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for-démednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-démednes, -ness, e; f.

Condemnationproscriptioncondemnātioproscriptio

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Condemnation, proscription; condemnātio, proscriptio Þurh tyn winter full Godes cyricena bærnesse, and unsceað*-*ðiendra fordémednesse, and slege háligra martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs per décem annos, incendiis ecclēsiārum, proscriptiōnĭbus innŏcentum

þrower-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þrower-hád, es; m.
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Martyrdom Þæs þrowerhádes martyrii, Gr. D. 231, 8 n. Underfón þone þrowerhád martyrium subire, 233, 20

fýr-hole

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-hole, f.

Catasta

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Gl. 310. ' Catastæ, genus tormenti, i.e. lecti ferrei, quibus impositi Martyres, ignis supponebatur.' Du Gange

þrowet-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þrowet-hád, þrowot-hád, es; m.
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Martyrdom Hé onféngon þá ILLIGIBLE þæs þrowethádes (martyrii) . . . underfón þone þrowothád (martyrium) Gr. D. 233, 14-20

heáfod-leás

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Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307. Þonne hí heáfodleásne heora ealdorman findað, Hml. A. 113, 353 : 364. Ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, Hml. S. 23, 74. Add

tín-wintre

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Add: ten years long Wurdon feala martyras on .x. wintrum (wintra, v.l. ) fyrste. Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 22 note

-hád

(suffix)
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</b> marking office, rank, apostol-, bisceop-, mæsse-preóst-, martyr-, munuc-, pápan-, preóst-, sácerd-hád. cf. hád ; <b>V. V a.

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, to place.
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Substitute: ge-fæstan; p. te. to make fast, make steadfast, confirm Wé wurðiað þone gefæstan heáp Godes cýðera we honour the steadfast band of God's martyrs, Hml.

bile

(n.)
Grammar
bile, m.
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Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, Hml. S. 23, 80. Add

Bederices weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]

Bederic's worth or townEádmundes burhSt. 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.

fremsumnes

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Wé ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ná ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias ( ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant ), Gr. D. 177, 2.

ár-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ár-weorþian, -wurþian, -wyrþian; p. -ode; pp. -od [ár honour, weorþian to hold worthy]

To hold worthy of honourto give honour toto honourreverenceworshiphonorarehonorificarehonorem referrevenerari

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To hold worthy of honour, to give honour to, to honour, reverence, worship; honorare, honorificare, honorem referre, venerari He ongan árweorþian ða þrówunge háligra martyra incepit honorem referre cædi sanctorum, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 1.

þrípel

(n.)
Grammar
þrípel, es; m.

An instrument of punishmenta kind of cross

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Unhéh þrépel eculeus (equuleus patibulum, furca cui decollatorum martyrum cadavera affigebant, Migne), i. 21, 18

mis-lǽran

(v.)

to teach wronglyto persuade a person to do what is wrong

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to teach wrongly, to persuade a person to do what is wrong Ðá ongunnon heora mágas behreówsian ðæt hí ǽfre ða martyras mislǽran woldon, Homl. Skt. 5, 119. [Luþer men ðat hine mislerede, Laym. 4311.]

Linked entry: lǽran

mis-tyhtan

(v.)

to incite or persuade to what is wrongdissuade

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Hé cwæþ tó ðám mágum ðe ða martyras mistihton ( urged them to renounce Christianity ), Homl. Skt. 5, 69

Eádweard

(n.)
Grammar
Eádweard, -ward, es; m. [eád happy, weard ward, guardian] .

Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066

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Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 Hér, A.

deór-wyrþe

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Add: of persons, of great worth, excellent, noble Dionisius se deórwurða martyr, Hml. S. 29, 6. Dauid se deórwurða sealmwirhta, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 5. of things, of great value, precious, costly Deórwurde wǽfels regillum vel peplum vel palla, Wrt.

inne-weard

(n.; adj.)
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Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, ðearmas and inneweard, Hml. S. 23, 81

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Flugon tó hrócas and hremmas and þára martyra eágan út áhaccedon, Hml. S. 23, 77. Add

of-hreósan

(v.)

to overwhelm, cover, buryobrnereto fall down

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Sume (martyrs) mid stánum ofhrorene, 542, 30. Mid sande ofhrorene operti humo Num. 16, 33. Ofhrorenne obrutum, Hpt. Gl. 487, 25. Ofrorene obruti, 506, 7: obrutos, 478, 77. to fall down: — Heofonas berstaþ, tungol of hreósaþ. Exon.