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leác-cærse

(n.)
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leác-cærse, an: f.
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'A cress with an onion-like smell, alliaria officinalis' E. D. S. Plant Names. Cockayne says 'erysimum alliaria,' Lchdm. ii. 318, 7: 320, 3. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 40, leáccærse id est túncærse glosses nasturcium

be-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wacian, p. ode

To bewake

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To bewake (v. N. E. D. ), to keep watch over him weardas settað þe bewaciað wið þeófas, Hml, S. 14, 22. Weardmenn his líc bewacedon, Hml. A. 78, 154. Bewacige excubet, Germ. 388, 80

ceafer

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Ceber arpia, Txts. 43, 214. Cefer, cefr bruchus, 45, 326. Ceafer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 46. Ic sænde ceferas an eów, Wlfst. 221, 7. ¶ in a local name ceafor-leáh, C. D. iii. 77, 26. Add

fina

Grammar
fina, l. fína,
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Fína marsopicus (pína marpicus ], Txts. 78, 648. Fína vel higrae picus, 88, 808: sturfus, 99, 1938: marsopicus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 49: Hpt 33, 240, 41. fínan mǽdwum, C. D. iii. 386, I. and add

ge-íþrian

(v.)
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to become easier, suffer less, get better Seóc raþe geéþrað, Lch. iii. 196, 16. to make easier, make less laborious God for his mildheortnesse eów geéðrað gewinn swá earfoþlices weges, Gr. D. 113, 8

gird-weg

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Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg

hlinc-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc-gelád, es; n.
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A watercourse on a slope (?). The word occurs as a place-name Ðis sind ðá landgemǽru Hlincgeláde (cf. quoddam ruris praediolum . . . eni solicolae antiquum indiderunt uocabulum æt Lhincgelade, 78, 21), C. D. vi. 79, 4

Linked entry: ge-lád

ofer-swingan

(v.)
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to strike through húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33

sócn

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Add Þá word secgendum eft óðru sócn and frignung is on mód becumen mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29. Þurh sócne per inquisitionem, 265, 8. v. fird-, hundred-, -sócn

Súþ-Langbeardan

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Langbeardan, the people (or
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country) of Lombardy In þám dǽlum Súþ-Langbeardena (Suð-Langbeardena landes dǽlum, v. l.) in Campaniae partibus, Gr. D. 169, 30. In Suð-Langbeardum (-Longbardum, v. l.) in Italia, 25, 26: in parte Campaniae, 210, 25

tǽlness

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Gelustfullod mid tǽlnysse þæs biscopes delectatus episcopi derogatione, Gr. D. 76, 17. Heora lár bið eall tǽlnesse geþeóded, Verc. Först. 118, 9. Forlǽtan tǽlnessa nnd twysprǽcnessa, 94, 3: Ll. Th. ii. 262, 26. Add

tredde

(n.)
Grammar
tredde, an; f.
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A press for wine or oil Hét þone cnapan stígan nyðer of þǽre treddan (wíntreddan, v.l. calcatorio ), Gr. D. 59, 4. wrungon elebergan on þǽre treddan ( in prelo ), 250, 13. v. ele-, wín-tredde

Linked entry: tredd

tweógung

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Ic wille ániman fram þám þe þás bóc rǽdað þone intingan ǽlcre tweónnge (tweónge, v.l.) æt ǽlcum þǽra spella þe ic wríte ut dubitationis occasionem legentibus subtraham per singula quae describo, Gr. D. 9, 6. Add

weorold-cearu

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Seó þiccnys þára woruldcara (woruldlicra ymbhogena, v.l.) swíðe áwésteð ánra gehwilces biscopes mód uniuscujusque praesulis mentem curarum deasitas devastat, Gr. D. 41, 7. Heorte tóbróden ymbe woroldcara cor dispersum in rerum curis, Chrd. 70, 19.

wrang

(adj.)
Grammar
wrang, adj.
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Rough, uneven ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent, C. D. v. 297, 19. [All þatt ohht iss wrang and crumb shall effnedd beón and rihhtedd. Orm. 9207. Icel. rangr.] See next two words

wrítere

Grammar
wrítere, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a secretary; notarius wæs wrítere ( notarius ) on þysre hálgan Rómániscean cyrcean, Gr. D. 52, 3. Se Drihtnes wer him gehét his wrítere (notarium), and him dihtode, 193, 21. v. cranic-, in-, irfeweard-wrítere

á-temian

(v.)
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Ðæt unáliéfede lustas átemige, Past. 383, 6. Seó costung synlustes wæs átemed on him, Gr. D. 101, 34. Þæs átemedan edomiti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 19. Wudufuglas wel átemede, Bt. 25; F. 88, 16. Add

Went-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Went-sǽte, pl.

The inhabitants of Gwent

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The inhabitants of Gwent Be Wentsǽtum and Dúnsǽtum. Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreþ rihtor intó West-Sexan, þyder scylan gafol and gíslas syllan L. O. D. 9 ; Th. i. 356, 17-20

Linked entry: Wente

be-wrixlan

(v.)

to changeto exchange

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Grammar be-wrixlan, be-wrixlian. to change bewrixlede þǽre stówe eard*-*unge habitationem mutavit loci. Gr. D. 119, 21. to exchange þú ús bebohtest and bewrixledest vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, Ps. Th. 43, 14

blerig

(adj.)
Grammar
blerig, adj.

Bald

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Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel soricarius, 63, 8 (cf. bald as an epithet of birds, v. E. D. S. Bird-names). On Ælfstánes ðys blerian gewitnesse, Cht. Th. 174, 7

Linked entry: blere