werian
Entry preview:
ðǽr máre landes, wǽre ðǽr læsse . . .
a-rǽdan
to take counsel ⬩ care for ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ consilium capere ⬩ consulere alicui ⬩ decernere ⬩ definire ⬩ to conjecture ⬩ guess ⬩ prophesy ⬩ interpret ⬩ utter ⬩ conjectare ⬩ divinare ⬩ prophetizare ⬩ interpretari ⬩ eloqui
Entry preview:
Ða dómas ða ðe fram fæderum arǽdde and gesette wǽron quæque definierunt canones patrum, 4, 5; S. 572, 18. Hwæðere ðis betwyh heom arǽddon his tamen conditionibus interpositis, 4, 1; S. 564, 15.
Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
Entry preview:
Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wǽron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22
Linked entries: Cyren-ceaster Cyring-ceaster Cyrn-ceaster Cirn-ceaster
ramm
Entry preview:
Beorgas wǽron blíðe swá rammas, Ps. Th. 113, 6. Bringaþ him eówra ramma bearn, 28, 1 : Ps. Spl. 65, 14. Twentig rammena arietes viginti, Gen. 32, 14. Rammum gelíce, Ps.
Linked entry: ram
be-teón
to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protect ⬩ obducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munire ⬩ to leave by law, bequeath ⬩ legare ⬩ accuse ⬩ criminari, accusare
Entry preview:
to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protect; obducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munire Heora scyldas wǽron betogene mid hýdum their shields were covered with hides, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 8.
ge-hæftan
To take ⬩ take captive ⬩ cast into prison ⬩ detain ⬩ bind ⬩ captare ⬩ captivare ⬩ vincire
Entry preview:
Híg mycelum ege gehæfte wǽron timore magno tenebantur, Lk. Bos. 8, 37. Drihten híg gehýrde ðæt híg gehæfton wiþ hine, Josh. 11, 20 [?]
Linked entry: be-hæftan
ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
Entry preview:
Hí búton gemetgunge ðæt wín drincende wǽron they drank the wine without moderation, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 19
Sicilie
Entry preview:
Betwux ðám muntum and Sicilia ðam eálonde, Bt. 1 ; Fox 2, 4] :-- Sicilie ungeráde wǽron him betweónum, Ors. 2, 7 ; Swt. 90, 6. Hit Sicilia fela ofslóg, 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 32. Sicilia folc, burh, 4, 6 ; Swt. 170, 20, 30.
sweór
Entry preview:
Hǽdne wǽron begen, sweór and áþum, Exon. Th. 246, 22; Jul. 65. Ðá sende heó tó hire sweóre ( ad socerum suum ), Gen. 38, 25: 30, 25. Obab his sweór ( cognatum ), Past. 41, 5; Swt. 304, 9. Suehoras, sueóras vitelli, Txts. 104, 1062.
þrǽstan
to twist ⬩ writhe ⬩ roll about ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ harass ⬩ plague ⬩ afflict ⬩ to press ⬩ constrain
Entry preview:
Ða unríman mænigeo ðrǽste wǽron innumerabilis multitudo torqueretur, 5, 12; S. 628, 4. Missenlícum cwealmnyssum ðréste diversibus cruciatibus torti, 1, 7; S. 479, 13. to press, constrain Tó nirwienne ł tó þrǽstenne artandum, constringendum, Hpt.
Linked entries: a-þrǽstan þræscende for-þrǽstan
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
Entry preview:
Wurdon áflígde deófla fram mannum, ða ðe on wódnysse ǽr wǽron gedrehte, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 199. Hé of his gewitte wearð, and hine se feónd swýþe swencte mid ðære wódnysse, Guthl. 12 ; Gdwin. 56, 15.
ymb-ryne
Entry preview:
course of a moving body Wǽron sume gedwolmen ðe cwǽdon, ðæt ǽlc man beó ácenned be steorrena gesetnyssum, and þurh heora ymbryna him wyrd gelimpe, Homl.
worms
Corrupt matter
Entry preview:
Eall ðæt fole wæs on blǽdran and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende and ða worms út siónde vesicas effervescentes, ulceraque manantia, Ors. I. 7 ; Swt. 38, 7
blind-nes
obscurity
Entry preview:
Eal þis mennisce cyn wæs on blindnesse, seoþþan þá ǽrestan men ásceofene wǽron of gefeán neorxna wanges, 17, 14. Ðá inran þeóstru sind þæs módes blindnyssa wiðinnan, Hml.
clif
Entry preview:
Ealle ðá clifu ( rupes ) þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron forburnan tó ascan, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 4. Cliofum cautibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 16. Hí on heán clifum (cleofum, v. l.) wunedon uitam in rupibus arduis agebant, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 44, 2. v. hnut-, sǽ-clif
ege-full
Entry preview:
Swá egefull wæs Alexander þá þá hé wæs on eásteweardum þissum middangearde ꝥte þá from him ondrédan þe wǽron on westeweardum tantus timor in summo Oriente constituti ducis populos ultimi Occidentis invaserat, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 6.
ge-hende
Entry preview:
Him tó geneálǽhton his discipuli ꝥ hí gehendran wǽron líchamlíce, þá þe mid móde his bebodum geneálǽhton, Hml. Th. i. 548, 26. temporal Úre hǽl is gehendre þonne wé gelýfdon, Hml.
ǽg-hwæþer
(and) both . . . and
Entry preview:
II. below) ende geféred an end had come to both, 2844. adjective Ǽghwæþer ende líþ on sǽ, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21. of more than two Ðrittig manna . . . ǽghwæþere ðára wǽron on droht-nunge munuclífes well gelǽred, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 36.
Linked entry: ǽg-þer
æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
Entry preview:
Wé wǽron þurh synna ælfremede fram Gode; ðá wurde wé eác ælfremede fram his englum getealde, 38, 15. Fram ðám écan wurðmynte ælfremede beón, Hml. A. 21, 169
on-feng
laying hold of, seizing ⬩ taking, with the idea of wrongful taking ⬩ defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) ⬩ attack, onset, assault
Entry preview:
Be unáliéfedes mæstennes onfenge, 49; Th. i. 132, 11. defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) Wǽron ða hálgan on onfenge manna sáulum, Blickl. Homl. 209, 29. attack, onset, assault Wurdon hié on ðam onfenge forhte, and on fleám numen, Andr.