ge-beorgan
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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.
ge-wyrht
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Th. i. 80, 19.
feorh-scyldig
Life-guilty ⬩ liable in one's life ⬩ vitæ reus ⬩ morte dignus
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Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life, vii. 13, 15; Th. i. 332, 8, 14
þilian
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(The section is headed: Ðis is ðære bricge geweorc on Hróuecæstre.)
Linked entry: þylian
hearra
A lord
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The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable.
Linked entry: herra
smúgan
To creep, crawl, move gradually
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Homl. i. 153, 22, 32. Smuȝð, smuhgð digeliche ii. 191, 7, 15, 17. ]
híran
to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told
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Nǽfre wé hýrdon hæleð ǽnigne þyslic cýðan, El. 538. with infin. only, to hear say: Ic hiérde secgan þæt. . . Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 18. Hýrde, B. 582: Reb. I. þone ic Andreas nemnan hérde, An. 1178.
feran
to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived
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Þú mihtest þé féran betwyx þám tunglum, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 10. with road by which motion is effected in dat. or inst. : Ic þǽm wegum férde, Nar. 6, 28. Férdon wé forð þý wege þe wé ǽr ongunnon, 8, 18.
trifulung
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Grinding, pounding, threshing In trifelunge in tritiira, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 21
snás
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In snásum (printed fnásum) in veribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 24. Add
eft
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Swá hit eft be eów Esaias mǽlde so, again, Isaiah said it of you, El. 350. ¶ In the Northern glosses the prefix re- in many Latin verbs is rendered by eft, but the English word is separable; cf. eft tó cerranne reuerti, Lk. R. L. 19, 12
swǽs
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(one's) own; proprius. v. swǽslice, Ðæt selegescot ðæt ic mé swǽs on ðé gehálgode the tabernacle that I hallowed me as my own in thee Exon.
ge-timbran
to make of wood ⬩ to build ⬩ to build up ⬩ construct ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ construĕre ⬩ exstruĕre ⬩ to build up the mind ⬩ instruct ⬩ edify ⬩ instruĕre
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Ic getimbre hús I will build a house, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 9; Gú. 221. Ic getimbrie, Mk. Bos. 14, 58. Ofer ðisne stán ic getimbrige míne cyrcan over this stone I will build my church, Homl. Th. ii. 390, 2, 10, 11, 12.
stefning
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(In E.
rád-stefn
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Perhaps an instance of such service is given in the following Án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnódes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges . . . and Tofig Prúda cóm ðǽr on ðæs cinges ǽrende, C. D. iv. 54, 8-13
regn
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Ðá sægde se bisceop ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme arbores . . . cum dicerem frequentibus imbribus in tantum creuisse, acerdos affirmabat nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 2-5. Hrægnas pluuias, Ps. L. 104, 32. Add
be-þweán
To wet, bedew, wash ⬩ rigare
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To wet, bedew, wash; rigare Mid mínum teárum strecednysse míne oððe míne beddinge ic beþweá oððe ic gelecce lacrimis nleis stratum meum rigabo, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7
stéda
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Ic geann Ælfsige bisceope . . . ánes blacan (blácan?) stédan . . . and ic geann Ælmǽre ánes fágan stédan, Cht. E. 226, 10-24. Add
wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Voc. ii. 66, 28. Wæs se wer in wísdóme (scientia) gewrita wel gelǽred, Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 33. Hé wísdóm háligra gewrita from hím nom, 4, 27; S. 603, 40. Philosophus is se ðe lufaþ wísdóm: of ðam is philosopher ic smeáge embe wísdóm, Ælfc.
gift
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Voc. ii. 43, 13