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tún-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
tún-rǽd, es; m.

A town-council

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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297

cot-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cot-líf, es; pl. nom. acc. -líf; gen. -lífa; n.

A village ⬩ villa

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He bohte feola cotlíf he bought many villages Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 24. Hý forbærndon óðra cotlífa fela they burned many other villages 1001; Erl. 136, 32

cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
cóðu, e; f; cóðe, an; f; cóða, an; m.

A disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ pestilence ⬩ morbus

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Swylc cóðe com on mannum ... ðæt mænige swulton such a disease came on men ... that many died Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 37. Seó miccle cóða the great disease, leprosy; elephantinus morbus, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 10.

á-hwæþer

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</b> </b> conjunction Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his ælmessan áhwæþer behátan oððe tó bringan, Wlfst. 303, 14. Be menn þe sealmas singð áwðer oþþe for hine sylfne oððe for óðerne mann, Ps. Th. 30, arg.

Linked entries: ówþer hwæþer áþer

cíping

(n.)
Grammar
cíping, e; f.
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trading, marketing Se smið gemétte on cýpincge þæs Eádzies mann the smith met this Eadsige's man a-marketing, Hml. S. 21, 75. Þám dǽdbétan nis álýfed nǽnige cýpinge tó drífenne mercaturam exercere, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 11.

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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.], and apparently with the same meaning we get Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 15, 21 On his dagum man geald xvi scipan æt ǽlcere hamulan viii marc eall swá man ǽr dyde on Cnutes cynges dagum ...

Linked entry: hamule

-end

(suffix)
Grammar
-end, es; m.
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Wegferend, es; m. a way-faring man. the ending of nouns, denoting the agent

lár-wita

(n.)
Grammar
lár-wita, an; m.
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A learned man Lárwitan and lahwitan, L. I. P. 5: Th. ii. 308, 14

pipor-horn

(n.)
Grammar
pipor-horn, es; m.
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A horn for holding pepper Man sceal habban ... sealtfæt ... piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19

ge-brocseóc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-brocseóc, adj.

Lunatic ⬩ frantic ⬩ phreneticus

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Lunatic, frantic; phreneticus Sum gebrocseóc man phreneticus quidam, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 10

ymb-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-týnan, p. de
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To enclose, surround Ðeáh man ðone gársecg mid ísene útan ymbtýnde, Wulfst. 146, 27

Linked entry: týnan

beó-þeóf

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Wolde gedón sum man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón, Gr. D. 229, 12. Add:cf

Linked entry: þeóf

þeorf

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Man mearcað mid medmicelum treówe þeorfe hláfas ( panes crudos ), Gr. D. 87, 3. Add

þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Gif man Godes (Gedes, MS.) þeúwne esne tihte, Ll. Th. i. 42, 6. Add

fram-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
fram-rinc, (from-), es; m.

A chief man ⬩ prince

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A chief man, prince, Similar entries v. fram, Fromrincas principes, Ps. Rdr. 282, 115

Linked entry: fram

circ-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
circ-nyt, -nytt, e; f. [nyt duty, service]

Church-duty or service ⬩ ecclesiæ ministerium vel officium

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Church-duty or service; ecclesiæ ministerium vel officium Sum cræft hafaþ circnytta fela one has skill in many church-services, Exon. 79b; Th. 298, 27; Crä. 91

Linked entry: cyric-nyt

á-hogod

(adj.)
Grammar
á-hogod, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Solicitous Swýþur áhogod be þǽra manna wísan þonne be his sylfes hǽle de illorum potius quam de sua salute sollicitus. Gr. D. 277, 25. Cf. ymb-hoga

Linked entry: -hogod

ge-baþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baþian, p. ode
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To bathe, wash Heora ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 25. Hé næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20

Linked entry: baþian

hociht

Grammar
hociht, l. hóciht(e)
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full of mallows,having many bends, On ðá olde lake tó hóctan ýðe, C. D. vi. 227, 9. and add [For ii in l. 3 read iii.]

á-wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wrídian, p.ode

To spring ⬩ descend

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To spring, descend Of þám sunum wearð on-wæcnad and áwrídad eall manna cynn, Angl. xi. 2, 38. Of him wearð áwrídad twá and hundseofontig þeóda, 45

Linked entry: wrídian