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.
forþian
to send forth ⬩ out ⬩ dispatch ⬩ to forward ⬩ promote the well-being of ⬩ to carry out ⬩ accomplish ⬩ perform
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Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105
gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to 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
rǽd-þeahtung
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Counsel Hé wæs gemǽrsad ofer ealle óðere cyningas ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge ge mid his wígcræfte ob magnitudinem virium consiliorumque summam belli nomenque traduxit, Ors. 4. 1; Swt. 154, 27
híd-gild
A land tax ⬩ tax paid on every hide
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A land tax, tax paid on every hide Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge syððan hé ðis land áhte wíðútan ðam hídgelde ðe nán man wiðútan Gode ánum átellan ne mæg this much has been paid from the church [of Worcester] to king William since
mund-byrd
protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund
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Cyninges mundbyrd .L. scillinga, L. Ethb. 8; Th. i. 6, 1: 15; Th. i. 6, 12. Ciricean mundbyrd .L. scill. swá cinges, L. Wíh. 2; Th. i. 36, 17. Scyldig (liable to pay) cyninges mundbyrde, L. Alf. pol. 5 Th. i. 64, 11.
Dona-feld
TANFIELD, near Ripon, Yorkshire ⬩ Campodōnum in agro Eboracensi
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TANFIELD, near Ripon, Yorkshire; Campodōnum in agro Eboracensi On Donafelda, dǽr wæs ðá cyninges botl, hét Eádwine ðǽr cyricean getimbrian in Campodōno, ubi tunc etiam villa rēgia erat, Æduīni rex fecit basĭlĭcam, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 17
wandung
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</b> Tó þám cyninge ic mé dæghwámlíce bútan ǽlcre wandunge ( sine intermissione) tó gebidde, Chrd. 99, 19. feeling of respect. v. wandian ; <b>II b.
CEÓSAN
to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere
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Ðæt hí him cyning curan ut regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22. Ðéh ðe fell curen synnigra cynn though the race of sinners chose death, Andr.
ge-bann
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Voc. i. 72, 72. an edict, a decree of a temporal or spiritual prince ordering the doing of something by those under him Óðer is seó gesetnys ðe se cyning býtt ðurh his ealdormenn, óðer bið his ágen gebann on his andweardnysse, Hml. Th. i. 358, 32.
búr
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Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Þá cyningas þe æfter Romuluse rícsedon wǽron forcúðran and eargran þonne hé wǽre, 2, 2; S. 66, 25. Forcúðran deteriores, Past. 339, 25. Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6.
luf-líce
Amiably ⬩ kindly ⬩ dearly ⬩ willingly
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Ælfréd cyning háteþ grétan Wærferþ biscep his wordum luflíce and freóndlíce with love and friendship, Past. Swt. 3, 1: Blickl. Homl. 199, 36.
stillan
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Cyning ( Christ ) ýðum stilde, wæteres wælmum, Andr. Kmbl. 902 ; An. 451. Ðæt se ðám ómum stille, Lchdm. ii. 182, 6. Beóþ ða elcran tó stillanne, 178, 14
leóf
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Leóf, Æðelwold Ealdarman cýð his leófan cynehláforde hú ic wille ymbe ðá landáre, v. 333, 3. to more than one person Wulfstán arceb grét Cnut cyning his hláford and Ælfgife þá hlǽfdian ; and ic cýþe inc. leóf. . . Cht. E. 232, 15.
Scot-land
Ireland ⬩ Scotland
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Scotland Hér fór Æþelstán cyning on Scotland (tó Scotlande) (in Scotiam,) (MS. F.), Chr. 934; Erl. 111, 9. Hé (Cnut) fór tó Scotlande, and Scotta cyng him tó beáh, Mælcolm, 1031; Erl. 163, 20.
eal-swá
ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ simĭlĭter, sīcut
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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22.
ge-scrýdan
To clothe ⬩ induere, vestire
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Mann hnescum gyrlum gescrýdne; nú ða ðe synt hnescum gyrlum gescrýdde synt on cyninga húsum hominem mollibus vestitum? ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur in domibus regum sunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 8.
sehtan
To bring about agreement between people ⬩ to settle a dispute
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To bring about agreement between people, to settle a dispute Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ ðæt hé eall cristen folc sibbie and sehte mid rihtre lage, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 12: Wulfst. 266, 17.
wilsumlíce
willingly ⬩ voluntarily ⬩ spontaneously ⬩ devoutly ⬩ devotedly
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willingly, voluntarily, spontaneously Hé wilsumlíce (sponte) hine geþeódde tó ðam cyninge, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 44.