cwoellan
to kill ⬩ necare, interficere
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to kill; necare, interficere Sóhton hine Iudéas to cwoellanne quærebant eum Judæi interficere, Jn. Lind. War. 5, 18
fiscian
To fish ⬩ piscāri
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To fish; piscāri Ðonne gé fiscian willaþ when ye wish to fish, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 12
Linked entry: fixian
fóre-stígan
To go before ⬩ to excel ⬩ excellēre
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To go before, to excel; excellēre Ic fórestíge excelleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 45, MS. C
ge-bændan
To bind ⬩ vincīre
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To bind; vincīre Ic hine gebændan hét I commanded [them] to bind him, Salm. Kmbl. 551; Sal. 275
réceleásian
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To be negligent or careless Tó hwon réceleásedest ðú ðære gife ðe ic ðe geaf? Wulfst. 258, 15
ge-fræpian
to accuse ⬩ to reverence
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to accuse Gefræpgedon accusarent, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 10. to reverence Gefræppegedon reverebuntur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 6
ge-lícan
to liken ⬩ imitate
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to liken, imitate To gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Gelíced biþ assimilabitur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 24
scyrtan
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To make short, to shorten Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9
slǽpor
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Addicted to sleep Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor, forðan ðe slép fét unhǽlo ðæs líchoman. Prov. Kmbl. i
wordian
To speak
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To speak Wurdiaþ (but changed to wurdliaþ) rhetoricamttr, loquimur, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58. Wordiende concionandi, loquentes, 461, 36
Linked entry: wurdian
á-fæstan
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l
deorcian
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Substitute: To become dark, to grow dim (of sight) Deorcaþ gesihð hebet visus, Ps. L. fol. 142, 2
ge-sinscippan
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to marry Tó gerihtanne þone gemánan gesinscep-pendra (-sienscyp-, v.l.) ad disponendum cubile conjugatorum, Gr. D. 218, 4
Linked entry: -sinscippan
weorold-wísdóm
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Þá befæste hé his sunu tó láre tó woruldwísdóme ꝥ hé úðwita wurde, Hml. S. 35, 9. Add
wæl-feall
The fall of the slain ⬩ destruction
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The fall of the slain, destruction Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711.
stihtan
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to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule Ic stihte ( disposui ) gekýþnysse mínum gecorenum, Ps. Lamb. 88, 4. Stapas on his heortan hé stihte ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, 83, 6. On ðam án and twentigan geáre ðæs ðe Willelm weólde and stihte
Linked entry: a-stihtan
ge-emnettan
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Add: trans. to make level Geemnettende complanans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 296, 2. to equal Þæt hé micelnysse synna mæge geemnyttan ( exaequare ) mid genihtsumnysse mægena, Scint
útian
To put out. ⬩ to put a person out of a place ⬩ to expel ⬩ remove ⬩ to put a thing out of one's possession ⬩ to alienate
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To put out. to put a person out of a place, to expel, remove Ðæt ǽnig man ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 28. Gif man preóst of circan on unriht útige, L. N. P. L. 22; Th. ii. 294, 2. to put a thing out of one's possession
feor-cund
Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus
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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway
Linked entry: feorran-cund
slǽtan
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form