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syretum

(n.)
Grammar
syretum, latibulum( = (?) syrwetum

latibulis

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latibulis; and see Similar entries siru-tún), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 27

BÝME

(n.)
Grammar
BÝME, béme, an; f. A trumpet; tuba, salpinx = σάλπιγξ
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Býme sang the trumpet sounded [lit. sang ], Cd. 148; Th. 186, 2; Exod. 132. Ðære býman swég weóx sonitus buccinæ crescebat, Ex. 19, 19: 20, 18: Ps. Spl. 46, 5; Exon. 23b; Th. 65, 29; Cri. 1062. Býmiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum mónþe mid býman buccinate in

Linked entry: béme

forþ-ateón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-ateón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen

To draw forth ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ proferre ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ edūcĕre

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To draw forth, bring forth, produce; proferre, prodūcĕre, edūcĕre Forþateónde prodūcens, Ps. Lamb. 103, 14. Seó eorþe forþateáh grówende wirte protŭlit terra herbam vĭrentem, Gen. 1, 12. God ðá forþateáh of ðære moldan ǽlces cynnes treów produxitque

tó-gelicgende

(adj.)
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appertaining Tó Crístes cyrcean tún rihte tógelicgende uillula aecclesiae Christi rite pertinens, C.D. iii. 350, I

Linked entry: ge-licgan

aac

(n.)
Grammar
aac, e; f.

An oak

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An oak Aac-tún Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, Cod. Dipl. 75 ; A. D. 727; Kmbl. i. 90, 19

Linked entry: Ác-tún

steall

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Add: n. (v. treów-, wíg-steall). v. beorg- (borg-), cyric-, him-, mæsse-, mere-, sealtærn-, tún-, wígbed-steall

on-scógan

(v.)
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to unshoe, take off a shoe Onscó mé discalcea me, Gr. D. 221, 22. His mǽgas hine anscógen óðre fét, ðæt mon mæge siððan hátan his tún ðæs anscódan tún unum ei pedem propinquus discalciet, ejusque habitaculum domum, discalceati vocet, Past. 43, 16. [O

Linked entries: an-sceón an-scód

a-tión

(v.)
Grammar
a-tión, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon ; pp. -togen

To draw out ⬩ pull out ⬩ abstrahere ⬩ extrahere

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To draw out, pull out ; abstrahere, extrahere Atió of ðæm æcere fearn and þornas let him pull out from the field fern and thorns, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 3; Met. 12, 2 : 22, 53; Met. 22, 27

myrige

(adv.)
Grammar
myrige, adv.
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Take here mirige in Dict., and add Fegerne tún timbrian, and þǽr murge and sófte on eardian. Solil. H. I. 13

forþ-teón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen

To lead forth ⬩ make known ⬩ discover ⬩ betray ⬩ render up ⬩ prōdĕre

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To lead forth, make known, discover, betray, render up; prōdĕre, Som. Ben. Lye

hám-steall

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On hámstealle in praedium (in praedium (tó ánum túne, W. S.) cui nomen Gesemani, Mk. 14, 32. Cf. on þone tún (in tún, L., R.) in villam, Mt. 26, 36), An. Ox. 61, 55. On Coftúne aet þám hámstealle .v. cassatorum, C. D. ii. 167, 28. Of ealdan hámstealle

-incel

(suffix)
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Add: v. bóg-incel, cof-incel, dóc-incel, hæft-incel, liþ-incel, stán-incel, súl-incel, tún-incel, þeów-incel, wíl-incel

túnincel

(n.)
Grammar
túnincel, es; n.
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A small tún, small farmstead or estate Túnyncel butiuncula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 82. Tó his túningclum ad praediolum suum, túnincle ad villam, Hpt. Gl. 515, 63, 64

tunsing-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
tunsing-wyrt, e; f.
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White hellebore Túnsingwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man elleborum album, and óðrum naman túnsincgwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 258, 21-23: iii. 302, col. 1. Tún[s]ingwyrt, ii. 68, 25. Cf. túngil*-*sinwyrt

Linked entry: tuning-wyrt

á-þerscan

(v.)

to thresh out

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to thresh out Sum tún wæs þe ǽlce geáré wæs áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ gerip gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1217

Linked entries: a-þrescan á-þroxen

distæf

(n.)
Grammar
distæf, es; m. [dis = Gael. dos a bush, tuft; stæf a staff]
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A DISTAFF; colus Distæf colus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 15; Wrt. Voc. 26, 14: 82, 9

market

(n.)
Grammar
market, es; n.

Market

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Market Ðat market æt Dúnhám mercatum de Dunham, Chart. Th. 422, 20 (a charter of Edward the Confessor). [Market and toll. Ic wille ðat markete beó in þe selue tún, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 5-18.]

burg-steall

Grammar
burg-steall, (burh-).
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Add: The site of a town (?), a hill (?) Helde, burhsteal cliv(i)um, i. discensum (cf. cum ascenderent clivum civitatis, I Reg. ix. 11. v. Angl. xix. 463), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. Cf. tún-steall

yna

(n.)
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Techm. ii. 126, 14 (see under tún, I.), where it is printed with a space before y, as if a letter were wanting in the MS. Cockayne, Lchdm. iii. 334, col. 2, takes the word as the gen. pl. of yne = onion

Cetrehta

(n.)
Grammar
Cetrehta, an; m.

Catterick ⬩ Cataracta

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Catterick, near Richmond, Yorkshire; Cataracta, oppidi nomen in agro Richrnondensi Tún, ðe he oftust oneardode wel neáh Cetrehtan, gyt to-dæg mon his naman cneódeþ cujus nomine vicus in quo maxime solebat habitare, juxta Cataractam, usque hodie, cognominatur

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