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Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

AlaricAlarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Alaric; Alarícus, king of the Visigoths, = the west Goths, elected A.D. 382, took Rome 410, and died the same year Alríca wearþ Cristen Alaric became a Christian [about A. D. 396], Ors. 6, 37; Bos. 132, 32.

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Ceadwalla fór to Róme, and fulwihte onféng from ðam pápan Ceadwalla went to Rome, and received baptism from the pope, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 6: 878; Erl. 80, 18: Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 3; Seel. 86: Andr. Kmbl. 3258; An. 1632: Elen. Kmbl. 383; El. 192.

ge-þrít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrít, (?), ge-þrét (an i-stem noun?)
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Roma contremuit, Ald. 65, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 55

Linked entry: ge-þréte

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10. The laws of Ine are given in Thorpe's Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, vol. i. pp. 102-150

Linked entry: Cénréd

pistol

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Wið útsihte; þysne pistol se ængel bróhte tó Róme þá hý wǽran mid útsihte micclum geswæncte, Lch. iii. 66, 5. an epistle of the New Testament Swá swá se apostol Petrus on his pistole áwrát, Hm. A. 52, 51

rúm-gifol

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-gifol, adj.

Liberal, bountiful, munificent

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Hé gewende of Róme mid ðam rúmgyfolan (-geofolan, MS. V.) þegne, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 330

Linked entries: gifol rúm-gifa

cræftiga

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Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan in Róme, þǽr wæs samod .vi. hund cræftigena and xxii, and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce, Shrn. 146, 14. Be mynstres cræftigum ( artificibus ), R. Ben. 95, 2.

sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, de

To fall to a person's lot

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To fall to a person's lot Gif unc bán fordsíð scéet on Rómeweȝe if death be the lot of both of us on the journey to Rome, Chart. Th. 583, 29.

forliger-bed

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Ná on forligerbeddum and unclǽnnyssum non in cubilibus et impudicitiis (Rom. 13, 13), Hml. Th. i. 602, 4. Add

heorþ-pening

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-pening, -peneg, es; m.

A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]

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Peter's mass day: and he who shall not have paid by that time, let him be led to Rome, and in addition thereto pay xxx pence, and then bring a certificate that he has there paid so much.

for-hínan

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Mid þǽm bryne hió (Rome) wæs swá swíþe forhiéned þæt hió nǽfre siþþan swelc næs nec unquam majore incendio vastata est, 6, 1; S. 252, 24. Take here for-hýnan, and add

Linked entry: for-hýnan

ofer-mód

Grammar
ofer-mód, pride.
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Add Ofermód witan to feel pride, be proud; altum sapere (Rom. 11, 20), Scint. 8, 29. Dele and see next word

for-weornian

(v.)
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Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet ], Gr. D. 134, 2. Forwærniað marcescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 35. Þæt mænnisce cynn forslagen forweornode humanum genus succisum aruit, Gr. D. 258, 13.

un-strenge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strenge, adj.

Weak

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Weak Paulus cwæð: 'Wé strange sceolon beran ðæra unstrengra byrðene' debemus nos firmiores imbecillitates infirmorum sustinere (Rom. 15, 1), Homl. Th. ii. 390, 26

Linked entry: strenge

sundor-riht

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-riht, es; n.
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-Róm*-*wara sundorriht jus Quiritum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 11. Weala sunderriht, i. 20, 64

þúr

(n.)
Grammar
þúr, es; m.

Thor

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On Galienus dagum ðæs káseres hét Necetius Róme burge geréfa hí lǽdan tó Þúres deófulgeldum, Shrn. 128, 9. Ðys godspel sceal on Þúres-dæg, Rubc. Jn. 7, 40. On Þúrs-dæg, Rubc. Jn. 5, 30. The word is found also in local names, e.g.

Linked entry: þúrs-dæg

weornian

(v.)
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Rómeburuh byð geswenced ꝥ heó weornað and brosnað in hire sylfre Roma fatigata in semetipsa marcescet, Gr. D. 134, 2. Eall hé weornige swá sýre (syer, MS.) wudu weornie, Lch. i. 384, 13.

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay wastedestroyravagedevastateplundervastāredevastāredepŏpŭlāre

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Féng to ríce Honorius, twám geárum ǽr Róma burh abrocen and forhergad wǽre Honorius succeeded to the sovereignty, two years before the city Rome was broken into and devastated, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 10.

Linked entry: hergian

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Hé wið Róme weard farende wæs, 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9, 15, 21. Ðá ongan seó leó fægnian wið ðæs ealdan weard, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 778. Heó teáh hyne wiþ hyre weard, Judth.

þanane

(adv.)
Grammar
þanane, adv.
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., ðonne wierþ gehnescad ðonone sió ðreáung ðæs anwaldes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 3. whence Wígheard tó Róme wæs onsended, ðonone hí hider onsendon gewritu, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 3

Linked entry: þanone