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-bǽre

(suffix)
Grammar
-bǽre, an adjective termination signifying

Producingbearing

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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing

Linked entry: -bora

mann-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-eáca, an; m.

An increase of human beings

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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Kmbl. p. 1, 9. a wretched person, a miserable, feeble creature God selfa tyhte Móyses on ðone folgoð, swáðeáh hé him ondréd; and nú fandiaþ swelce wræccan and teóð tó, woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe and eác ða byrðenne Moyses suadente Domino trepidat

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

mold-hýpe

(n.)
Grammar
mold-hýpe, an; f.

A heap of earth or dust

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A heap of earth or dust Ðonne biþ hit swylce hé sý mid sumere moldhýpan ofhroren it is as though he be overwhelmed by a heap of dust, Homl. Th. i. 492, 33

Linked entry: hýpe

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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The fortune of war might put life and liberty at the disposal of another, as in the case of the Northumbrian, Imma, who, falling into the hands of a hostile Mercian, was by him sold to a Frisian, Bd. 4, 22.

wirdla

Grammar
wirdla, v. ǽ-, æf-werdla (-wyrdla).

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waþema

(n.)
Grammar
waþema, waþuma, an ; m.

Moving water wave flood

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Moving water, wave, flood Ðá cwom wópes hring út faran, weóll waðuman and hé worde cwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 2561; An. 1282. Tungol beóþ áhýded, gewiten under waþeman westdǽlas on, Exon. Th. 204, 13 ; Ph. 97

Linked entry: waþem

Elmed-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Elmed-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14

fóre-warde

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-warde, an; f.

An agreementpactum

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An agreement; pactum Seó fórewarde ǽr wæs gewroht the agreement was formerly made, Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 34

maesse-hacele

(n.)
Grammar
maesse-hacele, an; f.

A cope:

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A cope: — Mæssehacele casula, Wrt. Voc. 81, 42. [Ic an þeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte. Chart. Th. 515, 16: 512, 30. Messehacel, Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 16. Mæssehakeles, 1070; Erl. 207, 35: 1122; Erl. 249, 8.]

mót-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
mót-geréfa, an; m.

The geréfa who presides at a court or mót

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The geréfa who presides at a court or mót Swá ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót búton ðæs abbudes ágen hǽse ( nullus vicecomes vel praepositus ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 200, 9. v.

adela

(n.)
Grammar
adela, an; m.

Filthcænum

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Filth; cænum Ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ that here ill smells filth, Exon, 110b; Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32

adreminte

(n.)
Grammar
adreminte, an; f.

The herb feverfewpartheniumπαρθένιον

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The herb feverfew: parthenium = παρθένιον, Prior 78

ǽfen-scíma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-scíma, an; m.

Evening splendourvespertinus splendor

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Evening splendour; vespertinus splendor, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 31; Gen. 2448

Linked entry: scíma

ǽfen-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-tíma, an; m.

Evening timeeventidevespertinum tempus

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Evening time, eventide; vespertinum tempus Ðá ǽfentíma wæs, he férde to Bethaníam cum jam vespera esset hora, exiit in Bethaniam, Mk. Bos. 11, 11

Linked entry: tíma

æfter-eala

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-eala, an; m.

After-alesmall beer

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After-ale, small beer Æfter-eala sapa, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 22; Wrt. Voc. 28, 5

æf-werdelsa

(n.)
Grammar
æf-werdelsa, an; m.

Damagedetrimentlossdetrimentumdamnum

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Alf. 27 ; Th. i. 50, 28

Linked entry: -wirdelsa

ælmysse

(n.)
Grammar
ælmysse, an; f.

Alms

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Alms, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 31; Dan. 587

æmnitta

(n.)
Grammar
æmnitta, an; m.

A balancestatera

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A balance; statera

ǽrend-wreca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-wreca, an ; m.

A messengerambassadornuntiuslegatus

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A messenger, ambassador; nuntius, legatus Hí onsendon ǽrendwrecan miserunt nuntios, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 25. He sende ǽrendwrecan in Gallia ríce he sent ambassadors; into the kingdom of the Gauls, 2, 6; S. 508, 33

Linked entry: wreca