óþ-hebban
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Ða ofersettan mon sceal swá manian óæt se hiera folgoþ hí ne ðþhebbe admonendi sunt praelati, ne eos locus superior extollat, 28, 1; Swt. 189, 17
þwang
A thong ⬩ strip of leather
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Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga (ðuongas, Lind.: þwongas, Rush.) búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum ejus, Mk. Skt. 1, 7
Linked entry: þweng
beód-fers
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Sé þe tó his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9. Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode þone lofsang ásægde, swá swá sume men gewuniaþ, ꝥ hí singað. . . ǽr hí etan, v. l. ), Gr. D. 62, 9
be-stǽlan
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Sé þe frióne forstele, and lé hine bebycgge, and hit hym on bestǽled, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, Ll. Th. i. 48, 6
Linked entry: stǽlan
efen-gemæcca
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Gif hié ne ongietað ðæt ðá beóð hira gelícan and hira efngemæccan on hira gecynde, ðá ðe him under*-*ðiédde beóð ðurh Godes gesceafte si eos, quos per conditionem tenent subditos, aequales sibi per naturae consortium non agnoscunt, Past. 201, 17
leornung-mann
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'Ne gehýrde ic nǽfre ꝥ hé ǽniges mannes leorningmann (discipulus) wǽre,' Gr. D. 12, 24. Ne mæg hé beón mín leorningman, Hml. S. 33, 114. Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6.
wæter-flód
A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b
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Hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, ne wæterflódas brecan brondstæfne, Andr. Kmbl. 1006; An. 503. Hí mé ymbsealdan swá wæterflódas ( sicut aqua ). Ps. Th. 87, 17. On wæterflódum in aquoso, 62, 2
á-þeódan
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Ne myhte hyra náðer fram óðrum beón áðýded. Shrn. 99, 8. Swá swíðe swá hí beóð fram him áþeódde hí ne cunnon his dómas, Gr. D. 138, 27. Wé swá micle fier beóð ðǽm hiéhstan ryhte áðiédde, Past. 355, 8
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Nó is gefrægn heardran feohtan I have never heard of a harder fight, Beo. Th. 1157; B. 576. Nǽfre hé ǽr ne siððan heardran hæle fand never before or since did he find a stouter warrior, 1442; B. 719.
Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce
scrífan
To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard
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Se hláford ne scrífþ, se ðam here waldeþ, freónde ne feónde, feore ne ǽhtum (cf. se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 7), Met. 25, 15. with a clause Hí (the people of Sodom) forléton eallinga ðone brídele ðæs eges,
Linked entry: be-scrifen
mótan
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Hú mǽg sé beón gessǽlig, sé ðe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót, 2 ; F. 4, 15. þǽr ic nú móste ( was permitte) þín mód gefiþerigan . . . ꝥ þuacute; mihtest (wast able ) mid mé fliógan, 36, 2 ; F. 174, 6. þá bǽdon hí í God sealde frídom manna sáulum,
sél
Better ⬩ excellence ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ with (more) success ⬩ (more) effectually ⬩ to (more) purpose
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Th. 476, 31. with verbs of liking or pleasing Hé nánum menn sél ne úðe ðonne mé there was no one he would sooner give it to than to me, Chart. Th. 485, 17. Ða men ðe ic mínes erfes seólest onn, 480, 20.
Linked entry: sél
gód
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Seó góde cwén Margarita, 1093; P. 228, 11. of qualities or attributes, good (courage) Ðá bæd ic þá fyrde ꝥ hié hæfdon gód ellen þára þinga þe ús on becwómon orabam Macedones ne aduersis casibus cederent neue deficerent, Nar. 14, 22.
mǽrsian
to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify
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Be ðisse hálgan tíde (birthday of John the Baptist) weorþunga ðe wé nú tódæg mǽrsian sceolan . . . swíðe ús is ðes dæg tó mǽrsienne . . nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ, nemþe Cristes sylfes and ðyses Johannes, Blickl.
ge-wrecan
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Gewrec nú, Dryhten, . . . þæt mé ys þus torne on móde, Jud. 92. Se synfulla bysmrað Drihten . . . hé ne geðencð þæt God hit mæg gewrecan, Ps. Th. 9, 23
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Nis ðeós woruldlíce niht nán þing búton ðære eorþan sceadu betweox ðære sunnan and mankynne . . .
Linked entry: sceadu-genga
bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Ne sý þǽr nán óðer bót bútan ꝥ heáfod, 282, 1. Nán óðer bót búton ꝥ man ceorfe him handa of, 394, 9. Nán man ꝥ ne wrece, ne bóte ne bidde, 288, 3. Nǽnig witena wénan þorfte bóte tó banan folmum, B. 158.
ge-seón
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Þǽr geláðe mid him leng ne mihton geseón tósomne ( they could not keep in sight of one another ?)
HÝF
A HIVE
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Mæderecíþ on ðínre hýfe ðonne ne ásponþ nán man ðíne beón ne hí man ne mæg forstelan ða hwíle ðe se cíþ on ðære hýfe biþ [put] a plant of madder in your hive; then nobody will lure away your bees, nor can they be stolen while the plant is in the hive,