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consul

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
consul, es; m.
A consul; one of the two chief magistrates of the Romans chosen annually after the expulsion of their kings; geár-cyning, q. v; consul
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  • Him ða Rómáne æfter ðǽm [cyningum] látteówas gesetton, ðe hí consulas héton, ðæt hiora ríce heólde án geár an man

    after them [the kings] the Romans appointed over themselves leaders, whom they called consuls, that one man of them should hold power one year

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Bos. 41, 36.

  • Brutus wæs se forma consul

    Brutus was the first consul

    • Ors. 2, 3
      • ;
    • Bos. 41, 40, 41
      • ;
    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 42, 27.

  • Án consul forsóc ðone MS. þæne triumphan

    one consul [Fabius] declined the triumph

    • 2, 4;
    • Bos. 42, 43.

  • Senátas cómon ongeán hyra consulas

    the senators came to meet their consuls

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 43, 5, 20, 26.

  • Under ðám twám consulum

    under the two consuls

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 42, 33, 39: 2, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 43, 10, 16

  • Hæfdon him consulas, ðæt we cweðaþ rǽdboran

    they had consuls, that we call counsellors,

    • Jud. Thw. 161, 22.
Etymology
Consul, consul-ere to consult, take counsel, hence counsellor.
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v.  geár-cyning.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “consul.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6557.

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