FRIÞ
Peace ⬩ freedom from molestation ⬩ security guaranteed by law to those under special protection ⬩ agreement ⬩ truce ⬩ league ⬩ pax ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ refŭgium
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Ðis is ðæt friþ, ðæt Ælfréd cyning [cynincg MS.] and Gúþrúm [Gyþrum MS.] cyning gecweden habbaþ this is the peace, that king Alfred and king Guthrum have agreed upon, L. A. G; Th. i. 152, 2: L. Ath. v. § 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 24.
Germania
Germany
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The Germania of Alfred extended from the Don on the east to the Rhine and the German Ocean on the west; and from the Danube on the south to the White Sea on the north; it therefore embraced nearly the whole of Europe north of the Rhine and the Danube.
I
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In the later MSS. instead of i or ie, y is found very commonly; indeed even in the earlier MSS. y has in some instances already made its way into the place of i, thus ryht is the form regularly used in Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care.
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus) Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 12. Wendelsǽ mare Nostrum 12, 14: 26, 28: 8, 23.
hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Óhthere sǽde his hláforde Ælfréde cyninge Ohthere said to his lord, king Alfred, 1, 1; Bos. 19, 25. Ic geann mínum hláforde syxti mancusa goldes I give to my lord sixty mancuses of gold, Chart. Th. 516, 32. Úrum hláforde holde loyal to our lord, L.
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Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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Columba was abbot 32 years, and died there, at the age of 77, on the 9th of June, 597 Bd. 3, 4; S. 106, 107 it is not in king Alfred's A. Sax. version. Columba is thus spoken of in the Chr. A.
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Tuegen hleáperas Ælfréd cyning sende mid gewritum king Alfred sent two couriers with letters, Chr. 889; Erl. 86, 24. Úre bisceopas to me gewreoto sende our bishops sent me letters, Blickl. Homl. 187, 4.
K
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(more particularly the Cotton) of Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care, where in the words kyning, kyun &c. it occurs not unfrequently, this writing is not uniform.
-ing
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Ælfréd Æþelwulfing Alfred the son of Ethelwulf, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 3.
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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Denewulf bisceop and ða hýwan on Wintanceastre ænlǽnaþ Ælfréde his deg xl hída landes æt Alresforda æfter ðære lǽna ðe Túnbryht bisceop ǽr álénde his yldran bishop Denewulf and the convent at Winchester lease to Alfred for his life xl hides of land at
hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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In the passage from Alfred's Laws hengen might refer to the actual constraint of the limbs as in the stocks. See the first two passages under II., 2, where such constraint is noted.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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The Chronicle several times during Alfred's reign contains the notice that 'Wesseaxna ælmessan' were sent to Rome, but the first notice in the laws of Rómfeoh occurs in the agreement between English and Danes, to which his son Edward was a party : 'Gif
hors
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But if a passage in Alfred's translation of Boethius describes English feeling, riding as an amusement was little known (v. rídan). In war, too, and in farming horses were less used than in later times.
Beda
Venerable Bede
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. - He gives the following account of himself, according to king Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version, made about 890 Ic Beda, Cristes þeów, and Mæsse-Preóst ðæs Mynstres ðare eádigra Apostola Petrus and Paulus, ðæt is æt Wira-múþan [Wearmouth] and on Gyrwum
mǽg
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</b> a parent, kinsman of an earlier generation :-- On Ines dæge mínes (Alfred's) mǽges, Ll. Th. i. 58, 24. Be wurþscipe mága (parentum) . . . ne scylon bearn (filii) mágum (parentibus) goldhordian ac mágas bearnum, Scint. 173, 7 -3.
ELN
the Royal
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King Alfred, in his Anglo-Saxon version of Orosius, followed the calculation of Ohthere, who says that the Horse-whale or Walrus is 7 ells long, that is 14 feet, and the Whales 48 ells, and the largest 50, that is 96 feet, and the largest 100 feet long
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Cædmon
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The origin of his Poem is thus recorded in king Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of Bede Ðá stód him sum mon æt þurh swefen, and hine hálette and grétte, and hine be his naman nemde, Cædmon [Cedmon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 12], sing me hwæt-hwegn.
weorod
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Hé ( king Alfred ) lytle werede uniéþelíce æfter wudum fór, 878; Erl. 78, 33. Wærede, 823 ; Erl. 63, 18. Síde worude (worulde, MS.), Cd. Th. 118, 11; Gen. 1963. Hié sceoldan ðæt hǽþene weorod geflýman, Blickl. Homl. 221, 30.
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Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Alfred the Great was king over all the Anglo-Saxons, but by this complete victory Athelstan becamethe undisputed king over all England [Engla land, q. v.] — The locality of Brunanburh has not yet been determined.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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'In is not found in Alfred's Metres, in the Runic poem, or in Byrhtnoþ; it occurs twice in the metrical Psalms, three times in Cædmon's Genesis; elsewhere in the poetry in and on freely interchange; but in prevails in the North, on in the South.
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