sittan
to sit ⬩ be seated ⬩ to stay ⬩ dwell ⬩ sojourn ⬩ abide ⬩ reside ⬩ remain in a place ⬩ to sit down before a place ⬩ to encamp ⬩ to continue in a state or condition ⬩ live ⬩ remain ⬩ to sit or bear heavy on ⬩ weigh ⬩ press ⬩ rest ⬩ to sit in authority ⬩ preside ⬩ To occupy a seat
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Swá sæt seó byrþen synna on ðissum cynne, Blickl. Homl. 75, 9. For ðæm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton for the miseries that sat heavy on them, Met. 26, 97. Sitte sió scyld on him, L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 15. Ǽr ðon ðe him se egesa onufan sǽte, Judth.
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hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Eádgyð seó hlǽfdie forðférde, seó wæs Eádwardes cynges geresta ... and se cyngc ... leide heó wið Eádwearde cynge hire hláforde, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 22. Þæt wíf sceal hire ealdore (hláforde, v.l.) hiéran, Ll.
LIFIAN
To LIVE
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Se cyning Eglippus leofode his líf on eáwfæstre drohtnunge, 476, 16. Se hálga swá leofode swá hé tǽhte, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 19. Se æþeling lyfode [other MS. leofode] ðá gyt, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 21.
cýþþu
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Þurh þæs (the bishop's brother) cýþþo (cýðþo, cyððe, v. ll.) gelamp þæt se cyning þone biscop lufade per cujus notitiam rex ad diligendum episcopum pervenit, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 300, 7, (2 a) familiar, intimate knowledge, friendliness. v. cúþ Heó gelaðode
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ord
a point, ⬩ of a weapon ⬩ a spear, pointed weapon ⬩ one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince ⬩ head, front ⬩ line of battle, forefront ⬩ the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
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Sóna ongeat cyning ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs, 225, 30; Dan. 162. Ord onstellan to make a beginning, be the source of, 272, 4; Sat. 114: Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21. Ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 13
nán
not one ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ none ⬩ no man ⬩ nothing
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Ne cyning næ bisceop ne nánes hádes man nullus rex aut episcopus, vel aliquis alius potens, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 28. Hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 27.
ge-nemnan
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Sé þe heora cyning mid rihte genemned wǽre, 177, 12.
hyldu
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His mæg Eádgár hé þǽr on þæs cynges Willelmes heldan tó cynge gesette, 1097; P. 234, 15. (2 b) devotion to the service of a lord :-- Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll, gewát of worulde tó Gode for
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Voc. ii. 151, 65. to be mad, out of one's senses Cwæþ se cyning : ' Ne wille ðú swá sprécan ; ðæt ðú teala wite. ' Cwæþ hé: 'Ne wéde ic (non insanio), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 32. Deófol is on him, and hé wét (insanit), Jn. Skt. 10, 20.
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of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Mid ðám tintregum hé wolde his ǽhta æt him ofgán, ii. 180, 18. to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another:- His bróðer wearþ his yrfenuma swá swáhé hit æt ðam cynge ofeode
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furþor
local ⬩ to or at a more advanced point of progress ⬩ to a greater degree or extent ⬩ more thoroughly ⬩ completely ⬩ denoting superiority ⬩ denoting greater importance or significance, more ⬩ denoting excess, beyond ⬩ over and above ⬩ denoting transgression ⬩ denoting increase ⬩ denoting continued action ⬩ later
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Se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, Hex. 38, 5.
ge-hátan
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L. 27, 64. to bid come, summon, call Gif cyning his leóde tó him geháteð, Ll. Th. i. 2, 8. Se cyning him tó gehét (-héht, v. l.) Cedd clamavit ad se Cedd, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 293, 12. Hé him tó gehét monigne lǽce, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18.
þeóf
A thief
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In. 15; Th. i. 112, 4: se cyning áh ðone þeóf, 28; Th. i. 120, 6), might be slain without the intervention of the law, and the death called for no 'wergild,' L. Wih. 25; Th. i. 42, 13: L.
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sécan
To seek ⬩ to try to find ⬩ to look for ⬩ make search for ⬩ to try to get ⬩ to try to attain an end ⬩ strive to effect a purpose ⬩ aim at ⬩ strive after ⬩ make something the object of endeavour ⬩ to try to find out by investigation or examination ⬩ to try to learn by asking ⬩ to ask ⬩ to go or come to ⬩ to seek a person ⬩ to visit ⬩ to seek a person for protection ⬩ to take refuge with a person ⬩ to seek a place ⬩ to visit ⬩ resort to ⬩ to seek immaterial things ⬩ to go to war ⬩ resort to artifice ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to try to get at ⬩ to go to attack
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Bearn Godes brýda ongunnon on Caines cynne sécan, Cd. Th. 75, 33; Gen. 1249. Woldon tó dúnscræfum drohtoþ sécan, Andr. Kmbl. 3077; An. 1541. Uton sibbe tó him sécan, Exon. Th. 365, 11; Wal. 87. Seócan, Ps. C. 109.
ge-niman
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</b> to deprive of power :-- Cymað Rómánisce and giniomað úserne stówe and cynn, Jn. R. L. 11, 48. <b>V b.</b> to rob a house :-- Hús ðæs genimeð domum illius diripiat, Mt. L. 12, 29. <b>V c.
ge-settan
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Þæt eorðe and úproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceatte, 100. (2 a) to occupy a conquered land or place :-- Ðý ilcan geáre gesette Ælfréd cyning Lundenburg, Chr. 886 ; P. 80, 10.
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Th. 142, 4. earth, clay; terræ līmus, lŭtum God ðone ǽrestan ælda cynnes of ðære clǽnestan foldan geworhte God made the first of the race of men from the purest earth, Exon. 44b; Th. 151, 14; Gú. 795
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Hasterbal se níwa cyning Asdrubal novus imperator, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 33. Hwæt is ðeós níwe lár, Mk. Skt. 1, 27. Níwe circhálgung (v. cyric-hálgung) encenia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52. Calic níwre ǽ ( novi testamenti ), Mt. Kmbl. 26, 28.
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þreát
a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment
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Cyning þreáte fór, herge tó hilde, Elen. Kmbl. 102; El. 51: Cd. Th. 288, 27; Sat. 388. Hió þrungon on þreáte they pressed in a crowd, Elen. Kmbl. 657; El. 329. In ðreáte in choro, Ps. Surt. 149, 3: 150, 4.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fira cynnes fíf þúsendo; wiste þégon menu, 1186; An. 593. Waldend ðé wist gife, heofonlícne hláf, 776; An. 388. Hunig, wynsume wist, Frag. Kmbl. 40; Leás. 22. Fóddurwelan, wist, Exon.