ár-wurþian
To give honour to ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ worship ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari
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Lamb. fol. 200 a, 15. Árwurþa ðínne fæder and ðíne módur honora patrem tuum et matrem, Deut. 5, 16
Linked entry: ár-wurþigean
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Ðǽr is dryhtnes folc geseted to symle there is the Lord's folk set to the feast, Rood Kmbl. 279; Kr. 141. Ðæt hí hine Gode gesettan to present him to God, Lk. Bos. 2, 22. Under anweald gesett sub potestate constitutus, 7, 8: 3, 13.
á-mirran
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Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon, Hml. S. 23, 369. Hwí woldest ðú ámyrran mín sunu, and tó Críste gewéman?, 4, 198.
ge-stillan
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H. 163, 16. to calm excited persons Se eorl sylf earfoðlíce gestylde -& pound; folc, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 10
here-toga
The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul
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Of ðé forþgǽþ se heretoga seðe recþ mín folc ex te exiet dux, qui reget populum meum, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 6. Consul ðæt wé heretoha hátaþ consul which we call 'heretoha,' Bt. 1; Fox 2, 12: 21; Fox 76, 4.
swǽslíce
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Him ( the good) swǽslíce (cf, on ðæt fræte folc (the evil ) hé firene stǽleþ láþum wordum, 84, 17; Cri. 1375) sibbe geháteþ heáhcyning, Exon. Th. 82, 15; Cri. 1339. Nealles swǽslíce mé wæs síð álýfed the way was not made easy for me Beo.
un-rihtlíc
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful
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Hié him andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre and uuryhtlíc ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 11.
un-mǽte
Immense ⬩ enormous ⬩ excessive
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Síde herigeas, folc unmǽte, Andr. Kmbl. 1305; An. 653: Menol. Fox 11; Men. 6. Gebrec unmǽte, Exon. Th. 59. 18; Cri. 954. Ðæt unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Blickl. Homl. 99, 28.
Linked entry: un-gemǽte
eafora
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Hé þám yldestan eáfóran lǽfde folc, frumbearne, Gen. 1214. Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnigum mínra ( for any child of mine ), 2176. Cniht, eaforan þínne, 2915. Sunu, eaforan geongne, An. 1112. Hire bearn, ángan eaferan, B. 1547.
ge-mǽnelic
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A. 145, 43. belonging to a community, public, general Þæt eal folc fæste tó gemǽnelicre dǽdbóte, Wlfst. 180, 23. Swá swá man gerǽde for gemænelicre neóde, Ll.
Linked entry: -mǽne-lic
un-treówþ
Bad faith ⬩ perfidy
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Bad faith, perfidy Ða Dænescan, ðe wæs ǽrur geteald eallra folca getreówast, wurdon áwende tó ðære méste untríwðe and tó ðam mǽsten swicdóme ðe ǽfre mihte gewurðan, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 7. Antigones forlét ðæt setl.
be-dydrian
to delude ⬩ to conceal from (wið)
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[Itt maȝȝ þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.]
Linked entry: bedrian
líc-wyrþe
pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ agreeable ⬩ estimable ⬩ sterling
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Him swá gecwéme and lícwyrþe folc, Lchdm. iii. 434, 5. Hié Gode swíðe lícwyrþe forhæfdnesse brengaþ placentem Deo abstinentiam offerunt, Past. 43, 8; Swt 314, 21
mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.
rǽden
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The word occurs as the second part of many nouns, when its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-,
ge-wissian
To make or cause to know ⬩ to instruct ⬩ inform ⬩ direct ⬩ command ⬩ govern ⬩ docere ⬩ edocere ⬩ regere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ dirigere
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Se ðe gewylt and gewissaþ Israhéla folc qui reget populum Israhel, 78, 16. Swá swá him Gregorius ǽr gewissode as Gregory had before directed him, ii. 130, 22: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 64, 241.
Linked entry: wísian
scín-cræft
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Hí mid mislícum scýncræfton ðæt folc dwelodon, 482, 4. Hé wolde ðære fǽmnan mód on his scíncræftum onwendan tó hǽðendóme, Shrn. 135, I. Ðá cwǽdon hí, ðæt hí scinn*-*cræftas ne cúþan, 90, 10. Se sceocca eów lǽrþ ðyllíce scíncræftas, Homl.
wundorlíce
Wonderfully
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Wonderfully, with adjectives Ðǽr wearð gegaderod wundorlíce micel folc, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 616. Hé hine gesette in wundorlíce micle cyrcean, Shrn. 121, 3. with verbs Wundurlíce mirabiliter, Ps. Surt. 75, 5. Wundorlíce mire, Hymn. Surt. 70, 5.
fóster
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Ox. 3863. feeding, giving food His discipuli woldon þæt folc fédan, ac hí næfdon mid hwám; se Hǽlend hæfde þone gódan willan tó ðám fóstre, and þá mihte tó ðǽre fremminge, Hml. Th. i. 184, 22. bringing up, fostering.
on-ufan
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L. 5, 19: Wurpon gewoedo hiora onufa ðone folo, 19, 35. Gelionade hé onufa breóst ðæs Hælendes, Jn. R. 13, 25. Lege spic onufan þone nægl, Lch. ii. 150, 6. of time xv niht onufan Eástran, Ll. Th. i. 262, 18: 306, 31.