æðeling
the son of a king ⬩ one of royal blood ⬩ a nobleman ⬩ the king ⬩ God ⬩ Christ ⬩ regia suboles ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ man ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ homo ⬩ homines
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Be sumum Rómániscum æðelinge by a certain Roman nobleman, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 19. Crist Nergende! wuldres Æðeling! Saviour Christ! Prince of Glory! Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 26; Cri. 158.
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Hé hét forbærnan Róme burh æfter þǽre bisene þe Trógiaburh barn, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 4. Ic hit mid yfelre bysene inc forgylde I will repay it you in evil fashion, Bl. H. 189, 26, 31. Magon gé geseón sweotole bysene, 99, 14.
ge-rád
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Þá Silla geácsade on hwelc gerád Marius cóm tó Róme Marius . . . adfectavit septimum consulatum, et bellum suscipere Mithridaticum, quo Sulla cognito, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 8.
stillness
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Ðá hæfde Hannibal and Rómáne án geár stilnesse ( quies a tumultu bellorum ) him betweónum . . . On ðære stilnesse Scipia geeode ealle Ispanie, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 34. Ðú eart nú of ðinre stilnesse áhworfen, Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 24.
on
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Ðá gesægdon Rómáne on án ( at once) Bryttum, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 33, 15. On þreó genamod, C. D. v. 401, 25. 3 Hé ꝥ gebéte his dryhtne .c. sciłł an eald reht, Ll. Th. i. 38, 6. On gebyrd, B. 1074: Sal. 384. On gesceap, Rä. 39, 4.
tunge
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Rómáne ðæm pápan his tungon forcurfon. Chr. 797 ; Erl. 58, 13. tongue, as representing the person who speaks with the tongue Sió tunge bið gescinded on ðám láriówdóme, ðonne hió óðer lǽrð óðer hió liornode, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 11.
weorþscipe
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Th. 7, 5. honour, state, magnificence Hé férde tó Róme mid mycclum wurðscipe, Chr. 855 ; Erl. 69, 18. dignity of behaviour Móderlícere stæððinysse ł wurðscipe materna gravitate ł dignitate Hpt.
dæg
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Ðá cóm se arceb̃ fram Róme áne dæge ǽr Sc̃s Petrus mæsseǽfene, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 3. Fram dæge tó dæge, Wlfst. 79, 12: Hml. S. 23, 33. Ðá ðe ǽlce dæg symblað, Past. 309, 8: Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 11.
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Hí fóron on þæt fæsten (Rome), Met. 1, 20. Hé þæt fæsten (urbem Pydnam) ábræc, and þá burgleóde . . . hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten (in arcem Amphipolitanam), Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 20 — 23: 2, 6; S. 88, 4: 3, 9; S. 124, 4: 5, 7; S. 230, 4.
ge-sweotulian
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Wearð micel wundor on heofonum gesewen, swelce eal se hefon birnende wǽre. þæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes Romae . . .gravis pestilentia . . . in*-*conduit, ut meríto praecedente prodigio coelum ardere
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Þurh his langsume fær (gewende hé tó Róme, 7), 80, 27: Lch. iii. 434, 4. Hé (Gehazi) bedíglode his fær . . . Se wítega hine befrán: 'Hwanon cóme ðú?,' Hml. Th. i. 400, 22. Ic ne cúðe hira fær nesciebam unde essent, Jos. 2, 4: Hml.
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tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Gif þu temese (appealest) þan rihten, and þu wult of Rome þolien æi dome, 24816. He temed him to þe king, Trist. 431. To witnesse temen,P. L. S. viii. 54. I hope to trede on þy temple & teme to þy seluen, Allit. Pms. 101, 316. 3. to lead to (?)
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tún
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Hé áslát ða túnas ealle ymb ða burh discissis viculis in vicinia urbis, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 21. referring to the towns of Roman Britain On Swalewan streáme se ligþ be Cetereht túne ( vicum Cataractam; the Roman station, Cataractonium), Bd. 2, 14; S. 518
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Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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D. 650, Ægelbyrht of Gaul succeeded to the bishopric of the West-Saxons after Birinus the Roman bishop, 650; Th. 50, 1-5, col. 1
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rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Make this place rom, Chauc. Reeves T. 206
ge-secgan
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove ⬩ dicere, narrare, indicere
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Ðágesægdon Rómáne Bryttum then the Romans said to the Britons, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 3. Gesege me dicito mihi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1.
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georn-full
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.), eager for Rómáne wǽron þæs færeltes geornfulle, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17. Geornfulle beón Godes miltsa, Bl. H. 109, 9. desirous to do. with dat. infin. Þú sǽdest ꝥ þú swíþe geornfull wǽre hit tó gehýranne, Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 4.
hírsumian
to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God
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Þæt ealle Rómáne him (the senate) hírsumeden, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4. ꝥ edleán þe ðú gehéte ðám monnum þe ðé heórsumian woldan, Bt. 3, 4; F.6, 20. where the Deity is the object of obedience: ꝥé ealle gesceafta heórsumiaþ and þá gesetnessa þínra beboda healdaþ
ge-streón
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Cf. ge-streónfull; I. 2 :-- Hé begeat Alexandriam, and mid hiere gestreóne hé gewelgade Rómeburg Alexandria potitus est, et Roma opibus ejus aucta est, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 36. Earme synt þises middangeardes gestreón . . .
sweora
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Hé wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran ( unam cervicem ), Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 27: Judth. Thw. 23, 5; Jud. 106. Hié sendon ráp on his sweoran (swyran, 20), Blickl. Homl. 241, 24.