wæl-hreów
Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty
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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.
a-þreótan
To weary ⬩ irk ⬩ displease ⬩ be loathsome ⬩ irksome to any one ⬩ tædere ⬩ pigere ⬩ To loathe ⬩ dislike ⬩ be weary of anything ⬩ pertæsum esse
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To loathe, dislike, be weary of anything; pertæsum esse Se cyning wæs aþroten his ællreordre gespræce rex pertæsu erat barbaræ loquelæ, Bd. 3, 7 ; S. 530, 4
leód-fruma
a patriarch ⬩ a prince ⬩ chieftain ⬩ king
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Cyning, leófne leódfruman, Exon. 60 b; Th. 222, 7; Ph. 345: [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 4266; B. 2130: [St. Andrew ], Andr. Kmbl. 1977; An. 991
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.
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
Linked entry: fót-cosp
ge-sibbian
To make peaceful, pacify, appease, gladden ⬩ pācāre, pācĭfĭcāre, concĭliāre, lætĭfĭcāre ⬩ to reconcile ⬩ united.
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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.
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.
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.
Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh
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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Denisc
DANISH ⬩ Dānĭcus
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D. 872, Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna here, A. D. 872, king Alfred fought against four ship-crews of Danish men, 872; Th. 150, 28, col. 1.
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dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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Eác Dúnsǽte beþyrfan, gif heom se cyning an, ðæt man húru friþgislas to heom lǽte of the Gwents [i. e. the people of West Wales, in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire] and the Dúnsǽte.
of-stingan
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Hêr Ǽdmund cyning wearð ofstungen, Chr. 948; Erl. 117, 8
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giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Se hiora cyning ongan ðá singan and giddian Tyrtæi ducis composito carmine et pro concione recitato, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 29. Ongan ðá gyddigan þurh gylp micel began then to speak through great pride, Cd. 205; Th. 253, 21; Dan. 599.
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scrincan
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Ðá wearð se cyning ( Belshazzar ) tó ðan swíðe áfyrht, ðæt hé eal scranc (cf.
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bi-healdan
to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve ⬩ tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare ⬩ to see, look on, behold ⬩ videre, intueri, aspicere
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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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weorþness
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Ðú ðe menisc gicynd bufa frumes frumcendnisse eft boetest wyrðnise qui humanam naturam supra prime originis reparas dignitatem, Rtl. 35, 13. dignity, honourable office Hæfde se cyning efenhlétan ðære cynelícan wurþnysse ( regiae dignitatis ), Bd. 3,
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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Voc. i. 45, 71: 75, 58, Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, hú se apostol hine fram ðære wódnysse áhredde, Homl. Th. i. 458, 9. Wurdon áflígde deófla fram mannum, ða ðe on wódnysse ǽr wǽron gedrehte, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 199.
ege-full
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Alexander se egefulla cyning, Hml. S. 25, 1. Hí geseóð egefulne þone ðe hí eádmódne forhygedon, Hml. Th. i. 300, 19. of things, terrible, tremendous Beó him swíðe egefull ðæt éce wíte aeterna supplicia perhorrescant, Past. 263, 16.
ge-drinc
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Se cyning wénde ꝥ hit for singalum gedrynce wǽre (assiduae potationis esse credidit), Gr. D. 187, 17. Gif hé þurh gedrinc man ácwelle si ex ebrietate hominem occiderit, Ll. Th. ii. 230, 28.