feónd-scipe
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Brutus gecwæð ánwíg wið þone cyning ymb heora feóndscipe, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 16. Tówurpende ðá ǽrran feóndscipas (inimicitias), Hml. Th. i. 106, 18. Add
heals
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Cyning þegn be healse genam, 1872. Hire wið halse grápode, 1565.
husc-lic
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Þaelig;t nán cyning. . . ne sceolde þincan tó huxlic þæt hé gebúge tó Crístes fulluhte, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 24. Ne ðúhte him tó huxlic þæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, Næs on þǽre þeóde nán deáþ swá huxlic swá swa on ródehengenne, Hml.
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heard-líce
Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly
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Hé heardlíce gewon wið Æþelbald cyning he struggled hard with king Ethelbald, Chr. 741; Erl. 46, 30. Ðet landfolc hardlíce wiðstódon the people of the country withstood them stoutly, 1046; Eri. 171, 4.
ge-sǽlan
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Gif þæt geséle, þæt mín cynn gewíte, Cht. Th. 472, 4. the subject a more or less indefinite hit: — Hit oft gesǽleð. ꝥ Nar. 7, 25.
for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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Mid ðý se ylca cyning gedyrstelíce here lǽdde to forhergianne Pehta mǽgþe idem rex, cum tĕmĕre exercĭtum ad vastandam Pictōrum prōvinciam duxisset, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 16. Forhergiende depŏpŭlans, 1, 15; S. 483, 44. Forhergende, 4, 7; S. 574, 30.
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Æðelbald
Æthelbald ⬩ Æthelbaldus
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D. 855, Æthelwulf's two sons succeeded to the kingdom; Æthelbald to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and Ethelbert to the kingdom of Kent, Chr. 855; Th. 129, 16-19, col. 1.A.D. 860, hér, Æðelbald cyning forþférde here, A.
Certes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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CHERTSEY; Certesia Hér [MS. hier] wurþan ða canonicas gedrifen út of ealdan mynstre fram Eádgáre cynge, and eác of niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre and of Certes íge, and of Mideltúine, and he sette ðárto munecas and abbodas: to niwan [MS. niwen] mynstre Ægel-gárum
deád-líc
DEADLY, mortal ⬩ mortālis, morticīnus
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Se cyning and monige of his folce lufodon ðis deádlíce líf the king and many of his people loved this deadly life, Bd. 3, 30; S. 561, 41: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29. We onlybbaþ on ðisum deádlícum lífe we live in this deadly life, 30, 12.
feówer-féte
Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes
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Ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án one of each kind of four-footed cattle, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 15. Hí sceoldon [MS: sceoldan] bringan feówerfétes twá hwíte of four-footed [cattle] they must bring two white, 2, 4; Bos. 43, 8.
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flýman fyrmþ
A fugitive's food or support ⬩ the offence of harbouring a fugitive ⬩ the penalty for such an offence ⬩ fŭgïtīvi susceptio
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A fugitive's food or support, the offence of harbouring a fugitive, the penalty for such an offence; fŭgïtīvi susceptio Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wes-sexan; ðæt is . . . and flýmena fyrmþe these are the rights which the
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fóre-settan
To set before ⬩ propose ⬩ shut ⬩ close in ⬩ præpōnĕre ⬩ propōnĕre ⬩ præclūdĕre
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To set before, propose, shut, close in; præpōnĕre, propōnĕre, præclūdĕre Hí ða ylcan Eald-Seaxan næfdon ágenne cyning, ac ealdormen wǽron heora þeóde fóresette non hăbent rēgem iidem antīqui Saxŏnes, sed satrăpas suæ genti præpŏsĭtos, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624
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líhting
Lightening ⬩ alleviation ⬩ relief ⬩ mitigation ⬩ release
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Gif ðæt riht tó hefig sý séce siððan ða líhtinge tó ðam cynge, L. Edg, ii. 2; Th. i. 266, 12
BODIG
bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus
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Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodige heáh king Oswine was tall in stature, 3, 14; S. 540, 7. the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone; truncus corporis Bodig truncus, Wrt.
þurh-stingan
to stab through ⬩ pierce ⬩ thrust through
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Hé ðurhstong ðone cyninges ðeng and ðone cyning gewundade tanta vi hostis ferrum infixit, ut per corpus militis occisi etiam regem vulneraret, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 24. Þurhsting his eáre perforabis aurem ejus, Deut. 15, 17.
norþ
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Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add
secgan
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Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10. Add Hér sægað ymb ðás mǽran gewyrd, Verc. Först. 96, 3.
on-bítan
To taste of, partake of
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Gif wulf ǽniges cynnes orf tóslíte, and hit forðon deád beo, ne onbíte gustet his nán Cristen man, L. Ecg. P. iv. 29; Th. ii. 212, 26. Anbíte, iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 23. Gecýðan ðæt heó ðæs forstolenan ne onbite, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 10.
forþian
to send forth ⬩ out ⬩ dispatch ⬩ to forward ⬩ promote the well-being of ⬩ to carry out ⬩ accomplish ⬩ perform
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Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105
gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to make glad
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Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. to make glad Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3. Drihten mid to gladienne to make glad the Lord therewith, Lev. 1, 3. Gladigan demulcere, Hpt. Gl. 476