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fild

(adj.)
Grammar
fild, adj.

Of or pertaining to a level fieldevenflatlevelcampester

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Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level; campester Seó burh wæs getimbred on fildum lande the city [Babylon] was built on level land, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 20

Linked entry: fyld

burg-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
burg-spræc, -spæc (burh-).
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Substitute: <b>burg-sprǽc,</b> -spǽc, e; f. Elegant speech Gleáwnesse burhsprǽce dissertudinem urbanitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 52. Burhspǽce urbanitatis, eloquentiae loquela, Hpt. Gl. 404, 40: An. Ox. 9, 13

hreód

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Wæs seó burh mid þý hreóde . . . þe wé ǽr sægdon geworht oppidum ex his arundinibus quas ante descripsimus erat edificatum, 10, 13.

ge-winde

(adj.)
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adj Ðá hit wæs wel gewinde on ða burh when the wind was in the right quarter [for blowing the flames] on to the town; ventum opportunum, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25

Linked entry: -winde

á-byffan

(v.)
Grammar
á-byffan, p. te
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To mutter, mumble (v. buff to stammer, D. D. and N. E. D.) Ábyffan muttire Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 62. was of speche hastyf, boffyng, R. Glouc. 414, 14. Cf. bufferes stammerers Wick. Is. 32, 4.]

gimmian

(v.)
Grammar
gimmian, p. ode
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.), to put forth buds Sume sind gehátene tropi. . . swá swá is gecweden gemmare uites þæt wín-treówa gimmiað, for ðan ðe wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 10

Linked entry: a-gimmed

wacol

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Hí bǽdon þæt hé bude ðá byrgene besettan mid wacelum weardum, ii. 262, 8. Ús gedafenað ꝥ wé mid wacelum eágum þás ðreó gemetu behealdon, 564, 8. Add

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To wave

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Þeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne bið hit þeáh bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 151

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Declina a malo, ꝥ is búh fram yfele ... Nis ná genóh þæt þú fram yfele búge, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 8: Hml. S. 12, 147. Hé wolde búgan tó þám cynge (hé wolde his man beón, v.l. ), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 17.

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Maria is módor líchamlíce and módor gástlíce, líchamlíce heó ána and gástlíce gemǽnelíce (Mary alone is according to the flesh Christ's mother, but in a spiritual sense she shares the title with others), Hml.

ge-timbran

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Man þá burh worhte and getimbrede (getrymode, v. l. ) æt Withám, 913; P. 96, 25. Hé hét gefaran þá burg æt Tofeceastre and hié getimbran (cf. mon worhte þá burg æt Tofeceastre mid stánwealle, 102, 29), 921; P. 101, 2.

æt-somne

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-somne, æt-samne; adv.

In a sumat oncetogetherunasimulpariter

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Blód and wæter tú ætsomne út bicwóman blood and water both together came out, 2411; Th. 68, 34; Cri. 1113. Tyne ætsomne ten together. Beo. Th. 5687; B. 2847. Ealle ætsomne omnes pariter, Bd. 2, 13; S. 515, 38: Ps. Th. 87, 17

Linked entries: æt-samne et-somne

Clede-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Clede-múþa, an; m. [the mouth of the river Cleddy]

GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH

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GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH, South Wales Hér Eádweard cyning getimbrede ða burh æt Cledemúþan in A. D. 921, king Edward built the burgh at Cledmouth, Chr. 921; Th. 194, 1-3, col. 3; Th. 195, 1-3, col. 1

for-bearnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bearnan, p. de; impert. pl. -bearnaþ; pp. ed

To burn upconsume by firecombūrĕre

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To burn up, consume by fire; combūrĕre Lǽdaþ hig forþ and forbearnaþ hig prodūcĭte earn ut combūrātur. Gen. 38, 24. Hí forbearndon Beorn ealdorman they consumed Beorn alderman, Chr. 779; Erl. 55, 36: 1052; Erl. 185, 4

on-middan

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Add: ¶ where the governed noun comes between on and middan Þá wæs þǽr án mycel burh on heora wege middan, Hml. S. 25, 440. Hé wearð forbærned on þám bæþe middan, Hml. A. 60, 209

sceand-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sceand-hús, es; m.

a brothel

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Ðæs burh*-*geréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse. Shrn. 56, 7-11

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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In other connections it is not common, but occurs in the following passage Dameris beforan ðæm cyninge farende wæs swelce heó fleónde wǽre óþ hió hiene gelǽdde on án micel slǽd. . . .

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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B. 8, 574) takes it to be connected with þicgan (but see, þecgan); but, perhaps, the verb may be the same here as in the previous instances, and used with much the same force as wrap in n Byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel ( the phenix ) mid neste ... þonne

Linked entry: þacian

éðan

(v.)
Grammar
éðan, p. de ; pp. ed

To overflow, lay waste vastāre

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To overflow, lay waste; vastāre Ðá eácéðan gefrægn eald-feónda cyn win-burh wera then also I heard that the tribe of ancient foes laid waste the people's beloved city, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 19; Dan. 57

Linked entry: ǽðan

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, (cf. byri-weard) a city.
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In the earlier MS. of the Chron. the form burg occurs in the passages; in the later the mutated form seems to have made its way into the nominative and accusative