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ealdor-dóm-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-dóm-scipe, (?), es; m.
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Aldermanship Hér forðférde Ælfhere ealdorman, and féng Ælfríc tó þám ilcan ealdordómscipe (ealdormanscipe ?: ealdordóme, MS. E.), Chr. 983; P. 124, 35

flint

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Hét se ealdorman heora neb beátan mid blacum flintum . . . þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, wearp tó þám hálgum, ac hé wand tó þám heáhgeréfan and his heáfod tóbræc. Hml.

westerne

(adj.)
Grammar
westerne, adj.
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Com Æþelmér ealdorman þider and ða weasternan (westenan, v. l. ) þægnas, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 16

for-bearnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bearnan, p. de; impert. pl. -bearnaþ; pp. ed

To burn upconsume by firecombūrĕre

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Hí forbearndon Beorn ealdorman they consumed Beorn alderman, Chr. 779; Erl. 55, 36: 1052; Erl. 185, 4

mirran

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Ælfere ealdorman and óþre manega munucregol myrdon, Chr. 975 ; P. 121, 26. add : v. mirrend

or-met

Grammar
or-met, or-mett.
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Þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, 11, 102. Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

be-sylian

(v.)
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Hér líð se ealdorman (Holafernes) mid his blóde besyled, Hml. A. 113, 369. Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute

Syria

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Án ealdormann of Syrian lande, 311. Nicanor genam óðre fyrde of Sirian, 25, 620. (?)

Mǽðas

(n.)
Grammar
Mǽðas, Mǽðe, Méðas, Médas

the Medes

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the Medes Siððan hæfdon Mǽðe onwald: ofer Méðas ðæt lond: Asiria anwald gehwearf on Méðas: Mǽða ríce, onwald: on ðara Méða anwalde: Méða ealdorman: betuh Mǽðum: Mǽðum gafol guldon: cyning in Méðen, Ors. 1, 12; 2, 1; Swt. pp. 52, 54, 60.

Linked entries: Mǽðisc Médas Méðas

á-fǽran

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God áfǽrde ( perterruit ) þone ealdorman. Jud. 4, 15. Sum munuc mé áfǽrde mid gnornunge hefiges ǽrendes gravis nuntii moerore me perculit , Gr. D. 350, 2. Hé þá men áfǽrde, þæt hié ealle ongeán hiene wǽron feohtende. Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 21.

hæftling

(n.)
Grammar
hæftling, es; m.

A captive

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Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer hé þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.

here-toga

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Ælfere ealdorman. Chr. 975; P. 121, 24. applied to a civilian Hú ꝥ wæs weallende spelboda and ungeþyldig heretoga (John the Baptist), Bl. H. 165, 34

a-fyrsian

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrsian, p. ode; pp. od; v.a. [a, fyrsian to remove]

To remove farthest awaydrive awaydispelpellerepropellereauferre

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To remove farthest away, drive away, dispel; pellere, propellere, auferre He afyrseþ gást ealdormanna aufert spiritum principum, Ps. Spl. 75, 12: 45, 9. Ðe deófla afyrseþ which drives devils away, L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 29

of-gán

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Ðá tíþode se ealdorman him, and se abbod sealde him ðá án hund mancosa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 547, 6

hǽðen-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-gilda, -gylda, an; m.

A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater

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Se ealdorman wolde ða hǽðengildan forbærnan the general then wanted to turn the idolaters, 484, 8

hundred-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-gemót, hundredes gemót, es; n.
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The assembly of the hundred [v. hundred] Séce man hundredgemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs and ðǽr beó on scirebisceop and se ealdorman let the hundredmoot be attended as was before appointed; and let the bishop of the shire and the alderman be there present

heáfod-leás

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Þonne hí heáfodleásne heora ealdorman findað, Hml. A. 113, 353 : 364. Ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, Hml. S. 23, 74. Add

ríca

(n.)
Grammar
ríca, an; m.

A powerful personruler

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Nán ðara cyninga ðe cumaþ æfter mé, oððe ealdorman oððe óðer ríca, Chart. Th. 243, 13. Wulf biþ se unrihtwísa ríca ðe bereáfaþ ða eádmódan, Homl. Th. i. 242, 3. Hé nolde ólæcan ǽnigum rícan mid geswǽsum wordum, ii. 514,13.

burg-man

Grammar
burg-man, (burh-).
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Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. Add

weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L.