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sinc-þegu

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-þegu, (o), e or indecl.; f.

Acceptance of treasure the gift of a lord

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Acceptance of treasure the gift of a lord Sceal sincþego and sweordgifu eówrum cynne álicgean . . . syððan æðelingas gefricgean eówerne dómleásne dǽd for your kin shall receiving a lord's costly present and gift of sword be no more . . . after men learn

gild

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R. 16, 26. pay of troops Eádwerd cing scylode .ix. scypa of mále . . . and belifon .v. scypa bæftan; and se cing heom behét .xii. mónað gyld, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 29. with idea of compul-sion, payment exacted by the State, a tax Áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn and wera, Bl. H. 5, 23. Þá hálgan ǽr Crístes cyme . . . wurdan mid his ǽriste gehǽlde, 81, 32. Mannes Sunu cóm tó gehǽlenne ( salvare ) ꝥ forwearð, Mt. 18, 11.

rudu

(n.)
Grammar
rudu, e; f.

Red, redness, redness of the cheeks, the countenance

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Ðá geseah se cyngc ðæt Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded, Ap. Th. 22, 4. Gezabel gehiwode hire eágan and hire neb mid rude, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 342. The rude of monnes nebbe þet seið ariht his sunnen, A. R. 330, 29.

unfriþ-scip

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-scip, es; n.

a ship which is carrying on hostilities ⬩ a ship belonging to a hostile country

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a ship which is carrying on hostilities Ðam cynge com word ðæt unnfriðscipa lǽgen be westan and hergodon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 5. a ship belonging to a hostile country Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe ðe binnan múðan cuman(-e?)

Linked entry: friþ-scipe

un-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidu, a; m.

A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice

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A bad habit, vicious custom, mal-practice Sóð is ðæt ic secge, árǽre man unlaga on lande oððe unsida lufige tó swíðe, ðæt cymð ðære þeóde tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 8.

un-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemyndig, adj.

Unmindful ⬩ forgetful

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Ne byð ǽfre God ungemyndig ðæt hé miltsige manna cynne numquid obliviscetur misereri Deus? Ps. Th. 76, 8. Swá hwá swá ungemyndig ( immemor ) sié rihtwísnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10: Met. 22, 55. Hé wæs ungemyndig ðæs hálgan gewrites, Homl.

Lindcylene

(n.)
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Lindeylene (-cylne, -colene, v. ll. ) ceastre geréfan praefectum Lindocolinae ciuilatis, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 177, 20. On Lindeylene, 2, 18 ; Sch. 181, 19. Tó Lindcylne (-cylene, -colne, v. ll.) Lindocolino, Sch. 182, 6.

wild-deór

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Him cwóm tó monigra cynna wilddeór, Shrn. 72, 5. Þá wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres . . . Hé tó þám león cwæð: 'Eálá þú mǽste wildeór, ' Hml. S. 23 b, 773-780.

leáf-full

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-full, adj.

Believing ⬩ faithful

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Ic cýðe on ðissan gewrte eallum leáffullum mannum hwet ic gerédd habbe wið míne arcebiscópes, Chart. Th. 347, 26.

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick ⬩ vivus

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Teón ða wæteru forþ swimmende cynn cucu on lífe producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, Gen. 1, 20: Ex. 22,4. Hí cwico nǽron they were not alive, Exon. 24b; Th. 69, 36; Cri. 1131. Cwicu quick [living], pl. nom. n. Ps. Th. 108, 24.

muud-bora

(n.)
Grammar
muud-bora, an; m.

one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian

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Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 8: L. Eth. ix. 33: Th. i. 348, 6: L. C.

ge-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cweðan, he -cweðeþ, -cwyþ; p. ic, he -cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre

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Hí ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyng útlah of Engla lande gecwǽdon they pronounced every Danish king an outlaw from England for ever, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 34.

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening

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gt; correction : -- Tó ðam yflum cymþ réþu wyrd tó edleáne his yfla oððe tó þreátunge and tó láre ðæt hé eft swá ne dó fortuna aspera puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 8. threatening On ðam geáre gegaderade Eádward cyng

weorþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-full, adj.
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Se cyng Willelm wæs swíðe wís man and swíðe ríce, and wurðfulre and strengere ðonne ǽnig his foregengra wǽre . . .

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Sume menn . . . ðonne seó hǽte cymð, ðæt is seó costung, ðonne ábreóðað hí ( these in time of temptation fall away, Lk. 8, 13), ii. 90, 34. Ðæt teóðe werod ábreáð and áwende on yfel, i. 10, 18.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es; m.

Victory ⬩ triumph ⬩ success in war ⬩ success in conflict ⬩ success in commerce

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Se cyng áhte siges geweald victory remained with the king, Chr. 1066; Erl. 201, 12. Hí mid mycele sige (triumpho magno) hám fóran, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 32. Palm getácnaþ syge, Homl. Th. i. 218, 11.

ÁÐUM

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÐUM, es; m.

A son-in-law ⬩ a daughter's husband ⬩ a brother-in-law ⬩ a sister's husband ⬩ gener ⬩ sororis ⬩ ut et patris ⬩ sororis maritus

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Fór to ðam cynge his áðume went to the king his sister's husband, Chr. 1091; Th. 359, 6

griþ-bryce

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Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3. Ic habbe gegeofen ... saca and sócna, ... griðbryce and scipbryce, C.

smireness

(n.)
Grammar
smireness, e; f.

Ointment, unguent

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Ointment, unguent Cwæþ se wrítere ðæt Maria genáme án pund deórwyrðre smyrenesse (smerenesse, 69, 1) . . . .Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum Blickl. Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse, Rush.) unguentum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12.

Linked entry: smereness