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þweor-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-tíme, adj.

given to oppositioncontentiousgiven to evilwickeddepraved

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cani comparabis, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 16. given to evil, wicked, depraved And ðeáh ðonne hé ongiete ða scylda ðara ðweortiémena, ðonne geðence hé ðone ealdordóm his onwealdes cum pravorum culpa exigit, potestatem sui prioratus agnoscat, Past. 17; Swt.

wísa

(n.)
Grammar
wísa, an; m.

A leader director captain

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Enoch ealdordóm áhó;f, folces wísa, 73, 2 ; Gen. 1198. Leóda aldor, herges wísa, freom folctoga, 178, 18;Exod. 13: 228, 16; Dan. 203. Mægenes wísa, 260, 2; Dan. 703. Elamitarna ordes wísa, 121, 3 ; Gen. 2004.

eorl-dóm

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Willelm geaf Ródberde eorle þone eorldóm on (ealdordóm ofer) Norðhymbra land, 1068; P. 202, 2.

hláford-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-dóm, es; m.

Dominion, lordship

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Se ðe on láreówes onlícnesse ða þénenga ðæs ealdordómes gecierþ tó hláforddóme qui ex simulatione disciplinæ ministerium regiminis vertit in usum dominationis, 17, 9; Swt. 121, 24

Linked entry: hláford

wíce

(n.)
Grammar
wíce, an; f.
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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán lǽwede man ðæt hé wissunge oððe ealdordóm healde ofer Godes ðeówum. Hú dear ǽnig lǽwede man him tó geteón Cristes wícan? Homl. Th. ii. 592, 28. Þonne hig bysega nabbon on heora wícum quando vacant, R. Ben. 84, 19

hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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Constantinus him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtinge and hláfordóme (ealdordóme, v.l.) Constantinus ei in monasterii regimine successit. Gr. D. 96, 8.

gítsian

(v.)
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Ðonne hié gítsiað ealdordómes, Past. 63, 16. Gítsiað (gídsiað, v. l. ), 335, 8. Giétsiað (gídsiað, v. l. ), 299, 10. Ðæt hié ðissa eorðlicena góda tó suíðe ne giétsien (gítsien, v. l. ), 263, 10. Ðæt wé his ne gítseden (gídsoden, v. l. ), 33, 18.

cyne-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-ríce, cyne-rýce, es; n.

A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm regnum

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Ðæt he ealdordóm ágan sceolde ofer cynerícu that he should possess eldership over the kingdoms, Cd. 158; Th. 198, 5; Exod. 318: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 12; Met. 26, 6

Linked entry: cyning-ríce

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

powerdominionrulegreatnessgloryviolenceforce

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Rícetere ł ealdordóm, 453, 41 : 465. 26. Ríceter potentiam, Blickl. Gl. Ðone ealdordóm and ðæt ríceter ðe se reccere for monigra monna þearfe underféhþ hé hine sceal eówian útan, Past. 17, 7; Swt. 119, 61.

Linked entry: rícceter

ge-þyncan

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Hwilce þé [ys] geþúht betwux woruldcræftas healdan ealdordóm quales tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?

ge-þicgan

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ge-þicgan, [The strong and weak forms may be taken under one head.]
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Add: to take and keep as one's own, receive Gyf hine mǽte ꝥ hé hebbe gyldene beág, ꝥ byð ꝥ hé geþihð heálicne ealdordóm, Lch. iii. 170, 23.

eorl

a hero

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Óslác eorl and eal here þe on þís (his, f. v. l.) ealdordóme wunað, Ll. Th. i. 278, 5.]: Se cyng and Þúrkyl eorl (cf.

médum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
médum-ness, e: f.

worthdignitykindnesscondescensionappreciation of worth in others

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Ealdordómes medomnysse, Shrn. 151, 19. kindness, condescension, appreciation of worth in others (cf. mǽþ,V) Medemnysse ðínre benignitatis tuæ, Blickl. Gl.: Ps. Spl. 64, 12. Medumnysse benignitatem, 51, 3: Blickl. Homl. 145, 33.

wissung

(n.)
Grammar
wissung, e; f.

guidancedirectiondirectioninstructionteachingrulegovernmentdirection

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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán lǽwede man ðæt hé wissunge oððe ealdordóm healde ofer Godes ðeówum, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 25. Dathan and Abiron forsáwon Móyses wissunge, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 224 note

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Hwilce ðé geþuht betwux woroldcræftas heoldan ealdordóm? Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum? Agricultura, quia arator nos omnes pascit, 30, 23-8.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 22. referring to the king's peace, the state of being out of the king's peace Fare se ealdorman tó; gif hé nelle, fare se cyning tó; gif hé nelle, licge se ealdordóm

ge-þungen

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Ox. 892. eminent, distinguished. by rank Hé ealdordóm onféhd ... geþungen on þeóde, Ph. 160. On ealdormonnes húse oððe on óðres geþungenes witan, Ll. Th. i. 106, 6. Biddende his þingunge tó ánum geþungenum ealdormen, Hml. S. 3, 171.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Þis is ealdordóm uncres gewinnes on fruman gefongen (v. ealdordóm; ), Jul. 191. (2 b) with the idea of violence, to seize a person Hé geféng slǽpende rinc, B. 740. Ðá óðero geféngon ( tenuerunt ) ðegnas his and ofslógun, Mt. L. 22, 6.

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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</b> storm, disturbance, disquiet :-- Hwæt is ðonne ðæt ríce and se ealdordoom bútan ðæs módes storm, se biþ simle cnyssende ðæt scip ðære heortan, Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 4.

Linked entry: stearm

heáh-nes

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L. 12, 29. a position of dignity or supremacy Ðæt mynster on eallum Norðscottum ealldordóm and heánnesse onféng (ealdordóm onféng mid heánessum, v. l.) monasterium in cunctis septentrionalium Scottorum monasteriis arcem tenebat, regendisque eorum populis

Linked entry: heá-nes