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neáh-gebýren

Grammar
neáh-gebýren, [Put this before neáh-gebýrild.]
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His fóstormódor ábæd án hrídderu hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe hire neáhgebýrene (-gebúrene, v.l.) nutrix illius a vicinis mulieribus praestari sibi capisterium petiit, Gr. D. 97, I. Þá wíf his néhgebýrne (neáhgebúrena, v.l.) vicinae mulieres, 251, 25. Néhgebýrene

oflǽt-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽt-hláf, es; m.
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A loaf of the bread used for the Eucharist Þá genam hé mid him twégen oflǽthláfas on beágwisan ábacene (cf. þis is hálig hláf . . . geoffra þysne hláf Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan, 23-28) duas secum oblationum coronas detulit, Gr. D. 343, 15

tægl

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Wæs beboden ꝥ se tægel sceolde beón gehál ǽfre on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge for þǽre getácnunge ꝥ God wile ꝥ wé simle wel dón oþ ende úres lífes; þonne biþ se tægel geoffrod on úrum weorcum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39-42. Add

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, m.
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Gif wé ðone biteran wylle æt ðǽm ǽsprynge ádrýgað cum vitia ab ipso amaritudinis suae fonte siccamus, Past. 307, l. Þá gemétton hí be þám wege fægre mǽde and wynsumne wylle (eáspryng, v.l. ) invenerunt in itinere pratum et fontem, Gr. D. 129, 4. Add

brim-þisa

(n.)
Grammar
brim-þisa, an; m: -þise, an; f. [brim, -þisa, -þise,
a noise
]

a noise ⬩ A ship ⬩ navis

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A ship; navis He brimþisan æt sǽs faroþe sécan wolde he would seek a ship on the sea-shore, Andr. Kmbl. 3313; An. 1659. Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþisan they let the high ships go over the ocean, Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238

smoca

(n.)
Grammar
smoca, an; m.

Smoke

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Smoke Ástáh smoca on yrre his ascendit fumus in ira ejus Ps. Lamb. 17, 9. Út æt his nosu eode micel smocca Nar. 43, 16. Hé nele ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan nec vult lini tepidos undis exstinguere fumos Dóm. L. 51

Linked entry: smíc

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Relics of saints Ðisra reliquia dǽl hæfde sum mæssepreóst . . . Hé ða cyste ontýnde ðara reliquia, Bd. 4, 32;S. 611, 30-34. Æt his reliquium wæs sum man gehǽled, S. 611, 9. Mon byrþ his heáfod tó reliquium, Shrn. 57, 26 : Blickl. Homl. 127, 12, 16. Mid

COT

(n.)
Grammar
COT, cott, es; pl. nom. acc. cotu; gen. cota; dat. cotum, cottum; n.

A COT ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ bed-chamber ⬩ den ⬩ casa ⬩ domus ⬩ cubiculum ⬩ cubile ⬩ spelunca

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A COT, cottage, house, bed-chamber, den; casa, domus, cubiculum, cubile, spelunca Onbútan ða cotu about the cots Cod. Dipl. 551; A. D. 969; Kmbl. iii. 35, 6. Ongeán ða cotu towards the cots 559; A. D. 969; Kmbl. iii. 52, 16. We witan ðæt hý ne durran

Linked entries: eald-cot cott

freóls-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-bóc, e; f.

A charter of freedom ⬩ lībertātis charta ⬩ χάρτης

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A charter of freedom; lībertātis charta =χάρτης Ðis is seó freólsbóc to ðan mynstre æt Byrtúne, ðe Æðelréd cyng æfre écelíce gefreóde this is the charter of freedom to the monastery at Burton, which king Æthelred for ever freed. Th. Diplm. A. D. 1002

mǽnsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽnsumung, e; f.

communion ⬩ admission to fellowship with others ⬩ participation

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communion, admission to fellowship with others (opp. of excommunication) Benedictus cwæþ ðæt hí unámánsumode wǽron . . . Hi underféngon ða hálgan mǽnsumunge æt Gode þurh his þeówan Benedicte, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 31. participation Hé ús forgeáfe dǽl on

Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung

wiþ-cwedenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-cwedenness, e; f.

Gainsaying ⬩ contradiction ⬩ opposition

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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32. Of wiðcweðenisse, 17,

Linked entry: cwedenness

hord-weorþung

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Substitute: Treasure given to honour a person (cf. Hé þám bátwearde bunden golde swurd gesealde, þæt hé syððan wæs máðme ðý weorðra, B. 1902), costly reward Ful oft ic for lǽssan leán teohhade, hordweorðunge, hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, B. 952. Cf

Ligora-ceaster

(n.)
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Leicester Rád se here út of Ligeraceastre, and brǽcon þone friþ, Chr. 917; P. 98, 2 : 921 ; P. 101, 6. Æt Ligraceastre (Legra-, Ligran-, v. ll. ), 918; P. 105, 22. On Legraceastre, 943; P. 111, 16. Eádmund Myrce geeóde . . . Ligoraceaster and Lindcylene

spor-wrecel

(n.)
Grammar
spor-wrecel, (?),es; m.

What is tracked after being driven off (?)

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What is tracked after being driven off (?) Ðá forstæl hé ða unlǽdan oxan æt Funtial, and dráf tó cytlid, and hine mon ðǽræt áparade, and his speremon áhredde ða sporwreclas the man who tracked him rescued the cattle that had been driven off (?), Chart

Linked entries: wrecel spyre-mann

Assan dún

(n.)
Grammar
Assan dún, e ; f. [assan, dún a hill: 'Assendun S. Hovd. i. e. vertente Florent. mons asini,' Gib.]

Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex

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Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex Se cyning offérde hí innon Eást-Seaxan, æt ðære dúne ðe man hǽt Assandún the king overtook them in Essex, at the hill which is called Assingdon, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 19, col. 2: 1020; Th. 286, 16, 19, col. 1

be-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend

To turn, turn round or about, convert ⬩ vertere, convertere

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To turn, turn round or about, convert; vertere, convertere Bewend to ðære menigu conversus ad turbam, Mk. Bos. 5, 30. Se Hǽlend bewende hyne the Saviour turned himself about, Mt. Bos. 9, 22: Mk. Bos. 8, 33. Æt sumum cyrre bewend aliquando conversus,

BOX

(n.)
Grammar
BOX, es; m? n?

The BOX-tree ⬩ buxus ⬩ buxus sempervirens ⬩ the box-tree or box-wood

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The BOX-tree; buxus = πύξos, buxus sempervirens, Lin Box buxus, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 39; Wrt. Voc, 33, 36: 79, 71. Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 14

Linked entry: box-treów

borda

(n.)
Grammar
borda, an; m.

a fringe ⬩ embroidery

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an ornamental border, a fringe Borda prini-cula, ornatus vestimentorum, Hpt. 33, 247, 105: clavia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 10: 14, 40: clava, 131, 53 : lesta, 112, 64: 50, 76. embroidery: Fǽmne æt hyre bordan geríseþ (cf. Icel. sitja við borða to sit embroidering

Linked entry: borde

ceáp-strǽt

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Ceápstrǽte foro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 75. Wið ðá cépstrǽt (cýp-, ceáp-) circa forum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 269, 9. Þæs hagan gemǽre ... æt Wintanceastre líð ... norð on þá ceápstrǽt, þonne eást andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D. B. ii. 305, 22-26. v. cýp-strǽt in