big-leofa
Food, victuals, nourishment ⬩ cibus, victus, alimentum ⬩ Money, wages ⬩ stips, stipendium
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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 6. Bíleofa alimentum, C. R. Ben. 49. that by which food is procured, Money, wages; stips, stipendium Scipe vel bigleofa stipendium, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 92; Wrt. Voc. 20, 33
Linked entries: -leofa big-leofan bí-leofa bí-leofen
ge-bígan
To bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ inflect or decline a part of speech ⬩ twist ⬩ bow down ⬩ humble ⬩ bring under ⬩ subdue ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ inflectĕre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ humiliāre
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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 2: 14; Som. 16, 56: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 26; Cri. 1126: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15: Ælfc. T. 30, 5: Ps. Th. 106, 15
Linked entries: -bígan ge-beágian ge-bégan
rýman
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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) Hé þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and hé þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . .
a-meldian
To betray ⬩ make known ⬩ prodere ⬩ indicare
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Gr. 28, 8; Som. 33, 4. He hine ameldode prodidit eum, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 46. Ðá wǽron hí ðǽr ameldode proditi sunt, 4, 16; S. 584, 26: Jos. 9, 17
BERE
Barley ⬩ hordeum
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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 63. Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31
bern
A barn ⬩ horreum
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Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131
Linked entry: bærn
CLEÓFAN
To CLEAVE, separate, split ⬩ findere, dissecare
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Bordweall clufon aforan Eádweardes Edward's sons clove the board-wall, Chr. 937; Th. 200, 38, col. 3; Æðelst. 5. Clufon, Byrht. Th. 140, 4; By. 283
Daðan
Dathan, one of the sons of Eliab
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Dathan, one of the sons of Eliab, Num. 26, 9 Æfter ðam arison Chore and Hon, Daðan and Abiron ongeán Moisen after that Korah and On, Dathan and Abiram rose up against Moses, Num. 16, 1: 16, 27, 32: Deut. 11, 6
for-sweorcan
To be very dark ⬩ to darken ⬩ obscure ⬩ calīgāre ⬩ obscūrāre
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Seó sunne biþ forsworcen sol obscūrābĭtur, Mt. Bos. 24, 29. On forsworcenan in obscūro, Prov. 7
gealh
Sad ⬩ angry ⬩ tristis
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Gl. 88; Som. 74, 88; Wrt. Voc. 51, 1. Se ðe biþ ungeðyldig, and mid gealgum móde ceoraþ ongéan Gode he who is impatient and passionately murmurs against God, Homl. Th. i. 472, 8
Helma
A HELM ⬩ rudder
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Gl.104; Som. 77, 124; Wrt. Voc. 56, 42. Be ðæm is swíðe sweotol ðætte God ághwæs wealt mid ðæm helman his gódnesse Deus omnia bonitatis clavo gubernare jure credatur, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 14
Iudéisc
Jewish
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Gr. 48; Som. 49, 5
leás-spellung
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Sóna swá hit forlǽt sóðcwidas swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga ut quoties abjecerint veras, falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 16
lencten-eorþe
veractum
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Gl. 1; Som. 55, 16; Wrt. Voc. 15, 16
Linked entry: eorþe
leóþ-wyrhta
A poet
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Gl. 112; Som. 79, 100; Wrt. Voc. 60, 8: 73, 68. Hleot [ = leóþ] wyrhta melopius, 291, 26. Leódwyrhta melopius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 50. Ælfréd cyning Westsexna leóþwyrhta, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 5; Met. Einl. 3
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
ge-cnyssan
To press ⬩ trouble ⬩ strike ⬩ beat ⬩ overcome ⬩ prĕmĕre ⬩ trībŭlāre ⬩ pulsāre ⬩ īcĕre
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Gr. 43; Som. 44, 55. Wurdon Rómáne gecnysede the Romans were overcome, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 71, 19
Linked entry: ge-cnos
ge-helmian
To cover with a helmet ⬩ crown ⬩ găleāre ⬩ cŏrōnāre
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Gr. 43; Som. 45, 11
Linked entry: helmian
scip-forðung
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B.) áginne man georne (cf. wærlíc biþ ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3), L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27
Linked entries: scip-fyrðrung fyrþung
glíw-stól
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., and add: A seat of music and song (cf. þǽr (at Hrothgar's court) wæs gidd and gleó, B. 2105; cf. also seledreám), a joyous home (cf. hleów-stól for similar compound)