hux-
Ignominious ⬩ scorn ⬩ insult
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Ðá þuhte him tó huxlíc ðæt hé híran sceolde ǽnigum hláforde it seemed to him too ignominious to obey any lord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 36. Ðá þuhte ðam heáhgeréfan huxlíc ðæt heó óðerne tealde tóforan his gebyrdum, Homl. Swt. 7, 24
toln
Toll
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Toll Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga æt Steorran, ðe ðá wæs ðæs kinges rædesman, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc, Chart. Th. 339. 13: 340; 35.
Linked entry: tolnere
freót-man
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Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig freótmonna for his sáwle, C. D. B. iii. 652, 18 ; Shrn. 159, 6. Add
ilf
An elf
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Gif hit wǽre ésa gescot oððe hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot if it were Æsir's shot, or elves' shot, or witches' shot, Lchdm. iii. 54,10
Linked entry: ylf
ge-freógan
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Florus his menn gefreóde ætforan ðám weófode, Hml. S. 6, 239. Marh gefreóde Leðelt and ealle hire teám on his ǽgen reliquias, and hé hié hét lǽdan tó mynstere and gefreógian on Petrocys reliquias, Cht. Th. 626, 36. Gefreód hér on túne, 626, 25.
lícian
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Gif hé wilnað ðæt hé hire lícige bet ðonne sé ðe hine sende. Past. 143, 4. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas ðǽm dæg werignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt.
wóh-dáed
A wicked deed ⬩ crime
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Gif mon ne mihte hí tó rihte gecyrron, ðæt hí heora wóhdǽda geswícan woldan, ðonne sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 26-29. Ne byð ðǽr nán stefen gehýred, búton wóp and wánung for wóhdǽdum. Wulfst. 139, 4
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Hú Boetius his earfoðu tó Gode mǽnde, Bt. tit. cap. 4. His tungan hé mǽnde swíðost he complained most of his tongue, Homl. Th. i. 330, 31. Basilius ménde ðæt unriht, Homl. Skt. 3, 322.
ge-þafa
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-þafera. 1. add: where a charge is admitted Swá hé eádmódra beó and his gyltes geþafera ( quantum plus se culpabilem asseruit ), swá micle mildelícor him ma(n) déme, Chrd. 29, 1
ge-hwítan
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To whiten Gihúidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwítad dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwíted (-hwítad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beóð gehwítode (-hwítte, Srt.) dealbabuntur 67, 15
ge-stefnian
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to summon, call on a person to act Hié gestefniað him betweónum wið ðám unclǽnum gástum they (the angels) eall on one another to fight against the unclean spirits, Verc. Först. 125, 7
Linked entry: stefnian
wǽd-bréc
Breeches ⬩ a covering for the loins
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Hig siwodon fícleáf and worhton him wǽdbréc (perizomata), Gen. 3, 7
fremfullíce
to profit ⬩ advantage
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Add: to profit or advantage Drihten ealle gód him fremfullíce ( to his profit ) tówearde dyde, Lch. iii. 436, 22. Fremfullíce (only fremfi is left in MS.) effica[citer ], R. Ben. I. 1, 5
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Þá cyld þonne hí furþum gán magon, and ðá ealdan ceorlas ðá hwile þe hí gán magon, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 6-8. ꝥ sé wǽre an féþe mihtigost sé þe mihte gán . . . oþ þisse eorþan ende, 21. where work is being done on foot Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh
ofer
with dat. generally with the idea of rest; ⬩ above, over ⬩ denoting contact with anything, upon, on ⬩ denoting extension over, throughout, in, on ⬩ denoting a higher degree, beyond, more than ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion, over ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ with the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expected ⬩ marking time, after, beyond ⬩ denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an object ⬩ denoting motion which is diffused over a surface ⬩ denoting extension through a space, throughout, among ⬩ denoting motion from below, over, above ⬩ denoting motion from above, upon, on ⬩ denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effect ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ above, more than ⬩ supra, super ⬩ beyond, besides ⬩ ultra ⬩ denoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, against ⬩ with words implying rest ⬩ (cf. to talk over) ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5) ⬩ without ⬩ with words expressing time, ⬩ after ⬩ through, during
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Hié ǽr ofer hiera willan him tó gecierdon, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 10. Gecuron Brettanie Maximianus him tó cásere ofer his willan, 6, 35; Swt. 292, 15. with words implying rest :-- Standende ofer hig, Lk. Skt. 4, 39.
Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan swíþness
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Hié nyllaþ wietan mid hwelcum woo (wó, Cote. MSS. ) hié hit gestriéndon. Past. 45 ; Swt. 343, 23. Mid wóge (wó, v.l. ) forsecgan, L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 266, 22. Mid wó fordéman, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 114, 3.
un-forhtmód
Fearless
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Sixtus unforhtmód tó his preóstum clypode: 'Míne gebróðra, ne beó gé áfyrhte, and eówer nán him ne ondrǽde ða scortan tintregunga,' 416, 6
Linked entry: forht-mód
ge-mengness
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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfedan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse in ipso conjugio jura transcendunt, Past. 397, 14. Gif bróðor mid bréðer hǽme þurh his líchaman gemengnysse ( per copulationem corporis ), Ll. Th. ii. 230, 10
Linked entry: -mengness
ge-tǽsu
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Commodity, profit, advantage Tó þon þæt hé him swá gelettum and swá genýddum forgeáfe and gedyde hwæthugu getǽse (-tǽsu, v. l.) his gewinnes ei laboris sui commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 28
lah-lic
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For 'Scint. 9, Lye' substitute Sé þe gylt his bóte lah*-*licre ( legitima ) beheófað, Scint. 46, 2. Gif hé nelle ꝥ ornest oþþe ne mage, begyte him lahlicne spalan, Ll. Th. i. 489, 16