GEAT
A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua
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Bos. 10, 7, 9 : 10, 1, 2. Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est, Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14. Ðǽr is geat gylden there is the golden gate, Cd. 227; Th. 305, 19; Sat. 649.
Linked entry: helle-geat
Cásere
Cæsar, an emperor ⬩ imperator
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Ðá gesettan Rómáne twegen cáseras then the Romans appointed two emperors, Ors. 6, 24; Bos. 124, 18.
Linked entry: Cásern
hnígan
To bend, ⬩ bow down, ⬩ incline, ⬩ descend, ⬩ decline, ⬩ sink
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Loth ðám giestum hnáh Lot bowed to the guests, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 15; Gen. 2440. Hnág ic ðám secgum tó handa I bowed down within the reach of the men, Rood Kmbl. 118; Kr. 59.
Linked entry: ge-hnígan
geoc
a YOKE ⬩ jugum ⬩ a yoke of oxen ⬩ boum jugum, boves jugo juncti ⬩ conjux
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Th. 2, 3. a yoke of oxen; boum jugum, boves jugo juncti Se ceorl hæfþ óðres geoht [geoc: B. oxan] ahýrod the ceorl has hired another's yoke, L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 8.
ge-tǽse
An advantage; ⬩ commodum
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in the body and thou hadst every good and he had every evil; he cannot now do more for thy advantage than thou wouldest then do for his, Shrn. 202, 31-4.
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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And in God's name, I command that no man take the tablet from the book, nor the book from the minster, Past. Hat. MS. Pref
ge-búgan
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Man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan, 166, 18. Ǽr þám þe hé hæbbe godcunde bóte gebogene, 312, 3
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Understandaþ ðæt se Drihten dæghwamlíce bletsaþ þurh sacerda handa hláf and wín tó his gástlícan líchama and blóde the housel is Christ's body, not bodily but spiritually; not the body that he suffered in, but the body that he spoke about when he blessed
Linked entry: húsl
ge-métan
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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Bos. 10, 39: 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 37, 38, 43. Gé gemétaþ án cild hræglum bewunden, and on binne aléd invĕniētis infantem pannis invŏlūtum, et pŏsĭtum in præsēpio, 2, 12: Mt. Bos. 11, 29: Mk. Bos. 11, 2.
sǽ-naca
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Th. 474, 7; Bo. 26
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Bodl. MSS. Junii 99, fol. 68. Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343
Linked entry: býrian
freóls-dæg
A feast-day ⬩ festival-day ⬩ festus dies
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Bos. 22, l. On ðam freólsdæge in die festo, Mt. Bos. 26, 5. Gif hlaford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde to weorce if a lord oblige his servant to work on a feast-day, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 172, 2. Be freólsdagum and fæstenum of festivals and fasts, L.
gang-dagas
Perambulation days ⬩ the three days before Ascension day or Holy Thursday ⬩ Rogation days, when the boundaries of parishes and districts were traversed ⬩ dies perambŭlātiōnes vel processiōnis ⬩ rogātiōnum dies
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Bos. 7, 7-14, notes, p. 575. Ðis sceal to Gang-dagon ðæge twegen dagas, this [Gospel] must be on the two days of the Rogation days, Rubc. Lk. Bos. 11, 5-13? notes, p. 578
morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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[Þonne scalt þu (the body), erming, up arisen imete þine morþdeden, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 37.]
ge-þofta
A companion ⬩ comrade ⬩ sŏdālis ⬩ contŭbernālis
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Ðe ǽr his geþofta wæs who was formerly his companion, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 18: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 45. Geþofta contŭbernālis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 65, 80; Wrt. Voc. 34, 12.
Linked entry: þyften
ge-wilnung
A wish ⬩ desire ⬩ longing ⬩ seeking ⬩ appetite ⬩ will ⬩ vow ⬩ oncŭpiscentia ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ ambĭtus ⬩ appĕtītus ⬩ affectus ⬩ vōtum
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Bos. 4, 19: Num. 11, 34. Mid eallum gewilnungum with all desires, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 25. Ðæt ic agylde gewilnunga of dæge to dæge ut reddam vōta mea de die in diem, Ps. Spl. 60, 8
Linked entries: ge-willnung wilnung
a-bútan
ABOUT ⬩ around ⬩ round about ⬩ circa
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Bos. 9, 14. Abúton stán about a stone, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 16
cyne-setl
A royal seat, throne ⬩ imperii sedes, solium
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A royal seat, throne; imperii sedes, solium Constantinopolis is nú ðæt heáhste cynesetl ealles eástríces Constantinople is now the chief royal seat of all the eastern empire, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 11.
eador-geard
The inclosure of arteries, the body ⬩ dŏmus vēnārum, corpus; aula septa,
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The inclosure of arteries, the body; dŏmus vēnārum, corpus; aula septa, Grm. Andr. Elen. 129, 4. Lǽtaþ spor adorgeard [ealdorgeard, Kmbl.] sceoran, fǽges feorhhord let the spur raze the dwelling [of arteries? or of life?]