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irfe-hand

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-hand, a ; f.

an administrator

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Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds

sundor-geréfland

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-geréfland, es; n.
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Land reserved to the jurisdiction of a geréfa (?) On ðæm sundorgeréflande in tribulano (in the same glossary in tribulanam is rendered in þa burh) territorio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 4. Cf.

Linked entries: réf-land geréf-land

þurh-féran

(v.)

to pass through or over ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ get into

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Hí þurhférdon ealle ða land ... óððæt hí cómon ðǽr hé wunode, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 231. Þurhférende (humida cum siccis) pervadens (caerula plantis), Wrt.

Linked entry: þurh-faran

mynster

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Þes þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynsterum forþweard wæs, 434, 20. Hé began georne mynstera wíde geond his cyneríce tó rihtlǽcynne, 440, l. Ðá mynstra on Wintanceastræ hé þurh Godes gyfe tó munuclífe gedyde, C. D. iii. 128, 19.

ymb-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-þencan, p. -þóhte

To consider

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To consider On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða ðe mid fǽrlíce luste bióð oferswíðde, on óðre ða ðe lange ymbþenceaþ and ðeahtiaþ and swá weorðaþ beswicene aliter admonendi sunt, qui repentina concupiscentia superantur, atque aliter qui in culpa ex consilio

splott

(n.)
Grammar
splott, es; m.

a plot of land ⬩ a spot

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a plot of land Mann ðe áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes æt Celian dúne, ðár ðæt scræf wæs tómiddes, ðe ða seofon hálgan lágon inne slápan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 415. On clǽnan splott súðe-weardne, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: ge-splottod

hwæl-huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-huntaþ, es; m.

Whale-fishing ⬩ whaling

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Whale-fishing, whaling On his ágnum lande is se betsta hwælhuntaþ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 5

Linked entry: huntaþ

mægenig

(adj.)
Grammar
mægenig, (?), ménig; adj.
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Strong Þurh ménige hand ( per rnantum fortem) hé hig út forlǽt of þís lande, Ex. 6, l

Linked entry: menigdu

locod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
locod, locode (?) having flocks of wool (v. loca);
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flýs hirsutas (bidentum) lanas (et) selosa (vervecum) vellera, An. Ox. 5191

-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle

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B.) leaf and gehwǽde...seó óðer hafaþ máran leáf and fǽtte Lchdm. i. 264, 18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard,

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, (strod ?), es; n.
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Ðæt land æt Stróðistúne, iv. 288, 18. Perhaps it is left in Strood (Kent). ?

þýle

(n.)
Grammar
þýle, Thíla

Thule

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Thule, some island in the north-west of Europe Be westannorðan Iberuia is ðæt ýtemeste land ðæt man hǽt Thíla ( insula Thule ), and hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 20.

Linked entry: Týle

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.

Linked entry: -hafol

Sweón

(n.)
Grammar
Sweón, pl.

The Swedes

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Ðás land hýraþ tó Sweón, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 4

frécen-lic

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Gif þás tácn lange wuniað, þonne biþ seó ádl tó frécenlico, Lch. ii. 258, 21. ꝥ bið swíþe frécenlic, iii. 182, 18. On ðám endenýhstan dagum þissere worulde beóð frécenlice (frǽcen-, v.l.) tída ( tempora periculosa, 2 Tim. 3, 1 ), Wlfst. 88, 11. Add

Rómánisc

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Rómánisces romulei, Germ. 402, 80, ¶ used substantively :-- Þone langan weall þe þá Rómániscan worhtan, Hml. S. 26, 41. Add

norþ-gemǽre

(n.)

a boundary to the north

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a boundary to the north Ðara landa norþgemǽro sindon æt ðǽm beorgum Caucasus, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 26, 33

flǽsc-mangere

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Flǽscmangere lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 38. Macerarii, quos Angli uocant flaismangeres (fleis-, fles-, v.l.), Ll. Lbmn. 669, 17. Add

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde, P. 211, ii. Hæfdon þá welisce menn gewroht ǽnne castel, 1048; P. 173, 16. Tó Eoferwíc fóron and þone castel tóbrǽcon, 1069; P. 204, 18.