fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Land, leóhtes leás and líges full, fýres fǽr micel a land without light and full of flame, a huge destroying fire, Gen. 334. Ǽr him fǽr Godes aldre gesceóde ere the calamity sent by God destroyed them, Dan. 592.
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scegð
A light, swift vessel
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Syððan hé tó lande cymþ, ðonne forlǽt hé ðæt scyp standan; for ðam him þincþ syððan ðæt hé mǽge ǽð bútan faran ðonne mid.
staþol-ǽht
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An estate, landed possession, Exon. Th. 353, 33; Reim. 22
norþ
In a northerly direction or position
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In a northerly direction or position Ðæt is norþ ehta hund míla lang, Bd. 1,1; S. 473, 11. Hié Baldred norþ ofer Temese ádrifon, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 20. Hié fóron norþ ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 6.
west-sǽ
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.
á-ríman
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Manige óþre þe is lang tó árímenne, Gr. D. 266, 18. Árímende enumerans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94 32. Add
mersc
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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.
búend
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Þá búendan ( inhabitatores ) þæs landes, Ps. L. 242, 2: 3. Add
efen-fela
So many, as many ⬩ tŏtĭdem, tot
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So many, as many; tŏtĭdem, tot Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde efen-fela bega þeóda and þeáwa the Creator established spacious lands, as many of both nations and manners, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 17; Gn. Ex. 17.
hund-twelftig
A hundred and twenty
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Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra from east to west the wood is a hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893: Erl. 88, 28
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scip-ráp
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Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . twegen sciprápas; ǽgðer sý syxtig elna lang, óðer sý of hwæles hýde geworht, óðer of sioles, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1-23
toll-freó
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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus
Lindesse
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On Lindesse lande (in Lindesiglande, v. l. ), 3, 27; Sch. 318, 18. On Liudesigge mǽgðe, Bd. 2, 16 ; Sch. 177, 10.
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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B.) leaf and gehwǽde...seó óðer hafaþ máran leáf and fǽtte Lchdm. i. 264, 18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard,
æfes-weorc
Pasturage
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Pasturage Æfsweorc sive lǽnes landes bryce fructus Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 31
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un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
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wer-genga
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.
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erian
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Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 14. Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4. Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22.
ge-sylhþ
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.
un-cúþ
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov.