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á-cnáwan

(v.)
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to know Ðæt ácnáwan, ðæt sylfe sculon beón gyldende ut debitores se esse cognoscant, Gr. D. 335, 21. Þurh scere synd ácnáwene per tonsuram noscuntur, R. Ben. I. 10, 10

Linked entry: cnáwan

broc

(n.)
Grammar
broc, l. brocc,

a badger

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a badger, Brocc taculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 78. in local names :-- Agrum eni uo cabulum est brochyl, C. D. i. 97 13. Brocceshám ðes dennes nama, ii. 74, l. and add

camp-hád

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Campháde tyrocinio, An. Ox. 616. Gúðlác of þǽre gedréfednysse þissere worulde wæs gelǽded campháde þæs écan lífes, Guth. 24, 23. In camphád sendan in militiam mittere, Gr. D. 298, 8. Add

drút

(n.)
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a friend, beloved one Ǽnlicu Godes drút ... Maria alma Dei genetrix, Maria, Dóm. L. 290. [v. N. E. D. drut. O. L. Ger. drút: O. H. Ger. trút (drút) amicas, sodalis, dilectus.]

ende-þrǽst

(n.)
Grammar
ende-þrǽst, e; f.

An enddestruction

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An end, destruction Heó þrowað deáð bútan deáþe and ásprungennesse and ændeþrǽste bútan ænde þæs wítes mortem sine morte, et defectum sine defectu, et finem sine fine patitur, Gr. D. 337, 9

fearn-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-lǽs, gen. -lǽswe; f.
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A fern-pasture; the right to pasture swine in such a pasture Illam terram liberabo a pascua porcorum regis quod nominamus fearnlesuue, C. D. ii. 59, 19. v. Sax. Engl. ii. 87

Linked entry: fearn-edisc

feld-land

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opposed to wood-land Ðæs landes gemǽra ðe gebyriað intó ðǽre westmestan híde feldlondes and wudulandes, C. D. iii. 262, 19. Ðone þriddan æcer feldlandes and healfne ðone wudu, 4, 10. Add:

fellen

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hæfde fellenne gyrdel (gyrdils fillenu sonam pelliciam, L.) embe his lendenu Mt. 3, 4. lǽdde his hálgan béc mid him in fellenum sæccum pelliceis sacculis, Gr. D. 34, 14. Add

fen-gemirce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-gemirce, (?), es; n.
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The boundary of marsh-land Þis sint þá fangemerca . . . binguuellan æt clibe út on ðone bróc midne, suǽ. . . út on mór . . . þanon andlangæs bróces middesweardes, C. D. B. i. 295, 27

Linked entry: ge-mirce

heáh-hylte

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hylte, es; n.
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A high-placed shrubbery Eall swá ðæt heáhhylte scǽt scagan, C. D. v. 234, 24. Á be þám héhhylte in on þone langan þorn, Cht. E. 206, 27. Cf. scóm-hylte

Linked entry: hylte

hrind

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For B. 1363 see <b>hríman.</b> A hrind- form occurs in C. D. iii. 394, 6: On hrindan bróc, but there is nothing to show its meaning

hwíl-stycce

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Leáf moste him sum hwílstycce gebiddan licentia paululum orandi Gr. D. 254, 24. Þéh þe þes middangeard sum hwílstycce cwéme, 258, 26. Hwílsticcu intervalla . Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 61. Add

líman

(v.)
Grammar
líman, p. de
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To emit rays, beam, shine leóht þe þǽr lýmde betweoh þám þýstrum wæs beorhtre þonne dæges leóht ut diem vinceret lux ilia quae inter tenebras radiasset, Gr. D. 171, 5

Linked entries: á-líman límian

mǽg-wine

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Add:: The word occurs as a proper name Méguini, Txts. 159, 186, 202 : 161, 293. Iuxta terminos id est bereueg et Méguines paeð, C. D. i. 50, 14. Méguuines paeð, 54, 30

mid-weg

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Þá þá wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

sár-ness

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Add Áwende seó sárnyss ealra his lima ðǽre heortan (cf. gehwearf þára leoma sár his innoþum membrorum dolor ad vitalia rediit, Gr. D. 282, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 33

slídan

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Add spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467

tó-hwega

(n.)
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a little cóm geornlíce biddende him sceolde beón seald tóhwega eles ( aliquantulum olei ), Gr. D. 159, 11. þone swétan mete húru geómriende hwæthugu (tóhwega, v.l. ) onbyrgdon, 170, 11

Linked entry: for-hwǽga

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, <b>. I.</b>
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Sume wilniað geðincðe þyssere worulde, sume gefyllað heora lustas, and ealle syððan sorhlíce wǽdliað Hml. Th. ii. 146, 26. gesealde wǽdligendum mannum ( captivis et indigentibus ), Gr. D. 179, 17. Add

wiþer-dúne

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Add: , -ðýneuphill (opposite of of-dúne), steep (?) Se weg is swíðe neara and wiðerdýne, Gr. D. 322, 20. Neara and wiðerdéne is se hálega weg, swá swá Dryhten sylf cwæð, Nap. 69