weorod
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Hé sægde him wereda gesceafte, 225, 27; Dan. 160.
Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Drýgum fótum gán ofer sǽs ýþa, Bl. H. 177, 18. Wé gedóð þæt hí gán ne magon. Hml. Th. ii. 486, 13.
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Wraðu wannhálum wíta gehwylces, sæce and sorge, Elen. Kmbl. 2058; El. 1030. Hé monge gehǽlde hefigra wíta. Exon. Th. 155, 9 ; Gú. 857. Wanhále wítum gebundene, Andr. Kmbl. 1150 ; An. 580. Hé gehǽlde manega of wítum (plagis), Lk. Skt. 7, 21.
ge-bétan
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Add: to make good, cause to flourish Sænde ic þá gewideru þe ealle eówre wæstmas and eorðlice tilþa fullíce gebétað dabo uobis pluuiam temporibus suis, et terra gignet germen suum, et pomis arbores replebuntur, Wlfst. 132, 14. to make good what is defective
teón
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Heó longe swóretunge wæs teónde, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10. to draw to, to attract Ðære lyfte gecynd is ðæt heó téhþ tó ða rénas of ðæm sealtan sǽ, Shrn. 63, 27. to pull the string of a bow, strike the strings of an instrument Ðære hearpan strengas se hearpere
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Fixas cwelaþ gyf hí of wætere beóþ, Lchdm. iii. 272, 25. as regards, about Fela spella him sǽdon ða Beormas ǽgðer ge of hiera ágnum lande ge of ðǽm landum ðe ymb hié útan wǽron, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 31.
Linked entry: ob
gód
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Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda þæt hí cwǽdon þæt hé God wǽre, ac sǽdon þæt hé wítega wǽre the people did not know of the advantages they had, to wit that they might call him God, but said he was a prophet, Hml. Th. i. 190, 31.
hǽþen
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Ge sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne þá crístnan, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 18. Ne swerigen gé nǽfre under hǽðene godas ( per nomen exlernorum deorum non jurabitis. Ex. 23, 13), Ll.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Hé sǽde hyre hwæt heó man ne wæs he told her how she was not a man, Homl. Swt. 2, 78. Seó eorþe is tó wundrienne hwæt heó ǽrest oððe gódra þinga cenne mirandum est terra quantum aut bonarum rerum pariat, Nar. 2, 12.
weorold
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Wéndes ðú ðæt ðú woruld áhtest, 268, 23; Sae. 59. an age Weorld seculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 50. Woruld, 52, 67. Hí gesáwon ðæt beorhte leóht æfter ðære langan worolde ( the time between Adam's death and Christ's descent into hell ), Shrn. 68, 15.
sum
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Sume hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león ... sume sceoldan bión eforas ... sume wurdon tó wulfan ... sume wurdon tó ðam deórcynne ðe mon hátte tigris, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32 sqq.: 34, 7;Fox 144, 7-9: Mt.
Linked entry: ÁN
hálig
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Cóm wuldres tácen hálig of heofenum swylce hádre sægl, 89: 1020. Hálig God oferbrǽdde hálgan nette ( the pillar of cloud) hát*-*wendne lyft, Exod. 74. Hálge gimmas, sunne and mona, Cri. 692.
bútan
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Hig sǽdon: 'Búton forr III. without dependent verb (cf. Bl. H. 147, 15 under II. 1). (any, few) but (cf. A. II. 2) Hira feáwa onweg cómon, búton þá áne þe fit út ætswummon, Chr. 918; P. 98, 30.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Hí heóldon ofer sǽ tó Flandran they took their way across the sea to Flanders, 1075; Erl. 214, 9
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
þes
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MSS.) feáwum wordum sǽdon, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 6: 22; Swt. 169, 3. Wé sculon ðissa ǽgðer underðencean, 7; Swt. 49, 23.
byrgen
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It is certain that in Beowulf, which is supposed to be an Old Norse poem, the body of the hero is described as being burnt Hit sǽ-líðend syððan hátan Biówulfes biorh sea-farers may afterwards call it Beowulf's mound [barrow ], Beo.
ge-settan
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Geseted, Sae. 678. Hú þæs gástes síd æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde, An. 156. to occupy, land for cultivation .xii. hîda gesettes landes, Ll. Th. i. 144, 6:9. (l a) to occupy with cultivators :-- Hé gesett (-seteþ.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Ealle gesceafta, heofenas and englas, sunnan and mónan and eorðan, sǽand ealle fixas God gesceóp on syx dagum, Hml.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
þanc
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., prep. clause), give thanks :-- Hé Gode his góda ðanc sægde (gratias agebat ), Bd. 3, 12; S. 537. 26 : Cd. Th. 16, 4; Gen. 238 : Andr, Kmbl. 2937; An. 1471 : Blickl. Homl. 103, 25 : 217, 34. Ne sæcgaþ ús nénne þanc, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 332.
swá
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Kmbl. 2897; An. 1451 : 3163; An. 1584. temporal, as, when Swá heó sǽ geseah, hé hió snióme fleáh, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Ic wát God ábolgen wyrð, swá ic him ðisne bodscipe secge, Cd.