swicn
Clearance from a criminal charge ⬩ innocent, clear of wrong-doing ⬩ purity ⬩ purification ⬩ free from guilt, cleared from a criminal charge ⬩ clearance from a criminal charge
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Ðeóf, siþþan hé biþ on cyninges bende, náh hé ða swicne is not allowed the alternative of clearing himself by oath, L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 5
wundor-cræft
wondrous skill ⬩ great cunning ⬩ miraculous power
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Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55. Godspell wrítan wundorcræfte, Andr. Kmbl. 26; An. 13: 1290; An. 645: Exon. Th. 427, 3; Rä. 41, 85
wer
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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.
án-weald
Single, sole, monarchical, or royal power ⬩ empire ⬩ dominion ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ rule ⬩ government ⬩ bidding ⬩ solius dominatus ⬩ unius imperium ⬩ monarchia ⬩ potestas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ dominatio ⬩ jus ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ nutus
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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.
Linked entries: and-weald án-geweald án-wald weald
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera (Jerusalem), 219, 21; Dan. 58.
geornes
Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour ⬩ industria, stŭdium
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Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour; industria, stŭdium Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse hujus industria rēgis, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 30.
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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
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sinc
Treasure ⬩ gold ⬩ silver ⬩ jewels ⬩ a dispenser ⬩ guardian of treasure ⬩ a prince
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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
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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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.
ge-lustfullian
To be delighted, be pleased, rejoice ⬩ delectāri, lætāri ⬩ To delight, please ⬩ delectāre, jŭvāre
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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
wíd-cúþ
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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.
hæcce
A crosier
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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
ge-wrégan
to accuse ⬩ accūsāre ⬩ to stir ⬩ rip ⬩ excite ⬩ impel ⬩ concĭtāre
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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.
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rád
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Cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 11. a road; in the compounds brim-, hran-, hweogol-, segl-, streám-, swan-, wíg-rád. the name of the Runic R. v. Exon. Th. 440, 10; Rä. 59, 25. See also next word
Linked entry: swíþ-hwæt
weorold-gód
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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
gold-gifa
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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
in-lagian
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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
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Cyninge is nama gesett of sóðum reccendóme, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 33
Greátan leag
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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
CWELLAN
To kill, slay = QUELL? ⬩ necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare
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Árleás cyning cwealde cristne men the impious king slew christian men, Exon. 65 b; Th. 243, 3; Jul. 5