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riht-cynecynn

(n.)
Grammar
riht-cynecynn, es; n.

A legitimate royal family

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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10.

níde

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Add Ðæt hé ðonne tó fóo, gif hé niéde sciele coactus ad regimen veniat, Past. 59, 9

mægen-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-cyning, es; m.

A chief ⬩ mighty or powerful king

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Kmbl. 2493; El. 1248: Exon. 116b; Th. 448, 21; Dóm. 57: (Christ), 21a; Th. 57, 11; Cri. 917. Mægencyninga meotod the lord of mighty kings, 21b; Th. 58, 29; Cri. 943: 116a; Th. 445, 12; Dóm. 6

lǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrend, es; m. One who teaches, instigates, &c. v. lǽran
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Wiste hé ꝥ hé on his godcundre mihte hæfde ǽghwæðer ge ðone lǽwend ge ðone lǽrend, Hml. A. 154, 71

Linked entry: lǽfend

wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wirdan, p.de

To injure ⬩ hurt ⬩ annoy ⬩ to injure, ⬩ do wrong to ⬩ violate a law ⬩ hinder

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Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ðæt dón, ðæt hé hine on cirican gebidde, and ǽr oþþon æfter, inne oþþe úte, cirican berýpe, and wyrde oþþe wanige ðæt tó circan gebyrige, L. Eth. vii. 26;Th. i. 334, 31.

hwirfel

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfel, es; m.

A whirl-pool

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On ðone hwyrfel, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 8

niþer-bogen

(adj.; part.)

down-bent

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down-bent Tó ðære niþerbogenan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 1

wurpol

(adj.)
Grammar
wurpol, (-ul); adj.

That throws down

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That throws down Wurpul ster[n]ax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 42

ge-þerscan

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Ðone geðuurscon hunc caedentes, Lk. L. 20, 11. Geðorscen caesum, 10. Add

heofon-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-setl, es; n.
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The heavenly dwelling In heofonsetle heán in sede polorum, Dóm. L. 276

þreápian

(v.)
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Se ancra angan þreápian swíðe ðone deófol, Sal. K. 84, 4. Add

æl-tǽwlíce

(adv.)
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Ðone mon ðú meaht gelácnian æltǽwlíce, Lch. ii. 348, 16, 22. Add

rǽd-wita

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-wita, an; m.

A counsellor, one wise in counsel

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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298

ge-æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æfnan, p. de; pp. ed [æfnan to perform, execute] .

to perform ⬩ execute ⬩ perpetrate ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ make ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ to stir up ⬩ excite ⬩ excĭtāre ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sufferre ⬩ sustĭnēre

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ryhtan dóm ǽnne geæfnan they shall suffer the one righteous doom, Exon. 27 b; Th. 84, 7; Cri. 1370.

Geóhel-dæg

Grammar
Geóhel-dæg, geóhhel-dæg, es; m.

Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide

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Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ's birth

béh

(n.)

a crown

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a crown On ðone béh in coronam Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 28

for-trydst

(v.)
Grammar
for-trydst, -trytst

treadest down

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treadest down, Ps. Spl. 90, 13: Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 a, 12;

be-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wrítan, bi-wrítan; p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen

To write down, inscribe ⬩ inscribere

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To write down, inscribe; inscribere,Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 27; Sch. 19

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

dúniend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dúniend-lic, (?); adj.
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Falling down, tottering Dunondlice (dúniendlice?) ł tealniende (tealtriende?) nutantes, Ps. L. 108, 10

ge-wilsǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wilsǽlig, (?); adj.
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Fortunate Ðone gewilsǽligan (-wif-, ? v. gewif-sǽlig) fortunatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 50

Linked entry: gewif-sǽlig