lǽs
Entry preview:
Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde . . . and twégra getýmena lǽse, and týn cúna forð mid þas hláfordes and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Þone þe ðis land gelytlede on lǽsu[m ?] oððe on gemǽru[m ?]
oft
Entry preview:
Oft and gelóme, Gen. 1670: Hy. 3, 46. Oft gelóme, Gen. 1539. Swíðe oft, Mt. 23, 37: An. 618. Búta oftor (crebro) geðuógon hondo, Mk. L., R. 7, 3 : Dan. 758. Sprec oftor ymb óðres monnes weldǽda ðonne ymb ðíne ágene, Prov. K. 10.
wearn
a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, ⬩ a refusal,
Entry preview:
Ben. 97, 7. a refusal, v. wirnan Hý bénan synt ðæt hié wið ðé móton wordum wrixlan, nó dú him wearne geteóh ðínra gegncwida they are petitioners that they may exchange words with thee, give them not a refusal of thy words in reply, Beo.
on-beódan
to bid, order ⬩ to announce, tell, proclaim, send word
Entry preview:
Eác beámas onbudon, hwá hý sceóp, Exon. Th. 72, 9. Agustinus hét him onbeódan ðæt hér wǽre mycel riip, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 4
Linked entry: in-beódan
mirige
Pleasant ⬩ delightful ⬩ sweet
Entry preview:
Pleasant, delightful, sweet Myrige leóþ dulce carmen, Hymn. Surt. 55, 17. Ðeós woruld ðeáh ðe beó myrige hwíltídum geþuht sý this world, though it seem at times pleasant, Homl. Th. i. 154, 17.
Linked entry: murge
FOLC
The FOLK ⬩ people ⬩ common people ⬩ multitude ⬩ a people ⬩ tribe ⬩ family ⬩ pŏpŭlus ⬩ gens ⬩ nātio ⬩ vulgus ⬩ plebs ⬩ cīves ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ multĭtūdo
Entry preview:
Micel folc mid hym cum eo turbo multa, Mt. Bos. 26, 47. Hie awerede ðæt folc the people defended it, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 10, 33. Gif folces man syngaþ if a man of the people sin, Lev. 4, 27.
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
Entry preview:
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh; jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens Ðeáh ðe he geong sý folces hyrde although he be a young shepherd of his folk, Beo. Th. 3667; B. 1831: Rood Kmbl. 77; Kr. 39. Mǽden, oððe geong wífman puella, Wrt.
trúwian
Entry preview:
Ða ðe hyra weorcum trúwiaþ, Exon. Th. 52, 24; Cri. 838. Ðá ðá ic him betst trúwode, Bt. 2 ; Fox 4, 12 : Beo. Th. 3991; B. 1993.
Linked entry: trúgian
wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
Entry preview:
Hé wyrm ácwealde, hordes hyrde ... Ðæt swurd þurhwód wyrm ... draca morðre swealt, Beo. Th. 1777-1789; B. 886-892. Wyrmas reptilia, Blickl. G1.
neáh
Entry preview:
(I a) figurative :-- Sé ðe hyne myd hys módes æágum geseón wele, hé sceal . . . stígan neár and neár stæpmǽlum, Solil. H. 45, 17. add: in superlative, of order in time, last Hét se cing þá módor ealra neáhst ácwellan, Shrn. III, 22.
seón
Entry preview:
Hý God upstígende eágum ségun, Exon. Th. 34, 3; Cri. 536. with clause Hý on ða clǽnan seóþ, hú hí blissiaþ, Exon. 79, 6; Cri. 1286: Beo.
talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
Entry preview:
Ðæt hý náne tale næbben, ðæt hý þurh nytennesse misfón þurfen, 442, 10. Nabbe wé náne tale ongén ðé we have no excuse to offer you; quid juste poterimus obtendere? Gen. 44, 16. Hé ne mihte náne tale findan he could not devise any defence, Homl.
þín
Entry preview:
Álés þíne þa liófan gesceft, Hy. 8, 33: Ps. Th. 90, 7. Hi ðæt þín fægere hús forbærndan, 73, 7. Ðæt wé ðæt yrfe þín herige, 105, 5. used in the genitive where the personal pronoun might be expected On þínes silfes hand, Hy. 7, 83.
mótan
Entry preview:
móston dón swá good swá yfel. swædðer hý woldon, Solil.
ge-nesan
To be saved, preserved, escape from ⬩ to be saved ⬩ to get well
Entry preview:
Hý ðurh miltse meotudes genǽson they have been saved through the Lord's mercy, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 12; Cri. 1255. He níða gehwane genesen hæfde he had survived every struggle, Beo. Th. 4786; B. 2397.
wirgþu
condemnation ⬩ curse ⬩ punishment ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ cursing ⬩ maledictio
Entry preview:
Hý grim helle fýr, gearo tó wíte, seóð, on ðam hí áwo sculon wærgðu dreógan, Exon. Th. 78, 11; Cri. 1272. Wergðu wyrcean to afflict, hurt, Ps. Th. 108, 17. Ne sceolon gé on míne wítegan wergðe settan in prophetis meis nolite malignari, 104, 13.
hergung
Entry preview:
Hé hý gefriðode fram þǽre herunge þára twéga kynincga, Ps. Th. 45, arg. Sum his folc hé sende tó hergenne . . . se consul wæs þencende þæt hé hié on þére hergunge beswice, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 13.
hrepung
Entry preview:
</b> sexual contact :-- Clǽne hrepunga flǽsclicre mundus contactu carneo, Hy. S. 42, 37. <b>I b.
rǽcan
Entry preview:
R. 19, 29. a non-material thing, to give, bestow Þine dómas rǽcað gehwám ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15. Rǽc fultume tribue auxilium, Rtl. 41, 11: 23,9
sculan
Entry preview:
Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.