medu-dreám
Joy attending mead-drinking ⬩ festivity
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Meododreáma, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 8; Bo. 44
for-beran
To FORBEAR ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bear with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ comprĭmĕre ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ tŏlĕrāre ⬩ păti ⬩ ferre
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Bos. 17, 17. Ðonne him mon yfel dó, he hit sceal geþyldelíce forberan when one does him evil, he shall patiently endure it, Glostr. Frag. 112, 18: Mk. Bos. 14, 4
Linked entries: for-bæran for-bearan for-byrd
feormian
to supply with food ⬩ feed ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ entertain ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ cherish ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ victum suppĕdĭtāre ⬩ epŭlāre ⬩ suscĭpĕre ⬩ suscĭpĕre hospĭtio ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ cūrāre ⬩ vălēre ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ vesci ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ to cleanse, FARM or cleanse out ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre ⬩ expiāre
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Bos. 3, 17; purgābit āream suam, Vulg. He feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bare blǽda ðe swíðor omnem, qui fert fructum, purgābit eum, ut fructum plus affĕrat, Jn. Bos. 15, 2.
Linked entries: un-feormigende feormend feormung firm ge-feormian or-feormness
FLEÓT
a place where vessels float ⬩ a bay ⬩ gulf ⬩ an arm of the sea ⬩ estuary ⬩ the mouth of a river ⬩ a river ⬩ stream ⬩ sĭnus ⬩ æstuārium ⬩ rīvus ⬩ a raft ⬩ ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ rătis ⬩ nāvis
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Ispánia land is eall mid fleóte ymbhæfd the country of Spain is all encompassed with water, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 3. Fleótas æstuāria, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 154, 46: Wrt.
Linked entries: mylen-fleót fleóte fliét fleóte
holt
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. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, v. ác-, alor-, birc-, bóc-, hæsel-holt. Cf. too beorh-holt, C. D. B. ii. 246, 34: gehæg-holt. wood, a piece of wood, handle or shaft of a weapon (?).
ge-sittan
to sit ⬩ sit down ⬩ settle ⬩ lean ⬩ recline ⬩ sĕdēre ⬩ consīdĕre ⬩ discumbĕre ⬩ to occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ inhabit ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ hăbĭtāre
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Bos. 7, 36. Alexander æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómána gesæt Alexander posted himself on the boundary of the Samnites and the Romans, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 28. Gesǽton searuþancle sundor to rúne the wise of thought sat apart in council, Andr.
Linked entry: ge-setenness
DRINC
DRINK, a drink, draught ⬩ potus, haustus
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Bos. 6, 55. Ic ofþyrsted wæs gǽstes drinces I was thirsty for the soul's drink, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 15; Seel. 41. Hér gefór Harþacnut swá ðæt he æt his drince stód in this year [A.
ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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To feel, perceive, know, be sensible of; sentīre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian, and gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæðer he biþ ðe blac ðe hwít the feeling may touch it, and feel that it is a body, but cannot feel whether it
eorl-gestreón
Noble treasure, riches ⬩ dīvĭtiæ
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Noble treasure, riches; dīvĭtiæ Nis him gád eorlgestreóna he lacks not noble treasures, Exon. 123b; Th. 475, 10; Bo. 45: Beo. Th. 4481; B. 2244
fæt
a vessel ⬩ utensil ⬩ a receptacle ⬩ box ⬩ casket ⬩ a compartment
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Þá gersuman . . . on golde and on seolfre and on faton, 1086; P. 222, 16. a receptacle, box, casket.
frum-sceaft
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Seó forme bóc, Genesis, beféhð þás racu fram frumsceafte, Ælfc. T.
BRÉME
Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; ⬩ celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus
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Hí Rómána brýmuste wǽron they were the most esteemed of the Romans, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30
be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Bos. 7, 35. acc. Ðú hí betweonum wætera weallas lǽddest thou ledest them between waterwalls, Ps. Th. 105, 9.
Linked entries: be-tweonan be-twinan be-twinum be-twynan bi-tweon
bismer
Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny ⬩ ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia ⬩ opprobrium
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Seó stów gewearþ swíðe mǽre for Rómána bismere the place became famous for the disgrace of the Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 62, 44. His mód wæs mid ðam bismre ahwæt his mind was whetted with that disgrace, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 17.
gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Bos. 27, 44. Gelíce swá swá heó bebeád likewise as she commanded, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 19 : Blickl. Hom. 17, 4. He dyde swá gelíce fecit similiter, Mt. Bos. 20, 5.
COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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Bos. 4, 2; Homl. Blick. 29, 14
for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Bos. 13, 30. Swá swá leg forbærnende muntas sīcut flamma combūrens montes, Ps. Spl. 82, 13. Ic forswæle oððe forbærne ūro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 11. Man hine forbærneþ one burns him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 44.
Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan
CÉNE
KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike ⬩ acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus
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KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike; acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus Se wæs úþwita céne and cræftig who was a philosopher keen and profound, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 110; Met. 10, 51. Stóp út céne collenferþ he stept out bold [and] firm of mind, Andr.
a-swícan
To go away from any one ⬩ to desert any one ⬩ to deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ offend ⬩ desciscere ⬩ deficere ⬩ prodere ⬩ scandalizare
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Bos. 5, 30
Bægere
The Bavarians ⬩ Bavarii ⬩ the Boiari ⬩ Bajuvarii
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Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him, Þyringas, and Behemas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42