Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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Ælhelred, a Mercian nobleman, the viceroy or governor of the Mercians; Æthelréd, Æthelrédus. He married Æthelfled, the eldest and most intellectual daughter of king Alfred the Great. He styles himself sub-regulus in subscribing his name to a charter of
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ag-lác
Misery ⬩ grief ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ sorrow ⬩ torment ⬩ miseria ⬩ dolor ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ molestia ⬩ tristitia ⬩ cruciatus
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Misery, grief, trouble, vexation, sorrow, torment; miseria, dolor, tribulatio, molestia, tristitia, cruciatus Of ðam agláce from that misery. Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 7; Rä. 4, 7. Aglác dreóge I suffer misery, 127b; Th. 490, 5; Rä. 79, 6. Ðǽr hie ðæt aglác
ár-þegn
A servant or minister by his place or employment ⬩ servus ⬩ minister honorabilis
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A servant or minister by his place or employment; servus, minister honorabilis Cumena árþegn the servant of guests, Bd. 4, 31; Whel. 361, 14
áþ-wed
A pledge on oath ⬩ a solemn pledge ⬩ sacramentum
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A pledge on oath, a solemn pledge; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56
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Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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Bederic's worth or town, so called because the manor formerly belonged to Bederic, who bequeathed it to Edmund the king and martyr, hence it was subsequently called Eádmundes burh, St. Edmund's bury On Bedericeswyrþe at Bedericsworth, Will 23 ; Th. Diplm
Bensing-tún
BENSINGTON ⬩ Benson in Oxfordshire ⬩ Bensington in agro Oxoniensi
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BENSINGTON or Benson in Oxfordshire; Bensington in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cuðulf feówer túnas genam, Liggeanburh, and Æglesburh, and Bensingtún, and Egoneshám here, in 571, Cuthwulf took four towns, LENBURY, and AYLESBURY, and BENSON, and ENSHAM Chr. 571
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burgat
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A city-gate; urbis porta Ðá Samson genam ða burggatu [MS. burgatu] and gebær on his hricge then Samson took the city-gates and bore them on his back, Jud. 16, 3
byri-weard
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A city-guardian; urbis custos, ædilis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 54
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cawl
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Cawl sporta, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 118; Wrt. Voc. 34, 47. Hý heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43
cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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A churchwarden, sacristan; ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius Cyrcweardes þénung a churchwarden's duty, Greg. Dial. 1, 5. Æðelstán cyric-weard [MS. -wyrd] féng to ðam abbodríce æt Abban dúne Æthelstan, warden ofthe church, succeeded to the abbacy at
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deór-ling
A dearling, DARLING, minion, favourite ⬩ unĭce dīlectus, dēlĭciæ
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A dearling, DARLING, minion, favourite; unĭce dīlectus, dēlĭciæ Gif ðé lícode his dysig, swá wel swá his dysegum deórlingum dyde if his folly had pleased thee, as well as it did his foolish favourites, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 23: Wanl. Catal. 127, 49, col
distæf
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A DISTAFF; colus Distæf colus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 15; Wrt. Voc. 26, 14: 82, 9
dryht-ealdor
The ruler of a household, meeting, or feast, a bridesman ⬩ dŏmĭnus, archi-triclīnus, parănymphus = παράνυμφos
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The ruler of a household, meeting, or feast, a bridesman; dŏmĭnus, archi-triclīnus, parănymphus = παράνυμφos Brýdguma vel dryhtealdor parănymphus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Son. 74, 60; Wrt. Voc. 50, 42
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dryht-sele
A princely dwelling, hall ⬩ aula
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A princely dwelling, hall; aula Draca hord eft gesceát,dryhtsele dyrnne the dragon darted back to his hoard, his secret hall, Beo. Th. 4629; B. 2320 : 1538; B. 767. Wæs drihtsele dreórfáh the princely hall was stained with blood, 974; B. 485
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EODOR
a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house ⬩ sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum
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a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house; sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum Héht ðá eahta mearas on flet teón in under eoderas he commanded then eight steeds to be led into the court under the enclosures, Beo. Th. 2078; B. 1037. II. a limit, end, region
fæderen-cnósl
A paternal race, father's kin ⬩ păterna prōgĕnies, părentēla
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A paternal race, father's kin; păterna prōgĕnies, părentēla Be ðæs fædrencnósles wére according to the 'wer' of the father's kin, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 2
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fæs
A fringe ⬩ fimbria
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A fringe; fimbria On fæsumgyldenum in fimbriis aureis, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 15. Wíf gehrán fas [fæss, Rush.] oððe wlóh wédes his mŭlier tĕtĭgit fimbriam vestīmenti ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 20: 14, 36. Micclaþ fasu hiora magnĭfĭcant fimbrias, Mt. Kmbl. Rush
feriend
A bringer ⬩ leader ⬩ dux
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A bringer, leader; dux Flódes ferigend [MS. B. feriend] bringer of the flood, Salm, Kmbl. 161; Sal. 80
fleóg-ryft
A fly-net ⬩ net for keeping off flies ⬩ vēlāmen ad muscas prohĭbendas ⬩ cōnōpeum ⬩ κωνωπεῖον
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A fly-net, net for keeping off flies; vēlāmen ad muscas prohĭbendas, cōnōpeum = κωνωπεῖον Fleógryft cōnōpeum, Cot. 46
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for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property; apprehensio Be forstolenes mannes forfenge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15, note 32. Be forstolenes ceápes forfenge of the rescuing of stolen property, 75, Th. i. 150, 4, note 7. the