sóþe
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Th. 73, 5. truly, in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast Ic ða wǽre forð sóðe gelǽste, ðe ic ðé sealde, Cd. Th. 139, 11; Gen. 2308: 142, 22; Gen. 2365. Beót eal wið ðé hé sóðe gelǽste, Beo. Th. 1053; B. 524.
wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Unc holt wrugon, wudubeáma helm, wonnum nihturn, scildon wið scúrurn, 496, I; Rä. 85, 73
Linked entry: wríga
ge-þwǽrlǽcan
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Th. ii. 580, 2. intrans. of persons or things personified. to agree, come to terms with an opponent, be reconciled with Hé geðwǽrlǽhte wið Pilate (cf. facti sunt amici Herodes et Pilatus, Lk. 23, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 384, 2.
Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan
lǽl
withe ⬩ whip ⬩ switch ⬩ a weal ⬩ stripe ⬩ mark ⬩ bruise ⬩ swelling
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Wið yfele lǽla oίδήματα, 153, 4; Lchdm. i. 280, 1.
Linked entry: lél
ed-lǽcung
A repetition ⬩ repetĭtio
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A repetition; repetĭtio He sceal God biddan ðæt he hyne gehealde wið dara ǽrgedónra yfla edlǽcunge he shall pray to God to preserve him against a repetition of the evils before committed, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 42
Linked entry: -lǽcung
fǽr-scyte
A sudden or pernicious shot ⬩ imprōvīsus
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A sudden or pernicious shot; imprōvīsus vel fātālis jactus We fæste sculon wið ðam fǽrscyte wearde healdan we should firmly hold ward against that sudden shot, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 4; Cri. 766: 35 a; Th. 113, 13; Gú. 157
Finn
Fin
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Th. 55; Wíd. 27. Be Finnes eaferum in Fres-wæle of Fin's offspring in Friesland, Beo. Th. 2140; B. 1068
Linked entry: Finns buruh
folc-frig
Folk-free ⬩ līber ăpud plēbern
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Wih. 8; Th. i. 38, 15. cf. Grm. RA. 349
Horsa
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13
lyge-searu
artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ snare
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A false trick, artifice, wile, snare, lying art Hý ligesearwum áhófun hearmstafas with lying arts they stirred up mischiefs, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 34; Gú. 199: Elen. Kmbl. 415; El. 208. Lygesearwum, Exon.19 a; Th. 48, 23; Cri. 776
níd-hǽs
A command which is attended by compulsion
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Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 16
Linked entry: hǽs
ofer-módness
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Bebeorh ðé wið ofermódnysse cave te a superbia, L. Ecg. C. proem. ; Th. ii. 132, 10
ge-rǽsan
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To rush; irrūĕre Ðe wið swá miclum mægne gerǽsde who rushed against so great a power, Cd. 97; Th. 126, 15; Gen. 2095: Beo. Th. 5671; B. 2839. Hí gerǽsdon they rushed, Chr. Erl. 5, 7: Shrn. 130, 22, 23
þeód-búend
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Hé geðingade þeódbúendum wið fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste, 39, 3; Cri. 616: 84, 11; Cri. 1372
wæl-fús
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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420
be-gínan
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Substitute : To take with wide-open mouth Ic ( a key ) begíne þæt mé ongeán sticað, Rä. 87, 3. Se draca hæfþ beginen in his múðe mín heáfod and forswolgen draco caput meum in suo ore absorbuit, Gr. D. 324, 26
hecg
A hedge ⬩ fence
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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20
riht-gewittig
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of right wit, reasonable Ꝥ getácnað ꝥ seó rihtgewittuge sáwel siteð on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 245, 22. Hwylc rihtgewittigra manna is tó þon snotor ꝥ hé wylle þá gástas secgan líchamlice? quis sanum sapiens esse spiritus corporeos dixerit?, 305, 2
Linked entry: ge-wittig
sigor-fæst
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Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2
úte
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Þá þe ǽr úte óþra ðeóda anwalda girndon, him þá gód þúhte þǽr hié mehten hié selfe æt hám wið ðeówdðm bewerian domesticis malis circumventi externis inhiare desistunt, abjiciuntque spem dominationis imminente periculo servitutis, Ors. 3, l; S. 98, 2