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geofon

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Ex. 52. a flood, deluge Flód ofslóh, gifen ( Noah's flood ) geótende, giganta cyn, B. 1690. Geofon ( the water that had poured from the pillar ) swaðrode, An. 1587: 1626.

ge-dyrstig

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Saga hú þú gedyrstig þurh deóp gehygd wurde þus wígþrłst ofer eall wífa cyn, þæt þú mec gebunde, Jul. 431. in an unfavourable sense, presumptuous audacious Gif hé tó þan gedyrstig wǽre ꝥ hé þæt ábrǽce, C. D 131, 18.

for-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive away ⬩ force ⬩ compel ⬩ drive out ⬩ eject ⬩ banish ⬩ pellĕre ⬩ prōpellĕre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ expellĕre

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Sió wunode on ðam íglande ðe se cyning on fordrifen wearþ she dwelt in the island on which the king was driven, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 21. Hió geseah ðone fordrifenan cyning she saw the driven king, 194, 23.

Æsces dún

(n.)
Grammar
Æsces dún, e; f. [æsc ash-tree, dún a hill]

ASHDOWN

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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on

Linked entry: Esces dún

Cent

(n.)
Grammar
Cent, indecl. n.

KENT ⬩ Cantium

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Se cyning wæs on Cent the king was in Kent, Chr. 911; Erl. 101, 37: 1009; Erl. 143, 14. Se múþa Limene is on easteweardre Cent the mouth of the Limen is in the east of Kent, 893; Erl. 88, 26

un-árímed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árímed, adj.

Unnumbered ⬩ numberless ⬩ countless

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Be ðǽm unárímdum cynnum de innumeris generibus, Nar. 1, 17

Linked entry: á-ríman

eág-sealf

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Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, iii. 292, 1: 4, 4. His man brúceþ on eágsealfe, i. 334, 4. Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe, 374, 14. Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe, iii. 292, 15, 18. Éhsealfe malagma, i. colirium, An. Ox. 3051. Éhsealue, 2, 141.

forwost

(n.)
Grammar
forwost, es; m.

A chief person ⬩ prince ⬩ captain

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Ðe aldormonn ł is cynnes heáfuduærd ł foruost tribunus, Jn. L. 18, 12. Forwostum ðǽra sácerda, Mt. L. 20, 18. Forwostum (forwestum, R.) Galiléæs primis Galilaeae, Mk. L. 6, 21

Linked entry: forwest

land-ár

(n.)
Grammar
land-ár, e; f.
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Ic wille ðæt se cyng beó hláford ðæs mynstres ðe ic getimbrede, and ðære landára ðe is ðyderinn becweden hæbbe, Chart. Th. 547, 31

neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Cyng áh ðone uferan and bisceop ðone nyþeran, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 16. On nyþerum eorþan in inferioribus terrae, Ps. Spl. 138, 14. On ða neoþran eorþan, 62, 9. On ðás niþeran dǽlas ðisse ceastre, Blickl. Homl. 239, 6.

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

Tenet

(n.)
Grammar
Tenet, Tænet[t]; also Tenet-land
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On ðyssum geáre Eádgár cyng hét oferhergian eall Tenetland, 969; Erl. 125, 5. Tenet, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 232, 22. Inntó Raculfe on Tænett, iii. 429, 16. The following. forms occur in Latin charters Tenid, i. 21, 1. Tenaet, 129, 18. Tanet, 118, 1.

á-ginnan

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Ágan se cyng tó smtágenne, 1006; P. 137, 19. to attempt Gif man beforan æðelinge gefeoht áginneð, Ll. Th. i. 332, 4. Áginne hé hit georne let him diligently attempt it. ii. 282, 2.

flá

Grammar
flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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Weartð se cyng Willelm en huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten, Chr. Iioo; P. 235, 17. Flá ł gafeluca jaculo, i. sagitta, Hpt. Gl. 432, 43. Micel líget fleáh swilce flán . . . and hí wurdon mid þám fýrenum flánum ofscotene, Hml.

ge-útian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-útian, p. ode; pp. od

To eject ⬩ banish ⬩ alienate ⬩ ejĭcĕre ⬩ expellĕre

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To eject, banish, alienate ; ejĭcĕre, expellĕre Se cyng hine geútode of earde the king banished him from the country, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 29. Wæs Óslác geútod of Angelcynne Oslac was banished from England, 975; Erl. 127, 8.

Linked entry: útian

beard

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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.

mǽg

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Gif man gehádodne oþþe ælðeódigne forrǽde . . . þonne sceal him cyng beón, oþþon eorl þǽr on lande and bisceop þǽre leóde, for mæg and for mundboran, búton hé elles óðerne hǽbbe, 174, 8: 348, 6.

wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht

To bewray ⬩ accuse ⬩ denounce ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to denounce

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Hé began ðæt cynn tó wrégenne wið ðone cyning, Homl. Ass. 96, 148. to accuse a person of something Of ðam ðe gé hine wrégaþ ex his in quibus eum accusatis. Lk. Skt. 23, 14. Lóca hú mycelum hí ðé wrégeaþ nide in quantis te accusani, Mk. Skt. 15, 4.

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Gotena cyning, geworden hæc inruptio, per Alarícum regem Gothorum, facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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Ðone þóþor mid swiftre rǽdnesse geslegene ongeán gesænde tó ðam plegendan cynge, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rǽdnisse (hrædnisse ?) concursionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 24.

hálettan

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Ic, Béda, Crístes ðeów and mæssepreóst, sende grétan þone leófastan cyning and hálettan Ceólwulf gloriosissimo regi Ceoluulfo Baeda famulus Christi et Presbyter, Bd. praef.; Sch. 1. 3