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þífe-feoh

(n.)
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H.) mon æt ciépan befó, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 13. [Cf. Icel. þýfi; n. stolen goods.]

Linked entry: þiéfe-feoh

cneów-holen

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Cnióholen (-aen) ruscus, Txts. 93, 1759: Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 51: victoriala, 59: mirstillago, ii. 58, 29. Cneów-hole[n] sinpatus, i. 30, 29. Add

samod-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
samod-wunung, e, f.

A living together

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A living together Him is tó forbeódenne ǽghwilc gemána . . ge ǽt, ge drinc, ge samodwunung on húsum, L. E. I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 31

be-tellan

exculpateexcuse

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ǽlc þǽra þinga þe him man on léde, 1048 ; P. 175, 2. ꝥ hé mage wið Crist hine betellan, Hml.

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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Æt Clofeshoo (-hó, v. l. ), Chr. 822 ; P. 60, 9. On ðǽre méran stówe ðe mon háteð Clofeshóas, C. D. i. 278, 29 : 201, 5 : 204, 16: v. 66, 25. Clofeshós, i. 222, 6. Txts. 432, 14. Æt Clofeshóum, C. D. i. 223, 9 : 280, 5.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Æt þǽm stillan and æt þǽm gestæþþigan and æt þǽm ánfealdan Gode ex divinae mentis stabilitate, 39, 5; F. 218, 15: 39, 6; F. 220, 25

burg-geat

Grammar
burg-geat, (burh-).
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Th. i. 224, 7. þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele, Lch. i. 328, 24. [He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) Hé férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl.

a-dwelian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dwelian, p. -dwelede, -dwealde; pp. -dweled, -dweald [a, dwelian. to err]

To seducelead into errorseducere

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Ælf. P. 29; Th. ii. 374, 31

Aquilegia

(n.)
Grammar
Aquilegia, indecl. [Aquileia = Ἀκυληία]

Aquileia in Gallia Transpadana, north of the Adriatic

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Aquileia in Gallia Transpadana, north of the Adriatic Maximus abád æt Aquilegia ðære byrig Maximus encamped at the town Aquileia, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 21

náwa

(adv.)
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náwa, [ = ne áwa]; adv.

Never

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Never Ðæt is swíðe strang ðam ðe ðæt náwa ǽr þigde it is very strong for him who never before tasted it, Lchdm. ii. 252, 14

Linked entry: áwa

geár-geriht

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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran hwílum ǽr Gode behétan; ðæt is sulhælmessan and Rómpenegas and cyricsceattas and leóhtgescota, Wlfst, 113, 9. Add

gearo-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
gearo-wyrde, adj.
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., loquela promtus ), sé þe ǽr wæs dumb, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 561, 2

Linked entry: -wyrde

gor-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gor-gráf, gor-grǽfe
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Æt gorgráfes slædę ... eft in on gorgráfes slæd, C. D. vi. 120, 8-26. Of gorgrǽfan, v. 579, 18. On gorgráues, 380, 4

Linked entry: gráf

Lazarus

(n.)
Grammar
Lazarus, gen. Lazares; pl. Lazaras
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Lazarus Ic bidde eów þæt gé beón gemyndige ðæs Lazares reste . . . manega Lazaras gé habbað nú licgende æt eówrum gatum, Hml. Th. i. 334, 25-29

pirige

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Æt ðǽre pyrgean, C. D. iii. 453. 39. Add

weg-farende

(n.; adj.)
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Hí begunnon tó áxienne æt óþrum wegfarendum, 31, 992

Wǽring-wíc

(n.)

Warwick

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Æt Wǽringwícon (-um), 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2, 187, col. 1

wala

(n.)
Grammar
wala, (?),an; m.

A root (?)

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Ad (æt ?) walan to the root of a matter, to certainty ; ad liquidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 46. Similar entries v. weall-, wyrt-wala

bryne-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
bryne-hát, adj.

Burning hotardentissimus

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Burning hot; ardentissimus Ǽr se wlonca dæg bodige brynehátne lég ere the awful day proclaim the burning hot flame, Exon. 110b; Th. 448, 9; Dón. 51

Coshám

(n.)
Grammar
Coshám, es; m.

COSHAM or CORSHAMWilts loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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COSHAM or CORSHAM, Wilts; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Læg se cyng seóc æt Coshám the king lay sick at Corsham Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 13