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eorl

a hero

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Th. i. 278, 5.]: Se cyng and Þúrkyl eorl (cf. Cnut cyng eall Englalandes ríce tódǽlde on feówer; him seolfan West-Sexan, and Þúrkylle Eást-Englan . . . 1017; P. 154, 4), Chr. 1020; P. 154, 24.

Eald-Seaxe

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Þára cynna monig hé wiste on Germanie wesan, þanon Engle and Seaxan cumene wǽron þe nú on Breotone eardiað. Wǽron Frysan, Dene, Ealdseaxan (Ald-, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 590, 9. Add

weorold-níd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30

ge-mildsiend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mildsiend, -miltsiend, es; m.

A pitiermĭsĕrātor

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Ðú góda cyngc and earmra gemiltsigend thou good king and pitier of the poor, Th. Apol. 18, 11

Linked entries: miltsiend ge-miltsiend

ǽn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-líc, adj. [án one, líc like]

ONLYsingularincomparableexcellentbeautifulelegantunicusegregiuseleganspulcher

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Cynn Fabiane forðan hit ealra Rómána ǽnlícost wæs because the Fabian family was the highest in rank of all the Romans, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 28

ge-scerpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerpan, -scirpan, -scyrpan; p. te

To clothe, furnish, adorn, deckvestire, ornare

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Fugla cynn fiðerum gescyrped volucres pennatæ, Ps. Th. 148, 10. Ða ðe gescirped sind qui vestiuntur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 8

un-seht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-seht, adj.

Not in agreementin hostilityat variance

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Sóna ðæræfter wurdon unsehte se cyng and se eorl directly after the king and the earl fell out, 1102; Erl. 238, 6

eald-feónd

(n.)
Grammar
eald-feónd, eald-fínd, es; m.

An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus

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An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan; antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus Ealdfeónda cyn the tribe of ancient foes, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 20; Dan. 57: 196; Th. 244, 26; Dan. 454: Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 32; Cri. 567.

cwic-lifian

(v.)
Grammar
cwic-lifian, cwic-lifigan; p. -lifode; pp. -lifod

To live vivere

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Ðǽr sceal fæsl wesan cwic-lifigendra cynna gehwilces there shall be food for each of living kinds, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 14; Gen. 1311

þiderweardes

(adv.)
Grammar
þiderweardes, adv.
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Thitherwards Wæs se cyng þiderweardes on fære ... Þá hé þá wæs þiderweardes and sió óþeru fierd wæs hámweardes the king was on the march thither ... When he was on the way thither and the other troops were on the road home, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 32.

fore-genga

an attendanta predecessora leaderruler

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Ox. 619. implying inferiority, an attendant: On þám fǽtelse þe hyre foregenga, bláchleór ides, heora bégea nest þyder on lǽdde, Jud. 127. a predecessor Se cyng Willelm wæs strengere þonne his foregenga wǽre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 22.

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á-wédan

to go madto rageto be mad

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Se cyng áwédde þe hine cwellan hét, and ealle þá hǽþenan bisceopas áwéddan and swulton, 121, 3-5. Ðá swín ealle áwéddan, Hml. S. 17, 194. Ðá wearð Decius mid feóndlicum gáste áwéd, Hml. Th. i. 434, 7, 9: ii. 510, 28. His dohtor is áwédd, 110, 28.

rif

(adj.)
Grammar
rif, (?); adj.

Fierce

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Fierce Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31

snelness

(n.)
Grammar
snelness, e; f.

Quickness, readiness, activity, agility3

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Se cyngc ðá oncneów ðæs iungan snelnesse, ðæt hé wiste ðæt hé næfde his gelícan on ðam plegan Ap. Th. 13, 7

mynster-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-mann, es; m.

A man who lives in a monasterya monk

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Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynstermanna, ðe gemǽnan lífe drohtniaþ on mynstre, R. Ben. 134, 5 : 9, 3. Mynstermannum gedafenaþ. ðæt hí on stilnysse heora líf ádreógan. Homl. Th. ii. 342, 29 : Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Som. l, 38

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Hi rǽddon swá ꝥ hí woldon þone cyng gesettan út of þám cynedóme, and hit wearð sona gecýdd þám cynge hú hit wæs gerǽd, Chr. 1075; P. 211, 2. Næs nán máre unrǽd geréd (-rǽd, v. l. ) þonne së wæs, 1016 ; P. 151, 4.

wrǽþan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽþan, p. de

To be angryget angry

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Se cynig wrǽðde rex iratus est, Rtl. 107, 29. Urǽðde fremuit, 197, 31

feohtan

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Þú simle fihtest wið manna cyn, Bl. H. 241, 4. Hió self fieht (fiht, v. l.) wið hié selfe, Past. 277, 25. Hér fegtaþ Títus end Giáþéasu, Txts. 127, 3.

íg-land

(n.)
Grammar
íg-land, es ; n.

An island

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Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ, 565; Erl. 18, 1. Sió wunode on ðam íglande, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 21. Hié cómon on án ígland ðæt is úte on ðære sǽ ðæt is Meresig háten, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 24 : Bt. 38, 1; Fox 184, 11.

Linked entries: eá-land ég-land

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Iona Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ ...