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hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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. ¶ the word is found in many compounds, as the first part of words denoting localities, hǽþ-beorh, -burh, dún, -feld, -gára, -hricg, -leáh, -slæd, v. C. D. vi. 293, 294. as part of proper names, v. Txts. 595

reordian

(v.)
Grammar
reordian, ;p.; ode.

to speak, say, talk ⬩ to read

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[He reordien gan, and þas word sæide], Laym. 22174

hefig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hefig-líce, adv.

Heavily ⬩ grievously ⬩ graviter

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Heavily, grievously; graviter Abraham undernam hefiglíce ðás word the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, Gen. 21, 11. Hefiglíce graviter, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 15. Hefilíce, Lk. Skt. 11, 53.

Linked entry: hefelíce

lǽ

(n.)

hair

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Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

meagol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meagol-líce, adv.

Earnestly ⬩ strenuously

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Hé hafaþ wíslícu word, wile meagollíce módum tǽcan, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 16; Exod. 527

racca

(n.)
Grammar
racca, an; m.
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The word occurs among a list of names for ropes under the heading de nave et partibus ejus ), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 63

sémend

(n.)
Grammar
sémend, sǽmend, es; m.
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E. 10; Th. i. 30, 18. v. preceding word

Linked entry: sǽmend

sopp-cuppe

(n.)
Grammar
sopp-cuppe, an ; f.
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See Brand's Popular Antiquities, on Nuptial Usages, ii. 84-6, and next word

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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sempervivum the word glosses several other names Singréne titemallos, Wrt. 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.

sundor-land

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-land, es; n.
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The word occurs in an enumeration of boundaries, and Kemble explains it there as 'land set apart for special purposes' Æfter ðære strǽte be ðære wællan on Sunderlond, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 118, 20

swan

(n.)
Grammar
swan, swon, es; m.
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For instances of the word in local names, see swonleáh, swonweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 78

twi-snæcce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-snæcce, -snæce, -snece; adj.
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See also Jamieson's Dictionary sneck.) v. next word

Linked entry: þri-snæcce

twi-bóte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bóte, adj. Needing double compensation, v. twi-béte
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Gif ðisses hwæt gelimpe þenden fyrd úte sié, oþþe in Lenctenfæsten, hit sié twybóte, 40; Th. i. 88, 12. v. next word

Linked entry: twi-béte

þiffe

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The passage glossed is lento careni defruto, in which the first word is glossed by of þiccum, but in the margin by of þiccum þéfele. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59 de lento fruto of þiccum felde), Hpt. Gl. 408, 50

west-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
west-lang, adv.
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Se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hundsyfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 9. v. preceding word

apulder

(n.)
Grammar
apulder, For n.? substitute f., and add apuldre (-er ?), es; m.
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The word occurs not infrequently in charters, v. Cht. Crw. p. 52, and remains in the place-name Appledore

bóc-fel

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Word on bócfelle áwritene verba pitacio caraxata, Angl. xiii. 367, 31. Seó rǽding þe ys áwriten on þám bócfelle, viii. 308, 2. Wrít þis on swá langum bócfelle ꝥ hit mæge befón útan ꝥ heáfod, Lch. iii. 66, 7. Bócfellum pitaciolis, i. membranulis, An.

ides

(n.)
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The word occurs as a gloss to virgo, Kent. Gl. 1196, and a weak form, idesan, glosses juvenculam (Ald. 29, 14), An. Ox. 2136. It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An.

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3.

smyltness

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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551.

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