ge-cweðan
To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre
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Hí ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyng útlah of Engla lande gecwǽdon they pronounced every Danish king an outlaw from England for ever, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 34.
þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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gt; correction : -- Tó ðam yflum cymþ réþu wyrd tó edleáne his yfla oððe tó þreátunge and tó láre ðæt hé eft swá ne dó fortuna aspera puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 8. threatening On ðam geáre gegaderade Eádward cyng
weorþ-full
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Se cyng Willelm wæs swíðe wís man and swíðe ríce, and wurðfulre and strengere ðonne ǽnig his foregengra wǽre . . .
beard
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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.
ge-camp
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Muneca cyn þe ... under abbodes tǽcinge on gecampe wuniaþ ( militans sub abbate ), R. Ben. 9, 4. Wé magon ðá feóndlican leahtras mid gecampe oferwinnan, gif wé cénlíce feohtað, Hml.
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Ðá on ðæm setle Eádweard cyng ðǽr sæt [æt Steanforde], ðá gefór Æðelflǽd his swystar æt Tameworþige, xii nihtum ǽr middum sumera.
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EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Se cyng and his witan habbaþ gecoren and gecweden, ealswá hit riht is,—ðæt þridda [MS. þriddan] ðǽl ðare teóðunge, ðe to circan gebýrige, gá to ciric-bóte; —and óðer dǽl ðám Godes þeówum;—þridde Godes þearfum, and earman þeówetlingan concerning tithe.
synnig
sinful, wicked ⬩ guilty, culpable
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Synnig cynn ( the people of Sodom ), Cd. Th. 152, 35; Gen. 2531. Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Beóþ ða syngan flǽsc scandum þurhwaden, Exon. Th. 78, 31; Cri. 1282. Fyrenfulra ðreát, heáp synnigra peccatores, Ps.
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Hwílum ic gehére helle scealcas, gnorniende cynn, Cd. Th. 273, 8; Sat. 133 . a man, soldier, sailor Scealc (Beowulf ) hafaþ dǽde gefremede, ðe wé ealle ǽr ne meahton, Beo. Th. 1883; B. 939.
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ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Ðás twá ælmessena cynn ús sind tó begánne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 31. Ðæt góde weorc ðára ælmæssena, Gr. D. 320, 25. Geornfull on árfæstum wæstmum ælmesena, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 7. Tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt.
ge-tæl
a number ⬩ series ⬩ reckoning ⬩ computation ⬩ numerus ⬩ series ⬩ computus ⬩ computatio ⬩ a company ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ centuria ⬩ tribus ⬩ a book of reckoning ⬩ a register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ laterculum ⬩ catalogus ⬩ = κατάλoγos
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All getalu oððe cynn omnes tribus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 30.
wer
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Ðeós wyrt is twéga cynna, óðer ys wíf, óðer wer, 252, 20. <b>V a.</b> in grammar, masculine gender :-- Participia belimpaþ tó þrým cynnum, tó were and tó wífe and tó náðrum cynne, Ælfc. Gr. 39; Zup. 243, 19
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missen-
Dissimilar ⬩ different ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ divers
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Missendlíce cynno diversitatem gentium, Rtl. 32, 1. Hé gedǽleþ missenlíce ( or adv.? ) leoþocræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 4; Crä. 28. Hé ús syleþ missenlícu mód. 89 a; Th. 334, 8; Gn. Ex. 13.
plegan
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</b> add :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, Ap. Th. 13, 1. Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8
ge-fæstnian
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Hér gefestnode Eádward cyng frið wið Eást-Engla here, 906; P. 95, 1. Hí mid wedde and mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon, 926; P. 107, 24. Seó gerǽdnys þe míne witan gerǽddon, and nú mid wedde gefæstnodon, Ll. Th. i. 272, 4.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ic gehére gnorniende cynn grundas mǽnan ( the devils in hell), Cd. 216; Th. 273, 10; Sat. 134. Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712
sige
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Se cyng áhte siges geweald victory remained with the king, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 201, 12. Hí mid mycele sige ( triumpho magno ) hám fóran, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 32. Palm getácnaþ syge, Homl. Th. i. 218, 11.
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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Se cyng bæd Godwine eorl faran intó Cent mid unfriða, ac se eorl nolde ná geðwǽrian ðære infare, forþan him wæs láð tó ámyrrenne his ágenne folgað; 1048; Erl. 178, 8. For unfriðe on account of hostilities, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 26.
cild
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Fór Eádgar cild ( Edgar Atheling ) út . . . and se cyng Melcolm genam þes cildes swuster tó wífe, P. 201, 1-3. Ælfsige cild, C. D. iv. 10, 29.
cýþan
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Se cyng sende and kýdde heom ꝥ ilce, Chr. 1064; P. 192, 3. Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe nemo palam pronunciet, Nar. 28, 30. Hit nǽnig mon út cýþan ne móste, 32, 17. with clause Hér cýþ on hú seóc man mót his fæsten álýsan, Ll.