eall-wihta
All beings ⬩ omnia creāta
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All beings; omnia creāta Cyning eall-wihta king of all creatures, Andr. Kmbl. 3204; An. 1605: Cd. 47; Th. 60, 7; Gen. 978: 5; Th. 7, 28; Gen. 113
gram
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Hé beforan þone graman cyning ( tyrannum ) gelǽd wæs, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 22. See next word. Add
heáfod-weard
A chief guardian, chief officer
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A chief guardian, chief officer Cynnes heáfud wærd tribunus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 12. Ðæs herefolces heáfodweardas the leaders of the army, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 3; Jud. 239
medu-stíg
Path to the mead-hall
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Path to the mead-hall Cyning of brýdbúre treddode ... and his cwén mid him medostíg gemæt ... Hróðgár tó healle geóng, Beo. Th. 1845-1855; B. 920-925
folc-land
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Gif se cyning mínum suna geunnan wille ðes folc-londes tó ðǽm bóclonde, ðonne habbe and brúce, C. D. ii. 120, 35. Cyninges folcland, 65, I. Add
Sǽ-Geátas
The seafaring(?) Geats
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Geats Ða Sǽ-Geátas sélran næbben tó geceósenne cyning ǽnigne, Beo. Th. 3704; B. 1850. Sǽ-Geáta ( Beowulf and his companions ) síðas, 3976; B. 1986
Linked entry: Sǽ-Dene
bannan
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Hét se cyning bannan út here, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 22. Add
here-téma
A leader of an army, of a people ⬩ a ruler ⬩ general
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A leader of an army, of a people, a ruler, general Se heretéma cyning selfa the leader, the king himself [Theodoric ], Bt. Met. Fox 1. 63; Met. 1, 31. Se heretýma, caldéa cyning. Cd. 205; Th. 253, 30; Dan. 603.
Linked entry: -tíma
ge-cyssan
To kiss ⬩ oscŭlāri
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To kiss; oscŭlāri Gecyste cyning þegn betstan the king kissed the best of thanes, Beo. Th. 3744; B. 1870. Gecyste foet his osculabatur pedes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38
hleápere
A leaper, ⬩ dancer, ⬩ runner, ⬩ courier
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Tuegen hleáperas Ælfréd cyning sende mid gewritum king Alfred sent two couriers with letters, Chr. 889; Erl. 86, 23
Linked entry: hleápan
slæccan
To make slack or slow ⬩ to delay
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Ðá cwæþ se cyngc, 'Ðe læs ðe ic eów á leng slæce (slæcce ?),' Th. Ap. 20, 6
heard-sǽlþ
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Se cyning . . . him wæs wániende ǽgþer ge his ágene heardsǽlða ge ealles þæs folces rex . . . nunc suam, nunc publicam infelicitatem deflet, Ors. 4, 5: S. 166, 20. Add
cǽpe-hús
a merchant ⬩ a house ⬩ A storehouse ⬩ armarium
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[ Similar entries cépa a merchant, Similar entries hús a house] A storehouse; armarium Ælces cynnes cǽpe-hús armarium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 19; Wrt. Voc. 58, 59
hleápere
a landleaper ⬩ vagrant ⬩ a horse-man
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.), vagrant Fífte cyn is wídscriþelra hleápera (circum-cellionum ), R. Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere, cerethi An. Ox. 775.
eorl
a hero
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Th. i. 278, 5.]: Se cyng and Þúrkyl eorl (cf. Cnut cyng eall Englalandes ríce tódǽlde on feówer; him seolfan West-Sexan, and Þúrkylle Eást-Englan . . . 1017; P. 154, 4), Chr. 1020; P. 154, 24.
hleów
cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector
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Protection afforded by a person Hé ácenned wearð tó hleó and tó hróðre hæleða cynne, An. 567: III.
bóc
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<b>I a</b> 2. add: a title-deed Se cyng gebécte ðæt land Æðelstáne ... Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne, Cht. E. 202, 25. Se cing hét þone arcebisceop bóc settan and Æðelstáne bóc and land betécan, C. D. iv. 234, 23.
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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He forþ, stæpþ wel orglíce swylce hwyle cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34
Linked entry: orhlíce
scip-hlæst
the body of (fighting) men on a ship ⬩ a ship of burden ⬩ a transport
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Hér gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning wið .xxxv. sciphlæsta, Chr. 833; Erl. 64, 19: 837; Erl. 66, 5: 840; Erl. 66, 19. Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið .vii. sciphlæstas and hiera án geféng and ða óðru gefliémde, 875; Erl. 78, 6.
Linked entry: hlæst
lætsum
Slow ⬩ late
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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18