ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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To hear; audīre Gehýran mæg ic rúme I can hear from far, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 14; Gen. 673. Se ðe hæbbe eáran to gehýrenne, gehýre qui hăbet aures audiendi, audiat, Mt. Bos. 13, 9.
ge-gangan
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L. 9, 43. where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with tó) denoting or implying an action to be performed Tó rúne gegangan, Jud. 54. Hié tó húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl.
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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MS. hliehhan] ðæs ðonne gé tó lose weorþaþ what shall I do but laugh at it, when you come to ruin; ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1. Forðon hí hlyhhan mǽgen for this reason they can laugh, L.
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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Th. 2432; B. 1214. to rule, govern Hie sealdon ánum unwísum cyninges þegne Miercna ríce tó haldanne they gave Mercia to a foolish king's thane to rule, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 28: Beo. Th. 3709; B. 1852.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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Skt. ii. 25, 472. to accept as correct : -- Ðis ylce understand be ðám óðrum dagum take the same rule as applicable in the case of the other days, Anglia viii. 304, 29. to observe, notice, consider Understand (or I) rǽdere, hwæt seó rǽding cwyð, Anglia
Linked entry: for-standan
ge-dihtan
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Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislice wísan, ii. 282, 3. to order, manage, rule Þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swí þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas. Hml.
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Ðæt hig gímdon ðæs dæges and ðære nihte to rule the day and the night, Gen. 1, 18. Moises and Aaron and hira bærn gímdon ðæs temples Moses and Aaron and their children took charge of the temple, Num. 3, 38.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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It is a well-known rule that in Anglo-Saxon a person or agent is denoted by adding a, as býtl a hammer, býtla a hammerer; ánweald rule, government, ánwealda a ruler, governor; bunden, bund bound, bunda, bonda one bound, a husband.
Linked entry: bonda
ge-reccan
to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translate ⬩ exponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddere ⬩ to set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjection ⬩ exponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere
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Conc. to set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjection; exponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere Sý on ðínre gesihþe mínes sylfes gebed gereht swá rícels
Linked entry: ge-hræcan
éþel
fatherland
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. ¶ The Rune is used instead of the word, which is its name, in Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 11, and Vald. 1, 31
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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death, destruction, perdition Hit wæs hæleþa forlor menniscra morþ ðæt hié tó mete dǽdon ofet unfǽle it was men's ruin, our race's destruction, that for their food they took that evil fruit, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 5; Gen. 722.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
uppan
upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against
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Skt. 10, 11 rubc. On ðisum geáre wǽron Eástron on viii kal. Apr., and ðá uppon Eástron on Sce Ambrosius mæsseniht, ðæt is .ii. non.
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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A. pp. 491 sqq. to lie, be situated [of a place], go or run [of a road or stream] On ðam wege ðe líþ tó Euphfrate in via, quæ ducit Euphratam, Gen. 35, 19. Swá swá se weg líþ, wé faraþ, Num. 21, 22.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
on-gitan
To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to recognise a fact or circumstance, ⬩ to know (of sexual intercourse)
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Ðý læs hig mid heortan ongyton (ongeton, Rush. ) ne corde intelligant, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 15. Hié hiora (books) nánwuht ongiotan (ongietan, Cott. MSS. ) ne meahton, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 12.
ge-mót
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Oft ic wig seó . . . ic á bídan sceal láðran gemótes, Ru. 6, 10.
ge-rǽdan
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Seó gerǽdnes þe míne witan gerǽdilon (cf. institue-runt, 336, 15), 272, 3 : 350, 6: 168, 15 : Angl. ix. 259, 6. Gerǽde man friðlice steóra folce tó þearfe, Ll. Th. i. 304, 20 : 324, I : Wlfst. 170, 19. Witan habbað gerǽdd, ꝥ . . . Ll.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Under háligra hyrda gewealdum, 386. used of a person in authority, one who bears rule Is óþer (St. Peter) cyricean hyrde tó Crístes handa, Bl. H. 171, 7.
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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Th. 477, 17; Ruin. 26. in an abstract sense, of destruction in war, slaughter, carnage Wæl on gefeohte strages, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27;Zup. 53, 5. Mycel wæl (wælfill, MS. A.) gewearð on Brytene æt Wódnesbeorge, Chr. 592; Erl. 19, 34.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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A.: færenne, Lind.: feran, Rush.) timuit illite ire, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 22. Álýfe mé tó farenne and bebyrigean mínne fæder, 8, 21. Ys álýfed on restedagum wel tó dónne (dóanne, Rush.) licet sabbatis bene facere, 12, 12.
Linked entry: -anne
swá
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. : swá hwá swá, Rush.) sylþ ánne drinc, 10, 41. Fram swá hwylcere untrymnesse swá hé on wæs, Jn. Skt. 5, 4. Swá hwylc man swá mildheortnesse nafaþ, Blickl. Homl. 13, 22. Swá hweðer swá hé wylle, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 16.