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á-wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wrídian, p.ode

To spring ⬩ descend

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To spring, descend Of þám sunum wearð on-wæcnad and áwrídad eall manna cynn, Angl. xi. 2, 38. Of him wearð áwrídad twá and hundseofontig þeóda, 45

Linked entry: wrídian

feorh-eácen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feorh-eácen, part.

Endued with life ⬩ living ⬩ vītâ auctus ⬩ vīvens

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Endued with life, living; vītâ auctus, vīvens Feorheáceno cynn inc hýrað eall all races endued with life shall obey you two, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 17; Gen. 204

wíf-healf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-healf, e; f.

The female side ⬩ female line

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(Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word

wíf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-líc, adj.

womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly

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Ia. as a grammatical term, feminine (gender) :-- Æfter gecynde syndon twá cyn on namum, masculinum and femininum, ðæt is werlic and wíflíc ; wíflíc cyn byð haec femina ðis wíf . . . Neutrum is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces, Ælfc.

Norweg

(n.)
Grammar
Norweg, es; m. [The plural seems the more usual form.]

Norway

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Harold cyng on Norwegan, 200, 18, 27, 34, 40

fit

(n.)

a poem

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Nú ic fitte ymb fisca cynn wille wóðcræfte cýðan, Wal. 1. Hér mæg findan sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 71, 2. Add

bresne

(adj.)
Grammar
bresne, adj.

Strong, powerful, bold; ⬩ potens

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Strong, powerful, bold; potens Ic his cynn gedó brád and bresne I will make his race wide-spread and powerful, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 17; Gen. 2801: 180; Th. 226, 18; Dan. 173

Sodomisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sodomisc, adj.

Of Sodom

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Of Sodom Sodomisc cynn Cd. Th. 116, 12; Gen. 1935. Used as a noun, sodomita Sodomisce .vii. geár fæston sodomitae .vii. annos jejunent L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 5; Th. ii. 228, 16

wiþ-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon

To be obstructive ⬩ object ⬩ oppose

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Ða eorlas gerndon tó ðam cynge ðæt hí móston beón wurðe ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe heom of genumen wæs. Ðá wiðlæg se cyng sume hwíle, 1052; Erl. 187, 1

riht-cynecynn

(n.)
Grammar
riht-cynecynn, es; n.

A legitimate royal family

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Dauides cynnes, ðæs rihtcynecynnes, Blickl. Homl. 23, 29. [Cf Se cyng (Henry) genam Mahalde him tó wífe ... of ðan rihtan Ænglalandes kynekynne, Chr. 1100; Er1. 236, 36-39.]

mis-þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-þyncan, to give a wrong idea, impers. with dat. of person,
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to have mistaken ideas Ðá cwæð hé tó ðám cynge: 'Þes man is swíðe æfestful." Ðá cwæí se cyngc: 'Ðé misþingð ( you are mistaken); þes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum,' Ap. Th. 14, 25

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.

The Scots ⬩ Scots of Ireland ⬩ Scots of Scotland

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Scotta cynn Breotone onféng on Pehta dǽle, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 24), Exon. Th. 323, 15; Víd. 79

Bebban burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bebban burh,
  • Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641
  • ;
  • Th. 49, 3 : 993
  • ;
  • Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2
  • :
Bæbba-burh,
  • Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6
  • :
Bebba-burh,
  • Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40
  • :
gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig ; acc. -burg, -burh; f.

BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland ⬩ Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum

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BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland: Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum Hér Ida féng to ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cyne-cyn onwóc, and ríxode twelf geár. He timbrode Bebban burh, seó wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and ðǽr æfter mid wealle here [A.

Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh

swelgere

(n.)
Grammar
swelgere, es; m.

A glutton ⬩ glutto

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A glutton Ic ne eom swá micel swelgere ðæt icealle cynn metta on ánre gereordinge etan mǽge non sum tam vorax, ut omnia genera ciborum in una refectione edere possim, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 35

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on-týnness

(n.)
Grammar
on-týnness, e; f.

an opening, aperture ⬩ discovery

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an opening, aperture Se heofon tóbyrst and eall engla cynn lóciaþ þurh þa ontýnnesse on manna cynn, Blickl. Homl. 93, 24. discovery Be cierlisces monnes ontýnesse (betogenesse, MSS. B. H.

Linked entry: týnness

tó-déman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-déman, p. de

To judge between, ⬩ distinguish ⬩ dijudicare

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Mihtig Freá eall manna cynn tódǽleþ and tódémeþ the mighty Lord will divide and will distinguish in his judgement between all mankind, Dóm. L. 20

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron.

self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same

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Óðra gesceafta weorðaþ him selfe tó náuhte, Met. 11, 87. which it immediately precedes On ðé sylf cyning wrát, wuldres God, Andr. Kmbl. 3017; An. 1511. Héht sylf cyning him Abraham tó, Cd. Th. 161, 27; Gen. 2671.

Linked entries: sylf seolf silf siolf

for-hraþe

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Æðelstán cyng gefreóde Eádelm forraðe þæs ðe hé ǽrest cyng wæs very soon after he first was king, C. D. B. ii. 315, 18. Add

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úta-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
úta-cund, (úta = útan or úte; v.innan-, inne-cund); adj.

Foreign, alien, strange

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Foreign, alien, strange Útacund cynn alienigena, Lk. Skt. p. 9, 8. Ðes útacunda, Lind. 17, 18. On útacund in alieno, 16, 12. Útacund ... ðara útacundra alienumalienorum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 5. From útacundum ab alienis, Mt, Kmbl.

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleep ⬩ to arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Beornas onwócan, cynn æfter cynne cende wǽron, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, Cd. Th. 58, 2; Gen. 940. Hié begeton feówertíg bearna ðæt ðonon menio onweócon, 294, 25; Sat. 476

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan