leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Ða leóde ðá flugon ðá hié ðone here tóweardne wiston the people fled when they knew the army was coming, Blickl. Homl. 79, 12. Ðá flugon ða hǽðnan leóde, 203, 16. Lifigende leóde, Cd. 205; Th. 255, 3; Dan. 618.
leahtrian
impeach ⬩ accuse ⬩ blame ⬩ revile ⬩ reproach ⬩ to corrupt ⬩ vitiate
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Ðá herede hé and nánuht ne leahtrade laudavit, 6, 1; Swt. 254, 14. Hý wǽran ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽþdon loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7. Ðæt hié ðás tída leahtrien, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 31.
lofian
To praise ⬩ value
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Job herede helm wera, hǽlend lofede, 17 a; Th. 40, 6; Cri. 634. Song áhófun, lofedun líffruman, 15 a; Th. 31, 31; Cri. 504. Hé gehýrde hú hí God lofodon and heredon, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 36. Lofa lauda, Ps. Lamb. 147, 1.
tún-geréfa
a reeve ⬩ steward ⬩ bailiff ⬩ a praetor
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Ðá herede se hláford ðære unrihtwísnesse túngeréfan (uilicum), Lk. Skt. 16, 8. a praetor Ypolitus wæs túngeréfa on Róme, Shrn. 117, 9: 116, 9: Homl. Th. i. 422, 11. Hé hét betǽcan ðone diácon ðam túngeréfan Ypolite, 426, 35
a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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Hét hí eft asettan he bade her again be taken, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 14; Jul. 231.
FREÁ
A lord ⬩ master ⬩ the Lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus
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To hire freán sittan to sit by her lord, 1287; B. 641. Ic Freán þanc secge, écum Dryhtne I say thanks to the Lord, the eternal Ruler, 5581; B. 2794.
Linked entries: ágend-freán freó friá frigea
leánian
To reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ requite ⬩ pay
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Ðá cwæþ heó ðæt heó ne dorste him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde then said she, that she dared not requite him as he had deserved of her, Chart. Th. 202, 21. Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan and leánigean æfter his sylfes weorcum, Blickl.
Linked entry: lǽnian
be-tǽcan
to shew ⬩ ostendere ⬩ to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust ⬩ impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare ⬩ to send, follow, pursue ⬩ mittere, insequi, amandare
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Man hý ðære abedissan betǽhton they committed her to the abbess, Chr. 1052; Ed. 181, 28. Ðæt we móton ðé betǽcan sáwle úre that we may commit our souls to thee, Hy. 7, 82; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 82: Runic pm. 20: Kmbl. 343, 18; Hick.
Linked entries: eft-betǽht be-tǽhte be-táht be-táhten
weorold-ríce
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Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce on his geþóhte tó mó;dig, Blickl. Homl. 109, 27. For hwam winneþ ðis wæter geond woruldríce? Salm.
lencten
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Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra lande on lengtene ( in spring or in Lent ? ) on .iiii. No. Apł Chr. 798; P. 57, 35. On længtene eregian and impian, beána sáwan . . . Angl. ix. 262, 6.
sóna
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Hine nǽnig mann mihte gebindan, ac sóna instæpe ( continuo ) þá bendas tóslupan, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 457, 15. followed by eft, efter Hér Rómáne þǽm pápan, his tungon forcurfon and his eágan ástungon . . . and þá sóna eft Gode fultomiendum hé meahte geseón
sí
be
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Hwæt hér sí gedón. Blickl. Homl. 179, 34. Hwǽðer hit sig ðe sóð ðe leás. Gen. 42, 16. Ðæs sig Metode þanc. Beo. Th. 3561; B. 1778. Ðæt gé witen hwæt hit sié, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 13. Gif ðú sié Godes sunu, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7. Him sió wuldor, Hy. 8, 4.
þennan
to stretch, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ extend, ⬩ bend (a bow) ⬩ to prostrate, ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to strain, ⬩ make an effort ⬩ exert one's self ⬩ press on
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Hé ða fǽmnan hét nacode þennan and mid sweopum swingan he bade stretch the maiden out naked and scourge her with whips, Exon. Th. 253, 29; Jul. 187. Þenian to stretch on the cross, Rood Kmbl. 103; Kr. 52.
Andred
The name of a large wood in Kent ⬩ the city of ANDRED or Andrida ⬩ Andredes ceaster
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Hér Ælle and Cissa ymbsǽton Andredes ceaster in this year Ælle and Cissa besieged Andredescester, 491; Th. 24, 19, col. 2. On ðone wudu ðe is genemned Andredes leáge into the wood which is called Andredsley, 477 ; Th. 22, 40, col. l.
Linked entry: Andredes ceaster
FEAX
Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus
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God tofylleþ feaxes scadan, ðe hér on scyldtim swǽrum eódon Deus conquassābit vertĭcem căpilli perambulantium in delictis suis, Ps. Th. 67, 21: 68, 4.
FEL
skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis
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Næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1; Jul. 591. Fell pellis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 18. Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; Rä. 76, 5.
Linked entry: fell
hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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Hí hér syngiaþ and hit him nó ne hreówþ they sin in this world and are not sorry for it, 55, 2; Swt. 429, 17. Hreóweþ, Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 23; Gú. 783: Cd. 22; Th. 27, 31; Gen. 426.
nearuness
a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief
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Ðæt ( asthma ) ys nearunyss ... and breóst byþ innen mid micle nearnysse, iii. 116, 23-26. distress (of mind), anxiety, tribulation, trouble, grief Hér is seó lǽnlíce winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the transient delight, in
Linked entry: nirwett
ge-sceótan
to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to ⬩ cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus ⬩ to bring before or refer to any one ⬩ referre ad aliquem
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Ðæt feoh ðe ic for hyre áre gescoten [MS. gesceoten] hæbbe the money which I have paid for her honour, Th. Diplm. 558, 19. Ðú nást hwám hit [wela] gescýt thou knowest not to whom it [wealth] shall fall, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 9.
Linked entry: ge-stoten
unna
grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given
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grant, allowance, permission Ic cýðe eów ðæt hit is mín fulla unna, ðæt heó becweðe hire land I declare to you that she has my full permission to bequeathe her land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl, iv. 200, 27: 223, 24.
Linked entry: unne