á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Áreccan fier ówihte to recount any further, Cri. 248. Leng ówihte, 343: An. 801. Láðra ówihte, B. 2432. Gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan if the fire is to be effectually extinguished, Wlfst. 157, 9. Ealle þá ðe Crýst áwyht cúðon, Hml.
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Dele II, and add: to say Þæt fægere becweðe folca ǽghwylc, 'Wese swá, wese swá' dicat omnis populus, 'Fiat, fiat,' Ps.
út
out ⬩ beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed ⬩ out on an expedition ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ forth ⬩ to knock out ⬩ pull out ⬩ out ⬩ away from home ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land ⬩ out ⬩ outside ⬩ not within doors ⬩ not in the house ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ externally
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Th. 2589; B. 1292. where motion (lit. or fig.) is caused, with verbs of bearing, casting, driving, releasing, etc. Geóte man ðone wǽtan út liquor effundatur, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 7.
Linked entries: úte út-gársecg á-dón
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Iosue hí up áhéng on fíf wácum bógum Iosue eos suspendit super quinque stipites, Jos. 10, 26. weak, feeble, wanting mental or moral strength, wanting courage Wác bið se hyrde funden tó heorde, ðe nele ða heorde ðe hé healdan sceal mid hreáme bewerian
DUGAN
To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre
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To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal; valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre Ðonne his ellea deah when his valour avails, Beo.
Linked entry: dugunde
libban
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</b> fig. of things :--- to supply oneself with food, feed, subsist (lit. or fig.) Þá gástlican láre . . . þe fire saul big leofaþ and féded bið, Bl. H. 57, 9. ꝥ Sume hí leofodon be ofete and wyrtum, Hml.
stíþ
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Se gestaþelade stíþe grundas he fixed the firm foundations, Exon. Th. 312, 4 ; Seef. 104. Ðeós wyrt hafaþ lange leáf and stíþe, Lchdm. i. 288, 15.
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 22, 23. Hwílum ðæt drige dríft ðone wǽtan sometimes the dry drives away the wet, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 97; Met. 29, 48.
furþor
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Ofer midne winter furðor fíf nihtum, 125
leornian
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Þonne is leornod on bócum þæt on þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be helle gryre, Verc. Först. 106, 11: 109, 4. with infin. Sé þe nǽfre ne leornde specan qui numquam didicit loqui, Scint. 80, 17.
styrian
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Gárulf Gúðere styrode, Fins Th. 37; Fin. 18. Swá sceal ǽghwelc láreów tó ánre lufan mid mislícum manungum his hiéremonna mód styrigean, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 12. (2 a) to handle, treat, deal with :-- Secg ongan síð Beówulfes snyttrum styrian, Beo.
Linked entry: stirian
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Beorges hyrde (the fire-drake), B. 2304.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25. Wén ne brúceþ, ðe can weána lyt, sáres and sorge, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 30 ; Rún.8. Weána dǽl a deal of trouble, Exon. Th. 379, 17; Deór. 34: Beo. Th. 2304; B. 1150.
ge-mittan
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II. to find after search or effort :-- Hé cuóm gif huæt gemitte on ðǽm, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. Soecað gié mið ðý gimitta mæge, Rtl. 10, 26. Soeca . . . gimitta, 14, 16
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Kmbl. 14, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484
fylgean
to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time
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Th. i. 288, 30. to follow a track, proceed along a line marked out (lit. or fig.) Þonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe, Bl. H. 75, 13. Ic móste þínum swaðum fyligan, Hml.
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Moys. ad fil. 21
Linked entry: ídel-gild
scúr
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M. ad fil. 2. Rénes scúr, Exon. Th. 215, 1; Ph. 246. Regna scúr, Cd. Th. 252, 10; Dan. 576. Hægles scúr, 50, 13; Gen. 808.
Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór
stefn
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a voice, sound uttered by the mouth (lit. or fig.) Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlíc on hlyste ...
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Ðonne hé wilnaþ on his móde ðæt hé sciele rícsian hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste mens principari appetens fit ad hoc pavida, cum quaerit, audax cum pervenerit, 9; Swt. 57, 4.