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hlǽfdige

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽfdige, hlǽfdie, an; f.

A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,

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William of Malm. bk. ii. c. 2 Hlǽfdige, domina, Wrt. Voc. 72, 79. Hírédes hlǽfdige materfamilias, 73, 21.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Ætstód kquén ł hlǽfdige (regina) æt swíðran þínum, Ps. L. 44, 10. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ...

forþ-wíf

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Substitute: A woman of rank, a great lady Hláford dominus, forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78

wuldor-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-weorod, es; n.

The host of heaven

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The host of heaven Ðæt, ðú sié hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes, and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum, and helwara, Exon. Th. 18, 17; Cri. 285

Eádes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Edesbirh: Brom. Edesbury]

EDDESBURY, Cheshireloci nomen in agro Cestriensi

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EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2

cyne-setl

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Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitu swá swá of cynesætle, Hml. S. 1, 196. Add

fremsum

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Eálá þú fremsumeste hlǽfdige þe mé þíne árfæstan mildheortnysse æteówdest, Hml. S. 23 b, 472. Add

Deóra bý

(n.)
Grammar
Deóra bý, Deór-bý,es ; n? [Hunt. Dereby, Derebi: Ethel. Derebi: deór an animal, deer; bý a dwelling, habitation; a habitation of deer or animals]

DERBY Derbia

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DERBY; Derbia Hér Æðelflǽd, Myrcna hlǽfdige, begeat ða burh ðe is geháten Deóra bý in this year [A. D. 917] Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, obtained the burgh which is called Derby, Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 24: 942; Erl. 116, 14; Edm. 8.

Linked entry: Deór-bý

trega

(n.)
Grammar
trega, an; m.
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Ic fleáh hlǽfdigan hete, tregan and teónan, Cd. Th. 137, 15; Gen. 2274. Ða twegen tregan (cf. ðyssa yfla hwæðer, 41), Met. 5, 42. Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor. Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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Seó sáwl is ðæs flǽsces hlǽfdige, and hire gedafnaþ ðæt heó simle gewylde ða wylne, ðæt is ðæt flǽsc, tó hyre hǽsum. Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðǽr seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend, and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awryaskewin reversed orderin a way that offers oppositionobstinatelyflatlyperverselyevilly

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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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Hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum and helwara, Exon. Th. 18, 18; Cri. 285. Ðætte gé fore uueoroide sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum, and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum, Cod. Dip.

sweor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.
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Ic ann ðære hlǽfdigan ánes swyrbeáges on hundtwelftigum mancussum and ánæs beáges on þrítegum mancussum, Chart. Th. 554, 1. Ǽnne sweorbeáh (on XL mancysan, on LXXX mancys), 501, 20, 31.

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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Erl. 100, 30, and his widow Æthelfled governed Mercia most efficiently for about ten years Hér com Æðelflǽd, Myrcna hlǽfdige, on ðone hálgan ǽfen Inuentione Sanctæ Crucis, to Scergeate, and ðǽr ðá burh getimbrede; and, ðæs ilcan geáres, ða æt Bricge

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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I and he (she), Grammar wit, alone Ðá becóme wit tó ðam inneran dǽle ðæs wéstenes ðǽr uncer hlǽfdige wæs, and wit wǽron belocene in carcerne, Shrn. 38, 20: Gen. 41, 12. Rincas míne, restaþ incit hér, wit (Isaac and I) eft cumaþ, Cd.

Linked entries: unc witt

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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Swá eágan gáð earmre þeówenan ( ancillae ), ðonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handa lócaþ, Ps. Th. 122, 3. Heó hié sylfe tó ðeówene genemde, Blickl. Homl. 9, 24. Þeówene, 89, 12. Gif hwá ásleá his þeówe oþþe his þeówenne (-ene, MS. H.) ðæt eáge út, L.

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen
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Wið áslápenum lice, ii. 12, 17. to sleep, lie with a person His hlǽfdige cwæþ tó him : 'Slap mid me, ' Gen. 39, 7

Linked entry: slápian

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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I a. a serving-woman :-- Gif hwylc wíf (mulier) hire wífman (ancillam suam) swingð, and heó þurh ða swingle wyrð deád . . . fæste seó hlǽfdige (domino ) .vii. geár, L. Ecg. P. ii. 4; Th. ii. 182, 32 : ii. 4, tit.; Th. ii. 180, 6.

Linked entry: wím-man

eald

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</b> </b> Forðférde seó ealde hlǽfdige, Eádwerdes cinges móder, 1051; P. 172, 32. <b>I b.</b> of long experience in :-- Presbiter is ealdwita; ná ꝥ ǽlc eald sý, ac ꝥ hé eald sý on wísdóme, Ll.