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CEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
CEÓL, ciól, es; m.

KEEL ⬩ a ship ⬩ carina, celox, navis

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Ceól on lande stód the ship stood on land, Beo. Th. 3829; B. 1912: Exon. 90b; Th. 339, 20; Gn. Ex. 97. Ofer ceóles bord from the vessel's deck, 20b; Th. 54, 2; Cri. 86a: Andr. Kmbl. 620; An. 310.

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clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Mid claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde, Txts. 175, 5. of land, free from hurtful growth, clear Ðone æcer ðe wæs mid ðornum áswógen . . . ðone æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande ( terram quae nullas spinas habuit ), Past. 411, 19.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.

A people

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A people Him cierde tó eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande all the people of Mercia, Chr. 922; Erl. 108, 25. Eal þeódscype hine hæfde for fulne cyng, 1013; Erl. 148, 36. Þes þeódscype the English, Wulfst. 163, 19. Se ðeódscype the Jews, 14, 7.

un-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽre, adj.

Not illustrious ⬩ inglorious

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Not illustrious, inglorious Þeáh hé n ðm lande seó mǽre ðonne biþ hé on óþrum unmǽre fit, ut quem tu aestimas gloriosum, pro maxima parte terrarum videatur inglorius, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 16

Galiléa

(n.)

Galilee

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Of Galiléam ðæm lande, Blickl. Homl. 123, 21. Witga of Galiléum a prophet from Galilee, 71, 16

un-gescrépu

(n.)
Grammar
un-gescrépu, un-gescrépo; f. or un-gescrépe; n.

Inconvenience ⬩ an inconvenient thing

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Inconvenience, an inconvenient thing Mid ðý ðá se foresprecena bróþor langre tíde ðyllíc ungescrǽpo woon (ðyllíce ungéscrǽpo wonn ?) cum tempore non pauco frater praefatus tali incommodo laboraret, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 22

rúh

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Add Hrúhge wulla hirsutas lanas, An. Ox. 5189. Rhúge, 2, 429. Add Rúh wærihtnys callositas (quos dira cutis callosilas elephantino tabo deturpans, Ald. 49, 15), Hpt. Gl. 490, 36. v. healf-, un-rúh

nearu

(n.)
Grammar
nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.

confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty

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Nearwe genýddon on norþwegas wiston him be súþan Sigelwara land the difficulties of the situation forced them to the north for they knew that to the south of them lay the land of the Ethiopians, Cd. Th. 181, 29; Exon. 68.

ge-sib

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sib, -sibb, -syb; adj.

Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus

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Snotor mid gesibbum sécean wolde Cananea land the sagacious would seek the Canaanites' land with his kinsfolk, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 8; Gen. 1738: 79; Th. 97, 13; Gen. 1612. Gesibbra ærfeweard a nearer heir, Th. Chart. 483, 16.

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unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given

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grant, allowance, permission Ic cýðe eów ðæt hit is mín fulla unna, ðæt heó becweðe hire land I declare to you that she has my full permission to bequeathe her land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl, iv. 200, 27: 223, 24.

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cwellere

(n.)
Grammar
cwellere, es; m.

A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor ⬩ lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex

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Hyldere, oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere [MS. flǽctawere] lanio, vel lanista, vel carnifex, vel macellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 122; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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this is then the secular ordinance which I [Cnut], with the counsel of my witan, will, that it be observed over all the land of the English, L.

for-gytelnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gytelnes, -gitelnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Forgetfulness ⬩ forgetting ⬩ oblivion ⬩ oblīvio

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Forgetfulness, forgetting, oblivion; oblīvio On lande forgytelnysse in terra oblīviōnis, Ps. Lamb. 87, 13. Forgytelnesse geseald ic eom oblīviōni dătus sum, 30, 13. Forgytelnesse sý geseald seó swíðre mín oblīviōni dētur dextĕra mea, 136, 5

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camp

(n.)
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Frs. kamp an enclosed piece of land. v. Jellinghaus s. v. kamp, a word in place names, which is almost exclusively Saxon and Frisian 'Der kamp ist ein eingefriedigter als Ackerland, Weide, Wiese oder Holzung dienender grösserer Landfleck.

eorl-dóm

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Willelm geaf Ródberde eorle þone eorldóm on (ealdordóm ofer) Norðhymbra land, 1068; P. 202, 2.

for-bærnan

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for-bærnan, -bernan.

burn ⬩ scald

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Ðæt land wearð fram heofenlicum fyre forbærned regionem arsisse igne caelesti Tacitus refert. Ors. l, 3; S. 32, 3. Forbærnd torreretur, An.

fleót

(n.)

an estuary

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Binnan twám fliátum sind genemde pirifliát and scipfliót, ðá gesceádad þæt land westan and eástan oð ðæt weallfæsten, C. D. ii. 86, 25. Add

innera

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Hé férde forð ofer ꝥ wæter in þá inran land þǽra hǽðenra, Hml. S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4. Se inra déma internus iudex, Scint. 44, 15. Inran gewitnesse eágan, 185, 7.

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.

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'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' Leo, Anglo-Saxon Names of Places, pp. 68-9. Or (?) a clearing in a wood. Cf. snǽdan, II.

Loidis

(n.)

Leeds

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Leeds Ða æftran cyningas him botl worhton on ðam lande ðe Loidis[is] háten reges posteriores fecere sibi villam in regione quæ vocatur Loidis, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 21: 3, 24; S. 557, 12