A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1).

  • Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Date:
1819
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    A DELRED was after hym kyng y mad in f e place, Eygte hondred Sc seuene Sc syxty as in f e ger of grace. f e vorste ger of ys kynedom f e Deneys f ycke com, And robbede and destrude, and cytes vaste nomc, Maystres hii adde of her ost, as yt were dukes, tueye. Hynguar and Hubba, fat ssrewen were beye, In Est Angle hii byleuede, to rest hem as yt were, Myd her ost al f e wynter, of f e vorst gere. f e of er ger hii dude hem vorf, Sc ouer Homber come, And slowe to grounde Sc barnde, Sc Euerwyk nome. fer was batayle strong y nou, vor yslawe was fere Osryc kyng of Homberlond, Sc monye fat with hym were. ]>o Homberlond was f us yssend, hii wende & tounes nome. So fat atte laste to Estangle agen hym come, fer hii barnde 8c robbede, and fat folc to grounde slowc, And, as wolues among ssep, reulych hem to drowe. Seynt Edmond was fo her kyng, 8c fo he sey fat deluol cas fat me morf rede so fat folc, Sc non amendement nas, He ches leuere to deye hymsulf, fat such sorwe to ysey. He dude hym vorf among hys fon, nolde he nof yg fie. Hii nome hym Sc scourged hym, Sc suffe naked hym bounde To a tre, Sc to hym ssote, Sc made hym mony a wounde, fat fe arevve were on hym fo fycce, fat no stede nas by- leuede. Atte laste hii martred hym, and smyte of ysheued. f e syxte ger of fe crounement of Aldered f e kyng A nywe ost com into fys lond, gret foru alle fyng, And anon to Redynge robbede and slowe. f e king and Alfred ys brofer nome men ynowe, Mette hem, and a batayle smyte vp Assesdoune. f er was mony moder chyld, fat sone lay fer doune. fe batayle ylaste vorte nygt, and f er were aslawe Vyf dukes of Denemarch, ar hii wolde wyf drawe, And mony f ousend of of er men, 8c f o gonne hii to fie; Ac hii adde alle ybe assend, gys f e nygt nadde y be. Tueye batayles her after in f e sulf gere Hii smyte, and at bofe f e hefene maystres were, fe kyng Aldered sone fo fen wey of def nome, As yt vel, f e vyfty ger of ys kynedom. At Wymbourne he was ybured, as God gef f at cas, fe gode Alfred, ys brof er after hym kyng was. A LFRED f ys noble man, as in f e ger of grace he nom Eygte hondred Sc syxty Sc tuelue fe kyndom. Arst he adde at Rome ybe, Sc, vcr ys grete wysdom, f e pope Leo hym blessede, f o he f uder com, And fe kynge's croune of hys lond, fat in fys lond gut ys: And he led hym to be kyng, ar he kyng were y wys. An he was kyng of Engelond, of alle fat fer come, fat vorst f us ylad was of fe pope of Rome, An suffe of er after hym of f e erchebyssopes echon. So fat hyuor hym pore kyng nas fer non. In f e Souf syde of Temese nync batayles he nome. Agen fe Deneys fe vorst ger of ys kynedom. Nye ger he was fus in fys lond in batayle 8c in wo, An ofte syfe aboue was, and bynefe oftor mo; So longe, fat hym nere by leuede bote fre ssyren in ys hond, Hamtessyre; and Wyltessyre, and Somersete, of al ys lond. A day as he very was, and asuoddrynge hym nome And ys men were ywend auyssef, Seyn Cutbert to hym com. Ich am, he seyde, Cutbert, to f e ycham ywend Tobrynge fe gode tytynges. Fram God ycham ysend* Vor fat folc of fys lond to synne her wylle al geue, And gut nolle herto her synnes byleue foru me Sc of er halewen, fat in fys lond