morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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Rush. 19, 18: Lind. 27, 16. Morþur homicidia, 15, 19. mortal sin, great wickedness Wælhreówes árleásta fela, mán and morþor, misdǽda worn (cf. hwilc mán and hwilce ǽrleásnesse Neron weorhte, Fox 58, 2), Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13; Met. 9, 7.
Linked entry: morþ
ge-métan
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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Lind. 12, 43. Ealc ðæra, ðe me gemétt, me ofslyþ omnis qui invĕnĕrit me, occīdet me, Gen. 4, 14. Se ðe gemét hys sáwle, se forspilþ híg qui invĕnit anĭmam suam, perdet illam, Mt. Bos. 10, 39: 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 37, 38, 43.
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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Tóþa grystlung (grisbittung tóðana, Lind.) stridor dentium, Lk. Skt. 13, 28. Tóða gebitt. Homl. Th. i. 126, 20. Tóða geheáw, Cd. Th. 285, 18; Sat. 339. Bútan tóðum suaeder, Txts. 101, 1967.
Linked entry: fóre-téþ
swǽsende
food, victuals, refection ⬩ flatteries, blandishments, fair speech.
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Lind. 22, 4. flatteries, blandishments, fair speech. v. swǽs. ge-swǽsness, swǽslǽcan Swésendum blanditiis Kent. Gl. 212
lang
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Add: of space relations. great in measurement from end to end. of a line, way, journey, &c. Lang and stearc weg itiner Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 36. Rúmre racenteáge, langre línan, Sal. 294. Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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:wurresta, Lind., deterius) byð Jn. Skt. 2, 10. Hé ðæt betere geceás, and ðam wyrsan wiðsóc, Elen. Kmbl. 2078;El. 1040. On ðone wyrsan dǽl scyrede, Exon. Th. 75, 24; Cri. 1226. On ða wyrsan hand, Salm. Kmbl. 998; Sal. 500.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Há him wel (woel, Lind.) andswarode Mk. Skt. 12, 28. Hí nalæs wel dydan non observaverunt pactum Ps. Th. 77, 57: 118, 126. Welan áh in wuldre se nú wel þenceþ Exon. Th. 452, 12; Dóm. 119.
Linked entry: BET
þolian
To thole ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure. ⬩ to suffer what is evil ⬩ punishment ⬩ reproach ⬩ illness ⬩ grief ⬩ to suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ submit to discipline ⬩ treatment ⬩ to suffer a person ⬩ bear with ⬩ tolerate a condition of things ⬩ let come to pass ⬩ to suffer lack or loss of something (gen.), ⬩ to lose what one has ⬩ to fail to get what one desires; ⬩ to forfeit, ⬩ be (wrongfully) deprived of ⬩ To hold out ⬩ exercise endurance ⬩ endure ⬩ not to give in ⬩ to last ⬩ continue to be serviceable
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Th. 3055 B. 1525 to suffer a person, bear with, tolerate a condition of things, let come to pass Swá lange swá ic mid eów beó, swá lange ic eów þolige (ðola,) (Lind.): (ðolo), (Rush.), Mk. Skt. 9, 19. Þolie (ðola), (Lind.): (ðolo), (Rush.), Lk.
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Lind. 10, 21
Linked entry: for-gietan
hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Lind. 10, 16. Ðæt se bealofulla hýneþ heardlíce the baleful one cruelly afflicts it, Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 27; Cri. 260. Hí hýnaþ ða heorde ðe hí sceoldan healdan they ill-treat the flock that they ought to keep, L. I. P. 12;Th. ii. 320, 17: Swt. A.
Linked entry: hénan
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Lind. 16, 15. Hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ it [the pain] will soon be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10. Hé mé nówiht láðes ætýwde ille mihi nil inimicitiarum intulerit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25.
þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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Lind. 12, 29. Ðunar byð hlúdast, Menol. Fox 467; Gn. C. 4. Ðunor cymð of hǽtan and of wǽtan ... seó hǽte and se wǽta winnaþ him betweónan mid egeslícum swége, and ðæt fýr ábyrst ús ðurh lígett ... Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre.
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Lind. 14, 27: metuit Rtl. 125, 25. Onscyniaþ opriant(=aporiant ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 16. Onscunode exorruit, 33, 14.
Linked entries: an-scúnian on-scynian a-scúnian
HWÍL
A WHILE
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Lind. 4, 5. Tó hwíle lǽn momentum, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 47; Wrt. Voc. 21, 36. Bétan tó hwíle to make better for a time, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 348, 21. Tó langre hwíle for a long while, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 22; Gen. 489. Tó litelre hwíle. Homl.
mǽrsian
to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify
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Lind. 1, 45. Ðætte hiá ne mérsades hine ne manifestarent eum, 3, 12. Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hlísan and his naman mǽrsige terminum suum dilatare, est opinionis suæ nomen extendere, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14.
rand
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Hond rond geféng geolwe linde, 5212; B. 2609. Scyldes rond fæste gefégan wið flyge gáres to join together firmly the shield's disk against the flight of javelin, Exon, Th. 297, 11; Crä. 65. Beorhte randas, Beo. Th. 468; B. 231.
Linked entry: rand-beáh
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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(Linc.), and see Halliwell Oft týne oððe twelfe (flotmen) ǽlc æfter óðrum scendaþ and tawiaþ tó bysmore ðæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, ðær hé on lócaþ ðe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne, ǽr ðæt gewurde, Wulfst. 162, 20.
Linked entry: ge-tawian
fylgean
to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time
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Th. i. 288, 30. to follow a track, proceed along a line marked out (lit. or fig.) Þonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe, Bl. H. 75, 13. Ic móste þínum swaðum fyligan, Hml.
hweorfan
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H. 139, 3. where the space through which or into which, or the line along which, motion is directed is given Mægen monna cynnes hweorfað on wídne lég, Cri. 958 : Gú. 784. Hwearf heo bí bence, B. 1188.
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Lind. 1, 28. Lof wíde sprang, miht and mǽrþo, ofer middangeard, þeodnes þegna. Apstls. Kmbl. 13; Ap. 7. Ðǽr wæs Beówulfes mǽrþo mǽned there was celebrated Beowulf's glory. Beo. Th. 1718; B. 857: 1322; B. 659.