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Cásere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Cásere, es; m. [ = Lat. Cæsar; gen. Cæsiăris]
Cæsar, an emperor; imperator
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  • Wearþ Gaius Gallica cásere

    Caius Caligula was emperor,

      Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 18: Elen. Kmbl. 84; El. 42: 1995; El. 999.
  • For þingum ðæs ǽrran cáseres

    for the deeds of the former emperor,

      Ors. 6, 4; Bos. 118, 15: Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 6; Ph. 634: Elen. Kmbl. 524; El. 262: 1098; El. 551: 1335; El. 669.
  • Ðæs [MS, ðes] cáseres cwén the woman or wife of the emperor; imperatrix

    vel

    augusta,
      Wrt. Voc. 72, 58.
  • Cáseres wíf the emperor's wife; imperatrix

    vel

    augusta,
      Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 1; Wrt. Voc. 42, 10.
  • Aulixes under hæfde ðæm cásere cynerícu twá

    Ulysses had two kingdoms under the emperor,

      Bt. Met. Fox 26, 11; Met. 26, 6.
  • Ðá gesettan Rómáne twegen cáseras

    then the Romans appointed two emperors,

      Ors. 6, 24; Bos. 124, 18.
  • Hí hæfdon Cæsares ofer híg, ðæt we cweðaþ cáseras, ða beóþ cyninga yldest they had Cæsares

    over them, that we call emperors, who are the greatest of kings,

      Jud. Thw. 161, 29.
Derived forms
DER. heáh-cásere.
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