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æsc

ash-tree ⬩ a ship

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Ðá Deniscan leóde on Norðhymbra lande gelendon mid æscum, Hml. S. 32, 31

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

In ⬩ within

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Ðæt land beág ðǽr súþryhte oððe seó sǽ in on ðæt land, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 18. Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine next day he ordered them all three in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 18.

á-rǽran

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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.

Linked entry: rǽran

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Þonne God lǽteð hrúsan syllan bléda beornum, Rún. 12. the world we live in. dry land as opposed to sea Ic holmmægne biþeaht hrúsan styrge, Rä. 3, 9. earth as opposed to the material heaven Sé ðe heofon worhte, hrúsan swylce, Ps.

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west, Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19. Wes[t]mest án íglond ligð út on gársecg, Met. 16, 11

Iotas

(n.)
Grammar
Iotas, Iutan ; pl.

The Jutes

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The Anglo-Saxon version of Bede, i. 15, has Geat for Iot, but in 4, 16 Iutorum provincia is rendered Eota land. See Grimm. Gesch. D. S. 511 sqq

Linked entries: Eota land Iútan

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Wá mé ꝥ þú swá lange þé sylfe dyrndest, Hml. S. 33, 308. Gif hé hit dierne (dyrne, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 124, 8. Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1. Noldan hí heora synna dyrnan, Ps. Th. 77, 4.

eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
eástan, adv.
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Add: marking direction of movement Forð oferfóran folcmǽro land eástan ǽfæste men, Gen. 1802. Eástan hider Engle and Seaxe úp becómon, Chr. 973; P. 110, 3. Gotan eástan of Sciðþia sceldas lǽddon, Met. 1, 1: Víd. 8. <b>I a.

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Tó ꝥ forewearde ꝥ æfter his dæi scolde ꝥ land in tó þe minstre, 852; P. 65, 22.] Dele ', an ', and add:

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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Gif hiora óðrum oððe bǽm súðfo[r] gelimpe, biscop ðæt lond gebycge swá hié ðonne geweorðe if it happen that one or both go to Rome, the bishop shall buy the land as shall then be agreed between them, Txts. 442, 20. [In C.

scírig-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scírig-mann, es; m.
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In another charter the same person is mentioned, but without the title: a grant of land is made by Ethelred to Winchester 'ofer Wulfsiges dæg preóstes,' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi 135.

Linked entry: scír-mann

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.

to deliberate about an evil deed ⬩ to lie in wait for

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For ðæm sint tó manianne ða ðe lange ymbsieriaþ ðæt hí ongieten hú micel wíte hí sculun habban beforan ðǽm óðrum hoc ergo praecipitatione lapsis per consilium pereuntes differunt, quod, cum hi a statu justitiae peccando concidunt, plerumque simul et in

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land

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Gnættas cómon ofer eall ðæt land, ge inne ge úte, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 36, 30. Ic seah wyhte twá úte plegan, Exon. Th. 429, 10; Rä. 43, 2. out, away, at a distance Úttor exterius, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 7: Exon.

Linked entry: út

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain

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a moor, waste and damp land Moor uligo. Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 23. Móres græs the grass of the field (which Nebuchadnezzar was to eat), Cd. 203; Th. 252, 8; Dan. 575. On ðone hreódihtan mór; of ðon móre. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21: Beo.

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 visiting ⬩ visitation

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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

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 corn ⬩ punctus, 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.