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heáh-cyning

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God the Son Þú sylfa cum, heofones heáhcyning, . . . Críst nergende, Cri. 150: Ps. Th. 118, 146. Heofena heáhcyning, Cri. 1340. of an earthly king, B. 1039

níd-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
níd-scyld, e; f.

Bounden duty

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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens

or-ceápe

(adv.)
Grammar
or-ceápe, -ceápes, -ceápunga, -ceápungum; adv.
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Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously Ne þurfon gé wénan ðæt gé ðæt orceápe sellon, ðæt gé under Drihtnes borh syllaþ, þéh gé sóna dære méde ne ne onfón, Blickl. Homl. 41, 12. Orceápes gratis, Hpt. Gl. 478, 42.

wær-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wær-líc, adj.
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Wærlíc bið ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3. Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde healden, Exon. Th. 282, 12; Jul. 662.

ýtan

(v.)
Grammar
ýtan, p. te
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To put out, to put out a person from a place, expel, banish Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 35. to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away Hé ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte

Linked entries: útian ýtend

eahtan

(v.)
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to estimate, appreciate Wile fæder eahtan hú gesunde suna sáwle bringen of þám éðle þe hí on lifdon the father will estimate how sound the sons bring their souls from the land where they lived, Cri. 1074.

Linked entry: eahtend

scucca

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Se sceocca sóna fordwán of his gesihðe, Hml. S. 6, 315. Þám sceoccan Satane, R. Ben. I. 57, 5. Se feónd hæfde him mid fela óðre sceoccan, Hml. S. 6, 304. ¶ in a local name :-- Ubi dicitur Scuccanhláu, C. D. i. 196, 1. Add

plóg

(n.)
Grammar
plóg, es ; m.
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In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan myn eldeste sone shall have plowes fyve, And my myddeleste sone fyf plowes of lond.' Plowlond carrucata, þat a plow may tylle on a day, Prompt. Parv. 405.

Bedewinda

(n.)
Grammar
Bedewinda, an; m.

BEDWIN, Wilts

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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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For þǽre bellan hleóðre (ad sonum tintinnabuli) hé ongǽte hwænne Rómánus him þone hláf bróhte. Gr. D. 99, 5. Gehýrde heó cúðne swég and hleóðor heora bellan audiuit notum campanae sonum Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 477, 16.

fíf-tyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
fíf-tyne, -tene

fifteenquindĕcim

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Fíftyne suna fifteen [of] sons, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 32. He slóh fíftyne men he slew fifteen men, Beo. Th. 3169; B. 1582. He on wéstenne wíceard geceás fíftynu geár he chose a dwelling in the wilderness fifteen years, Exon. 46b; Th. 158, 13; Gú. 908.

Linked entries: fíf-tene fýftyne

un-gerǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdness, e; f.

Discorddisagreementvariance

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Sóna swá hié him betweónum ungerǽdnesse up áhófon swá forwurdon hié ealle discordia exitio fuit, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 19: 6, 6; Swt. 262, 14. For his feóndum gebidde hé, mid ðám ðe wið hyne ungerǽdnysse hæbben, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 15

weorold-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríca, an; m.
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A man of great worldly power or wealth Gif him ǽnig heáfodman hwilces þinges forwyrnde . . . him sóna getíðode his Scyppendes árfæstnys ðæs ðe se woruldríca him forwyrnde on ǽr, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 17. Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36.

heáfod-bend

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bend, es; m.
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crown ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. a band put round the head as punishment Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend sóna

lof-sang

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Add: i. a song in praise of a person Fausta adclamantes, i. alto canendo vel herigendsang vel lofsang, Wrt.

swinge

Grammar
swinge, <b>. I.</b>
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and eall seó sárnis him sóna fram gewát ... þurh Martines hrepunge, Hml. S. 31, 589.

þǽr-rihte

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Add: of an event which immediately succeeds another ꝥ cild þe bið ácænned, sóna hit cýð mid wópe and þǽrrihte wítegað þissere worulde geswinc, Hml.

wite-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Se hunger sóna ácwelleð and álýseð of dám wítelican lífe, Verc. Först. 178. Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm heora deáðes, Gr. D. 277, II. Hí þá englas getellað tó þám wítelicum stówum, 316, 10. Wítelicum (wítiglicum, v.l. ), 332, 9

sealf-lǽcnung

(n.)
Grammar
sealf-lǽcnung, e; f. Curing by means of salves or ointments
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Farmacida in Latinum medicamina sonat, id est sealflǽcnung, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 19. v. next word

Apollinus

(n.)
Grammar
Apollinus, gen. Apollines; m.

ApolloApollo

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Apollo; Apollo, ĭnis; m. [ = Ἀπόλλων, ωνος; m. ] Wæs se Apollinus æðeles cynnes, Ióbes eafora this Apollo was of noble race, the son of Jove, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 67; Met, 26, 34.