ge-byrd
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H. 161, 23: 167, 18. parentage, lineage Hé wæs of Dauides mǽgðe and wolde andettan mid Marian hire gebyrde, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Tó ǽwisclicum bismer gebyrda ad infame dedecus natalium (i. propinquorum ), Hpt. 507, 10.
ge-cígan
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Habbað eów mid ... swá fela lǽwedra tó þǽm gecýdra ꝥ hié ꝥ hálige gerýne árwurðlíce mid eów bréman mægen, Ll.
hwá
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R. 2, 5. hwá (hwæt) swá Hwæt swá þin hand mæge wyrcan, Gr. D. 327, 26. Swá hwá (hwæt) sé And suá chuæt ðá quamcumque, Mt. L. 18, 19. (4 a) Swá hwá (hwæt) sé þe :-- Suá huá sé ðe wælle quicumque uoluerit. Mk. L. 10, 43.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Ne hýrde ic síþ ne ǽr on égstreáme idese lǽdan mægen fægerre I never heard before or since that a female led on the ocean-stream a fairer power, Elen. Kmbl. 484; El. 242.
on-fón
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Ꝥ ic mæge þínra gebeda onfón, Hml. S. 23 b, 212. Hié wéndon þæt hié máre sculdon onfoon (wéron onfengendo, L. essent accepturi), Mt. R. 20, 10.
MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Hí férdon mid ðý hálgan Cristes mǽle, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 22. Grammar MID, with acc. Ða ( these things ) mid hine brohte, 2, 4; S. 505, 38.
Linked entry: mið
FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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In fæðm fýres into the bosom of the fire, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 16; Dan. 234, Astág mægna gold-hord in fǽmnan fæðm the treasury of might [Christ] descended into a virgin's womb, Exon. 19 b; Th. 49, 19; Cri. 788. that part of the arm on which one leans
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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þan mægen, Th: heánmægen, Grem: mægenhwyrfe, Btwk.] hwyrfe in hǽðendóm they strove earnestly to perform all God's law, and not to be apostate from the Lord of hosts any more than to turn to heathendom, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 22; Dan. 221.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
ge-mót
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. ¶ of the last judgement Mægna cyning on gemót cymeð þrymma mǽste, Cri. 833.
ge-fæstnian
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Geofonhúsa mǽst innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod wið flóde, Gen. 1323. Hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht, Jul. 400.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Wel ðæt wæs gecweden, for ðon ðe se hæfde mægen ofer ealle gesceafta Blickl. Homl. 9, 14. Wel ðú sprecst bona res est, quam vis facere Deut. 1. 14. Wel ðú cwǽde bene dixisti Lk. Skt. 20, 39. Há him wel (woel, Lind.) andswarode Mk. Skt. 12, 28.
Linked entry: BET
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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Betweox teáme gif hwá tó féhþ, and ná furðor teám ne cenþ, ac ágnian wile, ne mæg mon ðæs wyrnan, gif getrýwe gewitnes him tó ágenunge rýmþ, 290, 18.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
wíde
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Woruldcyningas wíde mǽre. Cd. Th. 140, 30; Gen. 2335. His lof secgaþ wíde under wolcnum wera cneórisse, 117, 7 ; Gen. 1950. Is se apostolhád wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda, Apstls. Kmbl. 29 ; Ap. 15. Wíde geond eorðan, Menol.
faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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Substitute: of movement. going, passing Ðǽr manna faru mǽst wæs juxta publicos viarum transitus, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 180, 5. Hit is Godes faru est transitus Domini, Ex. 12, 11: Ps. Spl. 143, 18: Ps. L. 143, 14.
ge-teón
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Ox. 228. to draw together, unite Hé þá twá mǽgða on án folc geteáh mum compaginatae in populum, Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 211, 9. Hé wæs híwcúðlíce tó me geþeóded and getogen familiariter obstrictus, Gr.
þanc
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thought On ðeóstrum ne mæg þances gehygdum ǽnig wíslícu wundur oncnáwan, Ps. Th. 87, 11. Þances gleáw þegn, Andr. Kmbl. 1113; An. 557. Þonces gleáw, Exon. 207, 19; Ph. 144. Þurh gemynda spéd, móde and dǽdum, worde and gewitte, wíse þance, Cd.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Sió is mǽst tó Babilonia byrig, Nar. 33, 17. Ðú bist se ðridda man tó mé on mínum ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 436, 5, 17.
Linked entry: -anne
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Grammar under, adverbial; see also the compound forms given below. where one object has another vertically above it Án treów ðæt mæge .xxx. swína under gestandan a tree so big that thirty swine can stand beneath, L. In. 44; Th. i. 130, 3.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
sceótan
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 19. Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten, Lchdm. iii. 54, 4-7. a. wherethe weapon is the subject Ðá ðone ilcan welegan mon se strǽl sceát, ðæt hé sóna deád wæs, Blickl.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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On hwam mæg man geseón mannes deáþ by what can one foresee a man's death? Salm. Kmbl. 206, 10. On hwan in quo? Ps. Th. 118, 9. Tó hwæm willaþ gé þider faran why will ye go thither? St. And. 6, 18. Tó hwam, Salm. Kmbl. 894; Sal. 446.