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Eádgár

(n.)
Grammar
Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]

Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975

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He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975 Hér, A.D. 955,Eádgár féng to Myrcena ríce here Edgar succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia, Chr. 955; Erl. 119, 32.

edor-brice

(n.)
Grammar
edor-brice, -bryce

a fence-breaking

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a fence-breaking, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 10, note 25

Aldfriþ

(n.)
Grammar
Aldfriþ, es; m. [ald = eald old; friþ peace]

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

gyrd-weg

(n.)
Grammar
gyrd-weg, es; m.

A road with a fence on either side[?],

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A road with a fence on either side[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

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.

ge-hegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hegian, p. ode
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To hedge, fence Gehega þíne eáran mid þornigum hege sepi aures tuas spinis . Wlfst. 246, 8

Linked entry: hegian

pistol-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-bóc, f.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
Acemannes burh, burg; g. burge; d. byrig, beri; f: ceaster, cester; g. ceastre; f. [æce ake, mannes man's, ceaster or burh city or fortress]

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.

un-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwéme, adj.
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Först. 175 (s.v. un-fenge)

Linked entries: cwéme un-gecwéme

Æðelréd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele, réd = rǽd counsel] .

ÆthelredÆthelredÆthelrédusÆthelred AthelingÆthelred

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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

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?]
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Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham. v. the translation of Leo

feastlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
feastlíce, adv

Firmlyconstantlystoutlyfirmĭterconstanter

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Firmly, constantly, stoutly; firmĭter, constanter Hí feastlíce féngon they stoutly engaged, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 32: 1008; Erl. 141, 17

burg-hege

(n.)
Grammar
burg-hege, es; m.
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The fence of a 'burg' (v. burg, Ia) Andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte oð cyninges burghege (burge hege?), C.D.B. ii. 305. 26

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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Be fenne on þonne heáfodæcer, C. D. B. iii. 517, 24, 27. On þone heáfodæcre, C. D. iii. 442, 6

Linked entry: -hafol

stíþe

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþe, adv.
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[Hou thai mai stithe stand igain the fend, Met. Homl. 4, 11.] hardly, harshly, sternly, severely Hú stíðe ( dure ) se landhláford spræc wið hig, Gen. 42, 30. Him ðæt stíðe geald fædera Lothes, Cd. Th. 125, 15 ; Gen. 2079. austerely, strictly, Homl.

fæstnes

stabilitytenacityresolutionvigourfirmness

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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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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

Linked entry: geon-lic

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, p. ode.

to drawto writecompose

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to draw a figure, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Ðonne wercaþ hió of weaxe, wrítiaþ Fénix, metaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, and drawings and paintings. Engl.