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cyning

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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón, ac þæt folc hæfð cyre tó ceósenne þone tó cyninge þe him sylfum lícað; ac siþþan hé tó cyninge gehálgod bið, þonne hæfð hé anweald ofer þæt folc, Hml. Th. i. 212, 6-9. Tó cynige ad regem, Mk. L. R. 6, 25.

féþa

a footmana foot-soldiertroopsinfantry

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Srt. ii. p. 187, 16. of soldiers. a foot-soldier (perhaps some of the passages might be put under 2) Hé hæfde III C þúsenda féðena and án hund þúsenda gehorsedra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 34: Nar. 9, 9.

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Hé wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine, 29, 20. to summon for a purpose Hé hæfde þá þing gefyllede þe hé fore gelaðod wæs, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: laþian

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadnesssorrowtroublegloominess

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Ic hit wiste be sumum dǽle, ac mé hæfde ðiós unrótnes ámerredne, ðæt ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten; and ðæt is eác mínre unrótnysse se mǽsta dǽl, ðæt ... eaque mihi etsi ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita, non tamen ante hac prorsus ignorata dixisti;

Linked entry: rótness

þeóf-scolu

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-scolu, e; f.
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A gang or band of thieves Gif ðú wǽre wegférende and hæfdest micel gold on ðé, and ðú ðonne becóme on þeófsceole ( þiófscole, Cott. MS.), ðonne ne wéndest ðú ðé ðínes feores, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 26

fǽr-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-gryre, es; m.

A perilous horror terror perīcŭlōsus

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A perilous horror; terror perīcŭlōsus Ða hyssas þrý fǽrgryre fýres oferfaren hæfdon the three youths had passed through the fire's dire horror, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 14; Dan. 463. Wið fǽrgryrum against perilous horrors, Beo. Th. 350; B. 174

Ter-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Ter-finnas, pl.
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Finns occupying country west of the White Sea Ða Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd hira land ... Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29

teám

Grammar
teám, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> used figuratively of consequences :-- Ælc ðyssera heáfodleahtra hæfd micelne teám, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 27. <b>III 2.

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSEcampanile vel campanariumturris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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tintinnabula; a room or tower in the castle of a Thane, generally built between the kitchen and porter's lodge, where was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers, and for other purposes; Du Cange, fol. 1681, col. 712; CAMPANA, col. 708 Gif ceorl hæfde

Linked entry: bell-hús

cláþ

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hæfde genumen sumne cláð ( uestimentum, Bd. 3, 19) æt ánum swyltendum men, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 28: i. 286, 24. Hé forðférde under Crístes cláðum ( cum adhuc esset in albis ), Chr. 688; P. 41, 4. Cláðum metallis (?

hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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hæfde þone ræcenddóm and hláforddóm þæs mynstres monasterii regimen tenebat Gr. D. 20, 21. Add:

þe

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Add Þonan wendan þe hé ǽr tó geþóht hæfde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 8. 1. Add Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long at having tricked another, Prov. K. 34.

land-gehwearf

(n.)
Grammar
land-gehwearf, es; n.
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An exchange of land; commutatio terræ Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Byrhtelm biscop and Aþelwold abbod hæfdon ymbe hira landgehwerf ... Se biscop gesealde ða hída æt Cenintúne and se abbud gesealde ðæt seofontýne hýda æt Crydanbricge, Chart. Th. 191, 6

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cyre

(n.)
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Gehwilc man hæfð ágenne cyre, ǽr ðám ðe hé syngige, hweðer hé wille filian deófles willan oððe wiðsacan, Hml. Th. i. 212, 11. [Laym. cure: Gen. and Ex. kire. Cf. O. H. Ger. churi; f.: Icel. kør; n.]

stíþe

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Add Hí hæfdon ǽlce scíre on West-Sexum stíðe gemearcod mid bryne and mid hergunge, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 18. austerely, asceticly. v. stíþ; Þá gewunode se hálga wer manega geár on ðám ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Hml. Th. 146, 7

heóf

(n.)
Grammar
heóf, es; m.

Lamentationgriefsorrow

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Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS. C.] ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan Fabius oblatum sibi a senatu triumphum suscipere recusaret, quia luctus potius debebatur, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 20. Heóf mínne planctum meum, Ps.

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CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
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Saturnus sumra hæfde bóca cǽga Saturn had the keys of some books, Salm. Kmbl. 370; Sal. 184. Ðé ic sylle heofona ríces cǽgia tibi dabo claves regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 16, 19.

Linked entry: cǽge

for-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrífan, p. -scráf, pl. -scrifon; pp. -scrifen [scrífan to judge] ,

to condemnproscribecondemnāreproscrībĕreto writecut intocut downincīdĕresuccīdĕre

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Grendel fífelcynnes eard weardode hwíle, siððan him Scyppend forscrifen hæfde Grendel inhabited a while the monster-race's abode, after the Creator had proscribed him, Beo.

Linked entries: screón fer-scrifen

ealdor-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-dóm, ealdur-dóm, aldor-dórn, alder-dóm, es; m. [ealdor an elder, a chief; dóm dominion, power]

Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus

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Theodor ealdordóm hæfde Theodōras prīmātum hăbĕbat, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 26, 6. Ealdordóm dŭcātus, Ælfc. Gl. 6; Som. 56, 48; Wrt. Voc. 18, 3. Ealdórdomas vel ða héhstan wurþscipas fasces, 112; Som. 79, 85; Wrt. Voc. 59, 53: 68; Som. 70, 4; Wrt.

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthyniger, fuscusnigerink

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BLACK, swarthy; niger, fuscus He hæfde blæc feax, and blácne andwlitan he had black hair, and a pale [lean, thin] countenance; nigro capillo, facie macilenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33.

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