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feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Voc. ii. 42, 4, 5. open country. land free from wood, plain (as opposed to mountainous) Hí férdon on wudu and on felda, Chr. 1071; P. 207, 36. On þám felda (campo), sé wæs genemned Hǽðfeld, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 429, 14.

ceáp-stów

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-stów, e; f.

A market-place, a marketforum, emporium

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A market-place, a market; forum, emporium Lundenceaster is monigra folce ceápstów of lande and of sǽ-cumendra Lundonia civitas est multorum emporium populorum terra marique venientium, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 19.

Linked entry: cépe-stów

ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27

Linked entry: -wéd

crístel-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
crístel-mǽl, (cýrstel-), es; n.
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Tó ðám langan cýrstelmǽle, C. D. v. 297, 15: 298, 9. the sign of the cross Wyrce mon crýstel*-*mǽl on his heáfde foran mid his þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 8

Linked entry: cýrstel-mǽl

ge-erian

(v.)
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On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras and þǽron his circsceat gesáwe, C. D. ii. 398, 20. .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, iv. 306, 27. Add

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upononaboveuponatafteruponon touponagainst

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Ðú byst uppan lande oftor ðonne ic beó, (up country, in rural districts; cf. Chaucer's 'poure persoun dwellyng uppon londe' and see uplendisc). Engl.

Linked entries: uppon on-uppan

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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Sax. was sometimes about 24 inches, or 2 feet Se hwæl biþ micle læssa ðonne óðre hwalas: ne biþ he lengra ðonne syfan elna lang; ac, on his ágnum lande, ða beóþ eahta and feówertiges elna lange, and ða mǽstan, fíftiges elna lange; ðara, he sǽde, ðæt

Linked entry: eln-gemet

ealdung

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For translation of passage substitute: Nostri causantur, si Romanae reipublicae moles imbecillitate propriae senectutis contremiscant, and add Þá getimbru þissere burge wé geseóð mid langre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.
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A slayer, homicide; interfector, percussor, lanio Slaga lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 36. Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor ), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4 ; Swt. 275, 9.

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation would hardly be carried out in cases where grants of land were made.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

flyge

(n.)
Grammar
flyge, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flyingflightvŏlātus

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Ic sceal on flyge earda neósan I shall in flight visit lands, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 28; Sat. 112

for-hwirfan

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Storm landu forhwyrfð imber arua subuertit, Scing. 51, 17. Hié hiera andgit forhwirfað (-hwerf-, v. l.) mid hiera wóre láre, Past. 369, 18. Forhwerfed bið vertitur, Kent. Gl. 990. Se forhwierfeda (-hwirf-, v. l.) gewuna, Past. 79, 19.

ilca

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Dauid sang þysne sealm ymb swýðe lang þæs þe hine God álýsed hæfde . . . for þǽm ylcan hine sang Críst þonne hé álýsed wæs . . . Ps. Th. 17, arg. Hé spone ðá ðe his ðeáwa giémað tó ðǽm illcan (ilcan, v. l. ). Past. 83, 3.

Medeshámstede

(n.)
Grammar
Medeshámstede, es; m.

Peterborough

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Peterborough Abbud ðæs mynstres ðe gecweden is Medeshámstyde on Gyrwan lande, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 45. Nama hit gáuen Medeshámstede, forðan ðæt ðǽr is án wæl ðe is geháten Medeswæl, Chr. 654; Erl. 29, 9.

neósung

(n.)
Grammar
neósung, e; f.

A visitingvisitation

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Mid ðý ðá æfter langre tíde com tó him for neósunge intingan ( gratia visitationis ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 41. Búton niósunga absque visitatione, Kent. Gl. 710

Linked entry: ge-neósung

seglan

(v.)
Grammar
seglan, siglan, seglian ; p. de, ede, ode
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Hé siglde ðá eást be lande, 1, 1 ; Swt. 17, 16. Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Hé hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33. Út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. Kmbl. 64

Linked entries: seglian siglan

bóc-fel

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Wrít þis on swá langum bócfelle ꝥ hit mæge befón útan ꝥ heáfod, Lch. iii. 66, 7. Bócfellum pitaciolis, i. membranulis, An. Ox. 4570. Add

burg-man

Grammar
burg-man, (burh-).
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Hé wæs ánes burhmannes sunu on Ysrahéla lande, Hml. A. 181, 10. Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4.

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.
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Hí flugon tó heora lande weard, Hml. A. 113, 372

BRORD

(n.)
Grammar
BRORD, es; m?

A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or cornpunctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba

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A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn, etc; punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba Brord punctus, Cot. 157. Ne furðan brordas not even blades; ne herbæ quidem, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 35. Brord herba, Mt. Lind.