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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.

staþol-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
staþol-ǽht, e; f.
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An estate, landed possession, Exon. Th. 353, 33; Reim. 22

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

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,

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

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

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

wer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
wer-genga, an; m.
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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.

Linked entry: wær-genga

erian

(v.)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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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

Grammar
un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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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.

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation would hardly be carried out in cases where grants of land were made.

Linked entries: sáwel-gescot byrgen

efen-fela

(n.; num.)
Grammar
efen-fela, -feola; indecl.

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.

Linked entries: æfen-fela em-fela

hund-twelftig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-twelftig, num.

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

Linked entry: twelftig

Lindesse

(n.)
Grammar
Lindesse, ...Lindesíge. l. Lindes. Lindess, e; f. <b>Lindes-íg,</b> e; f. : <b>Lindes-íge,</b> es; m.: <b>Lindes-igland,</b> es ; n.
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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.

toll-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
toll-freó, adj.

Free from toll, ⬩ exempt from payment of toll

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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

scip-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
scip-ráp, es; m.

A cable

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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

búend

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Þá búendan ( inhabitatores ) þæs landes, Ps. L. 242, 2: 3. Add

for-spillan

to destroy ⬩ to destroy by extravagant use ⬩ consume wastefully ⬩ waste ⬩ to lose

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Add: to destroy Land hý áwéstað and burga forbærnað anð ǽhta forspillað, Wlfst, 133, 10. Forspil hý disperde eos, Ps. Rdr. 53, 7. ꝥ ic forspille ( disperderem ) of ceastre ealle, Ps. Srt. 100, 9.

mǽd

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On manegum landum tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum, ge yrðe tíma hrædra, ge mǽda rædran, Angl. ix. 259, 10. Feldlǽs, mǽda, and yrðland, C. D. vi. 39, 9. Tó mǽdwuum, iii. 386, 1.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed

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Seó clǽne beó blósman gegrét swá lange ðæt hyre ða rúwan þeóh wurþaþ swýðe gehefegode, Anglia viii. 324,13. Rúwe hirta, Germ. 398, 258. Hrúhe wulla hirsutas lanas, Hpt. 524, 13. rough, untrimmed, uncultivated Rúg frondosa, Wrt. Voc, ii. 151, 16.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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Cap. 1 Nú wille we ymb Europe land-gemǽre reccan, swá mycel swá we hit fyrmest witon.

ge-frǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.

Known ⬩ renowned ⬩ celebrated ⬩ remarkable ⬩ noted ⬩ famous ⬩ notorious ⬩ infamous ⬩ nŏtus ⬩ mănĭfestus ⬩ celĕber ⬩ fāmōsus

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Known, renowned, celebrated, remarkable, noted, famous, notorious, infamous; nŏtus, mănĭfestus, celĕber, fāmōsus Hæbbe ic gefrugnen ðætte is eástdǽlum on æðelast londa, firum gefrǽge I have heard tell that in eastern parts there is a land most noble,