GAMEN
GAME ⬩ joy ⬩ pleasure ⬩ mirth ⬩ sport ⬩ pastime ⬩ jŏcus ⬩ oblectāmentum ⬩ gaudium ⬩ jūbĭlum ⬩ lætĭtia ⬩ lūdus
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Gamena lūdōrum: gamene jŏco, Mone B. 2807, 2808
Linked entry: gomen
fægen
glad
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Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton, Met. 6, 10. with gen. of pronoun and clause Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long that they have tricked others, Prov. K. 34.
friþian
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Add: (i) to protect a person or institution Hwá is monna on Angelcynne wuniende ꝥ nyte hú hé (Eadgar) Godes ríce, ꝥ is Godes cyricean, fyrþrode and friþode.
ge-reáfian
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L. 108, Ðá ðe hiora ágnu ðing sellað, and ð,á ðe wilniað óðerra monna gereáfigan (-reáfian, v. l.) qui sua distribuunt, et qui rapiunt aliena, Past. 319, 13. <b>Ia.
ge-þofta
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Hé áspón DC monna tó him his geþoftena (the Latin is: Quingentos societate invitatos), 5, 2; S. 218, 11.
ge-eácnung
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Add: conceiving, conception. in active sense Þá æfter þan wǽron gefylde nigan mónað hire geeácnunge, þá cende Anna hyre dohtor, Hml. As. 125, 282. Þ hé bodige hire geeácnunge, Bl.
hræd-lic
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Cf. hræd; 1, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 28 (in Dict.). happening within a short time. v. hræd; 2 Se hrædlica ende mínes lífes (cf. ymb ánes geáres fyrst and eahta mónað þú swylst, 31, 25), Nar. 32, 26.
snícan
To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile ⬩ of imperceptible movement ⬩ to sneak ⬩ to hanker after
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Ðǽr (in Ireland) monn ǽnigne snícendne wyrm ne gesihþ nullum ibi reptile videri soleat Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 33. Snícende reptilia Ps. Surt. 103, 25. Ða creópendan and ða snícendan (scnícendan, Hatt. MS.)
wénunga
Perhaps ⬩ haply ⬩ by chance
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Ne hit nǽfre næs tó geopenigenne búton wénunga hwilc munuc út fóre unless it happened that a monk had to go out Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 104. Ðe læs wénunga ne forte Lk. Skt. 14, 8.
un-fǽle
Evil ⬩ ill ⬩ bad
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Iðisse wildernesse beoð monie vuele bestes (unfeale bestes monie, MS. T.), A. R. 198, 2. Ȝef heo is atbroide þenne heo is unfele and forbrode, O. and N. 1381.] applied to inanimate objects Ofet unfǽle ( the forbidden fruit ), Cd.
cwide
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Se cwide ðe hé cwæþ: 'Swá mon má swincþ, swá mon máran méde onféhþ,' 41, 3; F. 248, 1. Of Salomonnes cuidum wé námon, Past. 259, 8. Catus cwydas Catonis disticha, Angl. viii. 321, 29. Cwidas sententias, Kent.
hú-líc
qualis
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Of what sort; qualis Hé áhsode hwæt alexander se cyning dyde and húlíc mon hé wǽre and in hwylcere yldo he asked what king Alexander was doing, and what sort of man he was, and of what age, Nar. 18, 12.
hyrstan
To fry ⬩ roast
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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan and swá hine mon má hirste swá wæs hé fægera on ondwlitan he ordered him to be stretched on an iron bed and roasted alive; and the more he was roasted the fairer was his face, Shrn
mann-bót
A fine to be paid to the lord of a man slain
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Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte xxx. sciłł, æt vi. hyndum Lxxx. sciłł, æt twelfhyndum cxx., 70; Th. i. 146, 13-15: L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 21: L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 27: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7; L. W. I, 7; Th. i. 471, 11: L. H.
mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Mycelre monþwǽrnysse ( mansuetudinis ) mon, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 31. On his hátheortnesse ( fervor) and on his monþwǽrnesse (mansuetudo ), Past. 21, tit; Swt. 151, 6.
níwian
To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore
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Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35. Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 192, 15. Burh rǽran, and sele settan, salo níwian, Cd. Th. 113, 3; Gen. 1881. Sár níwigan, Elen.
weorold-wís
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worldly wise, having knowledge of the ways of the world On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ða woroldwísan (cf. ða ðe ðisse worulde lotwrenceas cunnon and ða lufigeaþ, 30 ; Swt. 203, 5), on óðre ða dysegan aliter hujus mundi sapientes admonendi sunt, aliter
ciric-weard
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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16.
daru
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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh hé mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8
erian
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Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4. Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22. Ǽlce dæg ic (the ploughman) sceal erian fulne æcer oþþe máre, Coll. M. 19, 21.