fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Leoniþa his fierd gelǽdde on án óþer fæstre land, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 14-29. Þá hié ongeátan þæt þæt festen sceolde ábrocen bión, hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten, 3, 11; S. 148, 23.
libban
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Hé leofode swá lange ꝥ man his cynn nyste, Angl. vii. 44, 417. Hié twégen þe þǽr longest lifdon, Ors. 3, ll ; S. 152, 23. Gif Eádwald leng lifige ðonne Cyneðrýð, C. D. i. 296, 6. Embe twelf mónaþ sé þe lifge, hé betre sý þonne hé nú is. Bl.
mann
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celmert-, ciépe-, ealdor-, eórod-, esne-, fæsting-, fáh-, féster-, féþe-, flot-, freó-, fyrn-, geneát-, geó- (iú-), gesíþ-, gleó-, gum-, hægsteald-, hǽþen-, hagosteald-, heáfod-, healf-, here-, híre-, híred-, hundred-, hundredes, hynden-, inhird-, lah-, land
mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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Hé begeat leáfe ðæt hé of ðam lande móste. Homl. Skt. 3, 328. Ðæt Metellus tó Róme móste, Ors. 5, 9; Swt. 232, 25. Ðæt hé móste mid ðæm sunu wið Somnitum, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 17. to be obliged, must Man mót on eornost mótian wið his drihten, Ælfc. T.
ge-rǽdan
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</b> to determine legal ordinances, official regulations, &c. ordain; instituere :-- Ðis man gerǽdde ðá se micela here cóm tó lande, Wlfst. 180, 18. Ðis is seó gerǽdnes þe Eádgár cyng mid his witena geþeahte gerǽdde, Ll.
leornian
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Þæt hí leornigen ðone cræft geþylde on þám langan geswince, 39, 11 ; F. 228, 25. Þisne cræft (bóccræft) leornian, Angl. viii. 308, 26. Syndon þrý deáðas leornode on bócum, Verc. Först. 102, 15.
líc
A body
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Næs nán hús on eallum Egipta lande ðe líc inne ne lǽge neque erat domus, in qua non jaceret mortuus, Ex. 12, 30. Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 25.
stán
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Gif friðgeard sí on hwæs lande ábúton stán oððe wille, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 16. Ða gemearr ðe man drífþ ... on stánum, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 6. Cf. Si quis ad fontes vel ad lapides votum voverit, L. Th. P. 27, 18; Th. ii. 34, 6-8.
Linked entry: stán-weorþung
ge-brengan
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Hé hǽðene þeáwas innan þysan lande gebróhte. Chr. 959; P. 115, 11. Ic þé snyttro on gebróhte, Bt. 7, 3 ; F. 20, 11. Hé wolde ðǽm fortrúwodum monnum andrysno hálwendes eges on gebrengean. Past. 385, 17.
friþ
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Th. i. 284, 13. friendly (instead of hostile) relations Wé cómon of fyrlenum lande, and wé gewilniað friðes and freóndrǽdene wið eów (pacem vobiscum facere capieníes), Jos. 9, 6.
ge-wítan
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Gewítað ( recedite ) from mé gé unryhtwyrhtan, Past. 27, 23, Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllað, of lande mid hiora ǽhtum and mid synnum gewíten, Ll. Th. i. 38, 2: 406, 22. Of earde gewítan, 378, 12.
ge-líc
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Hú ne miht þú gesión ꝥ ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu wile weaxan on þǽm lande sélost þe him betst geríst. . . .
ge-sellan
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Add: to give as a present to a person, confer gratuitously the ownership of. with dat. of person Ic eówrum cynne Khananéa land on ágene ǽht gesylle (dabo). Ps. Th. 104, 10. He geselleð gódo biddendum hine, Mt. L. 7, ii. Gesilið, Jn.
se
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Nis hit lang (feor) tó ðon, 4, 24; S. 599, 5. Gif eáran sýn innan sáre, and ðǽr wyrms sý, on dó ða ylcan sealfe, heó ys swýðe gód tó ðam, Lchdm. i. 358, 17.
MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Gif bana of lande gewíteþ his mágas healfne leód forgelden, L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 7. Bócland him his mǽgas (MS. B. his yldran) leáfden, L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 16. Hine móton his mǽgas (MS. B. mágas) unsyngian his kindred may exculpate him, L.
swín
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Hé wæs mid ðǽm fyrstum mannum on ðæm lande (Norway); næfde hé þeáh má ðonne twentig swýna. Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 14. Ða ýtemestan leomo swína beóþ eáðmelte, Lchdm. ii. 196, 23. Mon selle tó Folcanstáne . x. oxan and . x. cý and . c. swína, Cod. Dip.
cépan
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Rád Maurus tó þám lande, and his cépte sum beddryda, Hml. S. 6, 254. (1 a) with idea of hostility :-- Þá cwelleras cépton ðǽra crístenra gehwǽr, Hml. S. 19, 18. Hét Syrian cyning his ( Ahab ) cépan, ꝥ hé ána feólle, 18, 217.
ge-lǽdan
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H. 189, 36. the subject a thing Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded, Exod. 567. where the movement of the object is the act of the subject, to bring in the hands or in a receptacle, carry, bear Ic Dauides horn deórne bringe, forð gelǽde
hwanan
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þá cwǽdon hig: 'Of Chanaon lande,' Gen. 42, 7: An. 256. Hwanon ferigeað gé fǽtte scyldas?
mǽg
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Gif man gehádodne oþþe ælðeódigne forrǽde . . . þonne sceal him cyng beón, oþþon eorl þǽr on lande and bisceop þǽre leóde, for mæg and for mundboran, búton hé elles óðerne hǽbbe, 174, 8: 348, 6.