Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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Turner and Lappenberg suppose that the Bretwalda was elected by the other Saxon kings and by the collected nobility and other electors in Britain, because Hunt. lib. ii. about A.
a-stíhst
ascendest ⬩ ascends
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ascendest, ascends,Jn. Bos. 3, 13 ;
for-sihst
despisest ⬩ despiseth
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despisest, despiseth, Ps. Spl. second 9, 1: Gen. 16, 5;
gælþ
sings
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sings, thou singest;
ge-beorh
A mountain ⬩ mons
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A mountain; mons Gebeorh Godes mons Dei, Ps. Th. 67, 15
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ge-cweccan
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Add: to shake Gecwehton uibrato, Germ. 401, 28. Efne gequoeccad (-gicwæceð, R.) bið conquassabitur, Lk. L. 20, 18
lyni-bor
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Wrt. Voc. i
rinelle
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Cf. rynele
bricest
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he briceþ breakest, he breaks, Exon. 63a; Th. 232, 10; Ph. 504;
burne
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Abene ðíne hand ofer ealle ódas, ge ofer burnan, ge ofer meras, and ofer ealle wæter-pyttas extends manum tuam super omnes fluvios, et rivos, ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum. Ex. 7, 19.
ge-setla
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One who sits with another Gesettlan sessorem, An. Ox. 56, 20. Ðás ðíne gesætlan (these that sit with thee) synd míne gebróðra, Hml. S. 2, 237.
swín-haga
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An enclosure for swine In ðone swínhagan; of swínhagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 18, 33: 399, 35
eald-geféra
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An old comrade Hié hæfdon þrítig cyninga ofslagen heora ágenra ealdgeférena, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 24
myrþra
A murderer ⬩ homicide
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Ðú (the soul) wǽre ðǽr in the world ) morþ and myrþra, Wulfst. 241, 9. Ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig and myrþra beforan ðæs écan Déman heáhsetle, Blickl. Homl. 53, 7. Myrþran and mánswaran, 61, 13.
ofer-spreca
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One who talks extravagantly or inconsiderately Swá swá unsceamfæst oferspreca hé bæd ut inpudens procax imprecabatur, An. Ox. 2819. ofer-sprecan; II
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ungemet-wæcce
Excessive wakefulness
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Excessive wakefulness Monige ádla ... on unmóde and on ungemetwæccum, Lchdm. ii. 176, 2
mamera
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Mameran sopore, An. Ox. 3404. Mamran, 2, 203
scín
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Hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym in wyrginge and in scinna cíginge, Gr. D. 289, 9. Add
stór-sticca
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An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer (?) .i. silfren stórcylle mid silfrenum stórsticcan, Chart. Th. 429, 35
folc-sceaða
People's tyrant ⬩ villain ⬩ pŏpŭti tyrannus
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People's tyrant, villain; pŏpŭti tyrannus Ðæs weorudes ða wyrrestan fá folcsceaðan feówertyne gewiton in forwyrd sceacan of the host the worst, hateful villains, fourteen departed into destruction, Andr. Kmbl. 3184; An. 1595
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