wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
Entry preview:
Geþyld on wiðerwerdnyssum, Scint. 12, 12. On wiþerwerdnyssum in adversitatibus, 62, 2. Ða getreówfullan for Godes ege ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse (universa contraria ) forþyldigian scylun, R. Ben. 27, 7. contrariety, diversity.
be-þurfan
Entry preview:
Add: personal. implying privation Beþur-fendra egentium, Scinr. 108, 15. to need what will supply insufficiency, defect, what is beneficial Nánes þinges máran hé ne beþearf tfonne hé hæfþ, Bt. 31, 1; F. 122, 7.
bryne
Entry preview:
Hí hæfdon ǽlce scíre stíðe gemarcod mid bryne and mid hergunge, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 18. Seó cæster wearð on bryne, Gr. D. 47, 24. On hiere ( Corinth ) bryne. Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 1. Þæt þá elpendas fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, 4, 1; S. 158, 7.
eallunga
Entry preview:
Witodlíce ðæs mónan trendel is symle gehál, þeáh ðe eall endemes eallunga ne scíne certainly the disc of the moon is always complete, though to be sure the whole of it does not continuously shine, Lch. iii. 242, 5.
for-licgan
fornicari
Entry preview:
Forlicgean fornicari, Scint. 89, 2. to injure by lying. to lie with a person, defile by illicit intercourse Þú on lǽces híwe hí forlicgan woldest, Hml. S. 2, 203. Forlycgan, 186. Wæs forlegen stupratur, An. Ox. 4307.
ge-mǽnelíce
Entry preview:
Gebiddaþ eów gemǽnelíce orate pro invicem, Scint. 30, 12 : 37, 6 : 64, 16
Linked entries: -mǽne-líce ge-ménelíce
ge-neát
Entry preview:
I a Cyninges geneát, gif his wer bið twelf hund sciłł. . Ll. Th. i. 114, 10. Þǽr wearð ofslægen Lucumon cynges geréfa . . . and Æðelferð cynges geneát, Chr. 897 ; P. 91, lo. one of a private person's household. Cf.
rǽd
Entry preview:
Rǽdas conpendia, Scint. 100, 14. Add Rǽde senatu, An. Ox. 4041. <b>V a.</b> the act of taking counsel together :-- Geþafa ꝥ mín módor mé gespræcan, and sume þreó niht on mínum rǽde beón (may be in consultation with me ), Hml. S. 4, 324.
swician
to wander ⬩ to depart, turn ⬩ to deceive ⬩ with prep, on, ymb, to practise deceit in relation to a matter ⬩ to offend; also to be offended; scandalizare, scandalizari ⬩ to give offence by words, speak injuriously ⬩ vagari
Entry preview:
Skt. 9, 43, 45. þeáh ðe ealle swicion ne swicige. ic ðé ná etsi omnes scandalizati fuerint serf non ego, 14, 29. to give offence by words, speak injuriously :-- Ná murcna ðú ná swica ðú non murmures, non blasphemes, Scint. 164, 16
stregdan
To strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle ⬩ to strew ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ To scatter, disperse ⬩ to lay in order
Entry preview:
Hí tó scipon stréddon they dispersed to their ships, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 3. to lay in order (?) Streide struere (struerem?), strídae, streide struere, Txts. 99, 1910
syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
Entry preview:
Mænige líf bútan leahtre (crimine) habban mágon, bútan synne (peccato) hí ná mágon, Scint. 230, 12, Ælc ðe synne (peccatum) wyrcþ is ðære synne (peccati ) þeów, Jn. Skt.8, 34. Se ðe déþ áweg middaneardes synnæ(peccatum;synna,MS. A.: synne, MS. B.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
Entry preview:
Hí hine mid ealre smyltnysse on heora fiðerum feredon, þæt hé ne mihte ne on scipe fægeror gefered beón, Guth. 40, 18. of gentle, courteous, kindly treatment Onfóh þú þínum esne fægere, Ps. Th. 118, 122.
ge-hergian
Entry preview:
His scipu gehergodon Mæníge, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 15. Hit gewearð . . . ꝥ þá hǽðenan leóda ꝥ land gehergoden, Hml. S. 27, 21. (<b>l a</b>) to pillage a town :-- Hér wæs Wecedport geheregod, Chr. 988 ; P. 125, 22.
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
Entry preview:
Gif mon in lencten hálig ryht in folce bútan leáfe álecgge gebéte mid cxx. sciłł if any one in Lent suppress holy law among the people without leave, let him make amends with cxx shillings, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 13.
Linked entry: lengten
wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
Entry preview:
Gangas rihte dóþ, ðæt ná healtigende wórige (erret), Scint. 186, 4. Bútan sóþre lufe. i. á gán (ambulare) magan menn ac wórian (errare ), 3, 8. Wer unsnoter and wórigende (errans) þencþ stunte, 138, 18.
á-scirian
Entry preview:
A. 2, 43. to cut off, rob Ælmyssan þearfan ná áscyra þú elemosinam pauperis ne fraudes, Scint. 157, 5
be-lífan
Entry preview:
Belífendra remanentium, Scint. 74, 8. Swá hwæt swá tóforan þám neádbehéfum belifen byþ quidquid necessario victui superest, R. Ben. 138, 16. Þæt folc þæt on þǽre ceastre belyfen wæs, St. And. 34, 31. Beliuene superstites, Hpt.
bóc
a book ⬩ a document ⬩ register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ a charier ⬩ a book ⬩ volume ⬩ literary work ⬩ pages
Entry preview:
On bœc in libro (Clementis ), Scint. 17, 16. On boec ðára salma, Lk. L. R. 20, 42. On Isaias béc (bóc L.), Lk. 3, 4; Mk. 12, 26. On þǽre bóc þe ys Exodus genemned, Angl. viii. 335, 31. Bóc biblum, bócum biblis, béc biblos, Wrt.
fíf
Entry preview:
Oxan tægl bið sciłł. weorð; cuus bið fífa [peninga], Ll. Th. i. 140, 3. Weorc crístes mǽl fífo, Lch. iii. 56, 8. with pronoun or indefinite numeral adjective: Þá fífe dysige, Mt. R. 25, 3. Of ðǽm hláfum fífum, Jn. L. 6, 26.
ge-lang
Entry preview:
Frægn Scipia hiene an hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentię swá rade áhnescaden ( qua ope res Numantina fuisset eversa ), 5, 3; S. 222, 15