þeów
A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium
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See also L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 18. v. wíte-þeów. Again, the power which one relative had over another was at times exercised to enslave the latter.
hrægl
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Wǽfelsum, hræglum sabanis (in sabanis et sindonibus bajulabantur aegroti, Ald. 49, 18), An. Ox. 3588.
be-healdan
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Seleweard sundornytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, 667. to hold, contain Bihaldne contentus, Mt. p. 10, 15. to have efficacy Ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding búton folces geswinc there was nothing in all this preparation but labour for the people,
ge-nerian
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Blíðe wǽron eorlas . . . aldre generede, Dan. 259. (Goth. ga-nasjan : O. Sax. gi-nerian : O.H.Ger. ge-nerien liberare, reparare, servare, salvum, facore.)
þeóden
the chief of a þeód ⬩ a prince, ⬩ king; ⬩ a great man, ⬩ a lord, ⬩ chief ⬩ to Christ
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Sax. thiodan (used of God and Christ, as also of earthly rulers) Icel. þjóðann (poet.) a king, ruler; a great man
Linked entry: þeód-cyning
óþ-þringan
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Se ðe mid gáres orde óðrum aldor óþþringeþ, Cd. Th. 92, 3; Gen. 1523 : Exon. Th. 330, 11; Vy. 49. Ecghete fǽgum feorh óþþringeþ, 310, 8; Seef. 71. Ðám ic ealdor óþþrong, 272, 17; Jul. 500: Judth. Thw. 24, 12; Jud. 185.
rǽd-gifa
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One who gives counsel, a counsellor, councillor, adviser; mostly of the king's advisers; it also translates consul Rǽdgifa consiliator, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 1. Stígand ðe wæs ðæs cinges rǽdgifa and his handprést, Chr. 1051; Th. i. 317, col. 2.
ge-leahtrian
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Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe hé mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.
hrífe
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Alle ðá ǽttrena and gett ðá rífista feerrǽsenda ǽc nétna sceðende omnia venenata et adne ferociora repentia et animalia noxia, Rtl. 125, 31. [ of things, destructive Ðére vii. niht gyf win[d] byoð, fír byð swýðe rýfe þý geáre si in septima nocte fuerit
Iudéas
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Alle Iúdéas (eal Iúdéa þeód, W. S.) omnis Iudaea, Mt. L. 3, 5. Wǽron Iúdan on miclum geflite, Ors. 6, 10; S. 266, 1. Ðis ys se Hælynd Iúdéa (Iúdéana, L., R.) cyning, Mt. 27, 37: Jn. 2, 13. Manega þára Iúdéa, 11, 19.
yfemest
Upmost, highest, in the highest position or degree
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Ǽresð alra glengea and ymesð scolde scínan gold on his hrægle in sacerdotis habitu ante omnia aurum fulget, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 2
Linked entry: ufera
weoloc
A kind of shell-fish ⬩ a whelk ⬩ cockle ⬩ also the dye obtained from such fish
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A kind of shell-fish, a whelk, cockle; also the dye obtained from such fish Wioloc coccum, Txts. 55, 594. Uulluc, uuluc involucus, 71, 1115. Weoluc Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 56; cochlea, i. 65, 72 Weoloc 281, 50: ii. 16, 29: conquilium, i. 291, 27.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Alf. pol. 38; Th. i. 86, 16. Be ðám monnum ðe heora wǽpna tó monslyhte lǽnaþ. Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne ðæt hé mon mid ofsleá, 19; Th. i. 74, 1-4. Wǽpnes spor a wound, Exon. Th. 280, 2; Jul. 623. Áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, Salm.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
trúwian
To trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to trust to ⬩ to trust something to a person ⬩ to trust to a person for something ⬩ to trust in ⬩ to be confident about, ⬩ to trust in, on, ⬩ to trust that
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P. 3; Th. ii. 364, 17. [ Muȝe we wel trowen al. . . he misfoð,O. E. Homl. i. 67, 209. þu ne wolldesst nohht trowwenn mine wordess,Orm. 214. Wan hii þe troueþ alre best, Laym. 3413 (2nd MS.) Mon þe he wel trowede on,2351.
Linked entry: trúgian
irsung
Anger ⬩ irascibility
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est ira, quæ sub æmulationis specie subripit, alia, quæ turbatum car et sine justitia prætexta confundit.
Linked entry: eorsung
Cynewulf
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ᚹ [wén] is geswíþrad, <b>W</b> [hope] is overpowered, gomen æfter gearum, my joy in my old age, geógoþ is gecyrred youth is turned back ald onmedla. my old pride.
ge-writ
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Voc. i. 46, 63: scriptura, 75, 8. writing. written language Gewrite grammate (facundo grammate, Ald. 195, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 47. Bringað hý Gode on gewrite ealle þæt wé gedóð, Wlfst. 233, 7.
hring
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Ald. 142, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 60. Hí ymb hine gemearcodon ánne hring ( circulum) on þǽre eorðan and héton ꝥ hé mid his fét þone hring ne oferstópe, Gr. D. 196, 27-197, 1: Lch. ii. 112, 1. <b>VI a.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Fram allum mannum hé biþ láð he shall be hated of all men, Lchdm. iii. 162, 19. Se wæs láð Gode, on hete heofoncyninges, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 31; Gen. 647.
éce
Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually ⬩ in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo
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Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually; in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo Hie on friþe lifdon éce mid heora aldor they lived ever in peace with their chief, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 16; Gen. 20.