on-drǽdan
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Ondréd hé ondettan ꝥ hé cyninges þegn wǽre timuit se militem fuisse confiteri, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 455, 20. with dat. infin. Ðæt ilce ðæt hé ondréd tó underfónne, Past. 49, 18. with clause Hé ondréd ðæt hé hit medomlice dón ne meahte, Past. 49, 4: 19.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The word ealdor or aldor in Anglo-Saxon denotes princely dignity: in Beowulf it is used as a synonym for cyning, þeóden, and other words applied to royal personages.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Ic sende grétan ðone leófastan cyning Ceólwulf Bd. ded; S. 471, 8. Míne gebróðra ða leófostan my dearest brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 4, 19. Men ða leófostan, 188, 25: Blickl. Homl. 165, 33. Leófestan, 9, 13.
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ge-byrd
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</b> where the character (high or low) of birth is marked :-- Wæs se cyning æþelre gebyrde erat rex natu nobilis, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 175, 10. Wer tor worolde æþelre gebyrde (æþelra gebyrda, v.l.) vir ad saeculum nobilis, 5, 10; Sch. 604, 11.
full
having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed
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Ac þá fullan gesǽlþa and ꝥ héhste gód is God self (Deum veramque beatitudinem unum atque idem esse monstravimus), Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 15. entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation Eall þeódscipe hine heafde for fullne cyning, Chr. 1013;
Linked entry: ful-lic
swá
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Heora hláford weorðodon swá swá wuldres cyning (cf. hiora cyningas hí weorþodon for Godas, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 16), Met. 26, 45. swá . . . swá, - where swá occurs once with a demonstrative, once with a relative force, so . . . as, so . . . that, as .
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Cyning wæs ðý blíðra on fyrhþsefan þurh ða fægeran gesihþ the king was blither in his mind through the joyous vision, Elen. Kmbl. 196; El. 98.
gelíce
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Wé synd þám gelícost gescapene on þissum worulde þe sum cyning háte sum forworht wíf on carcern dón . . ., Wlfst. 2, 18. Efne þǽm gelícost swylce . . ., Bl. H. 221, 14. <b>III a.
gleáw
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Se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man and glǽwne (virum sapientem et industrium), Gen. 41, 33. ¶ as epithet of the mind Ælc gleáw mód behealt hwelcne ende hí habbaþ rerum exitus prudentia metitur, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 23.
freónd
a relative ⬩ kinsman ⬩ a lover ⬩ one who wishes well to another ⬩ favours ⬩ supports ⬩ helps ⬩ an upholder of religion ⬩ a pious person ⬩ a true Christian ⬩ one who undertakes responsibility on behalf of another ⬩ anything helpful ⬩ one who is on good terms with another ⬩ not at variance ⬩ one who is on the same side or of the same party as another ⬩ an associate
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Gefáh wið þone cyning and wid ealle his frýnd, Ll. Th. i. 248, 13. Wid ealle his freónd, 210, 11. ¶ Grammar freónd, Godes freónd an upholder of religion, a pious person a true Christian Éhte his íélc þára þe Godes freónd sí, Ll.
þætte
That ⬩ that, in order that ⬩ that, ⬩ so that
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Daniel sægde him wíslíce wereda gesceafte, ꝥte sóna ongeat cyning ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs Cd. Th. 225, 28; Dan. 161.
wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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Hé mid wíge ácwealde ðone cyning and ðæt folc percusserunt urbem et omnes habitatores ejus Jos. 10, 30. Hí mid wíge ácwealdon eall ðæt hí ðǽr fundon percussit in ore gladii universas animas, quae in ea fuerant 10, 37.
feran
To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
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To go, make a journey, set out, travel, march, sail; īre, ĭter făcĕre, proficisci, transīre, migrāre, nāvĭgāre He hine to cyninge feran hét he called him to go to the king, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 39: Cd. 109; Th. 144, 32; Gen. 2398: Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 31
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réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Wolde heofona helm helle weallas forbrecan ... réðust ealra cyninga (;Christ at the harrowing of hell;) Exon. Th. 461, 16; Hö. 36. applied to animals, ; wild, savage, fierce; Réðe deór ;bellua,; Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 40.
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ge-mynd
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III. memory of many persons :-- Hé folces frið bétte swíðost þára cyninga þe ǽr him gewurde be manna gemynde, Chr. 959 ; P. 114, 22.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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A priest not of the Christian church Melchisedec wæs cyningc and mæssepreóst, Prud. 53.
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gearo
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</b> dressed, armed, v. gearwe clothing, arms :-- Onfundon þæs cyninges þegnas þá unstilnesse, and þá þider urnon swá hwelc swá þonne gearo wearþ, Chr. 755; P. 48, 7.
heáh
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Þone heán cyning, gásta hyrde, Dan. 198. Þára heán handa Drihtnes, Ps. Th. 76, 9. Þæt hé ( Jupiter ) god wǽre héhst and hálgost, Met. 26, 38. Se héhsta god, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 17. Hyldo þæs héhstan déman, Jud. 4.
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Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Ic Ælfríc, munuc and mæssepreóst... wearþ asend, on Æðelrédes dæge cyninges, fram Ælfeáge biscope, Aðelwoldes æftergengan, to sumum mynstre, ðe is Cernel gehaten, þurh Æðelmæres bene ðæs þegenes I Ælfric, monk and mass-priest... was sent, in king Æthelred
hand
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Gr. 142, 30), Gú. 888. into the possession, custody, &c., of a person Wæs se hálga stede gehwyrfed ðám cyninge tó handa, C. D. iii. 60, 28. Gif hé bóclanð hæbbe gá ꝥ þám cyninge tó handa, Ll. Th. i. 420, 12.