sceótan
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</b> add :-- Gif hit gelimpeþ ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan gýmeleásnesse si homo non ex militia, sed ex linguae incuria, maledictionis verbum jaculatur in proximum, Gr.
Huntan-dún
Huntingdon
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Huntingdon Fór se here of Huntandúne and of Eástenglum and worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmese forda and forléton ðæt óðer æt Huntandúne ...
blát
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Þá cwom wópes hring blát út faran, weóll waðuman streám a flood of tears poured forth pale, a surging stream welled, An. 1281. Substitute for first passage
be-tyrnan
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.
wan-sceaft
misfortune ⬩ misery ⬩ unhappiness ⬩ some form of disease
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan
forhtian
To be afraid or frightened ⬩ tremble ⬩ păvēre ⬩ trĕmĕre ⬩ trĕpĭdāre ⬩ formīdāre ⬩ To fear ⬩ be frightened at ⬩ dread ⬩ tĭmēre
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v. intrans. To be afraid or frightened, tremble; păvēre, trĕmĕre, trĕpĭdāre, formīdāre Ongan he forhtian, and sárgian cæpit păvēre, et tædēre. Mk. Bos. 14, 33: Boutr. Scrd, 21, 22. Ongunnon hí forhtigan they began to be afraid, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 30.
Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian
-witol
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Similar entries v. fore-witol,Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 28
wrǽc
Vengeance
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This form seems to be implied by later English forms, e. g.
sǽta
a resident, inhabitant.
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The form occurs only in compounds, and these are for the most part in the plural. There is also beside the weak -sǽtan a strong -sǽte. Similar entries v. Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan).
Linked entry: séta
lǽce
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Tó lǽces forda, 9, 11. On lǽces ford, 120, 9
rómian
with gen. To strive after
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after our former power (cf.
mán-forwyrht
Sin ⬩ crime
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Sin, crime Fore moncynnes mánforwyrhtum, Exon. 24a; Th. 67, 28; Cri. 1095
mylen-gear
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A mill-yair (yair an enclosure for catching fish. v. D.
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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Bora received sixty pence for his mediation ), Chart.
Linked entry: þeówetling
færeld-bóc
an itinerary
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an itinerary Síðbóc, fóre bóc, fereld[bóc] itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 20
tó-talu
Reputation
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Reputation Fore ðassum tótales intinge pro hac reputationis causa. Rtl. 102, 5
þeód-wrecan
to avenge thoroughly, ⬩ take great vengeance for
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-, which is compounded with verbs, and has the force of per-; see the verbs in the Dictionary.
iú-leán
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A reward for something done long ago Iúleán ðæs ðe hine of nearwum Widia út forlét a reward, because in time past Widia released him from straits, Wald. 2, 7
Linked entry: geó-leán
oft-rǽde
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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5
scúwa
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Cf. fore-scýwa