síd
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Is ðæs fýres frumstól ofer eallum óðrum gesceaftum geond ðisne sídne grund, Met. 20, 127. applied to a tract of land, to a kingdom, etc., v. síd-land Síde ríce a broad realm, Beo. Th. 4404; B. 2199. Nyttade Noe mid sunum sínum sídan ríces, Cd.
Linked entry: síd-folc
fundian
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Blódig regn and fýren fundiaþ þás eorþan tó forswylgenne, Bl. H. 93, 3. Sé ðe fundige wíslíce tó sprecanne cum fortasse sapiens videri desiderat, Past. 93, 24.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Crist him gefylste tó his feónda slege (cf. hí álédon heora fýnd) 96, 22 A. S. Rdr. 95, 13. metaph. a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease, etc. v.sleán, VIII Ǽr ðan ðe se fǽrlíca slege (the pestilence)ús ástrecce Homl.
Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Ðonne hí wǽron be eáston ðonne heóld man fyrde be westan when the Danes were to the east then the 'fyrd' was assembled to the west, 1009: Erl. 144, 5. Heó hyt swýðe deórwyrþlíce heóld she held it very dearly, St. And. 38, 3.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
BURH
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people lived together for defence and support, hence a fortified place, fortress, castle, palace, walled town, dwelling surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth; arx, castellum, mons, palatium, urbs munita, domus circumvallata Se Abbot Kenulf macode fyrst
ge-sécan
to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere
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Ðæt land geséc ðe ic ðé ýwan wille seek the land which I will show to thee, 83; Th. 105, 9; Gen. 1750: Cot. 3. to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade; hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere Gif úre fýnd us mid gefeohte gesécaþ
þrowian
To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for
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Þrowigean þreániéd micel, fýres wylm, 229, 6; Dan. 213. Manega earfoðnesse fram Iudéum ic wæs ðrowiende, Blickl. Homl. 237, 10.
Linked entry: a-þrówian
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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tilian óþ ðone fyrst ðe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige every man, after he has built any cottage on land granted him by his lord, desires that he may rest himself therein at times, and in some fashion provide for himself from the grant [?]
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Kmbl. 14, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484
swilce
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Men gehýraþ myccle stefne on heofenum, swylce ðǽr man fyrde trymme and samnige, Blickl. Homl. 91, 31: Ps. Th. 101, 3. Ðæs temples segl sylf slát on tú, swylce hit seaxes ecg þurhwóde, Exon. Th. 70, 20; Cri. 1141.
Linked entry: swálíce
wráþ
wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed
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Ic eom wráþra láf, fyres and feóle, 484, 6; Rá. 70: 3. Gemyndig wráþra wælsleahta, 286, 27; Wand. 7. Wíta wráðra, 253, 9 ; Jul. 177 : 261, 7 ; Jul. 311. Feala ic gebiden hæbbe wráðra wyrda, Rood Kmbl. 101 ; Kr. 51. Wrádum teárum, Ps. Th. 55, 11.
brúcan
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Eówre fýnd his brúcað ab hostibus devorabitur , Lev. 26, 16. Huoelpas brúcas ( edunt ), Mt. L. 15, 27. Þǽ;ra (hláfa) ic breác, Hml. S. 23 b, 521. Wé brécon ł éton manducavimus , Lk. L. 13, 26: Mk. L. 6, 44.
fram
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. :-- Fram hyra wæstmum gé hí undergytað, Mt. 7, 16. (18) indicating the object spoken of, of; de :-- Se diácon sǽde fram þysum fýre, emne swá wé rǽdað on Sunnandæges spelle, Wlfst. 205, 24: Bl. H. 169, 24.
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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For ðan ðú tówyrpest ðíne fýnd and ealle ða ðe unrihtwísnesse ládiaþ and scyldaþ ut destruas inimicum et defensorem, Ps. Th. 8, 3.
ge-samnian
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Th. i. 244, 2 : Chr. 673 ; P. 35, 22. þá gesomnode man fyrde, 1001 ; P. 133, 21. Ǽr sió fierd gesamnod wǽre, 894; P. 84, 35. Þǽr wæs gesamnod geþeahtendlic ymcyme, Ll. Th. i. 36, 7. þǽr witena bið worn gesamnod.
ge-swícan
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Ðá ungesewenlican fýnd ne geswícað nǽfre wiþ ðé tó campienne, Hex. 34, 26. Ne hé ne geswác ðá gesceafta tó edníwigenne, 20, 13. Ne geswác hé tó manienne his gingran nec discipulos suos admonere cessabat, Gr.
ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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On ídel gé swincaþ and eówre fýnd his brúcaþ frustra seretis sementem, quæ ab hostibus devorabitur, Lev. 26, 16. Ne nemne gé drihtnes naman on ídel, Deut. 5, 11. Ne sint hig eów on ídel beboden non incassum præcepta sunt vobis, 32, 47.
weorþscipe
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Grn. 5, 7. honour, glory Míne fýnd mínne weorðscipe tó duste gewyrcen inimicus gloriam meam in pulverem deducat Ps.
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Hæfdic þæs kyninges wíc and his fæstenu gesceáwod þe hé mid his fyrde in gefaren hæfde, 19, 13. a place that can be shut fast. a place of security, closet, strong room Fæstene gehæft (in arto carnis) clustello continetur, An. Ox. 5396.
ge-ascian
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Hi eódon þǽr hí geáxodon Ulfcytel mid his fyrde, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 7. clause Þone þe wé geáxian, ꝥ fúl sý, Ll.