gleáwlíce
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Gif wé gleáwlíce æfter gástlicum andgite tócnáwað þæt se arc getácnode Godes gelaðunge, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 1. Hit gleáwlíce undergeat, i. 122, 18. Ic þæs wénde þæt ic mid wísdóme full gleáwlíce ongitan mihte existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc, Ps.
lád
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Aecclesiae manus et sepultura praesulis in Wigurna ceastre ditioni deueniat; alias plena glorietur libertate, excepta expeditione rata, pontis arcisue constructione, 385, 15. leading, guiding Blind gif blinde lát forelǽdas caecus si caeco ducatum praestet
irmþ
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Hié on ðǽm iermþum heora líf geendodon, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 19. in a moral sense, badness Gif hine mon leahtor-fulne ongit. . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs hé mid his yrmðe ( miseria ) óþre geleahtrige, R.
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif hine man áhwǽr týnð Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 17. Hé hit þearfum dǽlde mid wellwillendum móde Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 59. Tó ðam welwillendan Hǽlende Homl. Th. ii. 230, 11: Homl. Ass. 80, 186: 101, 329.
ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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Gif ðú geswúgian mihtest if thou couldst be silent, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 4. He gesuígde obmutuit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 12. Gesuígdon alle stupebant omnes, 12, 23.
Linked entries: ge-súgian ge-súwian ge-sweógian ge-swúgian
hlyt
A lot, ⬩ portion
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Gif hwá hlytas begá si quis sortilegia exerceat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11
sýfre
Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect ⬩ clean, neat
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Gif ðú drincst wín gemetlíce, sýfre ( sobrius ) ðú byst, Scint. 105, 17. Se mynstres hordere sí wís sýfre and ná oferettol cellerarius monasterii sit sapiens, sobrius, non multum edax, R. Ben. 54, 8.
tweónung
Doubt ⬩ uncertainty ⬩ hesitation
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Gyt mé tweónaþ; ac gif ðú ðás deádan sceaðan árǽrst, ðonne biþ mín heorte geclǽnsod fram ǽlcere twýnunge, Homl. Th. i. 72, 32. Twúnunge, twínunge scrupulum, dubitationem, pt. Gl. 504, 77.H Sume syndon ðás getácniaþ twýnunge, dubitativa, . . . Ælfc.
twi-hynde
a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
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Gif mon twyhyndne mon . . . ofsleá, L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 5-7. Cnut cing grét . . . ealle míne þegnas, twelfhynde and twihynde, Chart. Th. 308, 16
scirian
To separate ⬩ divide ⬩ setting apart something as a person's lot ⬩ to ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ allot ⬩ dispense
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Gif ðé Alwalda scirian wille ðæt ðú móte if the All-ruler be pleased to grant thee opportunity, 171, 12; Gen. 2827. Sceolde him beón deáþ scyred should death be the lot doomed him, 31, 15; Gen. 485.
séman
to bring to an agreement those who have a dispute ⬩ to satisfy a person in a matter of doubt or difficulty ⬩ to settle a dispute ⬩ to arbitrate ⬩ bring about agreement
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Gif hé healt weorð, ðǽr mótan freónd séman, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14
Linked entry: sémend
á-þweán
to wash ⬩ cleanse an object from impurity ⬩ to wash impurity from an object
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Gif ic ne áðoá ðé, Jn. L. 13, 8. Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð. Hml. Th. i. 618, 12. Áþwehð, ii. 48, 29. Áðweahð, 56, 7. Áðweað iów, ðæt gé sín clǽne, Past. 421, 14. ꝥ hé hí mid fulluhte áðwóge, Hml. S. 5, 126.
Linked entry: on-þweán
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Gif hwá ǽnigum preóste ǽnig wóh beóde, L. N. P. L. I ; Th. ii. 290, 2. Ðæt hé ðurh hine nán wóh ne bodige ut ab eis prava nullo modo proferantur, Past. 15 ; Swt. 95, 16. Hí wóh meldiaþ pronuntiabunt iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 93, 4.
cuman
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Gif seó lád forð cume . . . gif heó forð ne cume, 394, 22, 23. to happen to Hit cymð him sáre, Ps. Th. 7, 14. Cymen mé mildse ðíne veniant mihi miserationes tuae, Ps.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Gif mon twýhyndne mon mid hlóðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié . . . L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 7. For geclǽnsunge his unrihtes slæges ob castigationem necis ejus injustae Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 25.
Linked entries: hearp-slege slæge
hwón
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Gif huón sint ðá ðe gihǽled biðon si pauci sunt qui saluantur 13, 23. of quantity, little Gié huóno ł lytlo geleáfas (hwón ł lytle ł lǽssa gileófa, R.) uos pussilae fidei, Lk. L. 13, 28.
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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or give him up to be scourged, L.
Linked entries: réfa geréfscipe ge-reáfa
ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, Lk. Bos. 11, 12. Gením hænne æges geolocan take the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6.
CYLL
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Se ðe fæstne hider cylle [MS. kylle] brohte. . . gif hwelc þyrelne cylle [kylle MS.] brohte to ðys burnan who has brought hither a water-tight bottle . . . if any has brought to this spring a leaky bottle, Past. 65; Hat. MS
for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ [forslyhþ, H] ðæt hie beóþ forode, gebéte mid xv scillinga if one smite a man's cheeks, that they be broken, let him make amends with fifteen shillings, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14.
Linked entry: for-slegenlic