rǽdels
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Ðeáh se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna tiohhie ðæt se anweald síe ðæt héhste gód ( hominum fallax opinio ), Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32.
raðe
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Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 7. Raðe ðæs directly afterwards, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 33. Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs, Cd.
GRIM
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Ðeáh ðú wǽre wyrmcynna ðæt grimmeste though thou hadst been of serpents the fiercest, Soul Kmbl. 167; Seel. 83
Linked entry: grym
sticol
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Se weg is rúm and forðheald, ðe tó deáðe lǽt; se is neara and sticol, ðe tó lífe lǽt, R. Ben. 5, 21: Shrn. 12, 19. On wyrmes líc sticoles ( rough, scaly ), Salm. Kmbl. 307; Sal. 153. Be westan róde óð sticelan stíg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29.
Linked entry: sticel
teran
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Gif swín deáde men teraþ ( laceraverint ), L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 38. Ðá tær hé his cláðas scissis vestibus, Gen. 37, 29, 34.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Ðeáh swín áðwægen sié, gif hit eft filþ on ðæt sol, ðonne biþ hit fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, and ne forstent ðæt ðweál náuht, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 3. Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál ( lavatio ), 21.
Linked entry: þweán
un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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Leófre mé is ðæt hé (the king) mé tó deáþe gesylle ðonne unæþelra (ignobilior ) man, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. as regards character Wæs se cyning æþelre gebyrde ðeáh ðe hé on dǽde unæþele wǽre erat rex natu nobilis quamlibet actu ignobilis, Bd. 2, 15; S
for-cuman
to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject
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Mið forcummenum deáðe devicta morte, Rtl. 29, 34. Forcummen deuicto, Lk. p. 7, 6. Mið ðý ðóhte gelegeno ł forcumeno (-cumne, R.) woeron dum mente consternatae essent, Lk. L. 24, 4. to consume, destroy, Cf.
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beo wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30
ÆSC
an ash-tree ⬩ fraxinus excelsior ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ ⬩ an ash-spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ lance ⬩ hasta fraxinea ⬩ hasta ⬩ a small ship ⬩ a skiff ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ navis ⬩ navigium ⬩ dromo
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. 64, 98. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high, dear
FLÓWAN
To FLOW ⬩ issue ⬩ fluĕre ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ inundāre
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Ðeáh ðe wealan flówen dīvĭtiæ si affluant, Ps. Th. 61, 11
Linked entry: geond-flówan
lícian
To please
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Ac mé swá ðeáh nó ne lícade on him ðæt hé ða weorþunge Eástrena on riht ne heóld however I did not like in him his not keeping Easter rightly, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 2.
Linked entry: ge-lícian
un-lagu
violation of law ⬩ illegality ⬩ injustice ⬩ a bad law
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Ðeáh ðe Harold ðæt land mid unlage út nam, 274, 29. Ic nelle geðafian ðat man hym ǽnige unlage beóde nec impune feram quod aliquis ei injuriam inferat aut molestiam, 296, 27: vi. 187, 22. Se ðe unlage rǽre oþþe undóm gedéme, L. C.
hǽþen-gild
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Hý fulwihte onféngon and wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hý hér on hǽðengilde lifden, Shrn. 142, 13. Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed þæt hé his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne . . . sé ðe elles déð, hé begǽð untwýlíce hǽðengild, Hml. Th. i. 474, 33.
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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Substitute: with gen. () to seize, take, to arrest a person Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle . . . his hente mid hreáme (hearme, MS. The old Latin version has 'persequatur eum cum clamore.'
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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Ðeáh se láreów ðis eall smeálíce and openlíce gecýðe cuncta haec licet subtiliter rector insinuet 21, 6; Swt. 163, 18. Se ðe wile geornlíce ðone Godes cwide singan sóðlíce (smeálíce, MS. B.) Salm.
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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Grammar FÍF, but nom. acc. pl. fífe; gen. fífa; dat. fífum are sometimes found Fífe ciningas lágon five kings lay [dead ], Chr. 937; Th. 204, 1, col. 2 ; 205, 1; Æðelst. 28.
Linked entry: fífe
ge-þreátian
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Voc. ii. 44, 59. with prep, to force to (tó) an action Ðonne ús se deáð tó forðsíðe geðreátað, Hml. Th. i. 414, 31. Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteð, Ll. Th. i. 78, 12. Gif mon wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, 18.
ge-feón
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Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him deádum gefége, Bd. I. 7; Sch. 26, 3. Þæt nǽfre míne fynd ne gefǽgen æfter mé ne quando supergaudeant in me inimici mei, Psi Th. 37, 16. Ofer hine deádne gefeón super eum mortuum gaudere. Gr. D. 294, 21.
mǽrsian
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To become famous; clarescere :-- Manige hálige martyras . . . daga gehwylce mǽrsiað and scínaþ (clarescunt) for þám wundrum þe æt heora þám deádum bánum geweorðað. Gr. D. 292, 4.