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mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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Heáfodmynstres griðbryce béte man be cyninges munde, ðæt is mid .v. pundum ( let the fine be as in the case of breach of the king's mund, cf. gif hwá cynges mundbrice gewyrce, gebéte ðæt mid. v. pundum, L. Eth. vii. 11; Th. i. 330, 29), L.

Linked entry: mundian

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta, 1086 ; Erl. 222, 35

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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And ðonne hé hám cume gylde ðam cynge hundtwelftig scillinga of the hearth-penny. Let every hearth-penny be paid up by St.

ge-méde

(n.)
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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ), 208, 9.

hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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Hér Ródbert þæs cynges sunu hleóp fram his fæder, Chr. 1079; P. 213, 32. Hleópon (so in the [facsimile of the] MS. not hleówon) hornboran, hreópan friccan, El. 54. Gif hé út hleápe . . . And gif mon þone hláford teó ꝥ hé be his rǽde út hleópe, Ll.

æt-foran

(adv.)
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Before, beforehand Wǽron þá wælisce men ætforan mid þám cynge, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 9

ge-manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfealdian, p. ode.
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Hé his cyrican timbrede, and wundorlicum weorcum gebrǽdde and gemonigfealdode (ampliauit), Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 674, 10. the object non-material Gemycla nú and gemonigfealda þá hǽlo ðæs cynges magnificans salutare regis ipsius, Ps. Th. 17, 48.

Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Swá swá ǽlces cynges háma; beóð sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, Solil. H. 44, 19. Cyning sceal on healle beágas dǽlan (cf. B. 1020 sqq.), Gn. C. 28: Rä. 56, 13. 'Miht þú mé árǽran on Rómánisce wísan cynelice gebytlu ? . . .

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ælc . . . hym mæg cuman tó and on hys hýrede wunian (cf. cynges hám sécan, 2) Solil.

land-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
land-ríca, an; m.

a land-lord

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Gif cyninges þegn oððe ǽnig landríca hit forhæbbe, gilde x. healf-mearc, healf Criste healf cynge, L. N. P. L. 58, 59; Th. ii, 300, 3: 6, 7. Fare ðæs cingcesgeréfa tó, and ðæs bisceopes, and ðæs landrícan [cf. landhláford, 11], L. C.

Linked entry: heáh-landríca

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Micel here for þæs cynges fielle fleáh, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 7: 3, JO; S. 138, 13. Mid heora twégea fielle duorum morte, 6, 36; S. 294, 6. On his fylle, Hml. S. 26, 161. Líf edníwe, feorh æfter fylle, Ph. 371.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

FEOHTAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHTAN, part. feohtende; ic feohte, ðú feohtest, he feohteþ, fiht, pl. feohtaþ; p. ic, he feaht, ðú fuhte, pl. fuhton; pp. fohten

To FIGHTcontendmake warcombatstruggleprœliāripugnārebellārecontendĕredecertārecollīdĕre

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Be ðon ðe mon on cynges healle feohte in case a man fight in the king's hall, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7: 39; Th. i. 88, 2. Ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige although many men fight against it, Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344. 27; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 52

Linked entries: a-feohtan ge-feohtan

ge-innian

(v.)
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Hí willað geinnian ðá æftran hínðe mid þám uferan gestreónum, 340, 32. to lodge (v. inn a lodging) Þæs cynges cniht hæfde geinnod þone godspellere æt his húse, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 15. Hé ácwealde Castolum þe hæfde geinnod ealle þás hálgan, Hml.

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Gif hé ládian wille, dó ðæt be ðæs cynges wergilde, oþþe mid þryfealdan ordále, L. Eth. v. 30; Th. i. 312, 7. Gylde ðam cyninge be his weregilde (wer-, v. l. ), L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17.

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVEpermissionlicense

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Be ðæs cynges lǽfe and rǽda, 1043; Erl. 169, 25. Bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe and his witena, 901; Erl. 96, 28. Búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe absque perrnissu episcopi, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 4.

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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Hyne man dyde up and hine man efosode and scrýdde hine and brohte hine, tó ðam cynge ille suspensus est in cruce. Eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt, ac veste mutata obtulerunt regi, Gen. 41, 13, 14.

Linked entries: MANN mon

ge-miclian

(v.)
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Gemycla and gemonigfealda þá hǽlo þæs cynges magnificans salutare regis ipsius, Ps. Th. 17, 48. Hé wénde ꝥ hé his ríce gemiclian sceolde imperium suum se dilataturum putaret, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, II. Gemicelgende magnificans, Ps.

ge-swerian

(v.)
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Hié him betweónum áþas geswóran ꝥ. . . 2, 4; S. 70, 15. to confirm by oath, swear to an agreement Ðáas forewarde geswóran .xii. þá betste of þes cynges healfe and .xii. of þes eorles, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 17. þǽ ǽr seó forewearde ǽr wæs gewroht and eác

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on iunfriðland, and se here þǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta. Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe . . .ꝥ hé þǽr frið hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 286, 8.

fædera

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Þá Scottas Dunecan (Melcolmes sunu, P. 228, 18) ofslógan, and heom his fæderan, Dufenal (Melcolmes bróðer, P. 228, 16), tó cynge genámon, Chr. 1094; P. 230, 10. Add