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bícnian

(v.)
Grammar
bícnian, bícnigan; part. bícniende; he bícneþ; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

to beckon, nodinnuereto indicate, signify, announce, shewindicare, significare

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Bícnodon to his fæder innuebant patri ejus, 1, 62 : 5, 7. to indicate, signify, announce, shew; indicare, significare He sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída he shall with bells announce the times, L. Ælf. C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 29

big-wist

(n.)
Grammar
big-wist, bí-wist, e; f. [wist subsistence, victuals, food; wesan to be, exist]

Food, nourishment, provisionpabulum, alimentum, commeatus

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He habban sceal ðám þrím geférscipum bíwiste he must have provisions for the three classes, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 3, 4

Linked entry: bí-wist

ge-sceót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceót, es; n.

shooting, hurlingrapid movement as of anything shot

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Similar entries v. gesceot ge mid stána torfungum both with shootings and flingings of stones, Ors. 3, 9: Bos, 68, 19. rapid movement as of anything shot Ða wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceóte on heora fínd the weapons flew with swift movement on to their

þegen-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-lagu, e; f.
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C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 16: Wulfst. 270, 32

Linked entry: þegen-riht

treów-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
treów-fæst, adj.
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Ps. C. 114. Treówfæst (treóufæst, Lind. ) fidelis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 17. Trewufæst (treuw-?). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 21. on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 11, 12.

þeóf-gild

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-gild, es; n.
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Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 13: iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 13: L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 392, 28

un-cwíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwíd, un-cwídd; adj.

Undisturbed by chargesin undisputed possession

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I. 14, 5; Th. i. 526, 3), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 22

Linked entry: cwíd

apuldre

(n.)
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Apuldro malus, Txts. 76, 636. Apuldre (apeldre, v. l.), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 5. Apeldre, An. Ox. 56, 358. Æt þǽre háran apuldran, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 28. On þá apoldran, of þére apoldran, C. D. B. ii. 79, 6. See other examples in charters, Cht.

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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A kind of corn, spelt. In C. D. iii. 118, 20 occurs omer-lond, and in iv. 157, 34 omer-mád. Could the omer in either case correspond to O. H. Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld.

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, brec, es; n. (?)

A brackbreak

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A brack, break [v. N. E. D. D. D. s. vv.], a strip of uncultivated land (?) Of ðane ealdan mǽre innon ðá(m ?)

cancer

Grammar
cancer, (-or).
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Dele ' a crab &c.,' and add Hine æt se cancor, and his weleras wǽron áwlǽtte mid ealle, and eác his nosu fornumen mid áttre, Hml. S. 6, 284. Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer þe hyne ǽr swýðe ámyrred hæfde, Hml. A. 183, 70.

eofor

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Voc. ii. 100, 43. Eofur, Ps. Srt. 79, 14. Genim eoferes blǽdran, Lch. i. 360, 4. Eoferes tucxas aprorum dentes, Nar. 34, 31. Eofor aprum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 33. hét in beran eafor, heáfodsegn, B. 2152. ¶ in local names.

fin

(n.)
Grammar
fin, fíne e; f.

a heap

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a heap. Substitute: a heap of wood Fín lignarium, ligneum, Txts. no, 110, 1186. Fíne strue (pyram strue stipitum in edito constructam. Aid. 34, ii), An. Ox. 7, 157: 8, 125. a wooden hut (?)

freót-man

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geann Gode his sáwelscættas, is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig freótmonna for his sáwle, C. D. B. iii. 652, 18 ; Shrn. 159, 6. Add

ge-forewyrdan

Grammar
ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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Take here <b>ge-forword</b> in Dict., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4.

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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D. B. iii. 547, 9

hécen

(n.)
Grammar
hécen, es; n.

A kid

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Assan oððe hécenu (printed netenu, Lch. iii. 198, 9) gesihð gylt ceápes hit getácnað asinos uel edos widerit, crimen negotii significant, Archiv cxxv. 48, 13. in place-names: On hécenes hangran, C. D. iv. 49, 11

hnutu

Grammar
hnutu, gen. dat. hnyte.
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Voc. i. 285, 25: abilina ii. 4, 9. Nyte ficos Mt. R. 7, 16. the form hnut- is found in many local names: On hnutclyf, C. D. iii. 48, 6. In hnutfen, v. 126, 32. Æt Hnuthyrste, i. 63, 5. On hnutleáge, v. 207, 20. hnutstede, iii. 275, 8.

leán

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Voc. ii. 29, 29. Mænifealde leán gelumpon copiosa (animaruni) emolumenta (Christo) prouenerunt An. Ox. 2633. Þéh þe hié him leána þǽre dǽde wénden, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 18.

ofer-sewenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sewenness, e; f.
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D. vi. 240, 35

Linked entry: ofer-gesewenness