or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Gr. 41; Som. 44, 9. Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of refuge) gefliéhþ ðonne mæg hé beón orsorg ðæs monnsliehtes he may be without anxiety as to the manslaughter he has committed; reus perpetrati homicidii non tenetur, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20.
weorold-gímenn
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last passage)
æt-hreppian
- Ettm.
- Som ;
To rap at ⬩ to knock ⬩ dash about ⬩ impingere
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To rap at, to knock, dash about; impingere
eafera
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cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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He was not the lord of the soil, but the leader of his people. He completed the order of freemen, and was the summit of his class. As the freeman [ceorl] was to the noble [æðele], so was the noble to the king.
cyric-sang
A church-song ⬩ ecclesiasticum carmen
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A church-song; ecclesiasticum carmen He ða cyricsangas lǽrde, ðe hí ǽr ne cúðan quæ illi non noverant, carmina ecclesiastica doceret, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 8.
ciric-sócn
Church-privilege ⬩ ecclesiæ immunitas
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Church-privilege; ecclesiæ immunitas Be ciricsócnum of church-privileges, L. In. 5; Th. i. 104, 12
Linked entries: cyric-sócn cyric-sócn sócn
hyge-sorh
Mental care ⬩ anxiety
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Mental care, anxiety, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 31; Gen. 2035: Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 21; Cri. 174: 47 b; Th. 162, 28; Gú. 982: 50 a; Th. 174, 15; Gú. 1178: 51 a; Th. 176, 32; Gú. 1219: Cd. 37; Th. 48, 16; Gen. 776: Beo. Th. 4646; B. 2328
Cymén
Similar entry: Cyménes óra
eága-swind
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proposes eagan-spind
sápe
Soap, salve
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Soap, salve Sápe sapo (sopo, MS.), Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 12: lumentum, ii. 54, 4. Hé biþ ðonne áþwogen fram his synnum þurh ða untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Homl. Th. i. 472, 6.
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nearu-sorh
Oppressive care ⬩ grievous trouble
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Oppressive care, grievous trouble Nearusorge dreáh, Elen. Kmbl. 2520; El. 1261
feotod
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of fetian
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Gr. 9, 39; Som. 12, 60: Wrt. Voc. 70, 28: Homl. Th. ii. 266, 11. Æfteweard hæfod occiput vel postea: ofer healf heáfod sinciput, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 35, 36; Wrt. Voc. 42, 43, 44. Healf heáfod hoc sinciput, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Som. 14, 24.
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eal-seolcen
Linked entry: seolucen
brǽc
- Wrt. Voc. 81, 63
breeches
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breeches ;
dryht-leóþ
A lordly song ⬩ nōbĭle carmen
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A lordly song; nōbĭle carmen Be ðam David cyningdryhtleóþ agól king David sang a lordly song of him, Elen. Kmbl. 684; El, 342
dígle
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of dígol