wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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. iii. 2, 24. to be alert Se sláwa ongit hwæt him ryht bið tó ðonne, swelce hé ealneg wacige, and swá ðeáh hé ásláwaþ, for ðæm ðe hé náwuht ne wyrcð piger enim recte sentiendo quasi vigilat, quamvis nil operando torpescat, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 7.
mund-byrd
protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund
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Forgylde ðem mæn his mundbyrd (the fine for violating the man's mund by fighting in his house), L. H. E. 14; Th. i. 32, 15 : L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, l
ge-líc
Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis
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Ic ðé mæg andreccan sprǽce gelíce [MS. gelícne] I can relate to thee a similar tale, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 4; Met. 26, 2. Ic ǽnig ne métte wið ðé gelíc I have not met any like unto thee, Exon. 73 b; Th. 275, 13; Jul. 549.
Linked entry: an-gelíc
un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oþþe unwillum oþþe ungewealdes, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 23. Gif man unwilles oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 21.
Linked entry: un-gewealdes
openlíce
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Gif þú hyt openlíce witan wilt, þonne scealt þú hyt sécan on þǽre béc þe wé hátað De Videndo Deo . . . þæt þú meaht gehýran micle openlícor on þǽre bec, Solil. H. 64, 22-33. Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7
æced
Vinegar
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Vinegar Onféng ðe Hǽlend ðæt æced the Saviour received the vinegar, Jn. Rush. War. 19, 30
martyrung
Suffering as a martyr
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Suffering as a martyr Ymbe his martyrunga de passione Christi, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 254, 24
níd-beþearf
Necessary
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Necessary Sumæ béc ða ðe niédbeþearfosta (níd-beþyrfesta, Cott. MSS.) síen, Past. præf, ; Swt, 7, 7
súþan-eásterne
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South-eastern Hé ferade súþaneásterne wind of heofenan transtulit austrum de coelo, Ps. Lamb. 77, 26
teld-wyrhta
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A tent-maker Paulus se ðe wæs on woruld-cræfte teldwyrhta, Homl. Th. i. 392, 21
un-gecirred
Unconverted
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Unconverted Ðý læs ðe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lchdm. iii. 442, 1
á-galan
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Þá ðe cunnan galder ágalan, Wlfst. 194, 19. Bióð ágalene incantantur , Ps. Srt. 57, 6. Add
be-leórendlic
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Of bileórendlicum de preteritis, 123, 27
Linked entry: -leórendlic
sam-rǽdenn
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The conjugal state Ðá ðe beóð gebundene mid somrǽdenne (sin-, v. l.) conjugati, Past. 19, 18
wítega
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Ðe Hálend cwæð tó ǽs wítgum Iesus dixit ad legis peritos, Lk. R. 14, 3. Add
Sarmondisc
Sarmatian
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Sarmatian Néh ðæm gársecge ðe mon háteþSarmondisc Sarmatico aversi oceano, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 16
ofer-feallan
to fall upon, to attack
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to fall upon, to attack Hié oferfeóllan ða ðe ða yrmþo genǽson, Blickl. Homl. 203, 19
on-hǽled
infirm, ill
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infirm, ill Ða ðe on unhǽle (onhǽlede, MS. C.) wǽron, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 40
a-dreógan
to act ⬩ perform ⬩ practise ⬩ agere ⬩ perficere ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ pati ⬩ sustinere
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Earfeðo ðe he adreáh the pains that he endured, Andr. Kmbl. 2971; An. 1488
óleccan
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Add Hí rícum monnum swíðe óleccað ðá hwíle ðe hí him beforan beóð . . . Hé déð feóndscipe ðǽm ilcan Gode ðe hé ǽr ólehte venientes ad faciem quorumdam hominum magna eis submissione blandiuntur . . .