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Ácan-tún

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Ácan-tún, es; m. [ácan = ácum. pl. d. of ác an oak, tun a town]

Acton, Suffolk

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Acton, Suffolk Ðæt hit cymþ to Ácantúne; fram Ácantúne [MS. Ácyn-túne] ðæt hit cymþ to Rigindúne till it comes to Acton; from Acton till it comes to Rigdon, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972 ; 525, 22-24

mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman

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A maid, virgin, girl, maiden, woman (almost confined to poetry) Gif man mægþ gebigeþ ceápe geceápod sý gif hit unfácne is if a man make terms for his marriage with (lit. buys with a price, cf. Icel. kona mundi keypt) a woman, let the bargain stand, if

Linked entry: mægeþ

rǽden

Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn. Add: v. ge-, geþeód-, geþeów-(?), gewrit-, godsibb-, hold-, hyld-, leód-, lim-, luf-, mǽd-, mǽgþ-, mæst-, mæsten-, sam-, sin-, þegen-, þeód-, þoft-, wíte-, wudu-rǽden[n].

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball

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Add: an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) Æppel pomum, Ælfc. Gr. 31, 4. Ęppel malum, Kent. Gl. 962. Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde,

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
    • ;
  • S. 573, 17
    • ).

law, &c. ⬩ matrimony

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Add: law, &c. Ðis is seó ǽ lex ðe Moises foresette, Deut. 4, 44: Past. 5, 25. Ðætte ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Æew Dryhtnes, Ps. Srt. 18, 8. Ðǽre ǽ (ǽs, L.) láréow, Mt. 22, 35. Ǽwe juris, Wrt. Voc. ii.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, wearing?, waru, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16, warum, Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 170, 10, wása. v. scrúd-waru, waroþ, wǽr
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a covenant, wudu-wása

land-feoh

(n.)
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land-tax. Cf. wudu-feoh

wunden-heals

(adj.)
Grammar
wunden-heals, adj.

With twisted prow

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With twisted prow Wudu wundenheals, Beo. Th. 601; B. 298

ofer-helmian

(v.)

to overshadow

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to overshadow Wudu wæter oferhelmaþ, Beo. Th. 2733; B. 1364

loxe

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
loxe, in loxanwudu,
  • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 5. Cf. [?] Grff. ii. 163
luhsa,

Linsa ⬩ lynx-wood

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Linsa [sylvestris, Gottheit] or loxan wudu = lynx-wood

in-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
in-weorc, es; n.
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Indoor work On wintra . . . mænige inweorc wyrcean, ðerhsan, wudu cleófan, Angl. ix. 261, 24

seár

Grammar
seár, siére.
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Eall hé weornige swá sýre (syer, MS.) wudu, Lch. i. 384, 14. See next word. Add

dún-hunig

(n.)
Grammar
dún-hunig, es; n.
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Down-honey Mid doran hunige oððe mid dúnhunige, Lch. iii. 4, 24. Cf. wudu-hunig

mæst-land

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-land, es; n.

Land on which mast is produced

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Land on which mast is produced Eall ðæt wudu*-*lond ðæt Æþelbald gesealde tó mæstlonde. Chart. Th. 140, 2

timber-land

(n.)
Grammar
timber-land, es; n.
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Land on which to grow timber .x. hýde æt Ercecombe tó tymberlonde, C.D. v. 236, 12. Cf. wudu-land

under-dón

(v.)

to put under ⬩ subjicere

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to put under; subjicere Ðone wudu ðe man ðæt fýr sceal underdón ligna quibus subjiciendus est ignis, Lev. 1, 12

lím-fín

(n.)
Grammar
lím-fín, e ; f.
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A lime-heap Ðanon on gerihte on cyncges límfíne, of ðǽre fíne niðer, C. D. B. i. 518, 41. Cf. wudu-fín

Linked entry: fin

holt-hana

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Substitute for 'acegia . . . 138' Holthana, holtana, holthona acega Txts. 38, 41. Holthana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 28. Cf. wudu-hana

bríþel

(adj.)
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fragile, weak, perishable Eall hé weornige swá sýre (? syer, MS.) wudu weornie, swa bréðel seó (þeo, MS.) swá þystel, Lch. i. 384, 14

Linked entries: breáþ bréþel

wyn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-leás, adj.

Joyless ⬩ dreary

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Joyless, dreary Wynleásne wudu, Beo. Th. 2836; B. 1416. Wynleás wíc, 1641; B. 821. Óðerne éðel, wynleásran wíc, Cd. Th. 57, 14; Gen. 928

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