eges líce
Fearfully ⬩ terrĭbĭlĭter
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Worpaþ hine deófol on dómdæge egeslíce the devil shall fearfully cast him down in the day of doom, Salm. Kmbl. 52; Sal. 26
þeaht
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.
be-teón
to cover ⬩ to bestow ⬩ assign
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Hér swytelað hú Ælfríc wille his áre beteón . . . Ic gean, Cht. Th. 567, 10
wíf-hand
The female side ⬩ female line
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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð
tó-foran
Before. ⬩ in front of, ⬩ in presence of, ⬩ previous to ⬩ above, ⬩ in a greater degree than ⬩ superior to ⬩ over and above, ⬩ beside, ⬩ beyond
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Before. of place, in front of, in presence of, preceding the case Ealle þeóda beóþ tóforan (ante) him gegaderude. Mt. Kmbl. 25, 32. Hé ða hláfas bræc and sealde his leorningcnihtum, ðæt hí tóforan him ásetton. Mk. Skt. 6, 41: 8, 6.
écan
EKE, increase, prolong, add ⬩ augēre, appōnĕre
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Ðæt écþ his ermþa that augments his misery, 29, 1; Fox 102, 19. Écte ðæt spell mid leóþe he prolonged the speech with verse, 12; Fox 36, 6: Ps. Th. 104, 20. Hí hira firena furður éhton appŏsuērunt adhuc peccāre ei, 77, 19.
ge-gaderian
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</b> figurative :-- See] hí gegadrad hæfþ, þonne eówaþ hé hí, Bt. 27, 1; F. 94, 26
hǽre
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Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce they wore sackcloth next their skin, Hml. S. 12, 36 : Hml. A. 108, 207. Heó áwearp hire hǽran and hire wudewan reáf, 109, 228. sackcloth used to lie on Hé oftost læg uppon ánre hǽran on þǽre baran flóra, Hml.
þrýþ-full
Mighty ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful
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Mighty, strong, powerful Fóron æfter burgum þegnas þrýðfulle, oft hí þræce rǽrdon, Exon. Th, 243, 17; Jul. 12. Ic ( the devil ) bebeóde bearnum mínum, þegnum þrýðfullum, ðæt hié ðé hnǽgon, Andr. Kmbl. 2659; An. 1331
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Him ðá wæs syndrig ege ðǽr him ǽr wæs seó mǽste wyn, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 32.
ge-beórscipe
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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Þá cyld þonne hí furþum gán magon, and ðá ealdan ceorlas ðá hwile þe hí gán magon, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 6-8. ꝥ sé wǽre an féþe mihtigost sé þe mihte gán . . . oþ þisse eorþan ende, 21. where work is being done on foot Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne ðonne his wiðermédo his favour is better for us to gain than his hostility, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 20; Gen. 659.
Linked entry: helde
on-beódan
to bid, order ⬩ to announce, tell, proclaim, send word
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Ðá onbeád heó him ðæt hé hire tó onsænde all ða gesiðwíf, 87, 20. Hé onbeád ðæt hé of Róme cóme, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 25. to announce, tell, proclaim, send word Hé hit him hám bebeád (onbeád, MS.
Linked entry: in-beódan
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305.
dæg-hwámlíce
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Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu þæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Dæghwonlíce, i. 44, 20: 46, 18. Dæghuǽmlíce, Rtl. 75, 5. Add
Linked entry: -hwámlíce
wiþ-habban
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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154.
ofer-fylgan
To pursue, persecute, attack
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Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde þreátode and him oferfylgde hunc (Abner) cum Asael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret, Swt. 295, 14
ge-wuna
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Man hine ðǽr gehádede efter þan ealdan gewunan, Chr. 1070; P. 204, 9. Æfter heora gewunon hié God gebǽdon, Bl.
feorran-cund
Having a distant origin ⬩ coming from afar ⬩ e longinquo ortus
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Having a distant origin, coming from afar; e longinquo ortus Sóna him seleþegn, síþes wérgum, feorrancundum forþ wísade forthwith the hall-thane guided him forth, weary from his journey, coming from afar, Beo. Th. 3594, note; B. 1795