weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
breóst-gehygd
the heart, mind ⬩ thought, meditation ⬩ The thought of the heart or mind, a thought ⬩ cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio
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[breóst the heart, mind, gehygd thought, meditation] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Ðæt wæs gingeste word breóstgehygdum that was the last word from his mind's thoughts, Beo.
gest-líðnes
Hospitableness ⬩ hospitality ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas
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Hospitableness, hospitality; hospĭtālĭtas Ðá se fóresprecena Godes man fela daga mid him wæs on gestlíðnesse cum præfātus clērĭcus alĭquot diēbus ăpud eum hospĭtārētur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6.
ge-þungennes
Increase ⬩ growth ⬩ piety ⬩ excellence ⬩ gravity
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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6.
Linked entry: ge-þinþenes
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.
cwealm-bǽre
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Add: of persons Dioclitianus wæs tó cásere gecoren þeáh ðe hé cwealmbǽre wǽre, Hml. S. 19, 2. Hé ne mihte wiðcweðan þám cwealmbǽrum folce, 7, 217. Cómon cwelmbǽre deóflu, Hml. Th. ii. 326, 12.
fersc
fresh ⬩ fresh ⬩ fresh
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(dulcissima aqua) . . . wæs ic gefeónde þæs swétan wætres and þæs ferscan, Nar. 11, 22-12, 10.
un-cúþ
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov.
úþ-genge
Fugitive ⬩ transitory ⬩ not to be retained ⬩ passing out of one's possession
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Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge there life fled from Aschere, Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.
óþer
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Add Wæs gehwæðer óðrum láð, B. 814. Ǽghwæðrum wæs bróga fram óðrum, 2565.
un-hleówe
Chill
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Chill Unhleówan wǽg the chill wave, Cd. Th. 209, 4; Exod. 494
Linked entry: ge-hleow
ymb-licgan
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Wæter wǽt and ceald wangas ymbelicgað, eorðe ælgréno, Met. 20, 77. Add
ge-lýfed
One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis
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Wæs sum cyning gelýfed swíðe on God there was a king firmly believing on God, Swt. Rdr. 95, 2 : H. R. 101, 13. Hie wurdan hraðe gelýfde they immediately believed, Blickl. Homl. 155, 5.
Linked entry: ge-léfed
ge-myndig
Mindful, remembering ⬩ mémor
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Mindful, remembering; mémor Wæs he gemyndig his bebodes ipsi mĕmor præcepti ejus, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 14: Ps. Spl. 118, 52.
scerwen
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Ðæt wæs biter beórþegu: byrlas ne gǽldon ... ðǽr wæs ǽlcum genóg drync sóna gearu, 3063-3069; An. 1534-1537), Andr. Kmbl. 3051; An. 1528. v. Grmm. A. and E. pp. xxxvi, 133, and note to Wülcker's ed. of Grein
Linked entries: ealu-scerwen -en medu-scerwen
erian
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Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add
hǽre
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Cecilia) wæs gegyred myd hǽran æt hyre líchaman, and onufan þǽre hǽran heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 20. Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce they wore sackcloth next their skin, Hml. S. 12, 36 : Hml. A. 108, 207.
rinc
A man (a poetical term)
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Ðá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb ðæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded, Andr. Kmbl. 2234; An. 1118. Ðæt wæs rihtwís rinc ( Boethius ), Met. 1, 49. Ðæs rinces ( Abraham) se ríca ongan cyning (God ) costigan Cd. Th. 172, 16; Gen. 2845.
bát
a boat.
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Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde, Chr. 891; P. 82, 18-22. Flota wæs on ýðum, bát under beorge, B. 211. On bátes fæðm, An. 444: Bo. 5. Báte lembulo, Germ. 399, 455: lintre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 25: 52, 11. Lytle báte lintrum, 52, 12.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian, swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon, Blickl. Homl. 33, 33. Ðes is sóð wítega, Jn. Skt. 7, 40. Sóð leóht wæs erat lux vera, 1, 9: 15, 1.