ge-helpan
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Ðǽm mæg beón suíðe raðe geholpen from his láreówe quibus citius a praedicante succur-ritur 225, 22. the object a disastrous thing, to lessen the evils of Hú heora godas þurh heora blótunge þæs monncwealmes gehulpon, Ors. 3; 3.S. 102, 16.
a-hycgan
To devise ⬩ search ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ invenire
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Hie ahogodan heoro they invented the sword, Exon. 92 a; Th. 346, 9; Gn. Ex. 202
Linked entry: a-hicgan
ful-gangan
To fulfil ⬩ perfect ⬩ follow ⬩ accomplish ⬩ finish ⬩ complēre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ obsĕqui ⬩ fīnīre
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Hit is riht ðæt ðú heora þeáwum fulgange it is right that thou follow their manners, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 35
Linked entries: ful-gongan full-gangan
eald-riht
An ancient right ⬩ vĕtus jus vel privĭlēgium
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Bǽdon hine ðæt he him to heora ealdrihtum gefultumede they prayed him that he would succour them with respect to their ancient rights. Bt. 1; Fox 2, 24
Linked entry: eald-geriht
lybesn
A charm ⬩ an amulet
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Swá swá hí ðæt sende wíte fram Gode scyppende þurh heora galdor oððe lifesne oððe óðre dígolnesse deófolcræftes bewerian mihte quasi missam a Deo conditore plagam per incantationes, vel fylacteria, vel alia dæmonicæ artus arcana cohibere valerent, Bd.
ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion
cyre-líf
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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge
freógan
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Sume þá men þe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, þá þe heora hláfordas freógean noldon ... þá consulas ... freódon, 4, 9; S. 190, 35. v. á-freón, and friá in Dict. Add
fót-þweál
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Féde man Godes þearfena swá fela swá man mǽst mæge, and ... baðige man ealle ... and sylf se dǽdbéta beó ymbe heora fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 8
heáfod-leás
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Þonne hí heáfodleásne heora ealdorman findað, Hml. A. 113, 353 : 364. Ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, Hml. S. 23, 74. Add
on-winnan
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Hé gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687. Seó scolu cildisc ná gýt mid costungum onwunnen scola puerilis nondum temptationibus inpugnata, Angl. xiii. 387, 321
ord
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Add Hé bið heora deáðes ord eorum mortis auctor fit, Chrd. 92, 23
searu
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Þá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 34, 27
sceorp
Dress, apparel
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Somnite áwendan on óðre wísan heora sceorp Samnites novum habitum sumentes, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 30. Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . scorp tó friðscipe (apparel for those on board?), L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 8
Linked entry: á-scirpan
hand-full
A handful ⬩ manipulus
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Berende handfulla heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Lamb. 125, 6
ge-sóm
Unanimous ⬩ united ⬩ peaceable ⬩ concors ⬩ pācĭfĭcus
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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33
tosca
A frog
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Sende on heora eorþan toscean teónlíce misit in terram eorum ranas, 104, 26
tó-sígan
To fall to pieces, ⬩ to decay, ⬩ get worn out
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Binnon feówertig geára fæcenæs nán man gelegerod on eallum ðam folce, ne heora reáf næs tósigen (cf. vestimentum tuum nequaquam vetustate defecit, et pes tuus non est subtritus, en quadrigesimus annus est. Deut. 8, 4), ii. 196, 14
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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He cearf of heora handa and heora nosa he cut off their hands and their noses, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 10. Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon they cut the ram all to pieces, Lev. 8, 20. Corfen cut, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4.
EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg