bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Hí hiene bǽdon ryhtes geleáfan and fulwihtes bæðes they asked him for the true faith and baptism, Ors. 6, 34;S. 290, 27. Hraþe þæs þe hí of þám fulwihtes bæþe eóde, þá fæstte hé, Bl. H. 27, 24.
cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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The Anglo-Saxon king was the king of a tribe or of a people, but never of the land. We read of kings of the West Saxons or of the Mercians, but not of Wessex or of Mercia.
Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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Dipl. 170; A.D. 796; Kmbl. i. 207, 5, at the Baths, or, as we now say, at Bath or Bath [v. æt, prep. I. 3, before names of places]; apud balneas, vel apud Bathoniam, vel apud urbem Bathoniæ. Æt Baðan, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 1. On Baðan, Th. Diplm.
Linked entries: Acemannes burh Hátabaðan
manung
monition ⬩ admonition ⬩ advice ⬩ a claiming or exaction of debt, tribute ⬩ the place where toll is demanded ⬩ the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised ⬩ the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons
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Th. 472, 10. the place where toll is demanded, the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised Monno sittende æt gæflæs monunge hominem sedentem in teloneo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 9.
ge-dafenian
To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet
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To be becoming or fit, to behove; decere, convĕnīre : chiefly used impersonally, it behoves, it is becoming or fit, ought; dĕcet, oportet Ic axige hwæðer hit mihte gedafnian Abrahame I will ask whether it was becoming to Abraham, Boutr.
fród
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Voc. ii. 68, 38. of persons, animals, or plants Hæfde fród hæle nigon hund wintra and hundseofontig tó, Gen. 1222. Fród cyning, hár hilderinc, B. 1306. Fród guma sægde fela geongum, Fä. 53. Ðraca sceal on hlǽwe fród, Gn. C. 27.
ge-maca
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Gimacca ( or under ge-mæcca ?), 164, 3. Wolde gé nú ðæt gé næfden nánne gemacan on ðys gemǽnan middan-gearde habere in communi mundo consortes minime potestis ?, Past. 331, 2.
langsum
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Ox. 3625. of action that goes on long, or state or thing that lasts long Langsum diuturnum (trophaeum ), An. Ox. 800. Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua (valetudo ), 2072. Mid langsumere gestra[n]gunge diuturna uegetatione 1444.
onettan
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substitute 1579. add: expressing quickness of movement or procedure Heó gewát hyre west þonan feran, forð ónette, Rä. 30, 11.
swég
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Voc. ii. 12, 8. regulated, modulated or articulate sound, sound made by living creatures, voice, cry or note of a bird, song Dyptongus is twýfeald swég. Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 7, 13.
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ge-girwan
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Man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 27. Sunu þǽm fæder tó mete gegierwan, 1, 12; S. 52, 24. to dress Gegeruuid preatextatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 78. Gegirwed, 68, 34. to clothe with or in a garment (lit. or fig.)
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fóre-stapan
To step before ⬩ prevent ⬩ come or go before ⬩ precede ⬩ prægrĕdi ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præīre ⬩ præcēdĕre
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To step before, prevent, come or go before, precede; prægrĕdi, prævĕnīre, præīre, præcēdĕre Forðan ðu fórestópe hine on blætsungum quŏniam prævēnisti eum in benedictiōnĭbus. Ps. Lamb. 20, 4.
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fór-werod
Worn out ⬩ very old ⬩ attrītus ⬩ vĕtus
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Worn out, very old; attrītus, vĕtus Seó endlyfte tíd biþ seó fórwerode ealdnyss the eleventh hour is very late or very great oldness, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 22. On fórwerodre ealdnysse in very old age, 76, 26.
fullere
A FULLER ⬩ bleacher ⬩ fullo
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Bos. 9, 3; vestīmenta ejus facta sunt splendentia et candĭda nĭmis vĕlut nix, quālia fullo non pŏtest sŭper terram candĭda făcĕre, Vulg; his clothis ben maad schynynge and white ful moche as snow, and which maner clothis a fullere, or walkere of cloth
land-ceáp
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A fine or tax paid when land was purchased Landcóp, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 292, 16. Landceáp, L. N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 5.
mynian
To have as the object of desire or purpose ⬩ to intend ⬩ direct one's course to an object
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To have as the object of desire or purpose, to intend, direct one's course to an object Ðǽr mín hyht myneþ tó gesécenne my heart's desire is to visit there, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 17; Gú. 1601 : Andr. Kmbl. 583; An. 294.
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rand-burh
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Or are the walls formed by the water compared to the arrangement of the line of battle when the shields overlapped, called scild-burh q. v. ? v. next word
gristbitian
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To gnash or grind the teeth; frendere, stridere Ic cearcige oððe gristbitige strideo vel strido, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 7. Tóþum gristbitaþ [gristbitteþ, Lind.] stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18.
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BÓSG
An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis
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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties.
ge-mǽne-líc
Common, general ⬩ communis, generalis
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Gemǽnelíce naman appellative or common nouns; appellativa nomina, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 31