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Lindcylene

(n.)
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Lincoln Burga fífe, Ligoraceaster and Lin[d]cylene ( the d is erased; Lindcylne, -kylne, Lincolne, v. ll. ). Chr. 942 ; P. 110, 17. Lindeylene (-cylne, -colene, v. ll. ) ceastre geréfan praefectum Lindocolinae ciuilatis, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 177, 20.

penn

(n.)
Grammar
penn, a fold (? the meaning is uncertain; perhaps the two names
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Strétpen, C. D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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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.

scort

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Add Wæs þǽr án stów swýþe sceort ( locus brevissimus) in þæs muntes sídan, Gr. D. 49, 5. Add wénde swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b.

fæsten-díc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-díc, es; m.

A castle-ditch arcis fossa

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A castle-ditch; arcis fossa Andlang riþe óþ ðonefæstendíc along the stream to the castle-ditch, Cod. Dipl. 204; A. D. 814, Kmbl. i. 257, 32. 2+3

Linked entry: díc

wudu-mær

(n.)

echo

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echo Wudumer (uuydu-) echo, Txts. 59, 715. Wudumær. Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, l: 70, 7 (windu-, MS.), Similar entries v. Grmm. D. M. pp. 452, 1412 (Stallybrass' Trans.)

Linked entries: mær windu-mær

á-girnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-girnan, -geornan ; p. de
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To desire, be eager for ágeornde (-gyrnde, v. l.) manigra manna sáwla gelǽdde Drihtne multorum animas ad Deum perducere satagebat , Gr. D. 205, 19

á-grimetian

(v.)
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á-grimetian, p. ode: -grimettan; p. te
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To rage, be furious Se ealda feónd ágrimetede (-grymetode, v. l.) and hine gebealh antiquus hostis infremuit, Gr. D. 211, 22. Se fæder ágrimette pater infremuit , 238, 21

cæfl

(n.)
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a bit, muzzle, gag Caefli capisto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 48. Cæfli, 14, 11[Cf. Icel. kefli a piece of wood, a gag. v. N. E. D. kevel.]

dreór-lic

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Dele (v. dreórig-lic), and add: cruel, horrid. Cf. (?) dreórig, Manige wǽron gewende fram þám dreórlican ( = deór- ?) móde multi a bestiali mente mutati sunt, Gr. D. 100, 12

feld-denu

(n.)
Grammar
feld-denu, e; f.
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A valley in which there is pasturage (?) On feld*-*dene; andlang dene wuda, C. D. v. 86, 20. On feldene; andlang feldene on ðone hagan, 356, 9

Linked entries: denu fild-denu

fremsum-lic

(adj.)
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fremsum-lic, adj.
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Benign Býcnode hyre mid onhyldum heáfde swyþe fremsumlicre ansýne, swá ealling byð cui ille benignissimi ut est vultus inclinato capite annuit. Gr. D. 280, 10

ge-hildan

(v.; adj.)
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ge-hildan, to incline.
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Take here <b>ge-hyldan</b> in Dict. and add Mid þý þe þá flascan gehylde cum flasconem inclinasset Gr. D. 142, 12

Linked entries: ge-hyldan hildan

gemót-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-beorg, es; m.
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A hill where a 'gemót' is held Ǽrast on æscwoldes hláw ; ðonne on gemótbiorh, C. D. ii. 195, 10. On æscstede; ðanon on ðæne gemótbeorh, v. 82, 20

ge-rǽdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdelíce, adv.
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Clearly, completely Ic bidde þis gerǽdelícor (-réde-, v. l.) gerihted (fullícor getrahtnod, v. l.) hoc planius (plenius, v. l.) exponi postulo, Gr. D. 102, 19

Linked entry: rǽdelíce

hege-ságol

(n.)
Grammar
hege-ságol, es; m.

A hedge-stake

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A hedge-stake Wearð his óðer fót be his scó fæst on ánum hegesáhle (on ánum ságle þæs geardes, v. l. in sude sepis), Gr. D. 24, 28

Linked entry: ságol

lǽce-getawu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-getawu, pl. n.
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Medical apparatus wǽron geondsmeágende eall his lǽcegeteá. Þá fundon þá mancas in his lǽcecyste illius omnia medicamenta perscrutantes aureos invenerunt in medicamine, Gr. D. 344, 16

mǽg-cnafa

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cnafa, an ; m.
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A young kinsman Ic gean mínum rnǽgcnafan ( cognato ) þæs landes æt Anne his dæg . . . and þæs landes æt Worþigum . . . mínum mágcnafan, C. D. B. ii. 329, 21-25

Linked entry: cnafa

lind

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Add: I. Lindan tilię, An. Ox. 2, 8. In ðá geápan linde, C. D. iii. 375, 5. II Stód under linde, under leóhtum scylde, Lch. iii. 52, 19

mynster-land

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-land, es; n.
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Land belonging to a monastery Ædelwold sealde gehwerfe ðone hám Heartingas on sixtigum hídum wið ðám mynsterlande ðe líð intó Élíg, C. D. iii. 60, 32