beáh
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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Gehwearf in Francna fæðm cyninges se beáh the collar of the king went into the grasp of the Franks, Beo. Th. 2427; B. 1211. Sceal bryde beág a ring shall be for a bride, Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 24; Gn. Ex. 131.
mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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B. ) . . ac eác swylce cyningas and ealdormen non solum mediocres . . sed etiam reges et principes, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 43 note. Eall ðás getimbro ge ða máran ge ða mǽttran cuncta hæc ædificia publica vel privata, 4, 25; S. 600, 33.
of-þyncan
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Ðá ofþúhte ðæt ânum ðæs cyninges gefêran, Lchdm. iii. 424, 16. Ðá ðæs ofþúhte, ðæt se þeóden wæs strang, Cd. Th. 279, 32 ; Swt. 247.
boda
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Cyninges bodan underfón to receive a king's ambassador, Lchdm. iii. 210, 15. Se sóda boda ðæs hean leóhtes Agustinus wæs fram him eallum bodad verus summæ lucis præco ab omnibus prædicatur Augustinus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 32.
ríman
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Cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon ðe mon ná ne rímde, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 12. Gif ic hí ríman onginne dinumerabo eos, Ps. Th. 138, 16.
hold
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Lilla ðæs cyninges þegn him se holdesta (heoldesta, v. l. amicissimus ), Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 147, 6. His gesíþ þe hé him ǽr þone holdestan gelýfde, 3, 14; Sch. 255, 7. in a religious sense, devout Þǽre holdan mǽgsibbe deuotae germanitatis An. Ox. 9, l.
ríht
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Th. i. 266, 11. add Nathan lícette swelce hé ymb sumes ðearfan ryht sprǽce, and sóhte ðæs cyninges dóm, Past. 185, 19. Ágife se wer his wífe hire ryht on hira gesinscipe uxori vir debitum reddat, 397, 24. <b>IV a.
þeóf-feng
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Gif frigman stelþ ... cyning áge ðæt wíte and ealle ða ǽhtan, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2. Ealle wítu (in cases of theft) sint gelíce, .cxx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 7: L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 23.
ealdor
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<b></b> a primitive, that from which something is derived :-- Rex cyning is frumcenned nama, and regalis cymð of þám and hæfð ealle þá ðing þe his ealdor hæfð, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 245, 4
ge-dihtan
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Án þára gerǽdnessa þe Engla cyning gedihte mid his witena geþeahte, Ll. Th. i. 340, 4. to construct, mate Se Fæder gedihte ealle gesceafta þurh his Wísdóm, and se Wísdóm is his Sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 16.
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Andswarode cyning wítgum sínum (the wise men of Babylon, the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, Dan. 2, 2, 12), 224, 13; Dan. 135. Uuítgan divinos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 57: 25, 42 : divinos, ariolos, 141, 55.
Linked entry: wítiga
eard
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Se cyning wolde þone eard ( Northumbria ) mid ealle fordón, Chr. 948; P. 112, 32. Eord, Shrn. 156, 1. Hé ( St.
ge-lǽran
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Heó gelǽrde þone cyning þæt hé Cassander upp áhóf, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 4. Wearþ Simon áweht wiþ ðám apostolum and gelǽred ꝥ hé feala yfla sægde (cf. Jul. 297 ante ), Bl.
ge-siht
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Cyning wæs þý blíþra . . . þurh þá fægeran gesyhð ( the cross seen in the sky ), El. 98. Nǽnigum men gié cueðe ðone gesihða, Mt. L. 17, 9. seen in sleep or in ecstasy, a vision Gesihð and wítegunga beóð gefyllede impleatur visio et prophetia. Hml.
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Be ðám ðe on cyninges hírde feohteð (cf. on cynges healle feohte, 66, 7) de dimicatione in regia, Ll. Th. i. 408, 12. Hér se cyng heóld his híred on Winceastre tó þám Eástran, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 32.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Hyra hláford (Caldéa cyning, 668) læg, Dan. 675. Þæt hé Heardréde hláford wǽre oððe þone cynedóm ciósan wolde, B. 2375. Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 21.
ge-cweþan
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Hæfde se cyning gecweden gefeoht ongeán ðá Indiscan, Hml, Th. ii. 482, 5. a circumstance, time Hé hire hǽle gecwæþ and gehét salutem illius dixit, Gr. D. 29, 33.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
se
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Kmbl. iii. 429, 25-32. by an appositive Saul se cyning, Past. 3 ; Swt. 35, 14. Membrað se ent . . . Ninus se cyning, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 9-10. Ðæt land Cilia . . . seó sǽ Euxinus . . . se héhsta beorg Olimpus . . .
LEÁF
LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license
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Bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe and his witena, 901; Erl. 96, 28. Búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe absque perrnissu episcopi, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 4.
geó
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Ne aron nú cyningas swylce iú wǽron, Seef. 83: B. 2459. Ðǽr ðá cnihtas iú ǽr eardodon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 25: 318, 14: Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. Wé iú hæfdon ǽrror wlite, Sat. 151.