ge-stǽnan
To stone
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To stone Stephanus for Godes geleáfan wæs gestǽned Stephen was stoned for belief in God, Homl. Th. ii. 82, 21. In ǽ Moises bebeád us ðuslíc gestǽna in lege Moses mandavit nobis hujusmodi lapidare, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 5.
sliht
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At end for fiðer (-el?) l. fiþer-. Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18
un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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Ðætte sió unrótnes, ðe hé for ðæm yflan weorcum hæbbe, gemetgige ðone gefeán ðe hé for ðǽm gódan weorcum hæfde, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 3. Unrótnyss ( tristitia ) gefylde eówre heortan, Jn. Skt. 16, 6.
Linked entry: rótness
facian
To wish for ⬩ reach
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To wish for, desire to obtain Pirrus him for þám swíþost fylste þe hé him selfum fácode Mæcedonia anweald Pyrrhus helped them chiefly for the reason that he wanted the kingdom of Macedonia for himself; his se Pyrrhus jungit, sperans Demetrium Macedonia
yfemest
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Upmost, highest, in the highest position or degree Hió cymþ swá up swá hire yfemest gecynde bið it (the sun) mounts up to the highest point at which it is natural for it to be, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 28. Ðǽr hire yfemest bið eard gecynde, Met. 13, 63.
Linked entry: ufera
lang-twidig
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Granted for a long time Ðú scealt tó frófre weorþan eal langtwidig leódum ðínum thou, granted for long to them, shall prove a comfort to thy people, Beo. Th. 3420; B. 1708
Linked entry: twidig
bi-mútian
To exchange for ⬩ commutare
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To exchange for; commutare Swá ðás woruldgestreón on ða mǽran gód bimútad weorþaþ so these world-treasures shall be exchanged for the greater good, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 17; Gú. 42
fracoþ-nes
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For Cot. 143 substitute Fracoðnesse obscenitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 58. Hí gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse, Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455
turf-hacce
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A turf-hoe, implement for cutting turf Ligones, ferrum fossorium (fusorium, MS.) tyrfahga (turfhacce? v. N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43
wíf-cild
A female child
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A female child For wǽpnedbearne sceolde cennende wíf hí áhabban fram Godes húse ingange ðreó and ðrittig daga, and for wífcilde ( femina ) syx and syxtig daga, Bd. 1. 27 ; S. 493, 16
un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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Ongit hú unmihtige ða yfelan men beóþ vide quanta vitiosorum hominum pateat infirmitas, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 2: 29, 1; Fox 104, 12: 36, 2; Fox 174, 27. Unmehtige, Met. 24, 62.
leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan ðonne rýnde hió she turned into a lioness, and when it ought to have spoken, then she roared, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33. Nán heort ne onscúnode nǽnne león, 35, 6; Fox 168, 9.
tó-settan
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Twá and hundseofontig bóca sind on bibliothécan, for þan þe hig sume sind tósette on twá ( some of them are put into two parts ) for heora langnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 32. Add
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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Kmbl. 2493; El. 1248. to measure out, plan, form, make; emetiri, for-mare, confingere Ðú amǽte mundum ðínum ealne ymbhwyrft and uprádor thou measuredst with thine hands the whole circumference and the firmament above, Elen. Kmbl. 1456; El. 730
Linked entry: a-mæt
cweartern-líc
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For reference substitute Germ. 400, 552
ge-deáðian
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For ge-déðan substitute ge-díþan
scyldigness
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For synnignise substitute deáþsynnignise, and add:
croh
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For geola-croh. l. geolwe croh
S
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For the Runic S see Sigel
rád
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for him that sits on the stout steed, traversing the roads, Runic pm.