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tó-cyme

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Þys ylcan geáres was S. Iudoces tócyme ( the saint's relics arrived ), Chr. 903; P. 93, 4. Ne bið heó ná swincende on feforádlum, ne eác heó ne gyrneð Basilies tócymes neque febribus laboratura est, neque Basilium quaesitura. Gr. D. 29, 24. Add

sǽd-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd-cynn, es; n.

A kind of seed

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Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, ðonne hé ǽlc sǽd wel gesáwen hæbbe ofer geáres fyrst, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 9

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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generally feminine, but see the genitive. a plough Sulh aratrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 2: 289, 76. Sul, ii. 6, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 17; Zup. 109, 18. Swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11: L. Eiig. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 9: L. C. E. 8; Th.

drenc-horn

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-horn, es; m.

A drinking-hornpotōrium cornu

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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31

wel-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wel-hwilc, pron.

Every

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Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde 1753; B. 874. Se ðe eów welhwylcra wilna dohte, 2692; B. 1344

húsel-gang

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-gang, es; m.
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Gearwige hine tó húselgange húru þríwa on geáre, vi. 27; Th. i. 322, 7: L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 370, 32

scerwen

(n.)
Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?) a scattering (?), sharing (?), giving (?) (cf. be-scerwan
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Ðæt wæs biter beórþegu: byrlas ne gǽldon ... ðǽr wæs ǽlcum genóg drync sóna gearu, 3063-3069; An. 1534-1537), Andr. Kmbl. 3051; An. 1528. v. Grmm. A. and E. pp. xxxvi, 133, and note to Wülcker's ed. of Grein

bóc-land

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Twelf bóclanda ǽhte (xii possessiones praediorum) hé Gode geaf mynster on tó timbrianne, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 308, 3. Bócland territoria, Sch. 306, ii: 2, 3; Sch. 124, 3: fundos, Wrt.

funta

(n.)
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Cf. also Funt-geal, Funte-mel. (?)

Linked entry: fynt

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Gecier lá, ne folga mé, ðæt ic ðé ne dyrre ofstingan, Past. 295, 15. to statement or affirmation Geá, lá, geá; gyf hyt nú fǽrenga gewurde ... vere aliquantum; imo si haec repente provenerint ..., Solil. H. 34, 11.

freó-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
freó-dóm, frió-dóm, frý-dóm, es; m.

FREEDOMlibertylībertasemancĭpātio

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Ðám he geaf micle gife freódómes to these he gave the great gift of freedom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 1. Be ðam freódóme concerning freedom, 41, 2; Fox 246, 13.

gafol-swán

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-swán, es; m.

A tribute-swaina swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the landporcārius ad censum

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On manegum landum stent, ðæt he sylle ǽlce geáre xv swýn to sticunge, x ealde, and v gynge; hæbbe sylf ðæt he ofer ðæt arǽre gafol-swāne, id est, ad censum porcārio, pertĭnet, ut suam occīsiōnem det secundum quod in patria stătūtum est.

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, -nóh; adj.

ENOUGH, sufficient, abundantsatis, sufficiens, abundans

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Ðǽr wæs genóg drinc sóna gearu there was soon drink enough ready, Andr. Kmbl. 3067; An. 1536. Hwæt druge ðú dugeða genóhra what madest thou of the abundant blessings, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 3; Gen. 888.

Linked entries: ge-nóh ge-nóh

be-habban

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Asia ealne middan-geard fram þǽm eástdsǽle healfne behæfð Asia per totam transversi plagam orientis extenditur. Ors. I, I; S. 8. 9.

fóþer

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Ælce geáre of burhwuda fíftig fóðra wudes, and fíftig swína mæsten, Cht. E. 293, 30

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

geárlic

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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; gif wé teóðiað þás geárlican dagas, 178, 21

hálgian

(v.)
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Þís ilcan geáre man gehálgode Tatwine tó arcebiscop . . . hine hálgodan Daniel and Ingwold . . . and Aldwine . . . and Aldulf, 731; P. 45, 8. Hine man hálgode tó cinge, Ll. Lbmn. 214, 25.

Geóla

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., and add Ianuarius, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde se æftera Geóla; ꝥ bið se ǽresta geáres mónað mid Rómwarum and mid ús, Shrn. 47, 15. Ianuarius . . . on Englisc se æfterra Geóla, Lch. ii. 214, 20

lǽmen

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Ðá ðæs æfter sexténe geárum forlét hé þone lǽmnan ofn ðæs menniscan líchoman, Shrn. 50, 33

átor

(n.)
Grammar
átor, áttor, áter, átter, ǽtor, ǽtter, ǽttor; gen. átres, áttres; n.

Poisonvenomvenenum

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Poison, venom; venenum Átres drync the drink of poison, Andr. Kmbl. 105; An. 53. Áttre gelícost most like to poison, Cd. 216, Th. 274, 32 ; Sat. 162. Flór áttre weól the floor boiled with venom, 220; Th. 284, 8 ; Sat. 318. Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið