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sceand-líc

(adj.)
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sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, viledisgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene disgraceful

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Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32. Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.

under-fón

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under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne and ungecyndne cyning uuderféngon. Chr. 867; P. 68, 20. (6a) add :-- Ðá sáule ð ðá gebodu angietað, and hié mid godcundre lufan underfóð, gif ðæt under-fangne andgit. . . Past. 367, 10.

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.

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Kmbl. 2195; An. 1099. because boats were made of ash, — a small ship, a skiff, a light vessel to sail or row in; navis, navigium, dromo Hét Ælfréd cyng timbrian langscipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long ships against those ships, Chr

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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Se cyng eall Normandig æt him mid feó álísde, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 32. Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9. Bióð álésede of liberabuntur, Kent. Gl. 355. <b>IIIb.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

ge-cyndelic

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Voc. ii. 80, 34: 46, 64. generative, of generation. v. ge-cynd; <b>VII a.</b> gecynd-lim Seó gecyndelice hǽtu ... gestilleþ on þé, Bl. H. 7, 27. Gif man gekyndelice lim áwyrdeð, Ll. Th. i. 18, 10.

ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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Þurh ildran fæderas per atavos, 65, 72. belonging to an earlier time Ne dyde hé swá eldran cynne, Ps.

ge-cweþan

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Seó gerǽdnis þe Ælfréd cyng and Gúðrum cyng gecuran and gecwǽdon, 166, 7: 314, 4.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246.

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for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were

Linked entry: fór-faran

hund-seofontig

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Cynno hundseofontig seofon, Lk. p. 4, 9. as pl. (the) seventy Ðá gecyrdon þá twá and hundseofontig (-sifuntig, R.), Lk. 10, 17. Æfter þǽra hundseofon*-*tigra gefadunge according to the Septuagint, Angl. viii. 336, 9 (cf. III).

gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n. Substitute: gærsurna(-e), an; m. (f.): gærsum, es; m.: e; f. , and add

treasurean article of valuetreasures

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Se cyng dǽlde þá ersumang for his fæder sáule, 1086; P. 222, 14-20. Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber Deīri

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He wæs vii winter Dera cyning he was king of the Deirians seven years, 3, 14; S. 539, 32.

hwílend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílend-líc, adj.

temporaltemporarytransitory

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Ðá se cyning wæs ceasterwara gefremed ðæs écan ríces and wolde eft ðæt éþel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces rex æterni regni jam civis effectus, temporalis sui regni sedem repetiit, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 33.

Linked entry: hwílwend-líc

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Hí ðá, æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hié swáscondlíce gerǽht hæfdon, gewendan eft ongeán ðone cyning, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 54, 5. Gif man mannan bismærwordum scandlíce gréte if one man insult another by abusive words, L. H. E. 11 ; Th. i. 32, 5.

ge-mittan

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(a β) with obj. and complement :-- Ðiosne woe gemitton (inuenimus) undercerrende cynn úserne, Lk. L. R. 23, 2. to find on inspection or consideration Nóht ic gemitto inðinges in ðissum menn, Lk. L. 23, 4.

æþele

(adj.)
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Æþeleste cyn celeberrimum, i. opinatissimum (spectaculi) genus, An. Ox. 2082

Linked entry: æþel

crísten-dóm

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Þæt sixte muneca cyn ásprang on anginne cristendómes, R. Ben. 136, 7. Hé gesette án þúsend bóca . . . be ðám crístendóme, Hml. A. 5, 107. On þám crístendóme þe Críst sylf ástealde, 16, 74. Healdan rihtne crístendóm, Wlfst. 78, 9.

án-weald

(n.)
Grammar
án-weald, án-wald, es; m.

Single, sole, monarchical, or royal powerempiredominionjurisdictionrulegovernmentbiddingsolius dominatusunius imperiummonarchiapotestasimperiumditiodominatiojusarbitriumnutus

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Cyning biþ ánwealdes georn a king is desirous of power, Exon. 89 b; Th. 337, 4; Gn. Ex. 59. Mid ðínum ágenum ánwealde by thine own power, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 13. Hí synd heora sylfes ánwealdes illi sunt sui juris, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 4.

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ðá ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, and Apollonius yrnende ðone ðóðor gelǽhte, Ap. Th. 13, 1-3