self
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Þá habbað him sylf cyning, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 1. Ǽgðer ge hié self wéndon ge ealle ðá neáhþeóda ꝥ hié ofer hié ealle mehte anwald habban, 3, 1; S. 96, 6: Bd. pref.; Sch. 4, 12. <b>B.
weard
a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel ⬩ a guardian, protector, lord
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Cyning, beáhhorda weard, Beo. Th. 1847; B. 921. Ríces weard, 2784; B. 1390. Folces weard, 5019; B. 2513. Weard servatorem (animae tuae, Prov. 24, 12), Kent. Gl. 932. Rodera weard, Cd. Th. 1, 2; Gen. 1. Lífes weard, 9, 20; Gen. 144.
Linked entries: æftan-weard ǽg-weard fóre-weard byri-weard
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Þá befrán se cyning his cnihtas and cwæþ, 'Hwylce méde hæfde Mardocheus?', Hml. A. 98, 216: 99, 257. question in-direct Hé befrán his witan hwæt him þúhte be þám, Hml. A. 93, 46: 156, 115. Hé befrán ðá hwám ðá gebytlu gemynte wǽron, Hml.
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wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Voc. ii. 151, 65. to be mad, out of one's senses Cwæþ se cyning : ' Ne wille ðú swá sprécan ; ðæt ðú teala wite. ' Cwæþ hé: 'Ne wéde ic (non insanio), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 32. Deófol is on him, and hé wét (insanit), Jn. Skt. 10, 20.
Linked entry: a-wédan
bend
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Ðeóf siþþan hé bið on cyninges bende, 112, 5. Healdan þone bróðerlican bend, Hml. Th. i. 260, 29: ii. 318, 5. Bendas lora. Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 76. Tóburstan þá bendas, Shrn. 54, 21: Wlfst. 83, 8; Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 13, 22. Benda, S. 592, 7.
ge-hírsumian
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Þá; búrþénas ábudon þǽre cwéne þæs cyninges hǽse, ac heó hit forsóc and nolde gehýrsumian him to his willan, 93, 43: Ll. Th. i. 194, 19. a command, law, &c. Gehýrsumie pareat, i. obediat (praecepto) An. Ox. 296.
heáh-setl
A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice ⬩ throne ⬩ thronus, solium, triclinium ⬩ a high seat (at table)
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Be ðám unrihtwísum cyningum ða wé gesióþ sittan on ðám héhstan heáhsetlum concerning unjust kings whom we see sitting on the highest thrones, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 2
Linked entry: heáh-seld
treówsian
to engage ⬩ pledge one's self ⬩ to prove one's self to be true ⬩ to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
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to engage, pledge one's self Him cómon ongeán . vi. cyningas and ealle wið trýwsodon (wið hine getreówsodon, col. 1), ðæt hí woldon efenwy[r]hton beón on sǽ and on lande six kings came to meet him, and all solemnly engaged to co-operate on sea and on
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á-blycgan
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Ðá áblicgde Aman unblíþum andwlitan, and ne mihte ná ácuman ðæs cyninges graman, Hml. A. 100, 265. Hé wearð swíðe þearle áblycged vehementer territus Gr. D. 133, 3. Ic eom áblicged consternor Ælfc. Gr. 222, 9.
Linked entries: a-blícgan un-geblýged blycgan
CEÓL
KEEL ⬩ a ship ⬩ carina, celox, navis
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In ðam ceóle wæs cyninga wuldor the glory of kings was in the ship, 1707; An. 856: Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 9; Seef. 5. He ceól gesóhte he sought the ship, Andr. Kmbl. 759; An. 380.
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DEÓR
An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER ⬩ fĕra, bestia
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Ohthere hæfde, ðá he ðone cyningc sóhte, tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund. Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas Ohthere had, when he came to the king, six hundred of tame DEER unbought [non emptus untrafficked or traded in].
ge-rýne
A mystery, a sacrament ⬩ mysterium ⬩ counsel ⬩ mystery ⬩ mysterium, sacramentum
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Hit forhæfed gewearþ ðætte hie sǽdon swefn cyninge, wyrda gerýnu it was denied that they should tell the dream to the king, the mysteries of the fates, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 4; Dan. 149.
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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Ðæt nǽnig þing ne gedafenade swá æþelum cyninge and swá geþungenum quia nulla ratione conveniat tanto regi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 38: 2, 1; 501, 34: Homl. Th. ii. 122, 14: 126, 28.
Linked entry: ge-þingan
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Ðá com Æðelréd cyning innan ðam lenctene hám tó his ágenre þeóde, 1014; Erl. 150, 17. Sunnan glǽm on lenctenne lífes tácen weceþ the sun's gleam in spring wakes signs of life, Exon. 59 b; Th. 215, 16; Ph. 254.
Linked entry: lengten
stæppan
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Se cyning stóp tóforan ðam biscope, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36. Seó wífman stóp inn ingressa, Jud. 4, 21: Cd.Th. 69, 16; Gen. 1136. Se apostol stóp intó ðære byrig, Homl. Th. i. 60, 11: Byrht. Th. 134, 3; By. 78.
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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Him unblíðe andswarode wulfheort cyning, 224, 10; Dan. 134. unquiet, not peaceful Giðreáð ðe unblíðo corripite inquietos, Rtl. 11, 37
á-fédan
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H. 7. 31. to bring up, nurture Þám gelícost þe sum cyning háte sum wíf dón on carcern, and heó cenne cniht, and sé sý ðǽr áféded oð hé sý twéntigwintre, Wlfst. 3, l. On mínre scóle áféd and gelǽred ( nutritus ), Bt. 3, I; F. 4, 19.
ferian
to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct
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Hiora cyning wæs gewundod, þæt hí hine ne mehton ferian, Chr. 894; P. 86, 6. Wegférende móton for neóde mete ferian, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 26. Ic seah rǽpingas on ræced fergan I saw captives carried into a house, Rä. 53, 1.
ge-dafenian
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Ox. 5356. with infin. or clause Swylces módes wer má gedafonade (-dafen-, v. l. beón tó bysceope gehálgad (ꝥ hé wǽre tó bisceope gehálgod, v. l.) þonne hé cyning wǽre a man of such a disposition was more suited to be consecrated a bishop than to be a
heofon-ríce
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Wnldres cyning, heofonríces helm, Cri. 566. Wuldorcyning, heofonríces God, Jul. 239: El. 1125. of Christ Ic (Eve) ðé hálsige, heofonríces weard . . . þú fram mínre dóhtor, Drihten, onwóce, Sae. 422. Críst wæs ácenned . .