ge-réf-ærn
A court-house
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A court-house Urbanus eode to his geréfærne Urbanus went to his court-house, Shrn. 106, 16
þánian
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To be or to become moist Þǽnie madeo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 44. Ðániaþ madescunt, 57, 39
un-styrigendlíc
Not to be stirred ⬩ not to be carried
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Not to be stirred, not to be carried Byrðenna unstyrendelíco onera inportabilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4
wísan
To shew
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To shew Ðeóden wísðe herepað tó ðære heán byrig eorlum elðeódigum, Cd. Th. 218, 5; Dan. 35
burg-ealdor
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Hét se burhealdor ( alt. to burhge ealdor) þone bisceop him tó gefeccan, Hml. S. 22, 203. Add
wáclíce
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Þe lǽs þú weorðe . . . tó úpáhafen . . . ne eft tó wáclice geortreówe ǽniges gódes. Met. 5, 34. Add
á-wácian
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Add: to make gentle, mollify, appease God hé áwácað tó him placat Deum, Verc. Först. 126, 6
hám-stede
A homestead ⬩ domicile ⬩ a homestead
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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s
ofer-mæstan
to over-fatten
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to over-fatten Swá ðæt úre líchama ne wurþe ofermæst tó ídelum lustum, Bd. Whelc. 228, 25
Linked entry: mæstan
cohhetan
To bluster ⬩ tumultuari
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To bluster; tumultuari Hí ongnnnon cohhetan they began to bluster Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 20; Jud. 270
á-rǽran
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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.
Linked entry: rǽran
hlystan
listen ⬩ to listen
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S. 22, 190. to give heed to a person or to advice, be persuaded to follow: Nýd weorðeð 'niða bearnum tó helpe, gif hí his hlystað ǽror, Rún. 10. Hlest ausculta (sermones meos), Kent.
for-drífan
to drive away ⬩ off ⬩ out ⬩ to drive away ⬩ cast out ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to banish ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive aside ⬩ to overtask
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, 11. to subject to excessive toil or hardship, to overtask Eálá hú earmlice and hú reówlic tíd wæs ðá, ðá ðá wreccæ men lǽgen fordrifene full neáh tó deáðe, and syððan cóm se scearpa hungor and ádyde hí mid ealle, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 1
ég-búende
An island dweller ⬩ ad aquam vel in insŭla hăbĭtans
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Gehwæm égbúendra to each of the islanders, 975; Th. 230, 5; Edg. 57
Linked entry: íg-búend
lah-riht
Legal right
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Legal right Ǽghwylc lahriht ge burhriht ge landriht every legal right, both of town and country, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 19.
timbrung
Building, ⬩ a building
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Bileafden heo (the builders of the tower of Babel) heore timbrunge, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 23. Timbringe, 227, 4. Al is to his behefe and timbrunge toward his blisse, A. R. 124, 1
fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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Take here passages given under fyllan, and add: to cause to fall to the ground, to pull down, throw down, lit. Hé cwealde Crístne men, circan fylde, Jul. 5. Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde . . . hié mid heora handum þá ídlan gyld fyldon, Bl.
ge-mircian
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Hé seolf of inwritting gemercad bið ipse ex inscribtione signalur, 4, 5. to signify, express Gemercade significans, Lk. p. 2, 7. to f orm by marks, portray Gemercade com-pingens (as if from pingere to paint ?)
Linked entry: -mircian
lítan
to bend ⬩ incline
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to cause to bow, to bend, incline Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít ðider hit wile the mind of every man inclines the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 237; Met. 26, 119