be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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Ðá eóde se man in beforan tó ðám cynge, Ap. Th. 14, 8. temporal Hié eal ꝥ tóweard wæs beforan wítgodan, Bl. H. 161, 15: 163, 26. ¶combined with ǽr :-- God hit wát eall beforan, ǽr hit gewyrþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 28.
á-hebban
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Hé wæs tó þám swýðe up áhafen swylce hé weólde þæs cynges and ealles Englalandes, 1052; P. 176, 22. Hwí sind gé áhafene ofer Drihtenes folc cur elevamini super populum Domini?
Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban
eald
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Tó ðæs cynges dómerne Heródes; sé wæs þæs ealdan Heródes suna sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 1. Æaldere gesuntfulnessa pristinae incolomitate, An. Ox. 11, 148. Cýþnesse ealdre testamenti ueteris, An. Ox. 40, 2. Aldes, Rtl. 113, 22. <b>VI a.
ge-réfa
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Hí genáman þone arc̃ƀ Ælfeáh and Ælfword þæs cynges geréfan, ion ; P. 141, 27.
tó
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Tó ðyssere dǽde wearð þæs cynges heorte áblicged, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 19. (j) add :-- Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó þám healme and tó þám heorðe þe se mon on bið tó middum wintre, Ll. Th. i. 140, 13. Hí tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron. Bl.
ge-búgan
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Th. i. 434, 25. of abandonment, defection Ðá Wylisce men syððon hí fram þám cynge gebugon, heom manege ealdras of heom sylfan gecuron. Chr. 1097; P. 233, 20. Maníg fram þám eorle gebogen wæs, 1091 ; P. 226, 9. trans. To submit to. Cf.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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Rómfeoh gelǽste man ǽghwilce geáre be Peteres mæssan; and se ðe ðæt ne gelǽste, sylle ðǽrtóeacan .xxx. peninga tó Róme and gylde ðam cynge on Engla lage .cxx. scillinga, Wulfst. 272, 9
CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
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Se wæs Melcolmes sunu cynges and Margarite ðære cwénan he was the son of king Malcolm and queen Margaret, Chr. 1097 ; Erl. 234, 37
un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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Grammar un-þanc, with noun or pronoun, without (a person's) consent, not of (one's own) accord, against (one's) will : -- Ðá gerád Æþelwold ðone hám æt Winburnan ðæs cynges unþances (bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe, MS. A.), Chr. 901; Erl. 97, 12.
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efne
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. ¶ followed by swá, swelce :-- Cirican mund*-*byrd is efne swá cynges, Ll. Th. i. 330, 21. Emne suelce ( just at if; quasi) hié him on ðæt nebb spǽten, Past. 45, 3. Efne swylce ac si, Gr. D. 216, 18: 220, 16.
swícan
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Ða ríceste Frencisce men wolden swícan heora hláforde ðam cynge, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 3. Drihten mé swícan ne wile the Lord will not desert me, Ps. Th. 53, 4
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on-drǽdan
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S. 34, 139. with clause Ðá ondrǽdde hé him ꝥ hí wurdon þám cynge leófran ðonne hé, Lch. iii. 424, 19. Hé him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome sié, Past. 73, 21. Ðonne is him tó ondrǽdanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore . . . 383, 26.
hám
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Geþenca hweðer áwiht mani mann cynges hám séce þér ðǽr hé on túne byð, Solil. H. 44, 2. Hé Hróðgáres hám gesóhte, B. 717. Hé þǽr háligne hám árǽrde, Gú. 120: 242. Hý hleóleáse háma þoliað, 193.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Gif hwá ðonne ða teóþunge gelǽstan nelle, fare ðæs cynges geréfa and ðæs bisceopes, and ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst, L. Edg. i. 3 Th. i. 262, 25. Mæssepreóstum and diáconum is eallunge forboden ǽlc hǽmed.
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lecgan
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Sleá hine man and on fúlan lecge, 396, 17. to lay an egg, Lch, iii. 204, 30 (in Dict.). to deposit a pledge, a material pledge Æt cynges spǽce lecge man .VI. healfmearc wedd, Ll. Th. i. 296, 25.
talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
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Ðam cynge seó tale cúð wæs, Chart. Th. 302, 16. Édwine spæc on his ágene módor æfter sumon dǽle landes ... Ðá ácsode þe bisceop, hwá sceolde andswerian for his módor. Ðá sǽde Durcil Hwíta, ðæt hé sceolde, gif hé ða talu cúðe.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Ic wille ðæt hig beón swá gódera lagana wurðe swá hig betst wǽran on ǽniges cynges dæge I will that they be entitled to as good laws as there ever have been in any king's day, Chart. Th. 416, 24.
ge-rǽdan
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Hi rǽddon swá ꝥ hí woldon þone cyng gesettan út of þám cynedóme, and hit wearð sona gecýdd þám cynge hú hit wæs gerǽd, Chr. 1075; P. 211, 2. Næs nán máre unrǽd geréd (-rǽd, v. l. ) þonne së wæs, 1016 ; P. 151, 4.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Mid ðám tintregum hé wolde his ǽhta æt him ofgán, ii. 180, 18. to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another:- His bróðer wearþ his yrfenuma swá swáhé hit æt ðam cynge ofeode
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ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Ládián be ðæs cynges wergilde oððe mid þrýfealdan ordále, L. Eth. v. 30; Th. i. 312, 6. Ládian be ðam deópestan áþe oððe mid þrífealdan ordále, vi. 37; Th. i. 324, 18.