ceaster
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On ðǽre ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre, 973; P. 118, 7. Hié ábrǽcon Wintanceastre, 894; P. 68, 3. Oþ ceaster (-ceastre, v. l. ), 877; P. 74, 18: 876; P. 74, 11. Hié ymbsǽton Andredescester, 491; P. 14, 15.
ge-lendan
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Þá gelende hé tó ánre óþerre byrig ( castellum quoddam occupat ), 4, 5; S. 166, 33.
hwettan
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Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, micel módes hiht tó þǽre mǽran byrig, An. 286. Hweteð on [h]wælweg, Seef. 63. Ic hig hwette tó fleánne, Shrn. 41, 25
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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Of ðære byrig þwyres ofer ðane sceagan, 460, 2. Þurh Beaddes scagan, v. 166, 10. At a schaȝe syde, Gaw. 2161. In a schaȝe (the reference is to the gourd under which Jonah sat) þat schade ful cole, Allit. Pms. 105, 452. Wodschaweȝ, 9, 284.
ríp
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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246.
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Cynegils
Cynegils, sixth king of the West Saxons ⬩ Cynegilsus
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Kynegils] wæs gefullod fram Byríne ðam biscope on Dorcaceastre, and Oswold Norþhymbra cining his onféng here, Cynegils was baptized by Birīnus the bishop of Dorchester, and Oswold, king of Northumbria, was his sponsor, 635; Erl. 25, 33.
Basilius
Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa ⬩ Kαιδάρεια
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Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa = Kαιδάρεια Basilius se eádiga wæs swíðe hálig bisceop, on Cessarean byrig, on Gréciscre þeóde, manegra munuca fæder, munuchádes him sylf.
ge-witan
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Ic wolde æt ðé gewitan þissere byrig rihtnaman, 23, 547. Hine gewuta ( scire ) ðú mæht of oferwritenum, Mt. p. 12, 2. Gewite, p. 4, 1.
ge-ceósan
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Gewitnes sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig. Tó ǽlcere byrig .xxxiii. sýn gecorene tó gewitnesse, Ll. Th. i. 274, 9. to elect to an office Þá sylfan him práfostscíre betǽhtan þe þæne abbod tó abbodháde gecuran (-cor-, v.l.) (ab eis qui abbatem ordinant ), R.
Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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And sóna ðæs, on ðam þriddan dæge, hí gefóran út of ðære byrig ágenum willan; swá ðǽr ne wearþ nán hús heora wyllan forbærned Alaric, the most Christian and the mildest king, sacked Rome with so little violence, that he ordered no one should be slain,
scrín
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[Hí námen ðære ( in the minster) twá gildene scrínes and .lx. seolferne, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 11.] a cage in which a criminal is confined Hig Pilatum on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascum, and hyne myd scrýne myd eallum on feastum cwearterne
wíd-gil
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Tó ánre wídgyllan byrig, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 82. On ðam wídgillan lande, Num. 21, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. Geond ðone wídgillan munt, Blickl. Homl. 199, 12 : Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða wídgillan sǽ, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24.
EGE
Fear, terror, dread, AWE ⬩ tĭmor, terror, formīdo
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Ða Bryttas mid mycclum ege flugon to Lunden-byrig the Britons fled to London in great terror, Chr. 456; Erl. 13, 29: 823; Erl. 63, 24. Ná ðú ondrǽdst fram ege nihtlícum non timēbis a tĭmōre nocturno, Ps. Spl. 90, 5: Ps.
eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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For yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ðǽr on ðære byrig a malītia inhabĭtantium in eo, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 22: Ps. Th. 82, 6: 135, 27: Ps. Spl. 16, 13. Eardendra, Ps. Th. 106, 33.
irfe-weard
an heir
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Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 13.
un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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The word occurs only in the genitive, with the force of an adverb. where an action is done without the actor's intending it, unintentionally, not wilfully, involuntarily Hé wræc his ungewealdes on ðære byrig hiora misdǽda, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 262, 2.
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tó-samne
Together ⬩ in concert, ⬩ at the same time
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Héht tósomne ða heó séleste wiste tó ðære hálgan byrig cumin, Elen. Kmbl. 2401; El. 1202. with hostility Raðe ðæs ðe hié tósomne cómon commisso praelio, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 11. Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Cd.
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ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Ic wolde gesecgan hú Créca gewinn, ðe of Lacedemonia ðære byrig ǽrest onstæled wæs, and, mid spellcwydum gemearcian I wished to tell how the war of the Greeks was first raised from the city of the Lacedæmonians, and, in the language of history, to describe
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gódian
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Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan ... hús gódian, ... hegas gódian, Angl. ix. 262, 15-20. to endow Ðá bohte se abbot landes feola and gódede ꝥ mynstre, Chr. 963; P. 117, 23. to make abundant, accumulate.
hege
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Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . hegas gódian, Angl. ix. 262, 20. Dele second example, for which see hecg, and add