frig
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis
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Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft if God had not any free creature in all his kingdom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 29. Gé beóþ frige lībĕri ĕrĭtis, Jn. Bos. 8, 33, 36: Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46.
hwón-líce
Little ⬩ slightly
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Him hwónlíce speów he had but little success, Homl. Skt. 7, 94.
lagu-flód
Sea ⬩ ocean ⬩ stream ⬩ wave ⬩ water
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Ǽr gescóp éce dryhten laguflóda bigong before had the Lord eternal created the course of the waters, 54 b; Th. 193, 29; Az. 129: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 345; Met. 20, 173.
Middel-Engle
The Middle Angles ⬩ the Angles of Leicestershire
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[When the Middle Angles had a bishop of their own the see was at Leicester.] Færpinga þreó hund hýda is in Middel-Englum, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 27. Ðone Ceaddan se ercebiscop ǽsænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middel-Englum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14
Linked entry: Engle
be-teón
to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protect ⬩ obducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munire ⬩ to leave by law, bequeath ⬩ legare ⬩ accuse ⬩ criminari, accusare
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Se reáda æppel biþ betogen mid ánfealdre rinde, and monig corn on-innan him hæfþ in malo punico uno exterius cortice multa interius grana muniuntur, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19 b, 22. to leave by law, bequeath; legare, Th. Diplm. A.
ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
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measure, a direction, a regulation; moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer oðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer gemetgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes wisdom is the highest virtue, and it has
steng
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Hát wyrcean twegen stengeas (stengas, Hatt. MS.) of ðæm treówe ðe is haten sethim facies vectes de lignis sethim, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 168, 22
Linked entry: stæng
tabule
a table ⬩ a board which is struck to give a signal
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On ðære óðre tabelan wæs ðæt forme bebod: 'Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce,' Homl. Th. ii. 198, 5. Tabelan, 196, 34. Pilatus áwrát ðæs wítes intingan on ánre tabelan, 254, 24. Týn beboda áwrát se Ælmihtiga on ðám twám tabelum ...
súþ
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Ger. sund- and Icel. sunn- point to the n that has been lost from the English word. ] See the compounds which follow, and Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 337, 338, for names of f
Linked entry: be-súþan
tengan
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Hié hæfdon gecweden ðæt hié ealle emlíce on Latine tengden they had agreed that they all in unbroken order would proceed to the attack of the Latins, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 9
Linked entry: sam-tinges
þúf
A tuft ⬩ the crest of a helmet ⬩ a kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers
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-S. version has only Him mon symle ðær tácen beforan bær), Bd. 2, 16. Ðá wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 246; El. 123. Sunu Simeones sweótum cómon, þúfas wundon ofer gárfare, Cd. Th. 199, 22; Exod. 342.
ge-regne
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S. ) uide has magnas aedificationes, Mk. L. 13, 2.
ge-sǽlþ
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Add: ge-sǽlþu, ge-sǽlþo. a hap, fortune, an event Of gesundfullum gesǽlþum secundis, i. prosperis successibus, i. fortunis, An.
of-stingan
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce
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Hât Fabianus ðæt hí man begen ofstunge, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 405. Ðæt ic ðé ne dyrre ofstingan ne compellar confodere te in terram, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 16. Hêr Ǽdmund cyning wearð ofstungen, Chr. 948; Erl. 117, 8
Linked entry: of-stician
ge-þafa
A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor
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A favourer, supporter, helper, assenter, consenter; fautor, adjūtor He biþ ryhtes geþeahtes geþafa he is the supporter of good designs, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 306, 14; Hat. MS. 58 a, 17: Cd. 22; Th. 127, 8; Gen. 414.
twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ part ⬩ to prevent the joining of objevte ⬩ to part what has been joined ⬩ to divide ⬩ cause dissension aminy
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Þys táken gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, (diple signum in libris praesertim ecclesiasticis ad distinctionem oppositum, Migne) Anglia viii.334, 11. to part what has been joined
wíf-líc
womanly ⬩ of a woman ⬩ female ⬩ feminine ⬩ wifely ⬩ matronly
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Mid wíflíce níðe with all a woman's hate, Ors. 1,2 ; Swt. 39, 18. Ðæt hé ne forðon wíflíce háde árede ut ne sexui quidem muliebri parceret, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 24. Áwyrp mé hyder ðínne scyccels, ðæt ic mæge ða wíflícan týddernysse oferwreón, Homl.
hwæs
Sharp ⬩ keen
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Sharp, keen Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod heardne gebýgdon they encircled my head with a crown sharp and hard [the crown of thorns], Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 23; Cri. 1444
letanía
A litany
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A litany Ðæt hé ðysne letanían sungan quia hanc litaniam modularentur, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 24. Mid reliquium and mid letanían, Wulfst. 170, 18. Cristes folc mǽrsiaþ letanías, Shrn. 79, 28
ge-figo
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A disease with fig-shaped swellings Wiþ þeor-ádle on eágum þe mon gefigo hǽt, on Læden hátte cimosis ( = σύκωσις), . . . Eft wið gefigon, Lch. ii. 38, 5-8. Wið gefigom, 2, 10