freó-dóm
freedom from spiritual bondage, ⬩ freedom from obligation, ⬩ release from restraint ⬩ freedom of activity ⬩ absence of restraint, or hindrance, ⬩ freedom to do ⬩ liberty of action ⬩ freedom ⬩ liberality ⬩ freedom ⬩ frankness ⬩ freedom from trouble ⬩ freedom from a tax ⬩ the charter granting freehold land
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Similar entries v. freó, (10) Mín ærfelond ðe ic et Aeðeluulfe cyninge begæt and gebohte mid fullum friódóme on ǽce ærfe, C.D. i. 316, 5.
æðeling
the son of a king ⬩ one of royal blood ⬩ a nobleman ⬩ the king ⬩ God ⬩ Christ ⬩ regia suboles ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ man ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ homo ⬩ homines
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Æðelstán cyning and his bróðor eác, Eádmund æðeling king Æthelstan and his brother also, Edmund the noble. Chr. 938; Th. 200, 33; Æðelst. 3.
BEORHT
BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus
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Meotud ælmihtig, beorht cyning Almighty God, noble king Andr. Kmbl. 1804; An. 905. Ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætniman the glorious father [God] would not take the child from him Cd. 162; Th. 204, 4; Exod. 414.
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leód-scipe
A people ⬩ nation
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Th. i. 454, 11, Hí cyning habban woldon swá swá óðre leódscipas hæfdon they wanted to have a king, as other nations had, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 45. Tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3.
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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Grammar myntan, with infin. to be supplied Gif ðú seó riht cyning swá ðú ǽr myntest, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 8; Sat. 688. Mynte se mǽra hwǽr hé meahte ðanon fleón the mighty one designed (to get) where he could flee thence, Beo. Th. 1528; B. 762. [Cf.
án-rǽd
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Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11. Rihtwísnysse mid ánrǽdum móde symle healdan, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 19: Hml. S. 1, 166. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost, Hml. A. 48, 582: Shrn. 59, 26.
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Se cyning gerehte his witum þæs bisceopes bodunge, 26, 66. Þurh Paules bodunga. Bl. H. 173, 18. Bodunge, R. Ben. 4, 5: Hml. Th. i. 58, 30. Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, ne mid bodungum wel ne lǽrað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. Bodengum, Wlfst. 276, 24.
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Sende se cyning heretogan mid mycelre fyrdinge, Hml. A. 103, 46: 104, 55. 'Hæbbe hé mid him tó þǽre fyrdincge Jóhannem and Paulum . . . ' Se heretoga férde mid þǽre fyrdiucge, Hml. S. 7, 313, 318: 28, 2: 18, 215, 397. Fyrdungce (ferdungc, Hpt.
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, 14. one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages Se cyning gerehte his witan on heora ágenum gereorde ðæs bisceopes bodunge, and wæs his wealhstod, for ðan ðe hé wel cúþe Scyttysc, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 67.
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seld-
strange ⬩ extraordinary ⬩ wonderful ⬩ having unusual good qualities ⬩ excellent ⬩ admirable
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Him (the phenix) sette sóð cyning sellícran gecynd ofer fugla cyn, 221, 4; Ph. 329. Ic ǽfre ne geseah syllícran cræft. Andr. Kmbl. 1000; An. 500: Rood Kmbl. 8; Kr. 4
ge-winnan
to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare
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Ðone cyning ðe hie ǽr mid unrihte gewunnen hæfde the king that had before unjustly conquered them, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 22. On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen laboriously gained in their own time, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55.
Engle
The Angles ⬩ Angli
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Engla cyningas kings of the Angles, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 38. Betweox Wealum and Englum between the Welsh and English, L. O. D. 2; Th. i. 352, 14
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EARG
inert, weak, timid, cowardly ⬩ iners, ignāvus, segnis, tĭmĭdus ⬩ evil, wretched, vile ⬩ prāvus, imprŏbus
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Th. 5076; B. 2541: Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 27. evil, wretched, vile; prāvus, imprŏbus Ða cyningas, ðe æfter Romuluse rícsedan, wǽran eargran ðonne he wǽre the kings who reigned after Romulus, were more vile than he was. Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 24.
mearh
A horse ⬩ steed
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Cyninges mearh, 2383; El. 1193. Se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264. Hwǽr cwom mearg, hwǽr cwom mago, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92.
ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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He wæs gemǽrsod ofer ealle óðre cyningas he was celebrated above all other kings, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 41
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cwén
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</b> a king's wife :-- Þǽs cyninges nama wæs Eilippus, and his quéne noma wæs Eufenisse, Shrn. 131, 31. <b>III b.</b> a king's daughter :-- Þæs cynges dohtor cwæð: 'Ic gife þé . . .'
hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Th. i. 380, 28. of disposition, malignantly, with ill-will Þyses cyninges cwén wæs forcúþost wífa, Gezabel geháten, hetelíce gemódod, Hml. S. 18, 50. Ðá Malchus þás word gehýrde þe se portgeréfa him swá hetelíce wæs tó spræcende, 23, 718
ge-ceósan
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Hine gecés tó fæder and tó hláforde Scotta cyning, 924; P. 104, 18: 921; P. 103, 19. Se abb forðgefaren wæs; þá geceás hé Æðelsige munuc þǽrtó, 1061; P. 190, 4. Se flota eall gecuron Cnut tó cyninge, 1014; P. 144, 28.
CÝÞ
knowledge ⬩ notitia, cognitio, scientia ⬩ relation, relationship, KITH ⬩ familiaritas, munus ⬩ a known land, native country, region, ⬩ situs naturalis, natale solum, patria regio
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Ðære godcundan cýþþe divinæ cognitionis, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 13, 16. relation, relationship, KITH;familiaritas, munus Gif he to ðam cyninge furðor cýþþe hæbbe if he have further relation to the king, L. C.
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be-weorpan
to cast, cast down, throw ⬩ projicere, dejicere ⬩ to cast about or over, cover over, surround ⬩ conjicere, supertegere, cingere
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to cast, cast down, throw; projicere, dejicere Seó cwén hét [híg] ðam cyninge heáfod ofaceorfan, and bewyrpan on ánne cylle the queen commanded [them] to cut off the king's head, and to cast it into a vessel, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 33.