níþ
Entry preview:
Hú mycelne níþ hí hæfdon menniscum cynne æteówed unusquisque quantum nequitiae egisset, 189, 11. Æfestum onǽled, oferhygda ful, níþum, nearowrencum, Mód. 44. Forlǽtan wé morðor and oferhýdyg and æfeste, . . . níðas and nearoþancas. Verc.
be-tweohnum
between ⬩ among
Entry preview:
Under þám griðe þe heom betweónan beón sceolde, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 27: 1016; P. 153, 1 Unseht betweónan Godwine and þám cynge, 1052 ; P. 183, 14. Se ríca and se þearfa sind him betwýnan nýdbehéfe (needful to each other), Hml.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
Entry preview:
Gnorniende cynn a mourning race, 216; Th. 273, 9; Sat. 134: Ps. Th. 101, 4. Geonge for ðé gnornendra care ðara ðe on feterum fæste wǽran intret in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum, 78, 11
ríp
Entry preview:
On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246.
Linked entry: ripa
for-faran
To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade
Entry preview:
Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were
Linked entry: fór-faran
gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
Entry preview:
Se cyng dǽlde þá ersumang for his fæder sáule, 1086; P. 222, 14-20. Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.
æþele
Entry preview:
Æþeleste cyn celeberrimum, i. opinatissimum (spectaculi) genus, An. Ox. 2082
Linked entry: æþel
crísten-dóm
Entry preview:
Þæt sixte muneca cyn ásprang on anginne cristendómes, R. Ben. 136, 7. Hé gesette án þúsend bóca . . . be ðám crístendóme, Hml. A. 5, 107. On þám crístendóme þe Críst sylf ástealde, 16, 74. Healdan rihtne crístendóm, Wlfst. 78, 9.
incer
Entry preview:
Fyllaþ eorþan incre [Adam and Eve] cynne, 10; Th. 13, 4; Gen. 197
þóþer
Entry preview:
Ðá ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, and Apollonius yrnende ðone ðóðor gelǽhte, Ap. Th. 13, 1-3
Róm-pening
Entry preview:
Gif cyninges þegn oððe ǽnig landríca hit forhæbbe, gilde .x. healfmearc, healf Criste, healf cynge.
Linked entry: Róm-feoh
ge-anlícian
to make like ⬩ to act towards
Entry preview:
Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod and gelíce gehíwad, Shrn. 80, 35. to act towards a person as if he were another ꝥ hí sceoldon þone ylcan Ricgan geonlícian (ꝥ hí. . . geanlícodon, v. l.) þám cynge ipsum regem esse simulantes
ÆSC
an ash-tree ⬩ fraxinus excelsior ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ ⬩ an ash-spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ lance ⬩ hasta fraxinea ⬩ hasta ⬩ a small ship ⬩ a skiff ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ navis ⬩ navigium ⬩ dromo
Entry preview:
Kmbl. 2195; An. 1099. because boats were made of ash, — a small ship, a skiff, a light vessel to sail or row in; navis, navigium, dromo Hét Ælfréd cyng timbrian langscipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long ships against those ships, Chr
á-lísan
Entry preview:
Se cyng eall Normandig æt him mid feó álísde, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 32. Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9. Bióð álésede of liberabuntur, Kent. Gl. 355. <b>IIIb.
Linked entry: á-lýsan
ge-méde
Entry preview:
Se cyng gebécte ꝥ land Æðelstáne . . . Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ), 208, 9.
gild
Entry preview:
R. 16, 26. pay of troops Eádwerd cing scylode .ix. scypa of mále . . . and belifon .v. scypa bæftan; and se cing heom behét .xii. mónað gyld, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 29. with idea of compul-sion, payment exacted by the State, a tax Áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ
West-mynster
Entry preview:
Willelm com tó Westmynstre, and Ealdréd arcebiscop hine tó cynge gehálgode, 1066; Erl. 203, 8. Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre, 1069; Erl. 207, 7. Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre intó Westminstre, Cod. Dip.
wearg
a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit
Entry preview:
Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
Entry preview:
Teón ða wæteru forþ swimmende cynn cucu on lífe producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, Gen. 1, 20: Ex. 22,4. Hí cwico nǽron they were not alive, Exon. 24b; Th. 69, 36; Cri. 1131. Cwicu quick [living], pl. nom. n. Ps. Th. 108, 24.
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
Entry preview:
Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 8: L. Eth. ix. 33: Th. i. 348, 6: L. C.