for-grindan
To grind thoroughly ⬩ grind to pieces ⬩ grind down ⬩ crush ⬩ pulverize ⬩ mangle ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ commŏlĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ contundĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ pulvĕrāre ⬩ lăcĕrāre ⬩ demōlīri
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Ðǽr læg secg manig, gárum forgrunden there lay many a warrior, ground to pieces by javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 2; Æðelst. 18. Billum forgrunden ground down with swords, Andr. Kmbl. 826; An. 413.
bóc-land
BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris
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Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 16: Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 29: 3, 24; S. 556, 4: Cod. Dipl. 317; A. D. 871-889; Kmhl. ii. 120, 6. Hæfde Rómánum to bóclande gesealde Romanis per testamentum tradiderat, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 18. Bóclandes, Cot. 83
Linked entry: bóc-æceras
Defenas
Devonians, the inhabitants of Devonshire in a body, Devonshire ⬩ Devonienses, Devōnia
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D. 823] there was a fight of the Welsh and Devonians, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 16, col. 1, 2.
heals-wyrt
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Voc. i. 30, 57: auris leporis ł auris folia, Lch. iii. 300, col. 1: epicosium, 302, col. 1: epicurium, Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 22. Helswyrt, An. Ox. 56, 44. Heleswyrt epigurium, 393. Halswyrt narcissus, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1.
hæring
A herring
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Voc. 77, 62. xxx þúsenda hæryngys ǽlce eáre 30 thousand herrings every year, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 172, 3
hwet-stán
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Huetistán (huete-) cox Txts. 54, 294. Hwetstán cox, hwetestán cotem Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 4, 5. Lytel hwetstán coticulus vel coticula 135, 37. Hwettstán cotem An. Ox. 56, 21.
a-hefen
raised up ⬩ exalted
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War. 13, 13: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 3. col. 2;
al-geweorc
Tinder ⬩ touchwood ⬩ a fire-steel ⬩ igniarium
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Voc. 66, 42: Cot. 107: 164
clifig
CLIFFY, steep ⬩ clivosus
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Voc. 19, 4: Cot. 34: 209
clæc-leás
Free ⬩ immunis
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Free; immunis Clæcleás immunis, Cot. 104. Clacleás [clacles MS.] free, Hick. Thes. i. 149, 51, 57
Linked entry: clacu
fǽr-fyll
A sudden or pernicious fall, a precipice ⬩ repentīnus cāsus, præceps
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A sudden or pernicious fall, a precipice; repentīnus cāsus, præceps On fǽrfyll in præceps, Cot. 112
Linked entry: fill
mylen-steall
A mill
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A mill Tó myllnstealle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 4, 14. Mylenstall, 169, 9. v. next word
owisc
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Ðanon tó gráfes owisce, andlang owisce tó wege, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 388, 25
Linked entry: ofesc
be-slagen
slain, taken away
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slain, taken away, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 28, col. 1; Similar entries pp. of be-sleán
bismer-leóþ
A reproachful song, an incantation ⬩ carmen invectivum, nenia
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[bismer mockery, reproach; leóþ a song] A reproachful song, an incantation; carmen invectivum, nenia, Cot. 188
ge-bonn
The indiction ⬩ indictio
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D. 896; 139, 10: Cod. Diplm. 1073; Kmbl. v. 140, 8
ge-sehtness
Reconciliation
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Reconciliation To sibbe and to gesehtnesse for peace and reconciliation, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 129, 22
Linked entry: sehtness
scot-freó
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Scot-free, exempt from imposts Scotfré and gafolfré, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 32 : 191, 18
sunnan-corn
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gromel; lithospermon officinale, Lchdm. i. 314, 18; see the remark in Lchdm. ii. 407, col. 1
wíþig-bed
A bed of willows ⬩ an osier-bed
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A bed of willows, an osier-bed On ðæt wíðigbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 21