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twi-fingre

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fingre, adj.
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Two fingers thick, term applied to the fat on swine Æt twyfingrum (spic), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19

weorold-geflit

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geflit, es; n.
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A secular dispute Gif him þince ðæt hé æt woruldgeflitum sí, ðæt tácnaþ him ádl tówerd. Lchdm. iii. 174, 19

bell

Grammar
bell, (more usual form belle, q. v.).
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Add Þǽr nǽron ǽr búton upphangene bella, and nú þá sind upphangene, Cht. Th. 430, 4. v. hand-, mót-bell

corn-gebrot

(n.)
Grammar
corn-gebrot, es; n.
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Remnant of corn, corn dropped in carrying Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot on hærfeste æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2

Linked entry: ge-brot

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

beód-gereord

(n.)
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a meal, feast Hé symlede æt his beódgereordum ꝥ ic ( the soul ) wæs oft swíðe neáh ofðylmed, Nap. 50, 20

a-wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽgan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To deceivedeludefrustratedisappointcause to faileluderefrustrariirritum facere

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Ǽr awǽged síe worda ǽnig ere any word be made to fail, Andr. Kmbl. 2876; An. 1441. Awǽged ne dó ðú wedd irritum ne facias fædus, Hymn, Lye

Linked entry: wǽgan

bisceop-hám

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hám, es; m.
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An episcopal estate Ic gean þes landes æt Hedhám ... intó Paulusbyrig æt Lundænæ tó bisceophámæ, Cht. Th. 520, 14. Tó biscopháme, 523, 23. On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28.

Linked entry: hám

fyrest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrest, adj.

Firstfrontprīmus

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First, front; prīmus Æt ðám feówer tóþum fyrestum for the four front teeth, L. Ethb. 51; Th. i. 16, 2

norþ-gemǽre

(n.)

a boundary to the north

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a boundary to the north Ðara landa norþgemǽro sindon æt ðǽm beorgum Caucasus, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 26, 33

óþ-stillan

(v.)
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Cf. æt-stillan

wíþig-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-mǽd, f.

A meadow where willows grow

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A meadow where willows grow Ǽrest æt wíðig*-*mǽde . . . ðæt eft on wíðigmǽde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 464, 18-30

ge-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwness, e; f. An acknowledgement, v. ge-cnáwan; II. 2
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Nú dóð hig æt ǽlcum heorðe tó gecnáwnisse þám canonicon ánne penig tó Eástron ǽlce geáre, Cht. Th. 609, 7

Linked entry: -cnáwness

(n.)
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a thole ꝥ wæs . viii. marc æt há (hamelan, v. l. see hamele in Dict. ), Chr. 1040; P. 160, 3

mundbyrd-ness

Grammar
mundbyrd-ness, <b>; II.</b>
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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes forehátes and þǽre mundbyrdnysse be ic ǽr fore geceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

wudu-bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bǽr, e; f.
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A woodland pasture Ðis sind ðǽre wudubǽre landgemǽru æt Ðæclége, C. D. vi. 171, 4. Cf. weald-bǽre (l. -bǽr)

ge-méting

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Somnite æt óþran gefeohte mid máran fullume tó Rómána gemétinge cóman, 3, 8 ; S. 120, 25.

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times for a timesometimeswhilome

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Hwílon ǽr wé wǽron hér and bohton ús hwǽte jam ante descendimus, ut emeremus escas, Gen. 43, 20. Ic secge ðæt ic hwílon ǽr forsúwode I say what I sometime before passed over in silence, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27. Hwílan ǽr, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon

bisceop-stól

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ǽlc bisceop bið æt his bisceopstóle (in sede episcopali), Ll. Th. ii. 178, 1.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf

freó-dóm

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aet Wígláfe cyninge (cf. hoc munus et hanc libertatem scripsi et. scribere precipi, 314, 32) mid ðaem twéntigum hída aet iddeshale, end ðaes londes friódóm aet habeccahám mid ðý tén hída londes aet felda ...