ge-sparian
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Add: to save, not to use. v. sparian ; Swá hwæt swá hý gespariaþ on heora forhæfednesse and swá hwæt swá tóforan þám neádbehéfum belifen byð on heora mægenes tilunge quidquid necessario victui superest ex operibus manuum et epularum restrictione, R.
hand-wyrm
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(The same passage is glossed in both cases.) Add: —
wamm-cwide
Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy
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Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy Him (the devils)wæs wráð geworden for womcwidum, Cd.Th. 282, 6;Sat. 282. Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh hé his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 7;Gen. 621
æncnetrym
a narrow step ⬩ a little bit
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a narrow step; an acc. used adverbially with same force as colloquial a little bit (?). The word pedetemptim (An.
Linked entry: trem
háwung
Looking, observation
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Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21
ge-sweorc
A cloud ⬩ mist ⬩ smoke ⬩ nūbes ⬩ nĕbŭla ⬩ cālīgo
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Cining geseah deorc gesweorc the king saw a dark cloud, 5; Th. 7, 19; Gen. 108
hlín-duru
A door formed of lattice-work, ⬩ a grated door
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Geseh hé fore hlíndura hyrdas standan he saw guards standing before the grated door [of his prison]. Andr. Kmbl. 1985; An. 995
hwearfian
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H. 9, 20. of processes that may be said to move in a circle Hwerfiað on þám ylcan wísan sé and eá (cf. of ðáre sǽ cymþ ꝥ water innen þá eorþan . . . wyrþ tó eá . . . wyrþ eft tó sǽ, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 17-20), Solil.
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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Mid hondum amet measure with [thy] hands, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 30; Sat. 700. Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure his torment, 229; Th. 310, 13; Sat. 725.
Linked entry: a-mæt
N
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Sax. kúð, tand, óðar, múð, anst. If, however, n and s come together by the loss of an intervening vowel the n remains, e. g. winstre; O. H. Ger. O. Sax. winistar.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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To roll, turn Hine on lyfte lífgetwinnan sweopum seolfrenum swíðe weallaþ, óð ðæt him bán blícaþ, blédaþ ǽdran, Salm. Kmbl. 288; Salm. 143. [O. Sax. wallan to well; to boil, burn (fig.): O. Frs. walla: O. H.
Linked entry: for-weallen
ge-sendan
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Rtl. 102, 7: 100, 39. the object non-material Mið diúl gesende in heorta is ꝥte salde hine, Jn. L. R. 13, 2. with a stronger sense of motion, to cast, throw Hí gesendon nett in sǽ, Mt. L. 4, 18. Ðá yflo hí út gesendon (áwurpon, W.S.), 13, 48.
ge-wunian
to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont
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Ðá sǽde Sompeius ðæt Joseph gewunode monige wundor to wyrcenne Sompeius said that Joseph used to work many miracles, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 12.
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Nú eart tú earm sceaða now art thou a miserable wretch, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 19; Sat. 57: 226; Th. 301, 9; Sat. 579: Ps. Th. 136, 8. Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37.
L
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So the West Saxon forms, healdan, sealt, healf, are found in the Northumbrian Gospels as halda, salt, half, and in Gothic, O. Sax., Icel., O. H. Ger. the vowel also is a.
ge-punian
To pound, beat, bray ⬩ contĕrĕre, contundĕre
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B.] take this same herb pounded, 129, 3; Lchdm. i. 240, 15: 75, 1; Lchdm. i. 176, 20
Linked entry: punian
ge-þwinglod
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Sax. bi-þwingan), and having suffix -el denoting an implement, might be inferred with meaning 'band' (cf. þwang); then ge-þwinglod might mean 'provided with a þwingel,' 'bound up.' Add
sél
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638
fylleþ-flód
Spring-tide, high tide at full (or new) moon
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On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða and swá oft wanað. Fylleþflód bið nemned on Læden malina, and se népflód ledo, Shrn. 63, 30
toll-setl
A toll-booth, ⬩ custom-house
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Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18
Linked entry: toll-sceamol