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Súþan-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþan-hymbre, -humbre; pl.
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Æþelréd Myrcna cyning, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 14), Chr. 697; Th. 67, cols. 1, 3. Hér Cénréd féng tó Súþanhymbre ríce (cf. Cénréd Myrcna ríce fore wæs. Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 24), 702; Th. 67, col. 1. Úre cynecynn and Súðanhymbra eác, 449; Erl. 13, 21

Linked entries: Súþ-hymbre Hymbre

wit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-seóc, adj.

Lunatic ⬩ possessed

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Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 7, 392

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamous ⬩ ignominious ⬩ ignoble ⬩ despicable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ worthless ⬩ poor ⬩ bad

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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An.

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

flǽsclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
flǽsclíce, adv.

carnally

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Ne synd wé ná Abrahames cynnet flǽsclíce, ac gástlíce, Hml. Th. i. 204, 22. For þý flǽsclíce wé ne beóþ ymbsnidene ideo carnaliter non circumcidimur, An. Ox. 40, 16

sténan

(v.)
Grammar
sténan, p. de.
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Th. 37, 8. of sound made with things, to roar, sound loudly Cóm ðá wigena hleó þegna þreáte (þrýðbord sténan ( loud sounded the shields)), beaduróf cyning burga neósan, El. 151

scop-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
scop-leóþ, es; n.

A poem

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A poem Se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian and mid ðæm scopleóþe heora mód swíðe getrymede Tyrtaei ducis composito carmine et pro cocione recitato accensi, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 32.

gió

(adv.)
Grammar
gió, adv.

Formerly ⬩ of old ⬩ before ⬩ quondam ⬩ olim ⬩ pridem

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Formerly, of old, before; quondam, olim, pridem Se wæs gió cyning who was formerly king, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 70; Met. 26, 35: 28, 60; Met. 28, 30: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 7, Cot. MS: 38, 1; Fox 194, 3: Elen. Kmbl. 871; El. 436: Beo. Th. 5036; B. 2521.

mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause

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Se cyng sealde his lande swá deóre tó mále swá heó deórost mihte made as hard terms as ever he could, 1086; Erl. 220, 8

scegð

(n.)
Grammar
scegð, scǽð, es; m.: e; f.

A light, swift vessel

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Hér bebeád se cyng ðæt man sceolde ofer eall Angelcynn scipu wircean; ðæt is ðonne of þrým hund hídum and of x hídon ǽnne scegð (scægð, MS. D.), Chr. 1008 ; Erl. 141, 18. See note. Scéthas curuanas (?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 52

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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Ðæt hé swá oft sceolde stúpian swá se cyning tó his horse wolde and ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem superadscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.

bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung, bledsung, e; f.

A BLESSING ⬩ benedictio

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Cyn his on bletsunge byþ semen illius in benedictione erit, Ps. Lamb. 36, 26. Mid bletsunge [bledsunge, col. 1] ðæs pápan with the blessing of the pope, Chr. 813; Th. 108, 22, col. 2, 3.

Linked entry: bledsung

ange

(adj.)
Grammar
ange, ænge, enge, onge; adj.

Narrow ⬩ straitened ⬩ vexed ⬩ troubled ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius ⬩ vexatus ⬩ tristis

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Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his mode then the king was greatly troubled in his mind, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14

palent

(n.)
Grammar
palent, es ; m. : palente, palendse, an ; f.
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A palace On ðam mǽran palente ðǽr ðǽr se cyning was oftost wunigende, Anglia ix. 28, 31. Ðæt seó cwén ne cume nǽfre heononforþ intó ðínum pallente, 29, 64. On stréte oððe on palentan, Lchdm. iii. 206, 6.

un-tódǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽled, adj.

Undivided ⬩ unseparated

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Willnade se cyning ðæt se wer him syndriglíce untódǽlede geférscipe ( individuo comitatu ) láreów wǽre, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 3

weorold-strúdere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-strúdere, -strútere, es; m.
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Cristen cyning sceal rýperas and reáferas and ðás woruldstrúderas hatian and hýnan, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 19

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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K. 16. to get by living, to live to do Hé cyng beón sceolde, gif hé hit gelifode he should have been king, if he had lived to do it, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 11. Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.

cwíðan

(v.)
Grammar
cwíðan, cwýðan; he cwíðeþ; p. de; pp. ed

To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre

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Adames cyn cwíðeþ Adam's race lamenteth, Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 34; Cri. 962. Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, Exon. 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194.

Linked entries: cwýðan un-cwíd

feorh-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-scyldig, adj.

Life-guilty ⬩ liable in one's life ⬩ vitæ reus ⬩ morte dignus

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Life-guilty, liable in one's life; vitæ reus, morte dignus Gif feorhscyldig man cyning gesóhte if a man who had forfeited his life sought the king, L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 330, 10.

Linked entry: scyldig

heáh-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cræftiga, an; m.
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a master-builder, an architect Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17.