bén-yrþ

(n.)
Grammar
bén-yrþ, e; f.

Ploughed landprecum aratura

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Ploughed land; precum aratura Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and bénrípe and mǽdmǽwecte etiam debet esse paratus ad multas operationes voluntatis domini sui, et ad bényrþe, id est, araturam

mearc-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-stapa, an; m.

One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land

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One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land Grendel, mǽre mearcstapa, Beo. Th. 206; B. 103. Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ...

scúdan

(v.)
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to shake, tremble, shiver, shudder Hý (Adam and Eve) on uncýððu scomum scúdende scofene wurdon on gewinworuld they shivering with shame into a strange land were thrust, into a world of struggle, Exon. Th. 153, 19 ; Gú. 828. [Cf. O.

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, brec, es; n. (?)

A brackbreak

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.], a strip of uncultivated land (?) Of ðane ealdan mǽre innon ðá(m ?)

ge-méde

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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21

hideres

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., and add: local Hé þǽr lange hyderes and þyderes sécende fór, Hml. S. 236, 730. figurative Sió ábisgung hine scofett hidres ðædres, Past. 169, 13. Mé þincþ ꝥ þú mé dwelige and dyderie and lǽdst mé hidres and þidres, Bt. 35, 5; F. 164, 13.

Linked entry: hidres

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ðá cwæþ se cing ðæt hé nolde ðæt ðæt land mid ealle út aseald wǽre, ac ðæt ðæt land eft intó ðære hálgan stówe ágifen wǽre, 300, 13-33- Ofgán tó rihtan gafole to hold at a fair rent, 355, 23: 478, 21. Ofgán land wið gersumen, 587, 7.

Linked entry: of-eode

læppa

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Lappa lanna, angulus auris Hpt. 33, 244, 8. Add

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, es; m.

A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancermorsus, cancri morbus vel cancer

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Gnættas cómon ofer ðæt land mid fýrsmeortendum bítum gnats came over the land with fire-smarting bites, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 30. Wið cancerádle, ðæt is, bíte, against cancer-disease, that is, a biting disease, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 9

híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, household, house; also a hide of land

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A family, household, house; also a hide of land Fæder hiogwuisc, hiowisc, hiuwisc paterfamilias, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 39: 13, 25: 14, 21. Gif hé hæbbe híwisc landes if he have a hide of land, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 13 [cf. l. 23].

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

Wætlinga-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-strǽt, e; f.

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.

Linked entry: Erming-strǽt

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, f.
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Fram ceddan leáge tó langan leáge . . . fram langan leáge, C. D. ii. 73, 21. In illud septum tó brádan leáge, transitque illo septo brádan leáge, iii. 383, 18. On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add