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preóst-híred

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-híred, es; m.
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Ox. 3006. Ætforan þám bisceope and þám preósthírede, Chrd. 37, 15. In ǽlcum preósthírede (canonica congregatione), 13, 20: 60, 32. Úre preósthýredas noster clerus, 42, 32.

rúnian

(v.)
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Ox. 7, 192: 8, 151. Þá rúniendan, 5, 30

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, <b>. I a.</b>
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Ox. 419. Tó for náht taliende parui pendendam, 504. <b>I c.</b> add :-- Sé unryhtlíce talað, sé ðe talað ðæt hé sié unscyldig incassum se innocentes putant, Past. 335, 12. Add

un-gesǽlig

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un-gesǽlig, <b>. Ib.</b>
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Ox. 40, l. <b>IIa.</b> add :-- Þonne hié from gesælgum tídum gilpað, þonne wǽron þá him selfum þá ungesǽlgestan patet apud utrosque misera illa tempora judicata, Ors. 5, 2; S. 220, 12. Add

beácen

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Ox. 345. Beácne prodigio, 2870. Hí átendon heora beácna swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. Add Bécen (-on, -un) signum occurs often in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth glosses, where the W. S. version has tácn. Similar entries v. ge-beác(e)n

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1 :-- Oxan tó mancuse compared with Th. i. 232, 7 where an ox is rated at thirty pence, be xxx pænega oððe be ánum hrýðere. The word occurs not unfrequently in the charters.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Th. 118, 136. oxan gang an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. 'The carucate being the extent of land ploughed by one plough, with its team of eight oxen, an eighth of this was considered as the share of each ox of the team, N. E.

æt-gár

(n.)
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Ox. 5023. Ategárum falarica (v. Angl. xiii. 29, 46 above), 786. Ategáras ansatas, 2, 502. Ætgáras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 68

burg-leód

(n.)
Grammar
burg-leód, es; pl. -leóde (-a); m.
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Ox. 8, 358. [O.H. Ger. burg-liut; pl. -liuti civis.] Take here burh-leóde in Dict., and see next two words

deorc

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Ox. 4157. Deorcre caerula, Germ. 389, 73. Geolwum oððe deorcum fuluis, Wülck. Gl. 401, 39. gloomy, dreadful, horrible Duerc teter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 13. On deorce cwicsúsle in tetra tartara. An. Ox. 1248

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, m.

an adulteress

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Ox. 5292. Forligre, 8, 363. Forligras cwylmiað mid forligrum, Hml. Th. i. 132, 22. Forlíra luparum, An. Ox. 7, 350. Forligrena, 8, 331. Forligrum scortis, 18, 18. Forligerum ł unrihthǽmerum adulteris, Ps. L. 49, 18.

ge-fylce

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Ox. 859. Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An. Ox. 2555: manipulo, caterua, legione, 3688.

ge-swebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swebban, p. ge-swefde, ge-swefede: ge-sweflan; p. ode.
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Ox. 4031

Linked entry: ge-swefian

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Ox. ii. 112. Cóm Críst on ðám tíman þe seó cynelice mǽigð áteórode, Hml. Th. i. 82, 4. Mid cynrene, miégþe prosapia, i. genus progenies, An. Ox. 1297 : stemmati, Germ. 393, 131.

nídþearf-ness

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Ox. 269. <b>I a.</b> what is unavoidable :-- Neádþear[f]nysse débitum (naturae), An.

ge-dragan

(v.)
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Ox. 4467. ¶ Wíf ðin blódes flóuing geðolade ł gedróg (patiebatur), Mt. L. 9, 20. Here the form belongs to gedragan, but the meaning points to gedreógan; perhaps gedrcóg should be read

Linked entry: dragan

gilm

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Ox. 5252. Gilmum fasciculi's 7, 270. Gylmas manipulos, i. fasces 3431. Gilman, 2366

hæftan

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Ox. 4755

hálig-ern

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Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ. 392, 43

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a garment.
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Ox. 5316. Add