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molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

moulddustsandearthgroundearthlandearth

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Be moldan ða ðe on ðære stówe genumene wǽron, 3, 9; S. 533, 27. ground, earth, land Molde vel land humus, rus, arvum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 61: humus, 70, 12: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 53.

tó-clifrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-clifrian, p. ode
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Hé unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðam þiccum brémlum and þornum swá lange, ðæt hé eall tóclifrod árás, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 30

sáwel-sceatt

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Þis is Alfwoldes bisceopes cwyde, ꝥ is ðæt hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda intó þám mynstre intó Crydiantúne him tó sáulsceatte mid mete and mid mannum swá hit stent bútan wíteþeówum mannum, Cht. Crw. 23, 3. Add

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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healde our agreement that the land was resigned to him on the condition that fifteen shillings a year be paid to the bishop, and also that the penalty (the land had before been subject to the condition that if it were not held by a person in orders it

on-bindan

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Ðý lǽs hí sín tó swíðe gebundne mid ðǽm ðurhtogenum scyldum, and tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden mid ðǽre hreówsunge ne plus adstringantur in debito perpetrati operis, et minus solvant fletibus satisfactionis, Past. 413, 9. Add

ge-beótian

(v.)
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Hé geendode þæt hé lange tó þǽm áwergdum gástum gebeótod hæfde, Bl. H. 83, 26. Add

geáp-scipe

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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde, ꝥ næs án híd landes innan Englælande ꝥ hé nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 19

mos

(n.)
Grammar
mos, es; n.

A mossa marshy place

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Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽre æt mosleáge. Cod. Dip. B. ii. 56, 22, 28

Linked entry: meós

drugung

Grammar
drugung, l. drúgung, drúwung,
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and add Seó lange drúgung (drúwung, v. l.) mid mycelre hǽte bærnde þá eorðan aestu nimio terram longa siccitas exurebat, Gr. D. 210, 16. Hit wæs ǽr þǽr singal drúwung, and sóna æfter þám cóm geþuhtsum rén, Shrn. 113, 20

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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and add Náht is lang, náht ys ǽ þryte ( longum ) ꝥ ná on sceortum sý geendud, Scint. 217, 6. Gyf hit ne þúhte ǽsþryt (-þrytt. v. l. ) tó áwrítenne. Lch. iii. 276, 3. Þý lǽs ðe hit eów ǽðryt þince, Hml. Th. i. 88, 32.

ciric-sceat

Grammar
ciric-sceat, v. cyric-sceat
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On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras, and þǽron his circsceat gesáwe, and þæt eft gerípe and in gebringe, 398, 20.

rýman

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S. 35, 277. place to (tó) which given Hí léton ꝥ hí úrum feóndum rýmdon tó lande, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 26. Áríse se gingra and þám yldran tó setle rýme, R. Ben. 117, 5. Add Þe lǽs þe se húsbónda háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28

alor

(n.)
Grammar
alor, aler, alr, es; m.

An ALDER- treealnusalnus glutihosa

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Its favourite station is by the side of rivulets, or in the elevated parts of marshy land where the soil is drained. Its juice contains a great abundance of tannin, which renders the bark valuable for tanning, and the young shoots for dyeing.

Linked entries: aler aler-holt alr

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.
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Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum and mín hlyt gefeóll ofer ðæt betste funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris, Ps. Th. 15, 6. On handum ðínum hlyt mín in manibus tuis sortes meæ, Ps. Spl. 30, 18.

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum, Ps. Th. 15, 6. Swá swá hé mid gildenum rápum áhafen wǽre, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 36. Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna, Homl. Th. i. 208, 4.

Linked entry: nip

séman

(v.)
Grammar
séman, p. de ; pp. ed.
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Ðá wé hié sémdan then bade the king to bring them (the parties in a dispute about some land) to an agreement. Then was I one of the men who were nominated for the purpose . . . When we had brought them to an agreement. Chart.

ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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Beád hé út scypfyrde and landfyrde, and ðæt land eall útan embsette, Chr. 1072; Erl. 210, 31.

faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ, faroþ, es; m.

oceanwavesshore

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Brimþisan æt sæ-acute;s faroðe sécan, 1660. the land bordering the sea, shore Hé on greóte stód, fús on faroðe, An. 255. [Perhaps some passages given under I.should be taken here.]

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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m, and add: a heath, a tract of uncultivated, waste land, masc. Andlang ðǽre díc tó ðǽm hǽðe foreweardan . . . ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5.