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gecoren-ness

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Sé wæs tó cynincge áhafen swýðor for folces gecorennysse þonne ðurh Godes rǽd, Hml. S. 18, 2. Þǽr wǽron bisceopas of gehwilcum burgum tó þǽre gecorennysse, 31, 268

Linked entry: ge-corenes

hwílend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílend-líc, adj.

temporaltemporarytransitory

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Ðá se cyning wæs ceasterwara gefremed ðæs écan ríces and wolde eft ðæt éþel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces rex æterni regni jam civis effectus, temporalis sui regni sedem repetiit, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 33.

Linked entry: hwílwend-líc

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.
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Hí ðá, æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hié swá scondlíce gerǽht hæfdon, gewendan eft ongeán ðone cyning, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 54, 5. Gif man mannan bismærwordum scandlíce gréte if one man insult another by abusive words, L. H. E. 11 ; Th. i. 32, 5.

án-weald

(n.)
Grammar
án-weald, án-wald, es; m.

Single, sole, monarchical, or royal powerempiredominionjurisdictionrulegovernmentbiddingsolius dominatusunius imperiummonarchiapotestasimperiumditiodominatiojusarbitriumnutus

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Cyning biþ ánwealdes georn a king is desirous of power, Exon. 89 b; Th. 337, 4; Gn. Ex. 59. Mid ðínum ágenum ánwealde by thine own power, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 13. Hí synd heora sylfes ánwealdes illi sunt sui juris, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 4.

wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.
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Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, Wínburge cyning ( the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast), Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinc*-*hroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera ( Jerusalem ), 219, 21; Dan. 58.

botl

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For þám þá æftran cyningas him botl (uillam) worhton on þám lande þe Loidis is háten, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 13-21. Þæs cynges botl, Hml. Th. i. 244, 19: ii. 480, 6. Tó Melantian (cf. wíf wæligon ǽhtum, Melantia gecýged, 133) botle, Hml. S. 2, 262.

tír

(n.)
Grammar
tír, es; m.
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Ðé tír cyning and miht forgef, Andr. Kmbl. 970; An. 485. Hér Æþelstán cyning and his bróþor ealdorlangne tír (týr, one MS. ) geslógon æt sæcce, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 3. Gé dóm ágon, tír æt tohtan, Judth. Thw. 24, 19; Jud. 197. Æsca tír æt gúðe, Cd.

Linked entries: Tíw tyr

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre, Exon. Th. 401, 11 ; Rä. 21, 10. Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4 ; Ruin. 36.

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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with reference to human law or obligation, misdeed, fault, crime, wrong Se cyning his feóndum swíþe árede . . . Ðyslíc wæs seó syn ( culpa ) ðe se cyning fore ofslegen wæs, Bd. 3, 22;S. 553, 21.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Beó hé his weres scyldig wið ðone cyning, and gif hé hit eft wyrde, gylde tuwa his were, L. C. S. 84; Th. i. 422, 10. Ðæt hé (manslaga binnon ciricwágum) his ágenne wer gesylle ðam cyninge and Criste, L. Eth. ix. 2; Th. i. 340, 12.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lustfullian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Gelustfullodon ðé dóhtra cyninga delectāvērunt te fīliæ rēgum, Ps. Spl. 44, 10. Ða welan gelustfulliaþ riches afford pleasure, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 20 : 130, 9

ge-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrégan, p. -wrégde; pp. -wréged, -wréht [wrégan to accuse] .

to accuseaccūsāreto stirripexciteimpelconcĭtāre

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to accuse; accūsāre Ða þwyran hǽðengyldan ðone apostol to ðam cyninge gewrégdon the perverse idolaters accused the apostle to the king, Homl. Th. i. 470, 6: Gen. 37, 2. Ðæt hí hine gewrégdon ut accūsārent illum, Mk. Bos. 3, 2.

Linked entry: wrégan

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.
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A crosier Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii

wíd-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-cúþ, adj.
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Th. ii. 30, 30. of things Mid ðý ðe se cyningc gehírde ðæt Apollonius ðone rǽdels swá rihte árǽdde, ðá ondréd hé ðæt hit tó wídcúð wǽre, Ap. Th. 5, 2. Ðæt gesýne wearð, widcúþ werum, ðæt wrecend ðá gyt lifde, Beo. Th. 2516; B. 1256.

in-lagian

(v.)
Grammar
in-lagian, p. ode
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To restore an outlaw to the protection of the law Ǽrest ðæt hé his ágenne wer gesylle ðam cyninge and Criste and mid ðam hine sylfne inlagige first, thnt he [a man who has committed manslaughter in a church] pay his own 'wer' to the king and to Christ

reccend-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
reccend-dóm, es; m.
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Cyninge is nama gesett of sóðum reccendóme, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 33

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
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Probably Greatley, near Andover, Hants; Greatanleagensis Ealle ðis wæs gesetted on ðam miclan synoð æt Greátanleage, on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the

gold-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
gold-gifa, an; m.
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Cyningas ne cáseras ne goldgiefan neither kings nor emperors nor lords, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 31; Seef. 83. See other compounds under gifa

weorold-gód

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gód, es; n.
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Eall ða weoruldgód ðe him fram cyningum and fram weligum mannum ðisse weorulde gegyfne wǽron euncta quae sibi a regibus vel divitibus saeculi donabantur, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 24

lah-wita

(n.)
Grammar
lah-wita, an; m.

a lawyer

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One who has a knowledge of law, a lawyer Cyningan and bisceopan eorlan and heretogan geréfan and déman lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí Godes riht lufian it rightly befits kings and bishops, nobles and generals, sheriffs and judges, those