twi-lafte
Two-edged
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Two-edged Twilafte æx bipennis securis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 27
Linked entry: -lafte
secg-plega
Sword-play ⬩ battle
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Sword-play, battle Æt ðam secgplegan, Andr. Kmbl. 2705; An. 1355
þeáter
a theatre
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a theatre Æt heora þeátra, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 154, 2
sǽ-wer
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.
geolca
A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus
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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.
Licetfeld
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Æt Licettfelda, Shrn. 59, 20. On Licetfelda, Chr. 716; Erl. 45, 14. Æt Licetfelda, Chart. Th. 373, 34
toll-setl
A toll-booth, ⬩ custom-house
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Ðá geseah hé sittan sumne mannan æt tollsetle (in teloneo; in a tolbothe, Wick. Mt. 9, 9), Homl. Th. ii. 468, 9. Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18
Linked entry: toll-sceamol
Windles-óra
Windsor
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Windsor Æt Windlesóran, Chr. 1061; Erl. 194, 3. Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27.
á-cýþan
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Þeáh hé ǽr yfel wolde, þonne nyste hé hú hé hit swá fullíce ácýðde, ǽr hé fullne anweald hæfde, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 23. Sý on þone synnigan bróðor seó sóðe lufu ácýd and gefæstnod confirmetur in eo karitas, R. Ben. 51, 7. Add
ge-cýþnes
witness, testimony ⬩ of the scriptures, testament
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Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12. Gecýþnessa testamentorum (duorum), An. Ox. 1547
Cyring-ceaster
Cirencester
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Cirencester Æt Cyringceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 13, col. 1
ge-háwian
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Mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, Past. 308, 3. Add
sælmerige
Brine
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Brine Sælmerige (sæll-, sel-; -mærige) salsamentum, Ælf. Gr. 30; Zup.192, 18
Linked entry: selmerige
Tófe-ceaster
Towcester
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Towcester Mon worhte ða burg æt Tófeceastre, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 26
ar-faran
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Dele: the line cited should read Ge ǽr farað ge eft cumað
dún-lic
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Cf. dún-ælf
Élíg
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On ðǽm londe þe wé nemnað æt Élíe, Shrn. 94, 27. Add
ǽmet-hwíl
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Ðæs restedæges ǽmethwíle (æn-, MS.) Sabbati otium, An. Ox. 40, 18. Add
stefna
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The prow or stern of a vessel Æt lides stefnan, Andr. Kmbl. 806; An. 403: 3411; An. 1709. Æt nacan stefnan, Exon. 306, 14; Seef. 7. Sum wǽg stefnan steóreþ, 296, 20; Crä. 54. Steóran ofer stæfnan, Andr. Kmbl. 989; An. 495. v. -stefn, and next word
sulh-gang
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Cf. for a similar use of gang in measurements Icel. sólar-gangr = a day) Æt heáfde peninc, æt sulhgange peninc, Wulfst. 170. 37