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Lunden-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-burh, f.

London

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Ðý ilcan geáre gesette Ælfréd cyning Lundenburg, 886; Erl. 84, 26

mæsse-dæg

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Eádmund cyning forðférde on Sc̃s Agustínus mæssedæg, Chr. 946; P. 112, 2. On Sćĕ Gregories mæssedæg, 951; P. 112, 7. Se cyng hét ofsleán ealle ðá Deniscan men þe on Angelcynne wǽron on Bricius messedæg, 1002 ; P. 135, 2. Add

stód-hors

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Hé þone cyning bæd ꝥ hé him wǽpen sealde and stódhors (equum emissarium) . . . For þon þám bisceope hiora hálignesse ne wæs álýfed ꝥ hé móste wǽpen wegan, ne ælcor bútan on myran rídan, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 168, 11. Add

giofu

(n.)
Grammar
giofu, e: f.

A gift ⬩ grace ⬩ donum ⬩ gratia

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A gift, grace; donum, gratia Ðé cyning engla gefrætwode giofum thee the king of angels adorned with gifts, Andr. Kmbl. 3036; An. 1521. Ðæt wæs giofu gǽstlíc that was a ghostly grace, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 26; Cri. 42

giong

(adj.)
Grammar
giong, def. se gionga; adj.

Young ⬩ jŭvĕnis

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Se gionga cyning the young king, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 15

Eádweard

(n.)
Grammar
Eádweard, -ward, es; m. [eád happy, weard ward, guardian] .

Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925 ⬩ Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 ⬩ Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066

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Eáduuard] cyning [MS. king], and Harold eorl féng to ðam ríce here king Edward died, and earl Harold succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 1066; Erl. 198, 1

cyne-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-mann, es; m.
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A royal person, a king Gelíc geworden wæs ríc heofnæ cynemenn (cyninge, R. homini regi ), Mt. L. 22, 2

eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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Gewát him þá sécan eallra cyninga cyning þone clǽnan hám eáðmédum upp, 981

fromscipe

(n.)
Grammar
fromscipe, -scype, es; m.

Exercise ⬩ a proceeding ⬩ progress ⬩ exercĭtātio ⬩ profectus

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Wæs for his fromscype onstyred Ædon Sceotta cyning mōtus ĕrat ejus profectĭbus Ædan rex Scottōrum, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 28

Húnas

(n.)
Grammar
Húnas, and Húne; pl.

The Huns

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Húna cyning, 64; El. 32: Chr. 443; Erl. 10, 22. Ætla weóld Húnum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 26; Vid. 18: 85 b; Th. 322, 2; Víd. 57

Linked entry: Húne

god-sunu

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Hine onféng æt fullwihtes bæþe him tó godsuna Æþewald Eástengla cyning suscepit eum ascendentem de fonte sacro Aediluald rex Orientalium Anglorum, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 298, 10. Add

leóþ-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-wyrhta, an; m.

A poet

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Ælfréd cyning Westsexna leóþwyrhta, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 5; Met. Einl. 3

Persisc

(adj.)
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Th. i. 518, 17. used substantively Þǽra Persiscra cyning wæs þǽm Cásere wiþerrǽde, Jud. Thw. 162, 23

brego

Grammar
brego, (-a).
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Sum árleás cynincg, Cosdrue geháten, wæs swá upáhafen, and swá árleás brega, ꝥ hé wolde beón God, Hml. S. 27, 27. Add

nigon-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
nigon-gilde, adv.
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With ninefold compensation Gif frig man cyninge stele, .IX. gylde forgylde, Ll. Th. i. 4, 3. Cf. án-, twi-gilde

ge-rádegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rádegian, p. ode; pp. od

To reckon with

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To reckon with Anlíc ðam cyninge ðe hys ðeówas gerádegode adsimilatum regi qui voluit rationem ponere cum servis suis, Mt. Bos. 18, 23

ge-rǽdnes

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</b> of a collection of regulations Ǽðelstánes cyninges gerǽdnes (the decrees of the council of Greatanlea), Ll. Th. i. 194, i. Eádmundes cyninges ásetnysse (gerǽdnes, v. l. ), 244, l.

un-gesewen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewen, -gesawen; adj.

Unseen ⬩ invisible

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Unseen, invisible Ðá ðá ða tungel-wítegan ðone cyning gecyrdon, ðá wearð se steorra him ungesewen, Homl. Th. i. 108, 29. Ðone ungesewenan ( invisibilem ) engel, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 8. Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, L. O.

Linked entry: un-gesawen

stirnlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stirnlíce, adv.

sternly, hardly, harshly ⬩ inflexibly, rigorously

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Welig spycþ styrnlíce diues affabitur rigide, Scint. 78, 18. inflexibly, rigorously Cyning sceal eallum Godes feóndum styrnlíce wiðstandan, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 20

Linked entry: stiernlíce

frý

(adj.)
Grammar
frý, adj.

Free ⬩ líber

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Gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne mon on eallon his ríce if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 25