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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

Eást-Seaxe

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Eást-Sexena landes is syofon þúsend hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 30. Add

hord-wela

(n.)
Grammar
hord-wela, an; m.

Hoarded, stored-up wealth

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Hoarded, stored-up wealth Ðeáh ðe hordwelan heólde lange, Beo. Th. 4677; B. 2344

sceatt

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Ðæne dǽl ðæs landes ðe se arcebisceop for his sceatte him tó lét, C. D. iii. 352, 7. Þone sceat þe on þám lande stent the mortgage money, Cht. Crw. 9, 120.

sliht

(n.)
Grammar
sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht, sliét, slyht (see the cpds.), es; m.

a striking of coin a stroke, flash of lightningslaughter, death by violencethe deadly stroke of diseasewhat is to be killed, animals for slaughter a blow, mortal blow; stamp, coining strages, occisio mowing ; striking of an instrument

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Icel. slátr butcher's meat; slátra to slaughter cattle) Gafolswáne gebyreþ ðæt hé sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent. On manegum landum stent ðæt hé sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 11

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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On ðam geáre, asprang up Etna fýr on Sicilium, and máre ðæs landes forbærnde ðonne hit ǽfre ǽr dyde in that year [B. C. 135 ], fire sprang up from Etna among the Sicilians, and burnt more of the land than it ever did before, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 16.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

heolor-bledu

(n.)
Grammar
heolor-bledu, e; f.
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The scale of a balance Mid þá efnan helurblede justa lance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 40

ge-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽtan, -létan; p. -leórt; pp. -lǽten

To allowmake over to any one

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To allow, make over to any one Eádgár æðeling wearþ belandod of ðám ðe se eorl him ǽror to handa gelǽten hæfde Edgar Atheling was deprived of those lands which the earl had before made over to him, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 24.

westane

(adv.)
Grammar
westane, adv.
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From the west, in the west Ða beorgas onginnaþ westane fram ðæm Wendelsǽ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde, and endiaþ eást in Dalmatia ðæm lande æt ðæm sǽ Alpes a Gallico mari exsurgentes, primum Narbonensium fines, deinde Galliam Rhetiamque secludunt, donec

cyne-wíse

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Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege nytwyrðe dǽda gefremede Gode tó lofe, and eác on þá kynewísan wel geþéh ( she proved too of great advantage to the state ), Chr. 1067; P. 202, 17

Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.

un-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
un-tíma, an; m.

a wrong timean improper timea bad timean unhappy condition of thingsa mishap

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French malheur) Ic ásende ofer eówer land ǽlcne untíman, ðæt bið egeslíce greát hagol, se fordéð eówre wæstmas, and unásecgendlíce þunras..., Wulfst. 297, 7

Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.

dípe

(n.)
Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Ofer dýpe, Rä. 4, 21. a deep place on land On dígelre dýpe [dýpen (= -an), Hpt. Gl. 516, 28] in latebroso (carceris) fundo, An. Ox. 4767. [v. N. E. D. deep; sb. Goth. diupei: O. L. Ger. diupí profundum: O. H. Ger. tiufi: Icel. dýpi

Linked entries: deópe dépe dýp dýpe

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom; gen. hammes; m.

A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.

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'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise

be-gang

exerciselabourbusinesscultivationreligious practice

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H. 113, 30, cultivation Fram ǽlce bi-gonge (cultura) þis land ligeð tólýsed, Gr. D. 258, 18. religious practice Ðǽre godcundnesse begang (bigong, v.l.) diuinitatis cultus, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 10. Bigeon[g] ðes cultus isle, Rtl. 24, 21.

syn-rust

(n.)
Grammar
syn-rust, es; m.

The foulness of sin

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Lang. Notes, May, 1889. Cf. also synne rust peccati rubigo, Scint. 4, 14.] Similar entries v. Cf. syn-wund

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leccan

(v.)
Grammar
leccan, p. lehte, leohte

To moistenwet

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Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210. Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht lagostreámum leoht it was refreshed by the waters, covered with various growths, irrigated by running streams, 91; Th. 115, 21; Gen. 1923.

Linked entry: leohte

leód-hata

(n.)
Grammar
leód-hata, an; m.

A tyrant

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Hér sind on earde leódhatan grimme ealles tó manege herein the land are fierce tyrants all too many, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 155. Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan, Elen. Kmbl. 2597; El. 1300.