Aldfriþ
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria
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D. 685, Hér Aldfriþ féng to ríce here, A. D. 685, Alfred succeeded [took] to the kingdom, Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 29. On Aldfriþes tídum in temporibus Aldfridi, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 20. A. D. 705, Hér Aldfriþ Norþanhymbra cining forþférde here, A.
clerc-hád
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Ceólwulf cining féng tó Petres scære (tó clericháde, v. l. ). Chr. 737; P. 45, 20
Ine
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D. 688 to 726 Hér Ine féng tó Wesseaxna ríce and heóld xxxvii wint., Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 4. Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10.
Linked entry: Cénréd
lippa
A lip
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A lip Ufeweard lippa labium: niðera lippe labrum: foreweard feng ðære lippena tógædere rostrum, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 93-95; Wrt. Voc. 43, 24-26. Lippan labia, Hpt. Gl. 481, 24. Áwergode beón heora tungan and lippan, Wanl. Catal. 137, 51.
bíg-nes
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Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Add: sudden, that is unexpected, that happens without warning Ðý lǽs eów hrædlíce on becume se fǽrlíca (repentina) dómes dæg, Past. 129, 21. Feerlic (fér-, R.), Lk. L. 21, 34. Gif hit gewyrþe þæt on þeódscipe becume fǽrlic coþa oþþe fǽrlic deáþ, Wlfst
feówer
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Add: adjectival. uninflected Wáron feówer (feór, L.) þúsend manna, Mt. 15, 38. Bisen féwer nétna similitudo quattuor animalium, p. 9, 10. Gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, Bl. H. 35, 12. From féwer (feówre, R.) windum, Mt. L. 24, 31. Féwor streámas, p.
Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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in the same fen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 3-6.
pistol-bóc
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Hé ne funde on ðam mynstre ðá hé tó féng bóca ná má búton ... .i. pistelbóc ... Chart. Th. 430, 8-29
Acemannes burh
Bath, Somersetshire
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Bath, Somersetshire Hér Eádgár to ríce féng at Acemannes byrig, ðæt is at Baðan here, A. D. 972, Edgar took the kingdom at Akeman's burgh, that is at Bath, Chr. 972; Th. 225, 18, col. 3.
Mersc-ware
The inhabitants of marshy land
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Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12
Æðelréd
Æthelred ⬩ Æthelred ⬩ Æthelrédus ⬩ Æthelred Atheling ⬩ Æthelred
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Æthelred was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for thirty-eight years, A.D. 978-1016 Hér, Æðelréd æðeling féng to ðam ríce here [A. D. 978] Æthelred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 978; Th. 232, 3, col. 1.
Linked entry: Æðeréd
mersc-hop
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A hope ( v. hop) in a fen Þá merschopa þe þǽr bútan syndon, C. D. B. ii. 526, 10
fæstnes
stability ⬩ tenacity ⬩ resolution ⬩ vigour ⬩ firmness
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Sameramis féng tó þám ríce mid mycelre fæstnesse (réþnesse, v. l.) and wrǽnnesse (cf. Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 14-35), Ors. 1, 2 tit.; Th. 513, 4
geong-lic
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Hé féng tó ríce on iunglicre ylde, Hml. S. 18, 459. Geonglica lima iuuenilia membra, Scint. 144, 4. ¶ used substantively, a young person, a juvenile :-- Understand þú geonglic ꝥ ic wyð þé nu gerímige, Angl. viii. 307, 39
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fremful-lic
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Him ne ðúhte ná fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, Hml. S. 31, 101
íg
An island
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An island Wulf is on iége ic on óðerre fæst is ðæt églond fenne biworpen sindon wælreówe weras ðǽr on íge the wolf is on one island, I on another; closely is that island surrounded with fen, fierce men are there on the island, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 6
CÝLE
A cold, coldness, CHILL ⬩ frīgus
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A cold, coldness, CHILL; frīgus Ne mæg fýres feng ne forstes cýle somod eardian the grasp of fire and chill of frost cannot dwell together, Salm. Kmbl. 708; Sal. 353. Befóran ansíne cýles ante faciem frigŏris, Ps. Spl. 147, 6.
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A. D. 837, king Ecgbryht died, and Æthelwulf his son succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 34, col. 1.
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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He was educated in Ireland for the Church, and was the first literaryy Féng Ælfred [MS.