ge-brengan
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Hé wæs tó deáðe gebróht, Hml. S. 25, 725. <b>I b.
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Gif ðú cwest: 'Hwá lǽrde ðé?' ðonne cweðe ic: 'Dúnstán.' 'Hwá hádode ðé?' 'Hé mé hádode:' ðonne stent se hé on his naman stede and spelaþ hine, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 8, 11-16.
Linked entry: speliend
má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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Hé má geceás ðæt hé wæs eft hám hweorfende he preferred to return home, 5, 2; S. 615, 33. Him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre ðæt hí má hám cyrdan ðonne hí ða eallreordan þeóde gesécan sceoldan, 1, 23; S. 485, 32.
murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Geómor sefa. hyge murnende, 15 a; Th. 31, 24; Cri. 500. Cwom seó murnende Maria, 119 b; Th. 459, 33; Hö. 9: 121 a; Th. 464, 22; Hö. 91. Bonan gnornedon, mǽndon murnende, 38 b; Th. 128, 8; Gú. 401.
bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Ðá menn þe heora synna and unrihtes gescwícaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ, Bl. H. 193, 23. Ǽghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 38.
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Hé hét óðre fyrde ábannan, . . . and his fyrde tóscyfte . . . seó fyrde eall tógædre cóm, 1095; P. 231, 21. Sende hé his sunu of þǽre fierde micle werede, 823; P. 60, 12. Mid West-Seaxna fierde, 851; P. 64, 21.
árfæstnes
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Hé bæd ðone ælmihtigan for his árfæstnysse ꝥ hé þám preóste gemiltsode, Hml. S. 6, 167: 30, 350. Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, þæt hé ne árige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum, Wlfst. 59, 16
hearpian
To play on the harp, to harp
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To play on the harp, to harp Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode he could play on the harp so that the wood moved, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 32: Ap. Th. 16, 16. Fægere hé hearpaþ pulcre citharizat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 31.
brego-stól
a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum
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He hámes niósan lét ðone bregostól he left the kingdom to visit his home, 4767; B. 2389. Breogostól, Andr. Kmbl. 417; An. 209
Linked entry: breogo-stól
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23
Linked entry: spornan
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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Add: to close, shut what is open Hé his duru beclýst, Lk. 13, 25. Þá blóstman hý sylfe beclýsað, and eft hig hig sylfe geopeniað, Lch. i. 154, 1. Þú beclýsedest þyses mannes múð, Hml. S. 22. 86. Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Swá hwæt swá hé of godcundum stafum geleornode whatever he learnt from the sacred writings, 4. 24; S. 596, 33. Bæd hé ðone Abbud ðæt hé him sende trymmendlíce stafas and gewrito (exhortatorias litteras), 5, 21; S. 642, 38: Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 15.
Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft
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
lín-wǽd
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A linen garment, linen cloth Hé drígde hig mid ðære línwǽde ðe hé wæs mid begyrd coepit extergere linteo quo erat praecinctus, Jn. Skt. 13, 5. Hé geseah ða línwǽda licgan videt posita linteamina, 20, 5: Lk. Skt. 24, 12
elnung
encouragement ⬩ comfort ⬩ zeal
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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251
engel-líc
Angelic ⬩ angĕlĭcus
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Angelic; angĕlĭcus He ge-earnode ðæt he wæs brúcende engellícregesihþe angĕlĭca mĕruit vīsīone perfrui. Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 13
Linked entry: engle-líc
eormen-láf
The great legacy ⬩ immensum rĕliquum
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The great legacy; immensum rĕliquum He eormen-láfe gehýdde he had hidden the great legacy, Beo. Th. 4460; B. 2234
freó-burh
A free city ⬩ lībĕra arx
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A free city; lībĕra arx He scolde gesécean freóburh he should seek the free city, Beo. Th. 1390; B. 693
fyrra
Farther ⬩ ultĕrior
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Farther; ultĕrior He ge-eóde ða fyrran Frysan he had overcome the farther Frisians, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 3
Linked entry: firra
ge-bed
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and add Ásende hé tó Basilie biddende ꝥ hé þone geyrsodon cásere þurh his gebedu gelíðgode, Hml. S. 3, 194