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Élíg

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On ðǽm londe þe wé nemnað æt Élíe, Shrn. 94, 27. Add

ǽmet-hwíl

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Ðæs restedæges ǽmethwíle (æn-, MS.) Sabbati otium, An. Ox. 40, 18. Add

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.

Licetfeld

(n.)
Grammar
Licetfeld, a; m.
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Æt Licettfelda, Shrn. 59, 20. On Licetfelda, Chr. 716; Erl. 45, 14. Æt Licetfelda, Chart. Th. 373, 34

Windles-óra

(n.)
Grammar
Windles-óra, an; m.

Windsor

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Windsor Æt Windlesóran, Chr. 1061; Erl. 194, 3. Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27.

toll-setl

(n.)
Grammar
toll-setl, es; n.

A toll-booth,custom-house

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Ðá geseah hé sittan sumne mannan æt tollsetle (in teloneo; in a tolbothe, Wick. Mt. 9, 9), Homl. Th. ii. 468, 9. Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18

Linked entry: toll-sceamol

Cyring-ceaster

(n.)

Cirencester

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Cirencester Æt Cyringceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 13, col. 1

scegþ

Grammar
scegþ, The word seems to be used of a boat of considerable size
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Ǽnne scegð lxiiii-ǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 7. See note p. 128

Tófe-ceaster

(n.)

Towcester

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Towcester Mon worhte ða burg æt Tófeceastre, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 26

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.
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Add: free. of persons, not in bondage Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, Cht. Th. 628, 23. Ǽlc hláford his nýdþeówum byrge ... for ðám hí sýn Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse. Ll.

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLKovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.

Linked entries: gioleca geoloca

Hwít-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-ern, es; n.
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Whitherne in Galloway His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7

sige-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
sige-cempa, an ; m.
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A victorious warrior Wæs Dauid æt wíge sóð sigecempa, Ps. C. 50, 10

stíþ-hugende

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-hugende, adj.
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Of purpose stern Stíðhugende hysas æt hilde, Byrht. Th. 135, 23 ; By. 122

Linked entry: -hugende

sweord-plega

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-plega, an, m.
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-Æt ðam sweordplegan wíg forbúgan, Wald. 22; Vald. 1, 13

wír-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
wír-hangra, an; m.

A meadow where myrtles grow

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A meadow where myrtles grow Æt wírhangran Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 18

glendran

(v.)
Grammar
glendran, to devour. l. glendrian,
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and add Fisc hyne gearwað ꝥ hé glentrige ( gluttiat ) ǽs, Scint. 107, 8

reód

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Æt t

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, adj.

Provided with supper

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Provided with supper; (=-æt?) éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26

on-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-fealdan, p. -feóld

To unfold, unwrap

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To unfold, unwrap Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17