eóred
Entry preview:
Án eórod is gecweden on ðám ealdan getele six ðúsend manna and six hund and six and syxtig; swá fela manna wǽron on þám foresǽdan eórode . . . Þá gewende seó eórod, Hml. S. 28, 9-30.
ge-teld
Entry preview:
Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe oþþon hulc geworhtne oþþon geteld geslagen, Ll. Th. i. 286, 9. Wolde Petrus sleán ðreó geteld (cf. si vis, faciam tria tabernacula, Mt. 17, 4), Hml.
geár-gerím
Entry preview:
Cf. winter-gerím. in chronological reckoning. anno mundi Fram frymðe middaneardes tó dám flóde, ꝥ wæs geárgerímes twá ðúsenda wintra and twá hund wintra and twá and feówertyg wintra ... þonne wæs ealles áurnen geárgerímes fram frymðe middaneardes oþ
lád
Entry preview:
Haec sunt termina huius agri ... ab aquilone génlád, C.D. i. 238, 6. [v. D.D. yenlade; Halliwell Dict. yenlet.] Add: ¶ In the phrase cyrcan lád, which seems sometimes (?) to have the same meaning as ciric-sceat.
nídan
Entry preview:
Stinge him mon feþere on múð, néde hine tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 286, 17. [3) with clause :-- Þone hié nǽddun ꝥ hé bére his róde hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem ejus, Mt. R. 27, 32
wæstm-bǽre
Fruitful, fertile, productive
Entry preview:
Sceáwiaþ ðæt land, hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí considerate terram, qualis sit, bona an mala, humus pinguis an sterilis, Num. 13, 19. Land ðe ys wæstmbǽre ǽgðer ge on hunie ge on meoluce terram fluentem lacte et melle, Ex. 33, 3.
hara
A hare
Entry preview:
Ne onscúnode nán hara nǽnne hund no hare was afraid of any hound, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 9. Ic gefeó hwílon haran capio aliquando lepores, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 33.
segnian
to make the sign of the cross upon anything in token of blessing or consecration ⬩ to bless ⬩ consecrate
Entry preview:
Hé mid his handum húsel sénode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 114. Ðá hé sénade ðæt fæt ðe ðæt áttor on wæs, ðá tóbærst hit, Shrn. 65, 11. Sǽnade, 52, 32. Ðonne ðú hláf brece, sǽna ðú ða cruman, 53, 18.
ge-wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ affect ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ affīgĕre
Entry preview:
Beóton hig ðone, and mid teónum, gewǽcende, hine forléton ídelne illi hunc cædentes, et afficientes contŭmēlia, dīmīserunt inānem, Lk. Bos. 20, 11. Hí mid deáþe hí gewǽceaþ morte affĭcient eos, Mk. Bos. 13, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 542, 17.
wealdan
To have power over ⬩ to control the movements of that which is moved ⬩ to regulate ⬩ wield a weapon ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ to control that which moves itself ⬩ to have control of a person, an emotion ⬩ to govern, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ bear sway ⬩ wield power, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ absolute ⬩ fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ to have power over things ⬩ to possess ⬩ be in possession of ⬩ have at command ⬩ be master of, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ to have power to decide or choose what shall take place ⬩ to determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ have the deciding ⬩ control of matters, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute ⬩ to have power that brings something to pass, ⬩ to cause ⬩ be the cause, author, source of something, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or acc. ⬩ of things, with gen. ⬩ of motives ⬩ to have power to do ⬩ be able
Entry preview:
Wé ðé magon sélre gelǽran, ǽr ðú gúðe fremme, weald hú ðé sǽle ( decide thou how it shall happen to thee ) æt ðam gegnslege, Andr.
wíc
Entry preview:
Ic him selle on mínum húse and binnan mínum wealle wíc ( locum ), Past. 52; Swt. 407, 35. Hé him synderlíce wíc getimbrede ipse sibi monasterium construxit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 30.
georne
Entry preview:
Swá hé geornor and gelómor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne, Ll. Th. i. 330, 3: 358, 18. Man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht swá man geornost mæge, 376, 9: 310, 26.
ge-cígan
Entry preview:
Wé beóð Godes hús gecígede, Hml. Th. ii. 582, 15. Gecégede, Bl. H. 47, 5. to call by a name Geceigde hine noma fadores his uocant eum nomine patris eius, Lk. L. 1, 59. Ne ǽnig is sé ðe geceiged (gicéged. R.) ðisum noma, 61.
HEÁH
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis
Entry preview:
Ná geþafian ðæt se heárra derige ðam heánran not to permit the higher to hurt the lower, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1. Stól heáhran, heárran a loftier throne, Cd. 15; Th. 18, 16, 26; Gen. 274, 282. Hérra, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 20; Ph. 28.
þan
then, ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ so, ⬩ as ⬩ any ⬩ any at all ⬩ any at all
Entry preview:
Hé georne wiðsóc Iósepes húse ne þon ǽr geceás Effremes cynn he utterly refused the house of Joseph, nor any more readily did he choose the race of Ephraim, Ps. Th. 77, 67.
fracoþ
Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus
Entry preview:
Ne wæs ðæt [MS. ðær] húru fracoðes gealga that was indeed no vile [man's] gibbet, Rood Kmbl. 20; Kr. 10. We bióþ folcum fracoðe we shall be hateful to the people, Andr. Kmbl. 817; An. 409. Fracoðest vilest. Salm. Kmbl. 702; Sal. 350.
miltan
To melt ⬩ to digest ⬩ to refine by melting ⬩ To melt ⬩ become liquid
Entry preview:
Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre ( of fusible material ), gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, L. Ælfc. P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 6. to digest Sió wamb seó ðe biþ hátre gecyndo melt mete wel ...
ge-mána
Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction ⬩ communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus
Entry preview:
Ðysse fǽmnan gemánan bæd hujus virgins consortium petebat, 2, 9; S. 510, 23, 26 : Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 14; Jul. 127 : Jn. Skt. p. 1, 3 : Rtl. 109, 31.
Linked entry: ge-mánna
bufan
Entry preview:
Hí licgað bufan eorðan on hyra húsum, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 24. Gif se earm bið forad bufan elnbogan, Ll. Th. i. 94, 24. Hé ofwearp þone ent bufon ðám eágan, Hml.
bróc
affliction ⬩ labour ⬩ misery ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ disease ⬩ hurt
Entry preview:
H. 59, 33. disease, bodily trouble or hurt Ǽlc broc cymð of deófle and nán bót . . . hé sent on unwære menn oððon on heora yrfe sum swíðlic brocc . . . byð þæt brocc líðre, Wlfst. ll, 15-12, 5. Þæt broc þæt hé áræfnode, Gr. D. 22, 5.
Linked entry: bróc