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bydel-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
bydel-æcer, es; m.
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31

eard-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
eard-wunung, e; f.
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Living in one's native land Þolige sé ðe hit on gelang sý ǽlcere eardwununge and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíðe deópe gebéte, Wlfst. 120, 13: 300, 24

ge-týnan

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Add: to fence, enclose land Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben tó týnanne and hæbben sume getýned hiora dǽl ... þám þe hiora dǽl getýnedne hæbben, Ll. Th. i. 128, 5-9

líf-leást

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Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bel, beo hit úre lífleást (let us die), Shrn. 4, 5. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss Add: —

búgend

(n.)
Grammar
búgend, es; m. [búgende, part. of búgan, búan
to dwell
]

to dwellA dweller, an inhabitanthabitator

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A dweller, an inhabitant; habitator Ærost wæron búgendas [MS. búgend] ðyses landes Bryttas at first the inhabitants of this land [England] were Britons, Chr. Th. 3, 7, col. 3

twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.
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With a double payment Gif ðeós lád teorie, gylde twygylde (cf. gylde ángyldes, 1. 15), L.O.D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31. Gif þeów steleþ, ii-gelde gebéte, L. Ethb. 90; Th. i. 24, 17. Béte hé ðam teónde twygylde, and ðam hláforde his were, L.

fyrlen

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrlen, feorlen; adj.

Far offdistantremotelonginquusdistansremōtus

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Sum æðelboren man ferde on fyrlen land hŏmo quidam nōbĭlis abiit in rĕgiōnem longinquam, Lk. Bos. 19, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 122, 14. To fyrlenum eardum. to distant lands, Gen. 20, 13.

Linked entry: feorlen

ge-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivego adriftbe drivencast away or lostagereagiventis jactarinaufragare

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Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa ðæt heora gedráf [gedeaf Laud.] cc and xxx, and Lxx wearþ to láfe, and ureáðe genered the Romans overloaded their ships, so that 230 of them were lost, and 70 were left, and with difficulty saved, Ors. 4, 6; Th. 400, 20.

Linked entry: ge-dráf

ge-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen

To run, run together, congeal, joincoagulare, coagularito run togethercoagulare

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Gerunnen is swá swá meolc heorte heora coagulatum est sicut lac cor eorum, Ps. Lamb. 118, 70. Munt gerunnen, dúne fæt, to hwý wéne gé muntas gerunnene mons coagulatus, mons pinguis, ut quid suspicamini montes coagulatos, Ps. Spl. 67, 16.

Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl

bed-reda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]

One BEDRIDDENclinicus

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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9.

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende he lay like a warrior close to his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294

be-licgan

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Italia land belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan, Ors. I, 1; S. 22, 17. Seó heofon beligð on hyre bósme ealne middaneard, Angl. viii. 309, 46. Be gemǽre swá ðá ealdan díca beligcað, C. D. iii. 213, 6. to appertain (only late; see N. E.

ÁÐUM

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÐUM, es; m.

A son-in-lawa daughter's husbanda brother-in-lawa sister's husbandgenersororisut et patrissororis maritus

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A son-in-law, a daughter's husband, a brother-in-law, a sister's husband; gener; sororis, ut et patris, sororis maritus Áðum gener, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 18. Hæfst ðú suna oððe dóhtra oððe áðum habes filios aut filias aut generum, Gen. 19, 12.

frimdig

(adj.)
Grammar
frimdig, frimdi, frymdi, firmdig; adj.

Inquisitiveaskingdesirousinquisītīvusdesīdĕransrequīrens

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Ðæt land ðe ðú me firmdig to wǽre ðæt ic ðé lénde the land that thou wast desirous I should lease to thee, Th. Chart. 162, 13

weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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right in worldly matters, civil or secular law Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L.

ágnung

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Þá getǽhte man Wynflǽde ꝥ hió móste ꝥ land hyre geáhnian ( prove her ownership of the land ). Ðá gelǽdde hió þá áhnunga, Cht. Th. 289, I

Crecca-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
Crecca-gelád, Cre-gelád, e; f. [gelád a road, way:
  • Flor.
Criccelade:
  • Hunt.
Crikelade:
  • Sim. Dun.
Criccelad:
  • Brom.
Criklade]

CRICKLADE, Wiltshire oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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CRICKLADE, Wiltshire; oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese they harried over the Mercians' land until they came to Cricklade, and there they went over the Thames Chr. 905

tó-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sciftan, p. te

To divide for the purpose of distribution,to divide and distribute

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Se cyng lét tóscyfton ðone here geond eall ðis land tó his mannon the king had the troops divided and quartered all over the country on his men, 1085; Erl. 218, 8

ǽlpig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽlpig, adj. [=án-lípig, án-lépig, from án one, hleáp a leap]

Eachsingleunicus

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Each, single; unicus Ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde, ne án gyrde landes that there was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, Chr. 1085; Th. i. 353, 12

clúdig

(adj.)
Grammar
clúdig, adj.

Stony, rockysaxeus

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Stony, rocky; saxeus Ðæt Norþ-manna land is on sumum stówum swýðe clúdig the country of the Northmen is in some places very rocky, Ors. I, I; Bos. 20, 42