súþe-weard
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Southward, south Tóemnes ðæm lande súðeweardum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 1. From súþeweardum óð norþeweardne, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 12: 18, 1; Fox 62, 1. On splott súðeweardne, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 23. Ða gesǽtan súðewearde Bryttene, Chr. Erl. 3, 5
gafol-irþ
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The ploughing by the gebúr and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent His ( the gebúr) gauolyrde .iii. æceras erige and sáwe of his áganum berne,
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India
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Þurh þá uncúðan land Indie per ignota Indie loca, Nar. 6, 12. Ðá wynstran dǽlas Indie sinistram partem Indie, 30, 19: 21, 7. Wé cwómon in Indie lond in India peruenimus, 4, 2. On óþer þeódlond India (or under Indéas ?)
ríce
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bið suíðor wilnað ðæt hé rícsige ofer monna unðeáwas ðonne ofer óðre góde menn summus locus bene regitur, cum is, qui praeest, vitiis potius quam fratribus dominatur, Past. 117, 9. v. ærce-, ærcebisceop-, Breoten-, feówer-, fiþer-, Franc-, heáfod-, land
werian
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Ealles ðæs landes is án hund hída: ac ða gódan cynegas . . . ǽlc æfter óðran, ðæt ylce land swá gefreódon Gode tó lofe and his þeówan tó bryce intó fóstorlande, ðæt hit man ǽfre on ende for áne híde werian sceolde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 112, 5-24.
wilder
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O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n. A wild beast Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10; Pa. 43. Ðæt fiǽsc, ðæt wildro ábiton carnem, quae a bestiis fuerit prae-gustata Ex. 22, 31. Weorpan
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á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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þá ásprang his word wíde geond land, Hml. S. 7, 388: 10, 75: 26, 239. Iudan ege ásprang wíde geond land, 25, 322. Of ðám deáðe ásprang his nama geond ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 226, 20. Ásprang hire hlísa ofer land and sǽ, Hml. S. 9, 1.
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ge-hergian
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Hit gewearð . . . ꝥ þá hǽðenan leóda ꝥ land gehergoden, Hml. S. 27, 21. (<b>l a</b>) to pillage a town :-- Hér wæs Wecedport geheregod, Chr. 988 ; P. 125, 22.
eln-gemet
An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? ⬩ cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra
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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III
rúh
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Seó clǽne beó blósman gegrét swá lange ðæt hyre ða rúwan þeóh wurþaþ swýðe gehefegode, Anglia viii. 324,13. Rúwe hirta, Germ. 398, 258. Hrúhe wulla hirsutas lanas, Hpt. 524, 13. rough, untrimmed, uncultivated Rúg frondosa, Wrt. Voc, ii. 151, 16.
sacan
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Gl. 476, 67. of litigation, to bring a suit Ðá sóc Wulfstán on sum ðæt land Wulfstan brought a suit laying claim to some of the land, Chart.
súþan-eástan
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On-suðaneástan ðissum lande, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 5
Angle
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Of Germania lande Ongla ðeód com on þás Breotone, 77, 38. Augustinus ǽrest fullwiht brohte on ðás Breotone on Angla þeóde, 87, 3
hóp
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A piece of raised or enclosed land in the midst of fen, marsh, or waste land, a hope (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Mǽdwǽgan hop, C. D. vi. 243, 14. Perhaps in the gloss fennegan hopu stagnosa ligustra (An. Ox. 36, 14-15), hopu should be taken here.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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this is then the secular ordinance which I [Cnut], with the counsel of my witan, will, that it be observed over all the land of the English, L.
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forþ-heald
Bent forward ⬩ inclined downwards ⬩ stooping ⬩ incurvus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ proclīvus
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He lang fæc forþheald licgende wæs aliquandiu prōnus jăcens, 4, 31; S. 610, 14. Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39. Forðhald ł gebeged inclinata. Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 11
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ealu-gafol
Tribute or excise paid for ale ⬩ cervĭsiæ trĭbutum
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Tribute or excise paid for ale; cervĭsiæ trĭbutum On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan hunig-gafol, on suman mete-gafol, on suman ealu-gafol in one place a boor shall give honey-tribute, in another meat-tribute, in another ale-tribute, L. R.
lengu
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(l a) cf. lang; 2 a Lencge, híh[þe] proceritate, summitate, An. Ox. 1640. of time relations.
grafet
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On ðæt lange grauet of ðam lange grafette, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 33: 195, 5, 7. Leo takes the word as a diminutive of 'gráf.'