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fácen-gecwis

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For Cot. 46 substitute

helmiht

Grammar
helmiht, l. helmiht(e),
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Voc. ii. 78, 37: 31, 7. and for 'Cot . . . Lye' substitute

morgen-steorra

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Add: — Hé cóm beforan Críste on myddangeard swá se morgensteorra cymð beforan þǽre sunnan, Shrn. 95, 13. Ǽr r

of-rǽcan

(v.)
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Lbmn. 333, col. 2

stirc

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Voc. i. 287, 60), Corp. Gl. H. 24, 91

un-geboht

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Add: Another reading is un-áboht (non ad hoc cou-ductus), Ll. Lbmn. 399, 10. Cf. ge-bycgan ; V

hæsel-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-wrid, es; n. m [?]

A hazel-thicket

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A hazel-thicket Tó ðam miclan hæsl-wride to the great hazel-thicket, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 34

Linked entry: wríd

Brǽden

(n.)

Bredon Forest

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Bredon Forest On Brǽdene ge ðǽr onbútan in Bredon and thereabout, Chr. 905; Th. 181, 23, col. 1, 2

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25.

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

efen-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-gelíc, adj.

Like, co-equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis, consĭmĭlis, co-æquālis

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Like, co-equal; sĭmĭlis, consĭmĭlis, co-æquālis Cweðaþ to hyra efengelícon dīcunt co-æquālĭbus, Mt. Bos. 11. 16

gár-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
gár-mitting, -mittung, e; f.

A meeting of spears or javelins ⬩ a battle

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banners, at the meeting of javelins, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 3, col. 1; Æðelst. 50

sin-gréne

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, an ; f. A plant name (lit. ever-green), sin-green (sen-, sim-), house-leek ; sempervivum tectorum : see E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, s. v. sen-green (sin-, sim-), and Lchdm. ii. 405, col. 1. Besides
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Voc. i. 68, 33 : temolus ł titemallos, Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1. Syngréne. Ðeós wyrt ðe man temolum and óðrum naman singréne nemneþ, i. 152, 12. Singréne colatidis, iii. 301, col. 2 : Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 4. Nim singrénan, Lchdm. ii. 56, 22.

aam

(n.)
Grammar
aam, es; m.

A reed of a weaver's loom

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Exon. 109 a ; Th. 417, 22 ; Rä. 36, 8; Cod. Lugd. Grn

appel-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
appel-þorn, es; m.

An APPLE-THORN ⬩ a crab-tree ⬩ pirus malus

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An APPLE-THORN, a crab-tree; pirus malus, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 460; A.D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 448, 20

Linked entry: æppel-þorn

Án-láf

(n.)
Grammar
Án-láf, es; m.

Olaf, king of Dublin, defeated at Brunanburh

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Olaf, king of Dublin, defeated at Brunanburh, Chr. 937; Th. 201, 29, col. 3: 202, 37; Æðelst. 26

and-fengnes

(n.)
Grammar
and-fengnes, -ness, on-, e; f.

A receiving ⬩ reception ⬩ a place for receiving ⬩ a receptacle ⬩ receptaculum

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A receiving, reception, a place for receiving, a receptacle; receptaculum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 12: Cot. 190

Linked entry: on-fengness

cynelec

(adj.)
Grammar
cynelec, adj.

Royal ⬩ regalis

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Royal; regalis In ðæm cynelecan túne in the royal town, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 21, col. 2

efter

after

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after, Cod. Dipl. 1073; A. D. 896; Kmbl. v. 140, 7; Th. Diplm. A. D. 896; 139, 8

fówer

(n.; num.; adj.)

four

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four Cnut hit todǽlde on fówer Cnut divided it into four, Chr. 1017; Th. 285, 19, col. 1

frecnes

(n.)

glis ⬩ clammy earth ⬩ argilla ⬩ glus

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glis, Cot. 96, Som. Lye: also clammy earth; argilla, Som. Ben. Frecnis glus, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 157, 25

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