Æðelbald
Æthelbald ⬩ Æthelbaldus
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Æthelbald; Æthelbaldus; the eldest son of Ælhelwulf. Æthelbald, the eldest brother of Alfred, was king of Wessex for five years, from A. D. 855-860 A.
Certes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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CHERTSEY; Certesia Hér [MS. hier] wurþan ða canonicas gedrifen út of ealdan mynstre fram Eádgáre cynge, and eác of niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre and of Certes íge, and of Mideltúine, and he sette ðárto munecas and abbodas: to niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre Ægel-gárum
molda
The top of the head
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Trev. v. 369, 7: Þe Longobardes used to schere of þe heere of hir heed from þe molde to þe nolle (from the toppe un to the hynder parte, MS. Harl.) comam capitis a cervice usque ad occipitium tondebant. Halliwell gives mold the suture of the skull.]
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tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf.
gecynd-lim
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Hé him ealle þá gecyndlimu of ácearf, Gr. D. 26, 27. Nim heortes gecyndlimu (-leomo, v.l. ), Lch. i. 336, 20. of a female, vulva, uterus Of méddernum rife, gecyndlime de uulua, An. Ox. 1496. Fram gecyndlime a uulua, ab utero, Ps.
wil-gifa
A giver of what is desirable, a giver of good ⬩ the giver of all good
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A giver of what is desirable, a giver of good, as epithet of an earthly prince Wilgeofa Wedra leóda, dryhten Geáta ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5792 ; B. 2900. Ðæs wilgifan ( Constantine's ) word, Elen.
ge-
with
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Ge- often seems void of signification; as, In verbs it seems sometimes to be a mere augment, e. g. in the following Ðæt wíf genam ðá of ðæs treówes wæstme and geæt and sealde hire were : he æt ða mŭlier tŭlit de fructu illīus et comēdit dĕditgue vĭro
gingra
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Oft þá gódan déman habbað yfele gingran, 29. the follower of a teacher, a disciple Gód láreów, ðonne hé his gingran suingð, Past. 267, 8. Ongan Gúðlác geongran rétan, Gú. 1035.
þrym-setl
A throne
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Gé sitton ofer þrymsetl ( thronos ) démende twelf mǽgða Israhél, Lk. Skt. 22, 30: Blickl. Homl. 31, 8
wræc-mæcg
A wretch
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Hyne wræcmæcgas ofer sǽ sóhton, Beo. Th. 4748; B. 2379. ¶ used of evil spirits Wræcmæcgas, . . . Godes andsacan, Exon. Th. 116, 5 ; Gú. 202 : 118, 3; Gú. 234: 135, 26; Gú. 530. Wræcmæcgas, wergan gǽstas, 23, 3; Cri. 363
bisceop-dóm
episcopate ⬩ pontificate
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Hlóþhere féng tó biscepdóme ofer Wesseaxan, 670; P. 34, 12. On his bisceopdóme (-háde,v. l.) binnan Affrican scíre, Hml. A. 5, 108
wer-nægel
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Halliwell explains wornil as 'the larva of the gadfly growing under the skin of the back of cattle.'] Án æþelboren wíf wearð micclum geswenct mid langsumere untrumnysse, and hire ne mihte nán lǽcecræft fremian.
-becc
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used for the name of places, or as a termination to the names of places, denotes the situation to be near a brook or river
beorn-cyning
A king of men ⬩ virorum rex
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A king of men; virorum rex Máðmas ic ðe, beorncyning, bringan wylle I will bring thee treasures, king of men Beo. Th. 4302; B. 2148
ellen-cræft
Strength, power ⬩ virtus, pŏtentia
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Strength, power; virtus, pŏtentia Ahebbaþ háligne heofena Drihten, usserne God ellencræfta exalt the holy Lord of heaven, our God of powers, Ps. Th. 98, 5
féðe-spédig
Speedy of foot ⬩ lĕvĭpēs
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Speedy of foot; lĕvĭpēs Sum biþ on londe snel, féðespédig one is swift on land, speedy of foot, Exon. 79a; Th. 296, 18; Crä. 53
eád-fruma
Author of happiness ⬩ beatitūdĭnis auctor
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Author of happiness; beatitūdĭnis auctor Éce eádfruma the eternal author of happiness, Exon. 15 b; Th. 33, 27; Cri. 532: Andr. Kmbl. 2585; An. 1294
Ealleríca
Alaric, king of the Goths
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Alaric, king of the Goths Rædgota and Ealleríca Rómáne burig abrǽcon Rhadgast and Alaric broke into the city of Rome, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 2
helle-bróga
The terror of hell
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The terror of hell On hellebrógan gesette hí syndon in inferno positi sunt, Ps. Lamb. 48, 15. Of handa hellebrógan de manu inferi, 48, 16
innan-burhware
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Those living within a town- Ða geférscipas innanburhwara and útanburhwara the fellowships of the in-townsmen and of the out-townsmen, Chart. Th. 510, 31
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