ge-wyrht
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Hé hæfde gewurðod þe þá gewyrhto áhton ( those who deserved it ), Dan. 444
wíc
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Hé bróhte wíf tó háme, ðǽr hé wíc áhte. Cd. Th. 103, 21; Gen. 1721. Ðonne ic ðás ílcan wíc geséce, 144, 23; Gen. 2394. He him wíc geceás fædergeardum feor, 64, 17; Gen. 1051: 164, 29; Gen. 2722: Ph. 448. Férend fæeste wuniaþ, wíc weardiaþ, Exon.
ge-lǽran
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Gelǽrde unc se atola . . . þæt wit blǽd áhton, Sat. 413
fore
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of
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Sé þe áhte ꝥ yrfe þe wé fore gildað (the property in connexion with which the reward is given), 234, 25. Similar entries v. sceótan; VII for the sake of. Similar entries v. for; A. III. 7 Þá earfeðu þe hé fore ældum ádreág, Cri. 1202.
Linked entries: fóre-beón fóre-bétan fóre-gilpan
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Hé wát æðelinga beam eorðan forgiefene (committed to the earth), Seef. 93. to give back what has been forfeited, restore Se cyng forgeaf þám eorle (Godwin who had just cleared himself) his fulne freóndscype and fulne eorldóm and eall þet hé ǽr áhte,
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Hé ða scíre gesealde ánum wræccean of Ahténa (Atheniensem virum, qui apud Cyprum exsulabat), Ors. 3, l ; Swt. 96, 24. Wræccan extorrem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 64. Wreccan advenam, Ps. Spl. 93, 6 : Blickl. Gl. Wraeccan extorres, Wrt.
for-standan
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Cwæð hé tó mé ðæt hé freólsas genóge hæfde, gif hí áht forstódan, C. D. iv. 10, 2. Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 34. <b>III a.
Linked entry: for-licgan
líf
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Hé áhte geweald lífes and deáðes, Gú. 495. Þú lífes word lǽstan noldes, Cri. 1393. <b>(I b)</b> animate existence viewed as dependent on sustenance :-- Lífes tó leofne, An. 1125 : 1113. Hwæfer bútan þé ( the baker ) wé magon líf ádreógan?
hám
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I a Abraham idese bróhte tó háme, þǽr hé wíc áhte, Gen. 1721. Þǽm tó hám forgeaf Hréðel ángan dohtor, B. 374. not on earth Hé on norðdǽle hám and heáhsetl heofena ríces ágan wolde, Gen. 33 : Sat. 276. Þára écena háma, Solil. H. 2, 15.
frignan
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Gú. 1184. (3 a) to ask a person a question :-- Þæt þú mé frigne (frinne, fríne, v. ll.) swá hwæt swá þú wille, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 528, 17. (3 a α) where the question is given in a dependent clause :-- Ic þé frigne (ic bidde ꝥ þú secge mé, v.l.) hwæþer áht
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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S. 23 b, 643. of attack:-- Hié on Ahténe ungearwe becóman and hié gefliémdon, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 15. of coming into the world, birth:-- Þá þú ǽrest tó monnum becóme cum te matris ex utero natura produxit, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 10.
lange
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(a α) where the period within which the time is measured is given :-- Hié longe on dæg sige áhton, Chr. 871; P. 72, 1. Hié fuhton lange on dæg on, 921 ; P. 101, 25. Paulus þǽr lange dæges geleáfan bodode, Hml. S. 29, 46.
CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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He nó ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde he would leave naught alive there, Beo. Th. 4618; B. 2314. Ǽlc wuht cwices [cwuces Cot.] biþ innanweard hnescost everything alive is inwardly softest, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 5.
níwe
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Gelamp þé áht (ǽnig þing v. l. ) níwes ?, Gr. D. 4, 2. Hwæt ic yrmða gebád . . . níwes oððe ealdes, Kl. 4
grétan
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Hé ne gedyrstlǽhte tó þon ꝥ hé áht grétte (hrepode, v. l.) þone Godes þeówan ne servum Dei contingere auderet, Gr. D. 38, 33. Ne sceolon gé míne þá hálgan hrínan ne grétan nolite tangere christos meos, Ps. Th. 104, 13.
læssa
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Lǽstra þinga [ne] geðrýstlǽcende áht secgan þæs ðe hé geseah, Hml. S. 23 b, 644. of persons or places, in reference to rank, dignity, &c. Ic eom lǽssa þonne ealle þíne miltsunga, Gen. 32, 10.
ge-faran
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Gif wé áht gefaran scylan, Wlfst. 121, 14: 282, 10. Bið æt Gode gelang eal hwæt wé gefaran scylan, 122, 9. Se cásere is nú gyt smeágende hwæt wé gefaran habban ( what has happened to us ), Hml. S. 23, 452.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Hwilce gerihtæ hé áhte tó habbanne what dues he ought to have, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 28 : Cd. 15; Th. 18, 26; Gen. 279. Swá ða hálgan dydon ðe náht ne gyrndon tó hæbbenne as the saints did who did not desire to have anything, Blickl. Homl. 53, 25.
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
hé
He, she, it
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Tó tácne ðæt hé his gewald áhte as a sign that he had had power over him, Past. 28; Swt. 197, 22. Ða hǽðenan hæfdon heora geweald the heathen had power over them, Jud. pref. l. 8.
þearf
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Hit is eów uttcúðre, ðonne gé þearfe áhton you have less knowledge on the point than you have need of, Wulfst. 292, 8.