swic-dóm
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Se cyning swíðor micle wénende wæs ðæt hié ðonon fleónde wǽren ðonne hié ǽnigne swicdóm cýþan dorsten the king thought it was far more probable that they were fleeing thence, than that they would venture to practise any ruse, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 16.
wiga
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Dauid cyning, wigena baldor, Elen. Kmbl. 688; El. 344. Wigena hleó ... wigena weard ( Constantine ), Elen. 300-306; El. 150-153. Wigena strengel ( Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6222; B. 3115. Similarly the Deity is called wigena wyn, Exon.
Linked entry: wihgena
willan
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Hí wǽron onginnende ꝥ hí ꝥ dón woldon hoc facere conati sunt, 234, 6. in a clause translating a Latin clause Ðá eóde se cyning in ꝥ hé wolde geseón intravit rex ut videret, Mt. 22, 21.
á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne, Chr. 867; P. 68, 19. to reject, cast away or off,renounce, with person as object Áwerpeð execratur, An. Ox. 56, 89. Gif wíf áwyrpð hire ágenne wer, Hml. Th. ii. 324, 1.
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.
lah-slit
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component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte Beó se wið ðone cyningc
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weorþ-full
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Skt. ii. 30, 20. having honours, worshipful, noble, illustrious, magnificent Án woruldcynincg . . . ne mæg beón wurðful cynincg, búton hé hæbbe ða geþincðe ðe him gebyriaþ, Homl. Skt. i. pref. 60.
næss
a ness ⬩ land running out into water ⬩ headland ⬩ promontory
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Gesæt on næsse cyning, 4825; B. 2417. Wearþ on næs ( of a lake ) togen wundorlíc wǽgbora, 2883; B. 1439 : 3205; B. 1600. Se ðe næs ( by the sea ) gerád, 5789; B. 2898. Windige næssas wind-swept headlands, 2721; B. 1358.
riht-líc
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Gif hiora hwilc swá heardheort wǽre, ðæt hé náne hreówsunge ne dyde, ðæt hé ðonne hæfde rihtlíc wíte, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 16. right, fitting, adapted to due requirements Hú wolde ðé lícian gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning wǽre and næfde nǽnne frýne mon on
ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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Cyning sceal mid ceápe cwéne gebicgan a king shall buy a queen with goods Exon. 90a; Th.338, 22; Gn. Ex. 82. [For this use of the verb see Grimm R.A. pp. 421 sqq. where similar phrases in other dialects are given.]
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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Ne mihte hé mid ðone cyning ... sibbe habban; ac swá mycel ungeþwǽrnys and unsibb betwih him áras ( ingravescentibus causis dissensionum ), ðæt hí heora fyrd gesomnedon, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 35.
Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes
wuldrian
to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified
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Hé wolde ðone cyning mid ðyssum hwílendlícum árum wuldrian temporalibus honoribus regem glorificare satagens, Bd.1, 32; S. 498, 22. Wé sié wuldræd gloriemur, Rtl. 41, 41. to glory in respect to something Ic wuldrige glorior, Ælfc.
duguþ
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Þú, þonne, dugoþa cyning, 177, 1. a body of great men, nobility, retainers of a chief, a senate Ealdermanna duguð senatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 38. Ælfún abbod and þegenas ǽgðer ge of Eást-Cent ge of West-Cent, eal seó duguð, Cht. Th. 302, 30.
ge-macian
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</b> to arrange with a person that something shall be done :-- Hire wer gemacode wið þone cyning ꝥ man sette on cweartern þone apostol, Hml. S. 36, 275
ge-bringan
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Hét Eádréd cyning gebringan Wulstán arcebiscop in Iudanbyrig on þǽm fæstenne, Chr. 952; P. 112, 35. Nimon Sigeferðes láfe and gebringon binnan Mealdelmes byrig, 1015; P. 146, 3.
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ge-wanian
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., or by withholding what should be given Ic geeácnode tó ðǽre ǽrran sylene ... nán ðǽra cyninga þe cumað æfter mé mid unrihte ðiss ne áwende oððe gewanige, C. D. iii. 61, 25.
ǽrendian
to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matter ⬩ to go on an errand to (tó) a person ⬩ to go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercede ⬩ to go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for
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Ðá se ærcebisceop and Eádberht hit wǽrun ǽrndiende tó cyninge when they were advocating the matter to the king, Cht.
rǽswan
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Hé résade ( suspicabatur ) ðæt hé hæfde ðæs Cáseres ǽrendo sum tó Breotone cyningum ... Ðá hé ongeat ðæt hit swá ne wæs swá hé résade, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 48-,565. 3. Rǽswodan, spǽcan, wǽron gemunende comminiscuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 1.
Linked entry: résian
ge-tenge
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Cyningas on heáhsetlum hrófe getenge kings high-raised [lit. close to the roof] on thrones, 25, 10; Met. 25, 5: Cd. 38; Th. 50, 14; Gen. 808: Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 2; Rún. 18. Hundas deórum getenge dogs pressing upon the animals, Homl.
un-rihtwís
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ evil
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Be ðám ofermódum and ðám unrihtwísum cyningum, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1: Met. 25, 2
Linked entry: riht-wís