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-ern

(suffix)
Grammar
-ern, def. m.-erna ; f. n. -erne ; an adjective termination from ærn, ern a place, denoting, as -ern in English,

Towards a place

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Towards a place Godrum se Norþerna cyning forþférde Godrum, the Northern king, died. Chr. 890; Th. 160, 1. He forþbrohte Súþerne wynd transtŭlit austrum, Ps. Spl. 77, 30. Fram deófle Súþernum a dæmŏnio mĕrīdiāno, Ps. Spl. 90, 6.

in-híwan

(n.)
Grammar
in-híwan, -hígan ; pl.
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Members of a household, of a convent, domestics Gif gesíþcund mon þingaþ wið cyning for his inhíwum if a 'gesithcund' man make terms with the king for his household, L. In. 50; Th. i. 134, 3.

Linked entry: in-híréd

gilp-word

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-word, es; n.

A boastful worda boastvaunt

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A boastful word, a boast, vaunt Hí him to gylpworde hæfdon 'ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hí hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce' their boast was 'that they had rather have a halting king than a halting kingdom,' Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 26.

þrymlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrymlíce, adv.

Magnificentlysplendidlygloriously

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Cyning þrymlíce of his heáhsetle scíneþ, 232, 30; Ph. 514. Wæter wynsumu bearo geondfaraþ þrymlíce, 202, 11; Ph. 68: Menol. Fox 153; Men. 78. Án and þryttig geára hé ríxode þrymlíce on Hierusalem, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 470

weorold-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríca, an; m.
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Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36. Unrihtwíse déman and geréfan and ealle ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and godwebbum and eallum ungestreónum. Wulfst. 183, 8. v. next word

Wandale

(n.)
Grammar
Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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Seó arrianisce éhtnes wæs upp árǽred fram þám ungeleáffullum Wandalum (Wendlum, v.l. ) . . . þá ongan se Wendla cyning bígan þá biscopas, 240, 7-12. v. Wend(e)las (-e)

Linked entry: Wendlas

Horsa

(n.)
Grammar
Horsa, an; m.
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13

hýrsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýrsum-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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Obedience, subjection Myrcna cyninge on hýrsumnesse underþeódded syndon Merciorum regi subjectæ sunt, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 27. Þurh ða hýrsumnysse ðe wé heom hýrsomiaþ through the obedience with which we obey them, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 21

up-wæstm

(n.)
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growth upwards, stature Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus.

tungol

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Se seldcúða tungel gebícnode þǽs sóðan cyninges ácennednysse, Hml. Th. i. 106, 27

sin-þyrstende

(adj.)
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ever thirsting Alexander tóécan ðæm ðe hé hiénende wæs ǽgðer ge his folc ge óðerra cyninga hé wæs sinþyrstende monnes blódes Alexander humani sanguinis insaturabilis, sive hostium sive etiam sociorum, recentem tamen semper sitiebat cruorem, Ors. 3,

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f.
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Hé þám cyninge and his leóde bodade, 128, 21. Hé gecyrde tó his ágenre leóde, i. 400, 15. Þás land syndon Créca leóde, Ors. 1. 1; S. 22, 12. Add

un-sehtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sehtness, e; f.
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Discord, variance, quarrel Þurh þæt áríseð unsehtnesse betweoh twám cyningum and twám gebróðrum, Nap. 66

swíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-mód, adj.
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Swíðmód cyning, Cd. Th. 222, 5; Dan. 100: 225, 29; Dan. 161: 244, 18; Dan. 450. stern-minded Á ðone feónd swíðmód swipeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92.

for-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive awayforcecompeldrive outejectbanishpellĕreprōpellĕrecompellĕrecōgĕreexpellĕre

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Sió wunode on ðam íglande ðe se cyning on fordrifen wearþ she dwelt in the island on which the king was driven, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 21. Hió geseah ðone fordrifenan cyning she saw the driven king, 194, 23.

consul

(n.)
Grammar
consul, es; m.

A consul

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A consul; one of the two chief magistrates of the Romans chosen annually after the expulsion of their kings; geár-cyning, q. v; consul Him ða Rómáne æfter ðǽm cyningum látteówas gesetton, ðe hí consulas héton, ðæt hiora ríce heólde án geár an man after

Linked entry: geár-cyning

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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Weorca wræclícra mirabilium, 76, 9: 105, Æðele cyningas, weras wræclíce reges mirabiles, 135, 19. Wundur wræclícu magnolia, 70, 18 : mirabilia, 118, 18. Wolcen wræclícu, 134, 7. Móyses dómas, wræclíco wordriht, Cd.

efen-unwemme

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-unwemme, adj.
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Equally inviolate Sí ǽlc ciricgrið binnan wágum and cyninges handgrið efenunwemme, Ll. Th. i. 318, 25

Linked entry: un-wemme

Súþ-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-hymbre, pl.
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Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen fram Pendan (and) Súþhymbrum (cf. fram ðam ylcan hǽþenan cyninge and ðære hǽþenan ðeóde Myrcna, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 11), 641; Erl. 27, 8

Linked entry: Súþan-hymbre

Æsces dún

(n.)
Grammar
Æsces dún, e; f. [æsc ash-tree, dún a hill]

ASHDOWN

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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on

Linked entry: Esces dún