were ybore; fan vor gou byddef God, wanne we bef hym byuore, Hour Louerd myd ys eyen of milce on f e lokef f eruore, And f y poer fe wole gyue agen, fat fou ast ney verlore. And fat fou fer of sof yse, fou ssalt abbe tokynynge. « Vor fym men, fat bef ago to day auyssynge, In lepes 8c in confles so muche vyss hii ssolde hym brynge, fat ech man wondry ssal of so gret cacchynge. And fe mor vor fe harde vorste; fat fe water yfrore hys, fat fe more agen fe kunde of vyssynge yt ys. Of serue yt wel agen God, and ylef me ysmessager, And fou ssal fy wylle abyde, as ycham ytold her. As fys kyng herof awoc, and of fys sygte f ogte, Hys vyssares come to hym, 8c so gret won of fyss hym brogte, fat wonder yt was, Sc namelyche vor fe weder was so colde. fo lyuede fe god man wel, fat Seyn Cutbert adde ytold. In Dcuenyssyre fer after aryuede of Deneys fre and tuenty ssypuol men, all agen fe peys, f e kynge's brof er of Denemarch due of ost was. Oure kynge's men of Engelond mette hem by cas, And smyte fer an batayle, and her gret due slowe, And eygte hondred Sc fourty men, Sc her caronyes to drowe. fo kyng Alfred hurde fys, ys herte gladede fo, fat lond folc to hym come so fycke so yt mygte go, Of Somersete, of Wyltessyre, of Hamtessyre ferto, Euere as he wende, and of ys owe folc al so. So fat he adde poer ynou, and atte laste hii come, And a batayle at Edendone agen f e Deneys nome. And slowe to grounde, 8c wonne f e maystre of the velde. f e kyng 8c ys grete duke bygonne hem to gelde To f e kyng Alfred to ys wylle, and ostages toke, Vorto wende out of ys lond, gyf he yt wolde loke; And gut ferto, vor ys loue, to auonge Cristendom. Kyng Gurmund, fe hexte kyng, vorst fer to come. Kyng Alfred ys godfader was. f ybaptysed ek fer were f retty of her hexte dukes, and muche of fat folc fere Kyng Alfred hem huld wyf hym tuelf dawes as he hende, And suffe he gef hem large gyftes, and let hym wende. Hii, fat nolde Cristyn, be, of lande Howe f u, And bygonde see in France dude wel muche wo. gut f essrewen come agen, and muche wo here wrogte, Ac f e kyng Alfred atte laste to ssame hem euere brogte. Kyng Alfred was fe wysost kyng, fat long was byuore. Vorf ey me segge f e lawes bef in worre tyme vorlore, Nas yt nogt so hiis daye. vor fey he in worre were, Lawes he made rygtuollore, and strengore fan er were. Clerc he was god ynou, and gut, as me tellef me, He was more fan ten ger old, ar he coupe y s abece. Ac ys gode moder ofte smale gyftes hym tok> Vor to byleue of er pie, and loky on ys boke. So fat by por clergye ys rygt lawes he wonde> fat neuere er nere y mad, to gouerny ys lond. And vor f e worre was so muche of f e luf er Deneys, fe men of fys sulue lond were of f e worse peys. And robbede and slowe of ere, f eruor he byuonde, fat fer were hondredes in eche contreye ofys lond, And in ech toune of f e hondred a tef ynge were also, And fat ech man wyf oute gret lond in tef ynge were ydo, And fat ech man knewe oferfatin tef ynge were, And wuste somdel of her stat, gyf me f u vp hem here. So streyt he was, fat fey me ledde amydde weye heye Seluer, fat non man ne dorste yt nyme, fey ne yt seye. Abbeys he rerde mony on, and mony studes ywys. Ac Wynchestrye he rerde on,f at ny we munstre ycluped ys. Hys lyf eygte and tuenty ger in ys kynedom ylaste . After ys def he wos ybured at Wynchestre attte laste Eg