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rǽd-gifa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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rǽd-gifa, an; m.
One who gives counsel, a counsellor, councillor, adviser; mostly of the king's advisers; it also translates consul
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  • Rǽdgifa

    consiliator,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 1.
  • Stígand ðe wæs ðæs cinges rǽdgifa and his handprést,

      Chr. 1051; Th. i. 317, col. 2.
  • Rǽdgifan

    consulem,

      Germ. 397, 560.
  • Ðis sindon ða gerǽdnessa ðe Engla rǽdgifan gecuran and gecwǽdan,

      L. Eth. vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 3.
  • Ealle ðæs kyninges rǽdgyfan (

    conciliarii

    ),
      Chart. Th. 326, 7.
  • Ðone rǽd ðe ic mid mínum rǽdgyfum gerǽdd hæbbe,

      307, 10.
  • Rǽdgifena

    juris peritorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 524, 69.
  • [Cleope nu to ræde þine rædȝiuen gode,
      Laym. 11615.
  • O. Sax. rád-geƀo : O. Frs. réd jeva : O. H. Ger. rát-gebo : Icel. ráð-gjafi.] Cf. rǽd-bora and next word.
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  • rǽd-gifa, n.