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dígolnes

(n.)
Grammar
dígolnes, dígolnys,-ness , -nyss, e ; f.

Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess solitūdo, abscondĭtum quid, secrētum, arcāna, latebra

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Se cyning his geþohte ðære cwéne on dígolnysse onwreáh rex cogitatiōnem suam regīnæ in secrēto revelāvit, 2, 12; S. 514, 36. Him Dryhten synderlíce his dígolnysse onwreáh Domĭnus ei specialĭter sua revēlābat arcāna, 4, 3; S. 567, 20.

fyrmþ

(n.)
Grammar
fyrmþ, frymþ, e; f.

A receiving to foodharbouringan entertainmentreceptio ad victumsusceptioA cleansingwashingablūtiobaptismaβάπτισμα

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[feormian to feed, support, entertain] A receiving to food, harbouring, an entertainment; receptio ad victum, susceptio Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men; ðæt is . . . and flýmena fyrmþe these are the rights which the king possesses

Linked entries: feormþ frymþ firmþ

gǽst

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst, es; m.

The soulspiritmindspīrĭtusanĭmus

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Ðeáh ðe him onwrige wuldres cyning wísdómes gǽst though the king of glory revealed to them the spirit of wisdom, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 15; Jul. 516

gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, pl. f.

ClothingattireGEARadornmentarmsarmourvestītushăbĭtusarma

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Clothing, attire, GEAR, adornment, arms, armour; vestītus, hăbĭtus, arma Enoch cwic gewát mid Cyning engla of ðyssum lǽnan lífe, on ðám gearwum ðe his gást onféng, ǽr hine to monnum módor brohte Enoch alive departed with the King of angels from this

heard-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
heard-líce, adv.
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Hé heardlíce gewon wið Æþelbald cyning he struggled hard with king Ethelbald, Chr. 741; Erl. 46, 30. Ðet landfolc hardlíce wiðstódon the people of the country withstood them stoutly, 1046; Eri. 171, 4.

wíf-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cyn, wíf-cynn, es; n.
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woman-kind, women Ðæt hí of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ut de feminea regum prosapia regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22. Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.

bisceop

under

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Under Aristobolus wæs ǽgþer ge heora cyning ge heora biscop, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 14. Under substitute: a priest of any other religion, and add Biscop flamen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 11. Se bisceop þǽre stówe antistes oraculi (in India), Nar. 26, 27.

cyne-cyn

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Hire fæder wæs Eádward æþeling, Eádmundes sunu kynges, Eádmund Æþelreding . . . and swá forð on ꝥ cynecynn, 1067; P. 202, 21. v. riht-cynecyn, and cf. cyning-cyn. Add

feónd-scipe

(n.)
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Brutus gecwæð ánwíg wið þone cyning ymb heora feóndscipe, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 16. Tówurpende ðá ǽrran feóndscipas (inimicitias), Hml. Th. i. 106, 18. Add

heals

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Cyning þegn be healse genam, 1872. Hire wið halse grápode, 1565.

husc-lic

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Þaelig;t nán cyning. . . ne sceolde þincan tó huxlic þæt hé gebúge tó Crístes fulluhte, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 24. Ne ðúhte him tó huxlic þæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, Næs on þǽre þeóde nán deáþ swá huxlic swá swa on ródehengenne, Hml.

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Æðelbald

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbald, es; m. [æðele, bald bold, brave]

ÆthelbaldÆthelbaldus

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D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and Ethelbert to the kingdom of Kent, Chr. 855; Th. 129, 16-19, col. 1.A.D. 860, hér, Æðelbald cyning forþférde here, A.

BODIG

(n.)
Grammar
BODIG, es; n.
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Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodige heáh king Oswine was tall in stature, 3, 14; S. 540, 7. the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone; truncus corporis Bodig truncus, Wrt.

deád-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-líc, def. se deád-líca, seó, ðæt deád-líce; adj.

DEADLY, mortal mortālis, morticīnus

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Se cyning and monige of his folce lufodon ðis deádlíce líf the king and many of his people loved this deadly life, Bd. 3, 30; S. 561, 41: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29. We onlybbaþ on ðisum deádlícum lífe we live in this deadly life, 30, 12.

flýman fyrmþ

(n.)
Grammar
flýman fyrmþ, fliéman feorm, e;

A fugitive's food or supportthe offence of harbouring a fugitivethe penalty for such an offencefŭgïtīvi susceptio

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A fugitive's food or support, the offence of harbouring a fugitive, the penalty for such an offence; fŭgïtīvi susceptio Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wes-sexan; ðæt is . . . and flýmena fyrmþe these are the rights which the

Linked entries: fliéman feorm feorm

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set beforeproposeshutclose inpræpōnĕrepropōnĕrepræclūdĕre

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To set before, propose, shut, close in; præpōnĕre, propōnĕre, præclūdĕre Hí ða ylcan Eald-Seaxan næfdon ágenne cyning, ac ealdormen wǽron heora þeóde fóresette non hăbent rēgem iidem antīqui Saxŏnes, sed satrăpas suæ genti præpŏsĭtos, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624

gladian

(v.)
Grammar
gladian, p. ode.

to be gladexultareto make glad

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Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. to make glad Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3. Drihten mid to gladienne to make glad the Lord therewith, Lev. 1, 3. Gladigan demulcere, Hpt. Gl. 476

forþian

(v.)
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Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105

norþ

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ, adj.
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Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add

secgan

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Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10. Add Hér sægað ymb ðás mǽran gewyrd, Verc. Först. 96, 3.