hnesc-líc
Effeminate
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Effeminate Hé wæs swíðe hnesclíc man he [Sardanapalus] was a very effeminate man, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15. Hi beóþ hneslíce swá forlegene hi sunt delicati ita fornicantes, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18
ge-faran
To go ⬩ proceed ⬩ reach by going ⬩ arrive ⬩ ire ⬩ proficisci ⬩ meare ⬩ to depart ⬩ die ⬩ to proceed ⬩ get on ⬩ fare ⬩ To get by going ⬩ experience ⬩ occupy ⬩ reach ⬩ obtain ⬩ go against
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Twegen æðelingas gefóran ðæt lond two princes occupied that land, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 35. Philippus gefór heora burh Philip took their town, 3, 7; Bos. 60, 6.
Linked entry: ge-fór
for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Bos. 3, 12: Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22: 33, 4; Fox 130, 12. Hí hine forbærnaþ they burn him, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 26. Líg forbærnde ða árleásan flamma combussit peccātōres, Ps. Lamb. 105, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 40: Chr. 685; Erl. 40. 20.
Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan
be-týnan
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire
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He ðæt folc úte betýnde he shut the people out, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 40. Hý betýndon Ianes duru they shut the doors of Janus, 6, 7; Bos. 120, 5 : 5, 14; Bos. 113, 42.
BITER
BITTER, sharp, severe, dire ⬩ amarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox
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Boda bitresta the bitterest messenger, Cd. 36; Th. 47, 19; Gen. 763. Bittres; g. Salm. Kmbl. 658; Sal. 328. Biteres; g. Rood Kmbl. 225; Kr. 114
geador
Together ⬩ altogether ⬩ ūna ⬩ sĭmul
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R. geador I turn at once S and R together, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 16; Bo. 48. Geátmæcgum geador ætsomne for the Gothic warriors altogether, Beo. Th. 987; B. 491
Linked entries: eador eal-geador gædere
a-cræftan
To devise ⬩ plan ⬩ contrive as a craftsman ⬩ excogitare
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To devise, plan, contrive as a craftsman; excogitare Úton ðeáh hwæðere acræftan hú we heora, an ðyssa nihta, mágan mǽst beswícan let us however plan how we can, in this night, most weaken them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 19
a-lúcan
To separate ⬩ take or pluck away ⬩ withdraw ⬩ avellere
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Bos. 22, 41. Alúc ðú hine fram mínum weofode pluck thou him away from mine altar, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 1
Linked entry: a-locen
a-rǽcan
to reach ⬩ get at ⬩ prehendere ⬩ attingere ⬩ to hold forth ⬩ reach out ⬩ hand ⬩ porrigere
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to reach, get at; prehendere, attingere Ðæt man arǽcan mihte that one could reach, Chr. 1014; Ing. 193, 19. to hold forth, reach out, hand; porrigere Arǽce me ða bóc porrige mihi librum, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 47
be-æftan
Behind ⬩ after ⬩ hereafter ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ postea
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Behind, after, hereafter; post, pone, postea Ðǽr beæftan forlét eall left there all behind, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14. Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29
cenning-tíd
e ⬩ The time of bringing forth, birth-time ⬩ pariendi tempus, puerperii hora
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Bos. 1, 57. On ðære cenningtíde instante partu, Gen. 38, 27
DYTTAN
DIT, close or shut up ⬩ opprĭmĕre, occlūdĕre, obtūrāre
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Bos. 11, 53. Anlíc nædran seó dytteþ hyre eáran secundum similitūdĭnem serpentis obtūrantis aures suas, Ps. Th. 57, 4
éþ-hylde
Easily inclined, satisfied, contented ⬩ contentus
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Bos. 3, 14
Linked entry: eáþ-hylde
fox
A FOX ⬩ vulpes
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Bos. 13, 32. Foxas habbaþ holu vulpes fŏveas hăbent, 9, 58. Foxes dǽlas vulþis partes, Ps. Th. 62, 8
gearu
Yare ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus
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Bos. 7, 6 : Ps. Th. 107, 1 : Elen. Grm. 604
heoru
A sword
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The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds
giong
Young ⬩ jŭvĕnis
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Se gionga cyning the young king, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 15
ge-bild
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Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19
leóht-lic
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Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22
un-áberendlic
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Bóc lytestne unáberendlicre byrþenne codicem ponderis pene importabilis, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 639, 3. Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu beforan ðæs fæder eágum ?