lícian
To please
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Hé ðam cyninge wæs líciende, Bd. 5, 53; S. 632, 9. Him silfan lícigende, Lchdm. iii. 190, 24
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fót-cops
A fetter ⬩ shackle for the feet ⬩ pĕdĭca ⬩ compes
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To gewríðenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum ad allĭgandos rēges eōrum in compĕdĭbus, Ps. Spl. 149, 8
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ge-sibbian
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He gesibbade ða cyningas betwih and ða folc pācātis altĕrŭtrum rēgĭbus ac pŏpŭlis, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 22. Gesibbedan sáwle míne lætĭfĭcāvērunt anĭmam meam, Ps. Th. 93, 18.
wæl-hreów
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Se wælhreówa cyning, Ðeódríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 24. Wælhreówes ( Nero's ) gewéd, Met. 9, 5. Ne lǽt ðú on ðæs wælhreówan hond ( crudeli ) ðín geár, Past. 36; Swt. 249, 11: Homl. Th. i. 80, 31.
á-hreddan
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Wið þysne cyning tó áhredenne (-dd-, v. l. ) úre leóde, Hml. S. 26, 23. Hí áhredde wurdon wið Pharao, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 20
for-drífan
to drive away ⬩ off ⬩ out ⬩ to drive away ⬩ cast out ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to banish ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive aside ⬩ to overtask
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Fordrifenum ús miste depulsa nobis caligine, 38, 7. to drive out from a permanent position, to banish, expel Her Æþelstán cyning fordráf Gúðfrið cyning, Chr. 927; P. 107, 1. Gif mon gesíðcundne monnan ádrífe, fordrífe þý botle, næs þǽre setene, Ll.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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In his preface, he thus speaks of his book and of his other occupations Ælfréd, Cyning [MS.
cild-geong
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Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ealle þing underþeódde synt, Lch. iii. 436, 8. Samuhel and Danihel cildgeonge ( pueri ) foreal*-*dedum mæssepreóstum démdon, R. Ben. 114, 8. Be ealdum munecum and cildgeongum ( infantibus ), 61, 10, 12.
ge-fylce
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Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An. Ox. 2555: manipulo, caterua, legione, 3688. Se módiga deófol mid his gefilce wyle wið þínre sáwle campian, Wlfst. 249, 2.
Cynegils
Cynegils, sixth king of the West Saxons ⬩ Cynegilsus
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Cynegils onféng ǽrest fulwihte Wesseaxna cyninga Cynegils was the first of the West Saxon kings who received baptism, Erl. 2, 16
cyne-hláford
A royal lord, sovereign lord, king ⬩ regius vel supremus dominus, rex
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Æt his leófan cynehláforde Eádgáre cyninge from his dear sovereign lord king Edgar, 583; A. D. 963-975; Kmbl. iii. 111, 26: 598; A. D. 978; Kmbl. iii. 138, 22: Chr. 1016; Erl. 158, 5, 17, 29.
sirwung
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Gif hwá embe cynincg oððe hláford syrwie of plotting against a lord. If any man plot against king or lord, L. C. S. 58 ; Th. i. 408, 1. Gif hwá ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwunge ( with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note.
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trum-líc
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Past. 52 ; Swt. 411, 1. hortatory, of exhortation Hé ðam cyninge sende trumlíc ǽrendgewrit. Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 19 note. v. next word
bréme
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Hié Rómána brémuste wǽron tó ðǽm cyninge they were most illustrious of the Romans after the king, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 32. Add
deór-ling
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Leóf cyningc ... her syndon þe þíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, 23, 148. His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448.
ár-leás
void of honour ⬩ honourless ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous ⬩ wicked ⬩ impious ⬩ inhonestus ⬩ impius ⬩ infamis ⬩ pitiless ⬩ merciless ⬩ cruel ⬩ crudelis
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Ðú scealt hweorfan árleás of earde ðínum thou shalt depart infamous from thy dwelling, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 24; Gen. 1019: Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25; Cri. 1430. pitiless, merciless, cruel; crudelis Maximianus, árleás cyning, cwealde cristne men Maximian, the
Bebban burh
- Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641 ;
- Th. 49, 3 : 993 ;
- Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2 :
- Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6 :
- Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40 :
BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland ⬩ Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum
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Ðá becom Penda, Myrcna cyning, to ðære cynelícan byrig, seó is nemned Bebban burh then came Penda, king of the Mercians, to the royal city, which is named Bamborough, Bd, 3, 16; S. 542, 18 : 3, 6; S. 528, 28.
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bi-healdan
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Háteþ mec heáh-cyning bihealdan the high king commands [them] to preserve me, Exon. 1l0 b; Th. 424, 15; Rä. 41, 39. to see, look on, behold; videre, intueri, aspicere Freó ðæt bihealdeþ hú me of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas my master beholds how the shafts
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Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wǽron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22
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