swingan
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Th. 99, ii; Cri. 1623. Hine mid swipum swingende geangsumiaþ. Homl. Th. i. 426, 22. Ðæt hé swá lange swungen wǽre óþþæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 4. metaphorical, to chastise, afflict, plague Ic ðreáge and suinge (swinge, Cote.
þreát
a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment
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Th. 57, 34; Cri. 928. Wítgena weorod, wífmonna þreát, 462, 7; Hö. 48. Þreátes classis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 78. Þreáte examine; 33, 26. Gesomnadum ðreáte ( coetu ) bisceopa, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 12: Blickl. Homl. 95, 6.
wépan
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Th. 61, 31 ; Cri. 993. Hé weóp ( ploravit ) bityrlíce, Mt. 26, 75 : Andr. Kmbl. 2799; An. 1402. Hé weóp (geweǽp fleuit Lind.) ofer hig, Lk. Skt. 19, 41. Wé heófdun and gé ne weópun (wǽpde gié plorastis Lind.), 7, 32. Ne ceara ðu ne ne wép, Blickl.
wíd
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Th. 92, 27; Cri. 1515 : Cd. Th. 62, 16 ; Gen. 1015. Tó wídan ealdre, éce mid englum, Andr. Kmbl. 3439; An. 1723. Á tó wídan feore sý úrum Drihtne lof, Blickl. Homl. 65, 24: 103, 29. Ða ðe gewordun wídan feore from fruman worulde, Exon.
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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Ðæt ðú helpe gefremme wérgum wreccan, . . . and ðín hondgeweorc móte cuman tó ðam upcundan ríce, 17, 2 ; Cri. 264.
ge-ícan
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Sceal þonne ánra gehwylc . . . leoðum onfón and líchoman, edgeong wesan, 1030-3), Cri. 1040
ge-mána
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Eallum mínum hirgdwífmannum tó gemánum, 295, 4. fellowship, association, society, intercourse Hí áwo tó ealdre engla gemánan brúcað, Cri. 1646. Wé biddað ðæt wit móten bión on ðém gemánon ðe ðaer Godes ðiówas siondan, C. D. i. 292, 28.
ge-restan
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Hierusalem . . . in þé sáwle sóðfæstra simle gerestað, Cri. 53. Flégende heofnes girestun (gehræston, L. ) on telgum his, Lk. 13, 19. On sibbe gerestian he gewunad, Scint.
ge-rýman
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Ic wæs þǽr inne, þá mé gerýmed wæs . . . sítf álýfed inn under eorðweall, B. 3088. so as to allow occupation, to clear a space Tó þǽre hýðe . . . þá us gerýmde rodera Waldend, Cri. 866. Hié him flet gerýmdon, healle and heáhsetl, B. 1086.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Th. 38, 12; Cri. 605. Winter bringeþ weder ungemetceald, swifte windas, Met. 11. 59. On sumera ðonne ða hátostan weder synd, Lchdm. ii. 252, 10. Weder cóle*-*don heardum hægelscúrum, Andr. Kmbl. 2514 ; An. 1258. Wuldortorhtan weder, Beo.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Deóran since with precious metal, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 31; Cri. 309. Deóre máþmas precious treasures, Beo. Th. 4464; B. 2236. Gód hlísa biþ betera and deórra [diórra MS.
manian
to bring to mind what ought to be done ⬩ to urge upon one what ought to be done ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ instigate ⬩ to bring to mind what, should not be forgotten ⬩ to admonish ⬩ remind ⬩ suggest ⬩ prompt ⬩ to tell what ought to be done ⬩ to teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ to claim of a person (acc.) what is due ⬩ in jus vocare ⬩ ad malium mannire
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For*-*gield mé ðín líf . . . ðæs lífes ic manige, Exon. 29b; Th. 90, 24; Cri. 1479. Láþ se ðe londes monaþ, leóf se ðe máre beódeþ, 89b; Th. 337, 5; Gn. Ex. 60. Ðá cwæþ se ðe ðæs feós manode, Shrn. 127, 30. Mana ðone ðæs ángyldes, L.
scrift
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Th. 80, 13; Cri. 1307. Béte hé be his scriftes geþeahte, L. C. E. 23 ; Th. i. 374, 8 : L. P. M. 1; Th. ii. 286, 15. Hé ondette ǽlce costunge ðam móde his scriftes tentationes suas menti pastoris indicet, Past. 16, 5 ; Swt. 105, 16.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Th. 42, 15; Cri. 673. Grammar wrítan, with preps, to write about a subject Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 66, I. Be ðám þingum writende ðe ic gehýrde, Homl.
ge-lǽdan
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Ús tó hǽlo hýðe gelǽdde Godes gǽstsunu, Cri. 860. Hé hine tó folcryhte gelǽde, Ll. Th. i. 204, 7: 284, 1. Ꝥ hé ús gelǽde on þone gefeán his wuldres, Bl. H. 25, 29. Ꝥ hé úre sáula gelǽde on gefeán, 211, 8.
ge-feallan
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Th. 106, 25: Cri. 1532. Hié hine forlétan and hé gefeól on þone stocc, Bl. H. 189, 12. Gefeáll regn descendit pluvia, Mt. L. 7, 25.
ge-dréfan
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Ic eam deópe gedréfed, for þon ic worn worda hæbbe gehýred, Cri. 168. Wurdon hiora wíf gedréfed horam uxores viduitate permotae, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 30. Ðás þing geseónde hé wearð gedréfed, Chr. 1087 ; P. 223, 16.
innan
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Hreðer innan weóll, Cri. 539. Ússe hreðer-cofan innan uncyste, 1330.
útan
from without ⬩ without ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ outwardly ⬩ about ⬩ round ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Th. 62, 21; Cri. 1005: 219, 2; Ph. 301. figuratively, outwardly Gú ætýwaþ mannum útan (a foris) rihtwíse, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28. Ðeáh hé fæger word útan ætýwe, Fragm.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Th. 85, 9; Cri. 1385