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mynster-geat

(n.)
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monastery-gate Æt þám mynstergeate (cf. beforan þæs mynstres geate, 25), Gr. D. 145, 2 : 163, 25

spitu

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Swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 11. Add

rysc-steort

(n.)
Grammar
rysc-steort, es; m.

A promontory where rushes grow

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A promontory where rushes grow Æt riscsteorte of ðam hriscsteorte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 217, 12-13

Linked entry: steort

á-scortian

(v.)

to run shortrun outbe exhausted

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to run short, run out, be exhausted Æt ðám giftum áscortode wín, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 10

Linked entry: á-sceortian

eft

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Eft swá ǽr, An. 1276: 1343. Eft swá ǽr . . . niówan stefne, B. 1787. <b>I a.</b> of replacement, restoration, renewal :-- Geðwegenum fótum eft sceógian hí lotis pedibus recalcient se, Angl. xiii. 413, 687.

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Hí Ordulfes mynster æt Tæfingstóc (Tefingstóce, MS. E.) forbærndon, Chr. 997 ; Erl. 134, 14

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

ge-lǽte

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Þæt wíf æt þǽra wega gelǽte ( in bivio ) sæt, Gen. 38, 21. Twégra wega gelǽtu biuium, þreóra triuium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 288, 9. Þá belocenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 56. Competalia æt þám wega gelǽtum wǽran, Wrt.

niht-wacu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-wacu, (o); f.

A night-watch

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A night-watch Mec oft bigeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, Exon. Th. 306, 13; Seef. 7

Linked entry: wacu

ge-setl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setl, es; n.

A seat, settle

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A seat, settle Ða foerþmestu gisedla æt feormum primos discubitos in cenis, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 39

gilp-lic

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Add:: arrogant Pharao him filigde æt ðám hón mid his gilplicum riddum, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 23

spere-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
spere-níþ, es; m.

Spear-strifebattle

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Spear-strife, battle Him Drihten mihte æt ðam spereníðe spéde lǽnan, Cd. Th. 124, 7; Gen. 2059

ge-myntan

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Hé rád þyder hé ǽr gemynt hæfde ad hospitium, quo proposuerat, accessit, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch. 231, 9. God férde forð, swá hé gemynt hæfde, Gen. 18, 33.

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Ic forþ ágef ða ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quae non rapui tunc exolvebam, Ps. Th. 68, 5

ge-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mitting, -mittung, e; f.
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A meeting, an assembly; congressus Heora gemitting wæs æt Trefia ðære eá their meeting was at the river Trebia, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 20, 43. Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26.

Linked entry: ge-méting

þri-fingre

(adj.)
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þri-fingre, adj.

Three fingers thick

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Three fingers thick Æt þryfingrum (spic is added in MS. B. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18

undern-swǽsendu

(n.)
Grammar
undern-swǽsendu, pl.

Breakfast

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Breakfast Ðæt hé mid ðý biscope sǽte æt his undernswǽsendum ( ad prandium ), Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 13

cú-býre

(n.)
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cú-býre, es; m.
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A cow-byre, cow-shed Land æt cúbýrum . . . Oxena gehæg . . . cúbýra[s?], C. D. iv. 77, 26, 29

Linked entry: býre

fullwiht-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-þegnung, e; f.
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Baptismal service Ðá twá word abrenuntio and credo þe man æt fulluhtþénunge on gewunan hæfð, Wlfst. 38, 9

land-hredding

(n.)
Grammar
land-hredding, e; f.
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Redemption of mortgaged land Ic onborgedé .xxx. mancsa goldes tó mínre landhreddinge æt Beorhnóðe, Cht. Crw. 9, 118

Domer-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Domer-hám, Domar-hám, es; m.

DAMERHAM, Wiltshire loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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Ic gean ðæs landes æt Domarháme into Glæstinga byrig I give the land at Damerham to Glastonbury, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 30