CLǼNE
CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius
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Cyning [MS. kynincg] sceal on Drihtne clǽne blisse habban a king shall have pure bliss in the Lord, Ps. Th. 62, 9. Ne acyr ðú fram ðínum cnihte ðín clǽne gesihþ ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo, 68, 17.
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Tuegen hleáperas Ælfréd cyning sende mid gewritum king Alfred sent two couriers with letters, Chr. 889; Erl. 86, 24. Úre bisceopas to me gewreoto sende our bishops sent me letters, Blickl. Homl. 187, 4.
swǽs
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Heora swǽs cynn, Ps. Th. 105, 21. Geseh swǽsne geféran he saw his own dear comrade Andr. Kmbl. 2018; An. 1011. Æfter swǽsne ( one's own dear lord ), Exon. Th. 289, 18; Wand. 50. Swǽse gesíþas his own familiar comrades Beo. Th. 57; B. 29.
ge-frignan
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Þára þinga þe hér þeóda cynn gefrugnen æt fruman geworden under wolcnum, Cri. 225
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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He Hengestes heáp hringum þénede efne swá swíðe swá he Fresena cyn byldan wolde he should serve Hengest's band with rings even as abundantly as he would encourage the Frisian race, Beo. Th. 2188; B. 1092.
a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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'Historia Anglorum' ða ðe Ælfréd cyning of Lédene on Englisc awende [Bede's] Historia Anglorum, which king Alfred translated from Latin into English, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 30-118, 1.
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FREÓ
FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus
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Hú wolde ðé lícian, gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne freóne mon on eallon his ríce how would it please thee, if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm? 41, 2; Fox 24, 25, MS. Cot.
ród
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Sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig þurh his róde treó, Elen. Kmbl. 294; El. 147. Ðá gefæstnodon Judéi hine róde gealgan ... Mancynna ealdor ðære róde gealgan underféng, Homl. Th. i. 588, 16-19. Hǽt Pharao ðé áhón on róde ( in cruce ), Gen. 40, 19.
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triumpha
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Ac ðonne hié hwelc folc búton gefeohte on heora geweald geniéddon, ðonne hié hámweard wǽron, ðonne sceolde him man bringan ongeán of ðære byrig crætwǽn, se wæs mid seolfre gegiered, and ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án, hiora consulum tó mǽrþe, Ors. 2
twiwa
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C.) wið ðone cyning, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 9. Tweowa on dæg bis in die, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Twuwa, Scint. 80, 11. Hú ne mynegodest ðú mé nú tuwa? Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 14. Tuwa (twiga, Bd. M.), Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 16. Tuwa (twigea, Bd.
fædera
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Þá Scottas Dunecan (Melcolmes sunu, P. 228, 18) ofslógan, and heom his fæderan, Dufenal (Melcolmes bróðer, P. 228, 16), tó cynge genámon, Chr. 1094; P. 230, 10. Add
ge-uferian
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Þone ( Haman) geuferode (exaltavit ) se cyning ofer ealle his þegnas, Hml. A. 96, 128: 101, 325. Mardochéus micclum wæs gewurðod and swíðe geuferod sublimitas qua exaltavit Mardochaeum scripta est, 321. Geufered fretus (sceptris imperialibus ), An.
wígend
a fighting man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ a noble ⬩ strenuous man
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Wíggendra hleó, Eádmund cyning, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 18
á-standan
to stand ⬩ to stand up ⬩ arise, ⬩ to stand ⬩ continue, ⬩ not to be overturned, destroyed ⬩ to persist ⬩ continue to act ⬩ to stand ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ to stand ⬩ stop
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R. 18, 22. of motion, to stand up, arise, denoting simply change of position Se cyning gebígedum cneówum gebæd ... Hé ástód ðá, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 23. Hé bæd ðá weras þæt hí ástódon and heora sealmas sungon, 96, 35.
wesan
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Cyning wæs áfyrhted, Elen. Kmbl. 112 ; El. 56. Ðá wæs gesýne ðæt sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig, 287 ; El. 144. Wes ðú behýdig and gemyndig, Blickl. Homl. 67, 32. Hál wæs ðú aue Mt. Kmbl. 27, 30. Hál westú, Blickl. Homl. 143, 17.
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hunig
Honey
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Honey Ðǽr [Estland] biþ swyðe mycel hunig and fisc[n]aþ and se cyning and ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc and ða unspédigan and ða þeówan medo in that country there is very much honey and fishing; and the king and the principal men drink mare's milk
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wícnere
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Se cyngc beódeþ his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan beorgan, and filstan heora wícneran, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 32. Án woruldcynincg hæfð fela þegna and mislíce wícneras, Homl. Skt. i. pref., 60
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híwan
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Wæs sum híwscypes fæder and hína ealdor erat pater familias, 5, 12; Sch. 612, 18. a king's household Se cyning ne his híwan (híred, v. l. domestici eius), Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 260, 1.
hund-twelftig
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Gylde hé þám cynge hundtwelftig scillinga (sciłł. v. l. ), 264, 12: 62, 5: 66, 16: 86, 17. Cómon tó ðám hálgan hundtwelftig manna, mislíce geuntrumode, Hml. S. 21, 318. with units Hundtwelftig scíra hé hie. de and seofon scíra, Hml.
in-segel
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Seó sprǽc wearð ðám cynge cúð.