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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.

gelenda

(n.)
Grammar
gelenda, an; m.

A man of landed propertya rich mandives

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A man of landed property, a rich man; dives, Som : Hpt. Gl. 480

streám-weall

(n.)
Grammar
streám-weall, es; m.
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A shore Stáh ofer streámweall he landed, Cd. Th. 90, 12 ; Gen. 1494

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine (of a powder, texture, etc. )not coarsenot loud.

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.; 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, hé cwæð, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, ðæt hit mihte beón þreora

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.
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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 entry: sáwel-gescot

Aro-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Aro-sǽte, Aro-sǽtan the name of an English people (
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district) Arosǽtna landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 26

ge-frǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.

Knownrenownedcelebratedremarkablenotedfamousnotoriousinfamousnŏtusmănĭfestuscelĕberfāmōsus

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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,

beód-ern

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Twá land . . . ðám gebró;ðrum tó bryce intó heora beódderne, C. D. iv. 72, 23, 28: 305, 13. Intó hære béddarn . . . of hira bǽddern, Cht. Th. 493, 7, 18.

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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Se cyng sealde his land tó male swá hé deórost mihte. Chr. 1086; P. 218, 12. with kindness, as holding a person dear Dém þú þín folc deóre mid sóðe judica populum tuum in tua justitia, Ps. Th. 71, 2 : 117, 24.

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Hér cýð on ðysum gewrite hú Godwine and Leófwine wurdon ge-sybsumode ymbe ðæt land, C. D. iv. 266, 10

hrægel-talu

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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.
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Cap. 1 Nú wille we ymb Europe land-gemǽre reccan, swá mycel swá we hit fyrmest witon.

bolster

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Lang bolster plumacium, i. 288, 61. Bolster pulvinar, An. Ox. 56, 17. Hié restað búton bedde and bolstre quiescentes sine ullis ceruicalibus stratisque, Nar. 31, 11.

ge-treówsian

(v.)
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Add: to pledge oneself, engage Him cómon ongeán VI cyningas and ealle wið hine getreówsodon ꝥ hí woldon efenwyrhtan beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; Th. i. 225, 17. <b>I a.

for-spillan

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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.

á-pinsung

(n.)
Grammar
á-pinsung, e; f.
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Weighing, estimating Mid rihtwísere tódáles ápinsunge wegendres justa discretionis lance librantis. An. Ox. 1757

Linked entry: pinsung

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Andlang strǽte on Wélandes stocc ( boundaries of land at Princes Risborough, Bucks ), Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 13

Linked entry: Weolud

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.

hord-wela

(n.)
Grammar
hord-wela, an; m.
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Hoarded, stored-up wealth Ðeáh ðe hordwelan heólde lange, Beo. Th. 4677; B. 2344