ge-mǽne
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</b> of abstract objects, belonging to or concerning equally :-- Sý þes rǽd gemǽne eallum leódscipe, ǽgðer ge Anglum ge Denum ge Bryttum, Ll.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The word ealdor or aldor in Anglo-Saxon denotes princely dignity: in Beowulf it is used as a synonym for cyning, þeóden, and other words applied to royal personages.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
full
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b> entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation :-- Eall þeódscipe hine heafde for fullne cyning, Chr. 1013; P. 144, 6. complete in number, quantity, extent, whole, entire Gif þet fulle mægen þǽre wǽre if the full strength of the East Angles
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Wiste stipis, Anglia xiii. 36, 348. sustenance, food, provisions Næs ðǽr hláfes wist, ne wæteres tó brúcanne; ah hié blód and fel þégon, Andr. Kmbl. 42; An. 21. Hé næfþ ða neódþearfe áne, ðæt is wist and wǽda, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 17.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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[Anglo-Saxon Dict., App. ii. 2.]
ge-mynd
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VIII ' Gemunst þú ꝥ ic þé ǽr sǽde. ' ' ꝥ ic hæbbe genóg feste on gemynde, ' Bt. 36, 3 ; F. 176, 24. ꝥ hé é Æghwylc þára is wyrðe synderlíce in gemyndum tó habbanne sunt digna memorie singula, Angl. iv. 140, 22.
for-standan
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Witan hwæt gerímcræft forstande, Angl. viii. 312, 44. Þéh hit æt þám ende náht ne forstóde, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 18. Cwæð hé tó mé ðæt hé freólsas genóge hæfde, gif hí áht forstódan, C. D. iv. 10, 2.
Linked entry: for-licgan
hát
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Ðas fýres gecynd is hát and dríe ignis calidae et aridae est naturae, Angl. vii. 12, 105. Be wambe missenlicre gecyndo . . . Þonne heó beð hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo . . . Be hátre gecyndo wambe.
ge-riht
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Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 5. service, payment, & c. due from a person, duties, obligations Gebflres gerihte.
ge-weorþian
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Voc. ii. 23, 32. to adorn, decorate, an animal Mearh . . . midlum geweorðod, El. 1193. a thing Oft ꝥá þeódwitan þus heora meteruers gewurðiað, Angl. viii. 332, 16 : 313, 29. Sadol . . . since gewurðad, B. 1038. Geweorðad, 1450.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Engle and Seaxe ofer bráde brimu Brytene sóhton the Angles and Saxons sought Britain over the broad seas, Chr. 937;Erl. 115, 20, note;Æðelst. 71: Exon. 13 a;Th. 22, 25; Cri. 357.
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Ðone eard (East Anglia) iii mónþas hí hergodon and bærndon, ge furðon on ða wildan fennas hí férdon, Chr. 1010 ; Erl. 143, 27.
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treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Ðú ðé on róde treów áhófe, Anglia xii. 506, 4: Elen. Kmbl. 411; El. 206. Ðurh treów ús com líf, ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde, Homl. Th. ii. 240, 22. Similar entries v. gealg-, wulfheáfod-treów, and ród
ge-healdan
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Æt fruman wæs gehealden seó gecyndelice ǽ in hominibus primus lex bonae naturae servabatur, Angl. vii. 8, 69. Úre frið is wyrse gehealden þonne mé lyste, Ll. Th. i. 220, 3: 250, 7.
þeówian
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Sealmsangum hig þeówian psalmodiis inseruiant, Anglia xiii. 373, 117. with acc.(?) of service done, to perform a service Ealle ða ðénunga ðe (acc. or dat.?)
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Similar entries v.wuldor-full, II On wlence ic férde þurh ðæt ídele wuldor, Anglia xi. 113, 50: Exon. Th. 107, 12; Gú. 57. Wéndes ðú ðurh wuldor, ðæt ðú woruld áblest, alra onwald, Cd.
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on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Ger. ana-fáhan: Ger. an-fangen] :-- Ðonne ðæt vers geendaþ on ðam naman ðe hit eft onféhþ, Anglia viii. 331, 24. Ǽrest on cattes stán . . . eft on cates stán ðǽr hit (the boundary ) ǽr onféng. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 33
faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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S. 13, 321. procedure in a single instance:-- Hí gameniíce rǽddon and mid geáplicre fare férdon callide cogitantes perrexerunt, Jos. 9, 6. of things Þá concurrentes þe þý geáre yrnað, þǽra fare wé hér bufon ætýwdon, Angl. viii. 304, 9.
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Eton hig þeorfne hláf, Angl. viii. 322, 14. His synna beóð ádýlegode þurh þone drihtenlican hláf (= ꝥ húsel, 5),Ll. Th. ii. 392, 6. a loaf, cake Smal hláf artocobus (cf. artocopus a symynel, Wülck. Gl. 564, 43), Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 47.
Linked entry: hláf-gang
macian
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Me mæig in Maio and Iunio . . . fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13. Hér wearð getimbrod ð mynster on Winceastre ꝥ Cynwalh lét macian, Chr. 648; P. 28, 17.