ge-rihtlǽcan
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Se cyning wearð gerihtlǽht þurh þǽre cwéne geleáfan, Hml. A. 101, 323. Ðeáh ðe se stunta beó gemynegod, hé ne byð gerihtlǽht ( non emendetur ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 264, 5. Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 15.
Linked entry: rihtlǽcan
inne
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Cyning inne gebond feónda foresprecan ..., þǽr hé ligeð in carcerne, Cri. 732. Þæt hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. (a α) with prepositional phrases :-- Ísene gelíc inne on ðǽm ofne ( in fornace ), Past. 269, 6, 8.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Onféng Eádwine cyning mid eallum þám æþelingum his þeóde and mid micle folce (plebe) Crístes geleáfan, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, I. Hé ádréd him ꝥ folc (populum). Mt. 14, 5.
rǽran
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Ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde, ðæt is ðæt hý ealle ðam sémende syllan ðæt cyninges mund stande, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 20. Se ðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9.
Linked entry: hebban
wesan
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Cyning wæs áfyrhted, Elen. Kmbl. 112 ; El. 56. Ðá wæs gesýne ðæt sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig, 287 ; El. 144. Wes ðú behýdig and gemyndig, Blickl. Homl. 67, 32. Hál wæs ðú aue Mt. Kmbl. 27, 30. Hál westú, Blickl. Homl. 143, 17.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Gegaderode Ælfréd cyning his fierd, 894; P. 84, 23. Fird, 905; P. 94, I. Hét hé beódan ofer ealle þá fird, 94, 4. Hé sende firde ge of West-Seaxum ge of Mercum, 910; P. 94, 28.
heáh-geréfa
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Cyninges heáhgeréfan gild iiii þúsend þrymsa the 'wergild' of a king's high reeve four thousand 'thrymsas,' L. Wg. 4; Th. i. 186, 8: Chr. 778; Erl. 55, 26: 779; Erl. 55, 36: 1001; Erl. 136, 6, 8, 23, 24: 1002; Erl. 137, 29
Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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hund nigontig efter his acennednesse, and ðý feówerteóðan gebonngére [v. geban II], ðá ðý gére gebeón [p. of gebannan] Æðelréd ealderman alle Mercna weotan tosomne to Gleaweceastre, biscopas, and aldermen, and alle his duguþe; and ðæt dyde be Ælfrédes cyninges
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FEÓWER
FOUR ⬩ quătuor
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FOUR; quătuor Wurdon feówer cyninges þegnas ofslægene four king's thanes were slain, Chr. 896; Erl, 94, 4: Cd. 75; Th. 93, 16; Gen. 1546: Ælfc. T. 25, 19, 20. Feówer síðon four times; quāter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 67.
swice
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Th. 315, 15 ; Mód. 31. deceit, fraud, treachery, v. swícan, <b>IV, V</b> Hé ealle ða cyningas mid biswice (mid his swice, Cote. MS. ) ofslóg captos per dolum reges interfecit, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 114, 8.
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geoc
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Hí onbugon tó þám wynsuman iuce wuldres cyninges, Hml. S. 29, 178. Hú hefig geoc hé beslépte on ealle þá þe on his tídum libbende wǽron, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 16. Eálá ofermódan!
ge-rídan
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Heó ealle þá þá landgemǽre geridan, eal swá heó man on fruman þám bisceope lǽdde, iv. 235, 3. to obtain by riding, ride and get, take possession of Ðá gerád Æðelwald þone hám æt Winburnan bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe . . . and hæfde ealle ðá geatu forworht
folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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Habbaþ folgoþa cyst mid Cyninge they [the angels] have the choicest of services with their King, Exon. 13b; Th. 24, 26; Cri. 390. condition of life; condĭtio vltæ Óðer biþ unlǽde, óðer biþ eádig . . . hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra one is miserable, the
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on-hagian
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Ne anhagode heora cyninge ðæt hé wið hió mehte búton fæstenne gefeohtan. Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 21. Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðam sǽ ðǽr hié onhagode ( wherever it suited them ), Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 25.
á-teón
to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents
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Se cynincg hine forgeaf Eádgife tó áteónne swá swá heó wolde rex dedit eundem micht (Eadgifu) ut de eo facerem secundum quod promeruit, Cht. Th. 202, 19. For ðǽm giefum ðe him ðynceð ðæt hé suíðe wel átogen hæbbe in bene oblato munere, Past. 321, 24
eorl
a hero
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Beó hé scyldig wið þone þe hit áge, swá wið cyningc .cxx. sciłł., swá wið eorl .lx. sciłł., 384, 18. Man sette Oddan tó eorle ofer Defenascíre and ofer Sumersǽton and ofer Dorséton and ofer Wealas, Chr. 1048; P. 177, 2.
ge-secgan
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He gesǽde swefen cyninge he said the dream to the king, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 2; Dan. 165: B. 4, 18; S. 587, 2. Ðágesægdon Rómáne Bryttum then the Romans said to the Britons, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 3. Gesege me dicito mihi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1.
Linked entries: ge-sæcgan ge-secggan ge-sǽccan ge-sagian
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 12; Dan. 418. Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian. Ðú eart wís wordcwida, Beo. Th. 3694; B. 1845. Azarias Dryhten herede, wís in weorcum, Exon. Th. 185, 7; Az. 4.
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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Ðá ongan ic [Ælfréd cyning] ða bóc wendan on Englisc, ðe is genemned on Lǽden Pastoralis, and on Englisc Hierde-bóc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, swá swá ic hie geliornode æt Plegmunde mínum Ærcebiscepe, and æt Assere mínum Biscepe,
hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Hwǽr ys se Judéa cyning ðe ácenned ys ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? Mt. Kmbl. 2, 2. Hwǽr cwom mearg hwǽr cwom mago hwǽr cwom máððumgyfa where is the steed gone, where the rider, where the giver of treasure?