in-fær
An entrance ⬩ ingress
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Hé hæfþ gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infær tó his ríce he hath opened to righteous men an entrance to his kingdom, 28, 13. Geopenige úre sárnys ús infær sóðre gecyrrednysse let our affliction open to us an entrance to true conversion, ii. 124, 7.
ge-miclian
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To enlarge, magnify, extol, glorify Se Mǽða ríce swíðe gemiclade who greatly enlarged the kingdom of the Medes, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 28: Ps. Th. 147, 3.
Linked entry: micelian
un-stæððig
not steady ⬩ remiss ⬩ irregular ⬩ unstable ⬩ inconstant ⬩ fickle ⬩ unsteady ⬩ unstaid ⬩ not sober ⬩ light ⬩ wanton
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Th. ii. 160, 19. unstable, inconstant, fickle Wé sceolon fyligan úrum Heáfde fram ðissere unstæððigan worulde tó his staðelfæstan ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 21. Ðises lífes gewilnung gelǽt ða unstæððian tó manegum leahtrum, Homl.
blówan
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Blówende ríce, Dóm. L. 28, 2
scrudnian
To examine carefully ⬩ consider ⬩ investigate
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Míne gebroðra, scrutniaþ mid hú wáclícum wurðe Godes ríce biþ geboht, Homl. Th. i. 582, 25. Twá þing sind ðe wé sceolon carfullíce scrutnian, ii. 82, 25. Scrutniende scrutando, investigando. Hpt. Gl. 410, 12.
Linked entry: scrutnian
an-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ exalt ⬩ raise up ⬩ take away ⬩ remove ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ sublimare ⬩ attollere ⬩ auferre
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Mid ða heánnesse ðæs eorþlícan ríces anhafen regni culmine sublimatus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 9
Linked entry: an-hafen
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Wealthy, rich, opulent of persons, in respect to material or non-material riches Welig dives Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 18: pecuniosus 54, 53. Sum weligman wæs homo quidam erat dives Lk. 16, l, 19. Sum weli (welig, MS. A.: wælig, Lind.) mann Mt.
Linked entry: wealig
on-líce
Like, in like manner
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Like, in like manner Ealle ða ríca forheregian . . . swíðe onlíce ðam micelan flóde, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 6; Met. 8, 47; Elen. Kmbl. 197; El. 99.
ge-welgian
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Gewelegodum a predito, 2, 3. to become rich Ellenróf úp ástondeð, þrymme gewelgað ( becomes enriched with glory, becomes glorious ), Pa. 41. to make rich. of material wealth, the object a person, to bestow wealth on another Ðet ic geweolegie ut ditem
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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D. 946, Eádmund cyning forþíerde, on Sc̃s Agustínus mæssedæge, and he hæfde ríce seofoðe healf geár; and ðá féng Eádréd Æðeling, his bróðor, to ríce here king Edmund died, on St.
hwílend-líc
temporal ⬩ temporary ⬩ transitory
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Ðá se cyning wæs ceasterwara gefremed ðæs écan ríces and wolde eft ðæt éþel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces rex æterni regni jam civis effectus, temporalis sui regni sedem repetiit, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 33.
Linked entry: hwílwend-líc
feoh-gesteald
Possession of riches ⬩ dīvĭtiārum possessio
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Possession of riches; dīvĭtiārum possessio Ne þorfton ða þegnas feohgestealda [MS. -gestealde] wénan the followers needed not expect possession of riches, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 25; Jul. 685
forþ-gewítan
To go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ go by ⬩ pass ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ procēdĕre ⬩ transīre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ mŏri
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Forþgewít and ríce procēde et regna, Ps. Spl. 44, 5. Prætĕrĭtum tempus is forþgewiten tíd prætĕrĭtum tempus is the past tense, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Som. 23, 7, 10, 12, 13. Se forþgewitena tíma the past tense, Som. 23, 14.
Linked entry: ge-wítan
lytes-ná
Almost ⬩ nearly
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Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 13; Jul. 10.
Linked entry: ná
un-tweólíce
undoubtedly ⬩ indubitably ⬩ certainly ⬩ without feeling doubt ⬩ with certainty
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Hé grípð untweólíce ðæt behátene ríce, Homl. Th. i. 360, 25: Homl. Ass. 97, 184. Heó getácnode untweólíce ða hálgan gelaðunge, 114, 412. Untwílíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 39. Se Sunu is gást and hálig untwýlíce, Homl. Th. i. 282, 30.
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burg-scír
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Ne ára ðú nánum ríce ne ǽnigre burhscíre non parcet oculus tuus ulli regno, omnemque urbem munitam subjugabis mihi, Hml. A. 103, 48
ge-offrian
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Gif hwylc ríce mon his bearn Gode on mynstre geoffrian wile, R. Ben. 103, 11
ge-éhtan
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persecutus sum, Rtl. 60, 7. to get by pursuit. of conquest, to gain a country Claudius cóm tó Brytlande and geeóde mycel dǽl églandes, and eác ꝥ égeland of Orcanie hé geéhte tó Rómánan anwealde, Chr. 46; P. 7, 29. to purchase Mid wáclicum wurðe Godes ríce
swerian
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Hí him áþas swóron on þám hálgan beáge þæt hié of his ríce fóren, 876; P. 74, 9
wearg-cwedol
Given to evil speaking or cursing
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M. 356, 26) Godes ríce gesittan ne magon, hwæþere is gelýfed ðæt ða ðe be gewyrhtum wyrgede wǽron for heora árleásnysse, ðæt hí hraðe ðurh Drihtnes wræc heora scylde wíte ðrowedon quamvis maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum est tamen quod