HWÍL
A WHILE
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Ealle hwíle all the while, Byrht. Th. 140, 47; By. 304. Nú hwíle just now, Blickl. Homl. 109, 6. Grendel wan hwíle wið Hróðgár Grendel strove for a time with Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 306; B. 152: 211; B. 105. Ða ðe on carcerne hwíle wunedon. Andr.
rand
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rihte heóldon, Byrht. Th. 132, 22; By. 20. v. bord-, calc-, gafol-, geolo-, hilde-, síd-rand
Linked entry: rand-beáh
sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Wulf sang áhóf, 224; El. 112. of sound caused by inanimate things; v.
Linked entry: song
ÆT
AT ⬩ to ⬩ before ⬩ next ⬩ with ⬩ in ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ apud ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ante ⬩ ad ⬩ in ⬩ contra ⬩ Of ⬩ from ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ de ⬩ To ⬩ unto ⬩ as far as ⬩ ad ⬩ usque ⬩ ad
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Leorniaþ æt me learn by coming near me, learn at, of, or from me; discite a me, Mt. Bos. 11, 29. Æt his sylfes múþe at or from his own mouth. Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40. Æt ðam wífe from the woman, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 31; Gen. 717.
Linked entries: æt-eom æt-gebicgan æt-gebrengan æt- æt-swymman
DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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He sceal deáþe sweltan he shall perish by death, L. Alf. 14, 15; Th. i. 48, 3, 7, 8. Ðæt ðú deáþe sweltest that thou shalt perish by death, Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 11; Jul. 125. Deáþe cwylman mortificāre, Ps. Spl. 108, 15.
Linked entry: deóþ
tyhtan
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., is marked by prep, on or tó Ne tyht nán mon his hiéremonna mód ne ne bielt tó gǽstlícum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 18; Swt. 129, 10. Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, Homl. Th. i. 174, 31.
áscian
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R. 7, 25. (1 c) and with person governed by prep. :-- Áhsa þæs æt þám wífe, Lch. ii. 330, 25. with prep. Áhsiað be ealdum dagum, Deut. 4, 32.
Linked entry: áhsian
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Feól tó foldan swurd, ne mihte hé gehealdan méce, By. 166. Þá locu feóllon. Hö. 39.
ge-leornian
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Add: to acquire knowledge of a subject by study, thought, instruction, &c. Ꝥ sé ne durre beón wísdómes láreów óðres mannes, sé þe hine ǽr him sylfum ne geleornað, Gr. D. 12, 27.
ge-sprǽc
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These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either by form or by meaning; where the quantity of the vowel is uncertain it is left unmarked.] speech, talking Gearowyrde on gespræce (-sprece, v.l.) loquella promtus
wǽd
a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress
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Gif dynt sweart sié búton wǽdum if a blow cause a bruise in a part not covered by the clothes, L. Ethb. 59; Th. i. 18, 3. Binnan wǽdum in a part covered by the clothes, 60; Th. i. 18, 5. Ofer wǽda míne super vestem meam, Ps. Spl. 21, 17: Cd.
lang
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Voc. ii. 32, 6. (4 a) with þyncan :-- Tó lang hit him þúhte hwænne hí tógædre gáras béron, By. 66.
wealdan
To have power over ⬩ to control the movements of that which is moved ⬩ to regulate ⬩ wield a weapon ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ to control that which moves itself ⬩ to have control of a person, an emotion ⬩ to govern, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ bear sway ⬩ wield power, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ absolute ⬩ fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ to have power over things ⬩ to possess ⬩ be in possession of ⬩ have at command ⬩ be master of, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ to have power to decide or choose what shall take place ⬩ to determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ have the deciding ⬩ control of matters, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute ⬩ to have power that brings something to pass, ⬩ to cause ⬩ be the cause, author, source of something, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or acc. ⬩ of things, with gen. ⬩ of motives ⬩ to have power to do ⬩ be able
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Ða hwíle ðe hí wǽpna wealdan móston, Byrht. Th. 134, 13; By. 83: 139, 50; By. 272. Wǽpnes wealdan, 136, 48; By. 168. Gif hé his wordcwida wealdan meahte, Exon. Th. 171, 26; Gú. 1132. with dat. or inst.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Gif hé hine ládian wille dó ðæt be ðam deópestan áðe on Engla lage and on Dena lage be ðam ðe heora lagu sí if he will clear himself, let him do it by the most solemn oath in the district under English law; in that under Danish, by what their law may
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú me æt-byst efne rihte si descendĕro in infernum, părĭter ades, Ps. Th. 138, 6. He hæfde eorþan and up-ródor efne gedǽled he had divided the earth and firmament alike, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 16; Exod. 76.
GÁT
A she-GOAT ⬩ capra
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Genim ðæt wæter ðe innan gǽt byþ take the water which is inside a goat, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 10; Lchdm. i. 352, 19. Geoffra me áne þríwintre gát sūme mihi capram trīmam, Gen. 15, 9 : Lev. 3, 12 : 4, 28 : 5. 6.
prica
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.: cf. with the calculations on this page the statement at 242, 7 :-- Dæghwamlíce ðæs mónan leóht byþ weaxende oððe waniende feówer prican. See also Homl. Th. i. 102, 30
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
BLÓD
BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor
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BLOOD, gore; sanguis, cruor Ðæt blód eów byþ to tácne on ðám húsum, ðe ge on beóþ: ðonne ic ðæt blód geseó, ðonne forbúge ic eów erit sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus, in quibus eritis, et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos, Ex. 12, 13: Gen. 4, 10: Jn
Linked entries: deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan blód-hrǽce
beódan
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Mín fæder mé býd, Gen. 50, 5. Ne budþú mé ná ælmessan tó syllanne, Ps. Th. 39, 7. Man beád him út binnan .v. nihlan he was ordered to leave the country within five days, Chr. 1048; P. 177, note l. Man beád þá[m] folce þider, 1052; P. 175, 28.
hwearfian
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H. 9, 23. of the revolution of the seasons Ðú recst þæt geár þurh þæt gewrixle þárafeówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óððer and hwerfiað swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þat þæt hyt ǽr wæs, Solil.