tilian
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Hwæðres ðara yfela is betere ǽr tó tilianne? Past. 62; Swt. 457, 10-22. Ðara stówa sum raþe rotaþ, gif hire mon gímeleáslíce tilaþ, Lchdm. ii. 84, 25. Tiloden ( curabant ) his lǽcas, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 19.
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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Hit betere wǽre ðæt heora seht tógædere wurde ðonne hý ǽnige sace hym betweónan heóldan it would be better for them to come to an agreement than to maintain a suit between them, Chart. Th. 377, 4: Blickl.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
ge-niman
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B. ii. 376, 15. to take into one's head to do something Heó on mód genam þæt heó his lárum hýrde, Gen. 710. to get an idea Eów Rómáne mæg gescomian ꝥ gé swá heánlic geþóht sceoldon on eów geniman . . . ꝥ gé sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne
ge-weorþan
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Him wǽre betere þæt hé ǽfre on worulde man ne gewurde, þonne hé gewurde. Wlfst. 26, 10. Geseoh þínne líchaman and loccas þínes heáfdes, hwæt hié syndon gewordene, Bl. H. 245, 7. with predicative adjective Hé him grim geweorþeþ, Bl. H. 25, 13.
þegen
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Ðæt wæs swíðe sweotol, ðæt hié ðá wǽron beteran þegnas ðonne hié nú sién, ðæt hié ðæs gewinnes geswícan noldon, 4, 9; Swt. 192, 32. <b>VIII a.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
án
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Ðá gesceafta sindon góde; ac sé ána ( singly ) is betere ðe hí ealle gesceóp, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 15. Hé wæs him ána cnihtleás, Hml. S. 23, 395. Lazarus wæs ána sittende mid Hǽlende, Bl.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Þ hé wǽre . xii. pæng þe betera for þǽre dǽda, Ll. Th. i. 234, 24. Ðú scealt underfón ðá heofonlican gife for ðám gástlican gewinne, Hex. 36, 22. Bróhton Rómáne þone triumphan angeán Pompeius for þǽm lytlan sige, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 29: 8. 951.
þanne
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Nyston beteran rǽd þonne hié ða behlidenan him tó lífnere gefeormedon, Andr. Kmbl. 2179; An. 1091. (2 b) in questions :-- On hwam mæg se iunga rǽdran rǽd gemittan, þonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde? Ps. Th. 118, 9.
se
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ðære earfoðnesse láreówdóme underþiéded, Swt. 35, 4-10. (6 a) where an abstraction is personified :-- Se Wísdóm and seó Gesceádwísnes, Bt. 3; Fox 6, 13 (and often). as a demonstrative pronoun, he, she, it, that, referring to a person or thing Se wæs betera
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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Tó ðam beteran hycgan and hyhtan, Fragm. Kmbl. 82; Leas. 43. Tó swice þencan, Exon. Th. 317, 16; Mód. 61: Beo. Th. 2281; B. 1138. Tó reáfláce rǽd áþencean to devise counsel that has robbery for its object, Ps. Th. 61, 10.
Linked entry: -anne