un-sǽlþ
Unhappiness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ misery
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Hwelc mug him máre unsǽlð becuman quid eorum mente infelicius? Past. 45; Swt. 340, 4. Hié wilniaþ óþera manna unsǽlþa and him cymð sylfum ðæt ylce infelicitas in viis eorum, Ps. Th. 13, 7.
earg
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Þá eargan mengo fugaces turmas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 48.
þearfan
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Ða ðe hira hláf sellaþ ðǽm synfullum ðe ðearfende beóþ, nalles for ðæm ðe hié synfulle beóþ ac for ðæm ðe hié menn beóþ and ðearfende beóþ qui indigenti etiam peccatori panem suum, non quia peccator, sed quia homo est, tribuit, Past. 44; Swt. 327, 8.
Linked entries: þearfende ge-þearfan be-þearfende be-þearfaþ
wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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Geleáffulle menn gearwiaþ clǽne wununga on heora heortum Criste sylfum, Blickl. Homl. 73, 12. being, existence, living. Similar entries v. wunian, III Wunung essentia, i. aeternitas, natura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 20.
Linked entry: wunian
ge-wundian
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Þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. menn on óðre healfe, and gewundoden ꝥ hí nystan hú fela, 1048; P. 173, 5. Ðone geuundadon illum uulnerantes, Lk. L. R. 20, 12. Gif hé wígie and man gewundie, Ll. Th. i. 170, 9. Gewundige 202, 21: 404, 8.
FǼGE
fated, doomed, destined ⬩ prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnet ⬩ dead, killed, slain ⬩ mortuus, occīsus ⬩ accursed, condemned ⬩ execrātus, damnātus
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Hogodon georne hwá ðǽr mid orde ǽrost mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan they were earnestly anxious who there might first take life with a spear from the doomed man, Byrht. Th. 135, 28; By. 125.
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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, Wihtræd, in the fifth year of his reign, the ninth indiction, in the place which is called Berham, where was assembled a deliberative assembly of the great men, L.
Linked entries: ban ge-benn ge-bonn ge-bonn-gér
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Se sacerd démde ðæt hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste the priest judged that he (the leper) should be separated from the society of men, Homl. Th. i. 124, 25. Hé férde tó folces neáwiste and bodade, 352, 11.
Linked entry: né-west
þín
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Ða módðínra getreówra freónda ... nimaþ hí heora men mid him and lǽtaþ þíne feáwan getreówan mid þé, 20; Fox 72, 14-17. where a demonstrative pronoun is used with the noun Þes þín sunu, Lk. Skt. 15, 30.
hátan
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H. 64, 25. where the complement is a class or common noun in the nominative Ðeós wyrt þe . . . sume men hennebelle hátað, Lch. i. 94, 6. Þæt þú sóðfestnes hǽtst, þæt ys God, Solil. H. 52, 12.
magan
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Add Mid scipun þe mon dulmunus hǽtt, þe mon sægð þæt on án scip mæge án þúsend manna it is said that a thousand men can be put into one ship, Ors. 1. 10; S. 46, 33.
healf
HALF
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Ic wille ðæt man frigæ hæalue míne men I desire that half my men should be freed, Chart. Th. 522, 5. Æfter óðer healf hund daga after a hundred and fifty days, Gen. 8, 3.
sittan
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Inne on ðæm fæstenne sǽton feáwa cirlisce men a few common men were living in the fort, 893; Erl. 88, 33. Wé on ðam gódan ríce sǽton, Cd. Th. 27, 1; Gen. 411. Hæleþ lágon, on swaþe sǽton ( were left behind dead), 125, 10; Gen. 2077.
Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn
macian
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drink by culinary or other operations :-- Bring mé twá þá betstan tyccenu þæt ic macige mete þínum fæder þǽr of (ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo), Gen. 27, 9. to produce by action, bring about a condition of things, a state of feeling Þá Frencisce menn
warenian
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Men ða leófestan, wé willaþ eów warnian, and ús sylfe álýsan, Homl. Ass. 144, 18.
Linked entries: ge-warenian warnian wærnian wearnian
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and ðeáh seó sáwl biþ libbende. Ac seó sáwl færþ swíðe fréólíce tó heofonum, siððan heó of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 13.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Hit is on worulde á swá leng swá wácre; men syndon swicole, and woruld is ðe wyrse, Wulfst. 83, 10. Seó stów (Abingdon) næs wáccere ðonne (inferior to) formænig ðara ðe his yldran ǽr gefyrþredon, Lchdm. iii. 438, 11.
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Sam. 2, 14 'Let the young men play before us ...
wana
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Fox 280 ; Men. 141. X. geár búton. xv. wucan wanan (fifteen weeks were wanting to complete the ten years), Chr. 1068 ; Erl. 206, 17.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ( humor mortiferus ) on ðæm menn ofslægen mid ðæm biteran drence, 41 ; Swt. 303, 16. Gif ðú wille ðæt yfel swyle and ǽterno wǽte út berste, Lchdm. ii. 16, 14.