wille-wæter
Spring-water
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Spring-water Þweah mid wyllewætre, Lchdm. ii. 308, ll. Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14
spang
A clasp ⬩ fastening ⬩ seracula, prena ⬩ a clasp ⬩ a clasp
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A clasp, fastening Hæleðhelm on heáfod ásette and ðone full hearde geband spénn mid spangum drew the helmet firmly on with its clasps, Cd. Th. 29, 4; Gen. 445
timber-hrycg
A wooded ridge (?); ⬩ as a local name Timber-ridge
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A wooded ridge (?); as a local name Timber-ridge On timberhricges snád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 71, 1. Ofer fild-burnan on timberhrycg, iii. 463, 31. Timberrycg, 393, 27
land-fird
An expedition ⬩ a land force
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An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18. Man sceolde mid scypfyrde and eác mid landfyrde hym ongeán faran
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hwíl-wende
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Add: hwílende. of duration, temporary, not lasting long, not permanent Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ g mé ne geseóð, and eft is lylel fæc ꝥ gé mé eft geseóð . . . Þeós hwílwende gesihð . . . Hml. A. 74, 40, Hí ná tó þǽre hwílendre ( ad illam momentaneam) mihtan
pæþ
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Add: n. (? v. mearc-, seolh-paþ) : paþu; f. (? Another list of boundaries to the same land as that mentioned in C. D. iii. 175-176 is given C. D. v. 220-221, where andlang rǽwe replaces andlang paþæ, and on ðan harpaðe replaces on ðǽr paþæ) Iuxta terminos
Eofes-ham
EVESHAM, Worcestershire ⬩ oppĭdi nomen in agro Vigorni*-*ensi
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EVESHAM, Worcestershire; oppĭdi nomen in agro Vigorni*-*ensi Ðæs géres forþférde Æfic se æðela decanus on Eofesham in this year [A. D. 1037] died Æfic the noble dean at Evesham, Chr. 1037; Th. 294, 36, col. 2. Ælfward wæs abbad on Eofeshamme ǽrest Ælfward
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á-cwician
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Add: intrans. to become lively Þurh his ( the west wind ) blǽd ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽda, Lch. iii. 274, 20. Se Crístendóm ácucode, Hml. S. 29, 330. Se ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnesse, hé sceal on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum biggengum, Hml
múl
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Absalon rád on his múle . . . þá geféng hine án treów be ðám fexe . . . and se múl am forð fram þám árleásan hláforde, Hml. S. 19, 222. Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne, Gr. D. 161, I. Martinus rád him wið gescrýd mid
pyll
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On brádan bricge; and of brádan bricge ðæt on holan pyl; and of holan pylle on pincanhammes díc: and of pincanhammes díc innan miclan pyl; and of miclan pylle ðæt æft on Sæferne, C. D. iii. 406, 2-6. Andlang streámes tó holan pylle ; of holan pylle úp
ge-rád
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Add: [The word seems to be feminine sometimes, e. g. on hwylcre gerád, Gr. D. 172, 29; so that in the phrase on þá gerád þæt, it may perhaps be, at least sometimes, rather fem. sing. than neut. pl. Cf. ge-sceaft for declension.] understanding, discernment
feorh-lege
Life-law ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ lex ⬩ fātum ⬩ mors
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Life-law, fate, death; vītæ lex, fātum, mors Ðæt on ðone hálgan handa sendan to feorhlege fæderas usse that our fathers lay their hands on the holy one unto death, Elen. Kmbl. 913; El. 458. Ic on máþma hord mínne bebohte feorhlege I have bought my fate
pliht-líc
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Dangerous Plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 21. Ðrý dagas syndon on geáre ðe wé egiptiaci hátaþ, ðæt is on úre geþeóde plihtlíce dagas ; on ðám ná tó ðæs hwón for nánre neóde ne mannes ne neátes blód
streówness
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Bedding, what is spread to lie on Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse; ða cwæð hé: ' Bearn, ne bidde gé ðæs; ne gedafenaþ cristenan men ðæt hé elles dó, bútan swá hé efne on axan and on
clǽg
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Add: ¶ as a component of words denoting places with a clayey soil, Clay- in local names Of clǽgbróce . . . on clǽgbróc, C. D. vi. 52, 25, 29. Cléigate, iv. 178, 2. On clǽghyrste, C. D. B. iii. 45, 7. On clǽgweg, andlang clǽgweges, 44, 25: C. D. iii.
ellen-stybb
An elder-stump
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An elder-stump Æt þæne ellenstyb; of ðám stybb, C. D. iii. 24, 3. On ðone ellenstyb, 437, 19. Ellenstub, 10, 17: 25, 21. Of ðá(m) ellenstubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe, vi. 102, 25. Usque le ellerne stubbe, iii. 407, 25. On þá ellenstybbas; þonne of
seóþan
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Add Hé seáþ coquebat, Germ. 395, 391. Se déma hét hí lǽdan sóna and seóðan on wætere (belúcan on byrnendum baðe, Shrn. 150, 1), Hml. S. 34, 343. 1. Add Swá swá gold on ofne hé hié sýð and costað in fornace probatur aurum; tu, ut sorde careas, tribulationis
wulf-pytt
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A pit for trapping wolves (?), a wolf's lair (?) Tó wulfpytte, C. D. B. i. 280, 20. On wulfputt; of þám pytte on ðá wógan ǽc, iii. 113, 31. Tó ðǽm wulfpyttæ, C. D. v. 84, 17. On ðone wulfpyt; of ðám wulfpytte, iv. 49, 7: 157, ii. Tó wulfpyttan, 343.
in-cleofa
closet ⬩ bed-chamber ⬩ den ⬩ cave
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An inner chamber, closet, bed-chamber, den, cave Incleofa cellarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 56 : camera, 127, 79. Incleofe spelunca, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 10. Forþ of hire inclifan out of her closet, Chart. Th. 230,17. On incleofum [bedcliofum, MS. T.] eówrum in
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lacu
A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake
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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26. Ðonne of exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace of ðære lace eft on exan then
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