ge-stund
A noise ⬩ din
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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their
ge-swǽre
Heaviness ⬩ affliction
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Heaviness, affliction Gisuoere afflictionem, Rtl. 41, 37
ge-sworc
A cloud ⬩ mist ⬩ nĕbŭla
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A cloud, mist; nĕbŭla Gesworc swá swá ahsan he tostredeþ nĕbŭlam sīcut cĭnĕrem spargit, Ps. Spl. C.147, 5
Linked entry: -swore
ge-syd
A place in which to wallow ⬩ mud
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A place in which to wallow, mud Sol vel gesyd volutabrum, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 32; Wrt. Voc. 37, 22
ge-tǽse
An advantage; ⬩ commodum
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An advantage; commodum Ac geþenc ðæt ðú hym forwyrndest ǽlcra getésa ðá git becgen on líchaman wǽron and ðú hæfdest ǽlc good and he hefde ǽlc yfel ne mót he ðé nú ðý máre dón to getǽsan ðe ðú ðá hym woldest but remember that thou didst refuse him every
ge-þang
Growth
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Growth Gyfe pund, ðanon him wæs geseald se fæt and geþang a pound of grace, thence was given him the fat and growth, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 12
ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Language, speech, idiom, translation; lingua Nis nán mennisc geþeóde non sunt sermones, Ps. Th. 18, 3. Ðǽr ðǽr hine nán man ne can ne he nǽnne mon ne furðum ðæt geþeóde ne can where no man knows him nor he any man, nor does he know even the language,
Linked entry: ge-þióde
ge-þwin
Torment; ⬩ tormentum.
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Torment; tormentum. [-þwing? Grn: cf. O. Sax. ge-þwing: O. H. Ger. ge-dwing]
Linked entry: -þwin
ge-þwit
What is cut or shaved off ⬩ shavings ⬩ cuttings ⬩ chips ⬩ assulæ
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What is cut or shaved off, shavings, cuttings, chips; assulæ Heo of ðǽre ilcan styþe spónas þweoton and sceafþan [ðæt geþwit, MS. B.] nómon ond in wæter sendon they cut off chips from the very stud [prop] and threw the cuttings into the water, Bd. 3,
Linked entry: þwit
hilde-deóful
A devil, ⬩ demon
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A devil, demon Sindon ealle hǽðene godu hildedeóful omnes dei gentium dæmonia, Ps. Th. 95, 5
hilde-sceorp
War-clothing
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War-clothing, Beo. Th. 4316; B. 2155
hilde-leoþ
battle-song, ⬩ war-song
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battle-song, war-song, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 28; Jud. 211
hilt
Hilt, ⬩ handle
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Hilt, handle [the plural, as in much later times, e. g. Shakspere's, is used of a single weapon] Ðá wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince on hand gyfen then was the golden hilt given into the old man's hand, Beo. Th. 3358; B. 1677. Ðæs swurdes mid ðam sylfrenan
hláf-gebrece
A fragment of bread
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A fragment of bread Swá hláfgebrece sicut frustum panis, Ps. Th. 147, 6
hlid-geat
A swing-gate, ⬩ folding-door
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A swing-gate, folding-door On ðonæ stocc ðæ ðæt hlidgeat on hangodæ to the post that the swing-gate hung on, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 176, 13. Of ðam hlidgeate, 236, 35. Hlidgata valva, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 36; Wrt. Voc. 26, 35
Linked entry: liþ-geat
hleów-bord
A board which serves for covering or protection [the binding of a book]
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A board which serves for covering or protection [the binding of a book], Exon 107 a; Th. 408, 14; Rä. 27, 12
hlóþ-gecrod
A press of troops or bands
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A press of troops or bands: — Biersteþ hlúde heáh hlóþgecrod with loud noise breaks the press of [cloud-] troops on high, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 17; Rä. 4, 63
Linked entry: gecrod
hlín-bedd
A couch
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A couch Fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlin- [MS. hlim-] bed healdan they found him without life occupying his couch, Beo. Th. 6060; B. 3034
hoc-leaf
Mallow
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Mallow Hocleáf malva, Wrt. Voc 79, 11. Hocleáf. Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated
holm-ærn
A sea-house, ⬩ vessel, ⬩ ship
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A sea-house, vessel, ship Holmærna mǽst earc Noes, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 30; Gen. 1422