a-sweorcan
To languish ⬩ fail ⬩ caligare ⬩ elanguere
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To languish, fail; caligare, elanguere Aswearc úre mód elanguit cor nostrum, Jos. 2, 11
Linked entry: a-swearc
beorþor-cwelm
A dead birth ⬩ an abortion ⬩ a miscarriage ⬩ fetus mortuus vel abortivus ⬩ abortus
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A dead birth, an abortion, a miscarriage; fetus mortuus vel abortivus, abortus Cot. 11
Linked entry: byrþor-cwelm
cílian
To be cold ⬩ algere
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To be cold; algere Ic cílige algeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55
earm-gegyrela
A bracelet to be worn on the right arm ⬩ dextrāle
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A bracelet to be worn on the right arm; dextrāle Earmgegirelan dextrālia, Cot. 63
FEALH
A harrow ⬩ occa
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A harrow ; occa Fealh occa, Cot. 197. Fealga occas, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 24
Linked entry: filging
leád-gedelf
A lead-mine
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A lead-mine Eft in leádgedelf; of leádgedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 401, 7
Linked entry: ge-delf
mǽg-gewrit
A writing containing a list of kinsmen ⬩ a genealogical table ⬩ pedigree
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A writing containing a list of kinsmen, a genealogical table, pedigree, Cot. 213, Lye
mylen-bróc
A mill-brook
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A mill-brook On mylenbróc; ðonne andlang streámes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 30
gleáwlíc
Wise ⬩ wary ⬩ astute
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Wise, wary, astute On sprǽcum gleáwlíce in loquelis astuti, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29
tannere
A tanner(?)
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Be eástan eá and tannera hole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 411, 22
wíþig-pyt
A pit with willows by it
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A pit with willows by it On wíðigpytt, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 21
wudu-rima
The edge of a wood
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The edge of a wood West be wuduriman, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. in. 34, 15
be-hogadnes
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For Cot. 114 read On behogadnesse in exercita-tione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 42
cufle
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A cowl Cufle cuculla, R. Ben. I. 93, 9. Cuflan cucullas, 92, 9, 15
breóost-gebeorh
a defence ⬩ A defence for the breast, hence a defence generally, bulwark, tower; ⬩ propugnaculum,
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A defence for the breast, hence a defence generally, bulwark, tower; propugnaculum, Cot. 152
gyrd-weg
A road with a fence on either side[?],
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, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21
bóc-land
BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris
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Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 16: Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 29: 3, 24; S. 556, 4: Cod. Dipl. 317; A. D. 871-889; Kmhl. ii. 120, 6. Hæfde Rómánum to bóclande gesealde Romanis per testamentum tradiderat, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 18. Bóclandes, Cot. 83
Linked entry: bóc-æceras
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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Now, in Iona, there must ever be an abbot, not a bishop; and to him must all the bishops of the Scots be subject, because Columba was an abbot, not a bishop Chr. 565; Th. 31, 29, col. 1-33, 7, col. 1
CULTER
COULTER or CULTER ⬩ dagger ⬩ culter, sica
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Coll. Monasl. Th. 30, 31: Wrt. Voc. 74, 73 . Cultur sica, 287, 5 . Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid dære syl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 21
hwet-stán
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Huetistán (huete-) cox Txts. 54, 294. Hwetstán cox, hwetestán cotem Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 4, 5. Lytel hwetstán coticulus vel coticula 135, 37. Hwettstán cotem An. Ox. 56, 21.