and-wyrdan
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Ðonne andwyrt se cyning þám rihtwísan þissum wordum, Wlfst. 288, 24. Ondueardeð, Mt. L. 25, 45. Ondueardas respondebunt, 37. Ic ðá sóna eft mé selfum andwyrde and cwæð. Past. 5, 22 : Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 3. Hé him andwyrde þissara worda, Gr. D. 299, 5.
be-scúfan
to thrust
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Hwá dorste ðæs gewilnian, þæt se Ælmihtiga Cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áucennedan. æðeling?, ii. 6, 21. Bescúfende trudentes (ad erroris nau*-*fragia), An. Ox. 5477
Cásere
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Nabbo ué cyning búta ðone cáser, Jn. L. 19, 15. Add
wæl-stów
The place of the slain, ⬩ a battle-field ⬩ any place where there is slaughter
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Æþelwulf cyning gefeaht wiþ .xxxv. sciphlæsta, and ða Deniscan áhton wælstówe geweald, 840; Erl. 66, 19. Hié ðǽr nán licgende feoh ne métten, swá hié ǽr bewuna wǽron ðonne hié wælstówe geweald áhton, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 33.
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ofen
An oven, a furnace
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Ðás þrí cnihtas hét se cyning áwurpan intó byrnendum ofne the fiery furnace, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 26. Geond ðone ofen, Cd. Th. 238, 13; Dan. 354. On fýres ofen (ofn, Lind.) in caminum ignis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 42.
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Wil-tún
Wilton in Wiltshire
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Wilton in Wiltshire Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wiþ alne ðone here lytle werede æt Wiltúne, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Hér forðférde Ælfgár cinges mǽg on Defenum, and his líc rest on Wiltúne, 962; Erl. 120, 3.
lah-wita
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
in-segel
A seal ⬩ signet
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Ðá sende se cyning his insegel tó ðam gemóte, Chart. Th. 288, 22
ge-frætewian
To adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ trim ⬩ ornāre ⬩ redĭmīre
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Ðé Cyning engla gefrætwode the King of angels adorned thee, Andr. Kmbl. 3034; An. 1520. He gefrætwode foldan sceátas he adorned earth's regions, Beo. Th. 192; B. 96.
West-mynster
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Hér forðférde Harold cyning, and hé wæs bebyrged æt Westmynstre, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 13. Willelm com tó Westmynstre, and Ealdréd arcebiscop hine tó cynge gehálgode, 1066; Erl. 203, 8.
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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D. 1148, says, 'Omnia jura regni Anglorum, reges scilicet et proceres et tribunos in ditione sua tenebat:' Ecgbryht wæs se eahteða cyning, se ðe Bretwalda wæs Egbert was the eighth king, who was the Bretwalda, Chr. 827; Th. 112, 21, col. 1. — There does
on-lísan
to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds) ⬩ to release, deliver, liberate
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Cyning onlésde ( solvit ) hine, Ps. Surt. 104, 20. Tó onliésanne ða gehæftan on helle, Past. 58; Swt. 443, 10. Siððan seó sáwl of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 15. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt.
þætte
that, ⬩ which ⬩ that which, what
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Ðæt hé ne forleóse his dreámes blǽd and his dagena rím and his weorces wlite and wuldres leán, þætte heofones cyning syleþ tó sigorleánum Exon. Th. 97, 11; Cri. 1589. Metod fét eall ꝥte gróweþ Met. 29, 70.
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wrégan
To bewray ⬩ accuse ⬩ denounce ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to denounce
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Ongan hé hí wrégean tó ðam cyninge, Lchdm. iii. 424, 21. Ðíhe ǽhta mid stylre stemne wyllaþ ðé wrégan tó ðínum Drihtne, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 21. Hé began ðæt cynn tó wrégenne wið ðone cyning, Homl.
tucian
To treat ill ⬩ to afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ vex
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60.
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æ-bylgþ
An offence ⬩ a fault ⬩ scandal ⬩ wrong ⬩ anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ indignation ⬩ offensa ⬩ injuria ⬩ ira ⬩ indignatio
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Cristenum cyningce gebyraþ swýðe rihte ðæt he Godes æbylþe wrece Christiano regi jure pertinet ut injurias Deo factas vindicet, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 10
Huntan-dún
Huntingdon
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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19
cneówian
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Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Hí Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml. S. 12, 7.
ge-fædere
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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll.
Cant-ware
Kentish men, inhabitants of Kent ⬩ Cantuarii
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Cantwara cyningas kings of Kentish men, L. H. E; Th. i. 26, 4, 5: 34, 3: 36, 2. Agustinus nú on Brytene rest, on Cantwarum Augustine now rests in Britain, among the inhabitants of Kent, Menol. Fox 207; Men. 105
Linked entries: Cont-ware Cantwara burg