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gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payertributarydebtortrĭbūti reddĭtordēbĭtora rent-payera renter of land as opposed to the ownerqui censum annum penditconductor

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Bos. 7, 41 : 16, 5. a rent-payer, a renter of land as opposed to the owner : qui censum annum pendit, conductor Wealh gafolgelda [gafolgylda MSS. B. H.] a foreign [i.e. of British race] tenant, L. In. 23; Th. i. 118, 3.

ge-belgan

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Ðá sǽde heó ꝥ heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede, and gebealh heó (acc, or nom. ? Cf. III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24.

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

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Þerh alle tído rúmo per omnium horarum spatia, 171, 41. time which allows unhindered or unhurried action, opportunity Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their

Linked entry: rúmian

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the

eardian

(v.)
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On þǽm landum eardodon Engle ǽr hí hider on land cóman, 19, 29. Ælle and Cissa ymbsǽton Andredes cester, and ofslógon ealle þá þe þǽr inne eardedon, Chr. 491; P. 14, 16.

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Úre eorðlice niht cymð þurh ðǽre eorðan sceade, 240, 13. a land, country Bethlem, eorðu (ludéa land, W. S.) Bethleem, terra Juda, Mt. L. 2, 6. Zabulones eorðu and Neptalimes eorþe terra Zabulon et Neptalim, Mt. R. 4, 15.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

sulphor

(n.)
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sulphur On þǽre ylcan scíre Sicilian landes is án byrnende munt (Etna) onǽled mid sulphore, ꝥ is swæfel on Englisc, Hml. S. 8, 219

módig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
módig-líc, adj.

Noble-mindhigh-souledcourageousbraveSuperbmagnificent

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Ne seah ic elþeódige men módiglícran no braver men from foreign lands have I seen, Beo. Th. 680; B. 337. of things (v. mod, III.), Superb, magnificent Nǽnig man nafaþ to ðon módelíco gestreón hér on worlde, Blickl. Homl. 111. 24: 113, 6

Linked entry: móde-líc

be-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gitan, -gietan; -gytan; part.-gitende; ic -gite, ðú -gytst, he -gyteþ, pl. -gytaþ; p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -geten; v. a. [be, gitan to get]

To getobtaintakeacquireto seek outreceivegainseizelay hold ofcatchsumereobtinereassequiacquirerenanciscicaperecomprehenderearripere

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He begeat ealle ða eást land he obtained all the east country Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 6. Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte quid acquiris de tua arte? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37.

FLEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FLEÓT, fliét, es; m: fleóte, an; f.

a place where vessels floata baygulfan arm of the seaestuarythe mouth of a rivera riverstreamsĭnusæstuāriumrīvusa raftshipvesselrătisnāvis

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Ispánia land is eall mid fleóte ymbhæfd the country of Spain is all encompassed with water, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 3. Fleótas æstuāria, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 154, 46: Wrt.

teorian

(v.)
Grammar
teorian, p. ode.
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Lǽcedóm wiþ miclum gange ofer land ðý læs hé teorige, 16, 26. Be ðone ðe lád teorie ( fail ). Ðeáh æt stæltyhtlan lád teorie Ængliscan, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 13-14.

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów
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Ða fyrmestan bydelas ðe Godes láre geond ðás land tóseówon, Homl. Ass. 56, 143. Seó leáse gesetnys ðe þurh gedwolmen wíde tósáwen is, Homl. Th. i. 438, 1

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Add: trans, to spread the fame of a person His nama wearð gewfdmǽrsod wíde geond þæt land nomen ejus uulgatum est in omni terra, Jos. 6, 2f. to spread the knowledge of a fact, event, &c. to publish, promulgate Ðá hyrdas þá heofenlican gesihíe

Úse

(n.)
Grammar
Úse, Wúse, an; Ús (or Úse; indecl.?), e; f.

Ouse

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Eall hira land betwuh dícum and Wúsan, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 20. Betwyx Úsan and Tréntan, 1069; Erl. 207, 16. In Úsanmere Ousemere (in Warwickshire), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 9. In provincia Usmerorum (some part of Worcestershire), i. 154, 20.

Linked entry: Wúse

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Sceáwiaþ ðæt land hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí ... and hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglíc oððe untrumlíc, feáwa on getele hwæðer ðe fela, Num. 13, 19-20

sandig

(adj.)
Grammar
sandig, adj.

Sandy

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Ðeós wyrt wihst on sandigum landum, Lchdm. i. 94, 7: 100, 16

a-cweccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cweccan, p. -cwehte; pp. -cweht

To move quicklyto shakevibratemoverequaterevibrare

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To move quickly, to shake, vibrate; movere, quatere, vibrare Æsc acwehte he shook the ash, i. e. the lance, Byrht. Th. 140, 59; By. 310

innan

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Sý hit innan lande, sý hit út of lande, 420, 15 : Gn. C. 43. of motion or direction, within, into Nán mann ne cume innon þǽre ciricean, Ll. Th. i. 226, 9. Hé eóde innon þám mynstre, Hml. S. 23 b, 64.

limpan

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Médu mid riahte tó ðém lande limpað, 439, 7. 438, 15. to pertain to, be concerned with, have relation to Rǽdincga tó þæs hálgan árwyrþnesse limpende lectiones ad ipsius sancti uenerationem periinenies, Angl. xiii. 430, 936..

twi-gǽrede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-gǽrede, adj.
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Bufan ðam hlince æt ðæs gǽredan ( pointed, angular ) landes ende, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 251, 42

Linked entry: gǽrede