ést-mete
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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23
ge-leáfleást
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Ádrǽfde þín lár þá geleáfleáste from mé, Hml. S. 5, 110. Láriówas út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge gewearþ, Cht. Crw. 19, 7.
tó-geótan
to diffuse ⬩ spread ⬩ to pour away, ⬩ to exhaust
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Ðonne wé swíðe wíde út tógeótaþ ða láre quando exterius late praedicationem fundimus, Past. 48; Swt. 375, 10. Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9.
Linked entry: tó-gotenness
tóh
Tough, ⬩ tenacious, ⬩ holding fast together ⬩ lentus ⬩ tough, ⬩ pliant ⬩ tough, ⬩ sticky, ⬩ glutinous, ⬩ clammy
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Makeþ ȝoure speres toȝe and strang, Laym. 5865. Mid toȝen his mæine, 9319. Thei hadden towȝ cley for syment, Wick. Gen. 11, 3. Towhhe, not tender tenax, Prompt. Parv. 498
tó-nama
A surname, ⬩ cognomen
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Nu þu iherest of wuche gomen aras þer þe tonome ... tonome ariseð ofte of lutle þing þe long ilasted, Laym. 9383. God gyueth the riche fowl towname (v. Lk. 12, 20-21), Piers P. C-text 13, 211
Linked entry: tó-namian
a-fón
To receive ⬩ take ⬩ take up ⬩ hold up ⬩ support ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ suscipere ⬩ assumere ⬩ corripere ⬩ occupare ⬩ tradere
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To receive, take, take up, hold up, support, seize, lay hold of; suscipere, assumere, corripere, occupare, tradere We aféngon mildheortnysse ðíne on midle temple suscepimus misericordiam tuam in media templi, Ps. Spl. 47, 8: 118,116.
a-swindan
To languish away ⬩ to enervate ⬩ pine ⬩ consume away ⬩ to decay ⬩ perish ⬩ dissolve ⬩ tabescere ⬩ torpescere ⬩ consumi
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Lamb. 38, 12
cásus
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A case, falling or change to denote the relation of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns to other words in a sentence: [Lat, cāsus, from cădo to fall; as the Grk. πτῶσις a fall, case, from πίπτω I to fall] — Mid ðam casu with the case, Ælfc.
CAT
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Ger. kazza, f; Dan. kat, m. f: Swed. katt, m: Icel. köttr, m; Fr. chat, m: Span. gato, m: Ital. gatto, m: Lat. cătus, m: Grk. κάττα f: Wel. cáth: Corn. cath, f: Ir. cat: Gael. cat, cait, m: Manx cayt: Armor. kaz, m.]
Linked entry: catte
clǽnsung
A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastity ⬩ emundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas
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Lamb. 88, 45: Mk. Bos. 1, 44. Wæs Rómána gewuna ðæt hí clǽnsunge þweáles and bæþes sóhton Romanorum usus fuit lavacri purificationem quærere, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 15.
eáðe
Easily, readily, soon, perhaps ⬩ facĭlĭtor
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Ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas I readily preferred the lax rules, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459. We ðé eáðe gecýðaþ síþ userne we readily proclaim our adventure to thee, Andr. Recd. 1721; An. 861. Hwá mæg eáðost [eáðust MS.
ge-sceamian
To blush, be ashamed, be confounded ⬩ erubescĕre, confundi ⬩ To shame, cause or bring shame to, confound ⬩ pūdēre, confundĕre ⬩ to be ashamed
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Lamb. 6, 11: Ps. Th. 30, 19. Gisceomiga confundas, Rtl. 125, 15
Linked entries: ge-scamian ge-scomian
sweþel
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:-- Wuduréc ástáh sweart ofer swioðole (swicðole, MS.) the smoke rose black above the pile where Beowulf's body lay enwrapped, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3146, cf. swaþul
ymb-hygdigness
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Lamb. 13, 2
be-rídan
to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest
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[Bruttes þa burȝen gunnen biriden, Laym. 10739.] to seize, arrest þá berád mon þæt wíf the woman was arrested, Chr. 901 ; P. 92, 12. Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande, Cht. Th. 369, 21.
smeágan
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Lác díglum heolstrum smeáde (quamvis auctor inlegritatis virginale) munus clanculis (occultare) latebris deliberaret, An. Ox. 4213
hádre
Clearly
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Clearly [of light and of sound] Hádre scíneþ rodores candel the lamp of the firmament [the sun] shines brightly, Beo. Th. 3147; B. 1571.
Linked entry: hǽdre
óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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In the Law of the Northumbrian Priests, Th. ii. 290 sqq. this money is often mentioned. Óro mnas, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 13: Rush. 19, 16
Bryten-lond
The land of Britain ⬩ Britanniæ terra
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The land of Britain; Britanniæ terra Maximus, se cásere, wæs on Bryten-londe geboren Maximus, the emperor, was born in the land of Britain, Chr. 381; Ing. 11. 9
witon
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Næse, lá, nese; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc ǽr ic sweotolor ongytan magæ þæt þæt wit embe sint concludamus hoc primum volumen . . . Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum, nisi mihi modicum quo intentus sim de vicinia lucis aperueris, Solil.