hǽðen
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Bachsecg and Halfdene ða hǽðenan cyningas Bachsecg and Halfdene the heathen kings, 871; Erl. 74, 17.
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Ða þrý cyningas hæfdon langsume sprǽce wið ðone gedrehtan Job, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 24. Langsume longanimem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52. Tó langsumum wýtum, Homl. Skt. 4, 120.
á-rísan
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Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyninges gebanne, 432, 6. Hit áríseþ eówrum sáulum tó hundteóntigfealdre méde it will came to be a hundredfold reward for your souls, Bl. H. 41, 19.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Hét se cyning bannan út here, 1048; P. 174, 22. Þis wearð Harolde cyng gecýdd, and hé gaderade þá mycelne here (cf. Harold gegæderade sciphere (-fyrde, v.l.) and landhere (-fyrde, v. l.), P. 195, 38), 1066; P. 199, 27.
hám
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Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, swá ꝥ hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894; P. 84, 32.
yfel
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Se yfela unrihtwísa cynincg, Met. 15, 1. Fram yfelum menn ab homine malo, Ps. Th. 139, 1. Yflum, Exon. Th. 96, 20; Cri. 1577. From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 3.
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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God betǽhte hig Chusan cyninge Dominus tradidit eos in manus Chusan regis, Jud. 3, 8. Bútan him man betǽhte Judan, Hml. S. 25, 614. Betǽhte grǽdigum ceaflum, An. Ox. 1479.
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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Indiction is useful in ascertaining the exact year in a reign, etc Ðam mildestan cyninge Cantwara, Wihtrǽde, ríxigendum, ðé fíftan wintra his ríces, ðý niguþan gebanne, in ðære stówe ðy hátte Berghámstyde, ðǽr wæs gesamnad eádigra geþeahtendlíc ymcyme
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ge-líc
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Cyning and arcebiscop ágan gelícne and efendýrne mundbryce, Ll. Th. i. 330, 17. Gelíc heá onfeingon mearde parem acceperunt mercedem, Mt. p. 18, 13. Manigu wítu wǽron máran þonne óðru; nú sint ealle gelíce, 68, 7.
self
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Óðra gesceafta weorðaþ him selfe tó náuhte, Met. 11, 87. which it immediately precedes On ðé sylf cyning wrát, wuldres God, Andr. Kmbl. 3017; An. 1511. Héht sylf cyning him Abraham tó, Cd. Th. 161, 27 ; Gen. 2671.
swilc
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Cyningas swylce iú wǽron, Exon. Th. 310, 32; Seef. 83. Beaduþreáta mǽst swylce cyning ymbsittendra meahte ábannan tó beadwe, Elen.
on-fón
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Conon mid micle gefeán onfangen wæs, 3, I; Swt. 98, 25. in a special sense of receiving at the baptismal font, or at confirmation, to stand sponsor to a person: — His (Godrum) se cyning onféng æt fulwihte, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 22.
BLÍÐE
joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHE ⬩ lætus, hilaris ⬩ gentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweet ⬩ mansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavis ⬩ quiet, calm, peaceful ⬩ tranquillus, placidus ⬩ joy
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Cyning wæs ðý blíðra the king was the blither, Elen. Kmbl. 192; El. 96: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 63; Met. 9, 32: Byrht. Th. 136, 5; By. 146.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Hine (Eádweard) gecés tó fæder (fædere, v. l.) and tó hláforde Scotta cyning and eall Scotta þeód, 924; P. 104, 18. the head of a family Þæs mynstres fæder (the abbot, cf. l. 39), Hml. S. 33, 13. Cuoeðas gié ðǽm fædir (feder, R.) hiórodas, Lk.
ge-hwá
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Gehwone, 97. an adj. or ptcpl. used substantively Cyning clǽnra gehwæs, Cri. 703 : An. 914. Eádigra gehwám . . . lifgendra gehwám, Exod. 4, 6. Hé geaf blisse gehwǽm égbúendra, Chr. 995; P. 122, I. Wiþ láþra gehwæne, 937; P. 106, 17.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Cyning úre gewát ... ðǽr hý tó ségun, ða ðe leófes ðá gén last weardedun ( those who still remained where he had been ), Exon. Th. 31, 16; Cri. 496.
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BURH
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Ðone æðeling on ðære byrig métton, ðǽr se cyning ofslægen læg they found the ætheling in the inclosure of the dwelling, where the king lay slain, Chr. 755; Th. 84, 19, col. 1: L. Edm. S. 2; Th. i. 248, 16: L.
DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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Hér ge-endode eorþan dreámas Eádgár Engla cyning in this year [A. D. 975] Edgar, king of the Angles, ended the pleasures of earth, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 29; Edg. 21: Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 5; Cri. 1668.
nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Mid ðý se cyning nǽnige þinga ( nulla tenus ) his bénum geþafian wolde, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 11. Grammar nǽnig, with other negatives Ne ðǽr nǽnig wihte wénan þorfte, Beo. Th. 316; B. 157 : 490; B. 242. Nǽnig gumena ongitan ne mihte, Andr.
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ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Wyn ðú ongeán ðone wuldres cyning and gewurþe ðé and him fight against the king of glory and let there be an agreement between thee and him, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 14