tæpped
A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet
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Hec sipha, idem est, 243, cot. 1), Wrt. Voc, i. 40, 35. vii. oferbrǽdelsas and .ii. tæppedu, Chart. Th. 429, 26. Gemétum tepedum (lectulum meum stravi) tapetibus pictis (Prov. 7, 16), Kent. Gl. 200
heáfod-gemaca
An equal, a mate, fellow
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Ic mæg sleán míne heáfodgemæccan [heáfudgemæccean, Cot. MS.] I may beat my fellow-servants; cæperit percutere conservos suos, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 121, 12. Feówra sum his heáfodgemacene with three of his equals, L. Wih. 19, 21; Th. i. 40, 17, 21.
EÁR
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea
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Runic Monmnts. p. 100, 11; 117, col. 7: and p. 137: RUNE byþ egle eorla gehwylcum, ðonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian, hrusan ceósan to gebeddan the ground is hateful to every man, when surely the flesh beginneth to cool as a corpse, to choose
gold-smiþ
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Goldsmiþ aurifex, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35: Homl. Th. i. 64, 8. Ðe Eádréd cyng gebócode Ælfsige his goldsmipe which king Edred gave by charter to his goldsmith Ælfsig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 431, 24: vi. 211, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 67; Met. 10, 34
camp-stede
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The place of battle, battle-field; locus pugnæ On ðam campstede on the battle-field, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 2, col. 1; Æðelst. 29: 937; Th. 206, 1, col. 1; Æthelst. 49. Fór campstede [MS. campsted] sécan he went forth to seek the place of battle, Bt.
Defena scír
DEVONSHIRE ⬩ Devōnia
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DEVONSHIRE; Devōnia He wæs on Defena scíre he was in Devonshire, Chr. 878; Th. 146, 33, col. 1: 851; Th. 120, 20, col. 1. Hí ymbsǽton án geweorc on Defna scíre they besieged a fortress in Devonshire, 894; Th. 166, 28.
aac
An oak
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An oak Aac-tún Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, Cod. Dipl. 75 ; A. D. 727; Kmbl. i. 90, 19
Linked entry: Ác-tún
bégean
to bow ⬩ bend
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to bow, bend Cneó bégean scolden genua flectere deberent Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 39, col. 2
in-þicce
Gross ⬩ thick
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Gross, thick Inþicce is hearta folces ðisses incrassatum est cor populi hujus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 15
mót-weorþ
Entitled to attend a mot
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Entitled to attend a mot Ealle ða men ða beón mótwurðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 208, 32
port-wara
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A citizen Lulla gebohte ðis lond miþ ealra ðeassa portweorona gewitnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 3, 11
seoh-tor
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, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 14
swín-haga
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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35
wundor-bebod
A monstrous command
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A monstrous command Hé him bebeorgan ne con wóm wundorbebodum wergan gástes, Beo. Th. 3498; B. 1747
cyninges wyrt
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Cinges wyrt samsuchon, Lch. iii. 305, col. 1. Add
hǽðiht
Heathy
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Heathy In ða hǽðihtan lége to the heathy lea, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21 : 262, 22
hassuc
Coarse grass, a place where such grass grows
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Coarse grass, a place where such grass grows On ðone hassuc, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 223, 25
Linked entry: hæssec
ofer-sáwan
to oversow
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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25
Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan
a-blícgan
To shine ⬩ to be white ⬩ to astonish ⬩ con-sternare
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To shine, to be white, to astonish; con-sternare Ic eom ablícged consternor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 42
eofera
A successor ⬩ successor
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A successor; successor Æfter Eorpwalde Rǽdwaldes eoferan post Earpualdum Redualdi successōrem, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 35, col. I