sceáþ
A sheath
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Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii reconduntur in vaginas, Prud. 72 a. Brugdon scealcas of sceáþum scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230. Scǽþum, Cd. Th. 120, 9; Gen. 1992. Hé áwende his swurd intó ðære sceáþe, Homl.
Linked entry: scéþ
á-dún
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Hí lédon heora wǽpna ádúne, Hml. S. 29, 171. Clif áscoren rihte ádúne, 31, 316. Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R.
hleór-beran
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Eofor lic scionon [o]fer hleor beran gehroden golde fat [and] fyr heard feth wearde heold. Beo. Th. 612-6; B. 303-5. Grein and Heyne take hleor beran as a compound, the former explaining 'was auf dem Gesicht getragen wird, Helmvisier?
Linked entry: hliét
hnesc-ness
Softness, ⬩ delicacy, ⬩ gentleness, ⬩ weakness
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Gif þurh his hnescnysse seó heord forwurþ if through his want of vigour the flock perish, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 22
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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On ðá healfe þe heó scínð, þǽr byð dæg, and on þá healfe þe heó ne scínð, ðǽr byð niht. Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, Lch. iii. 234, 25-28. An bá halbae (halbe, halfe, v. ll.) altrinsecus, Txts. 38, 51.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Yrre is ðære sáwle forgifen tó ðý ðæt heó yrsige ongeán leahtres anger is given to the soul that it may be angry against vice, Homl. Skt. 1, 104. Ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall that with which rightly it must be angry, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293. 13.
Linked entry: eornigende
ge-girela
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Heó him æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan ( omnem indumentum ) þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 35.
Linked entry: ge-gerela
un-wemme
spotless ⬩ without blemish ⬩ without defect ⬩ uninjured ⬩ uninjured ⬩ inviolate ⬩ undefiled ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate ⬩ perfect ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate
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Heó lufode ðone Hǽlend ðe hí heóld unwemme, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 18: Exon. Th. 19, 13; Cri. 300. Uuwemme immunes, incontaminati, Hpt. Gl. 447, 43.
werian
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Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, weredon mid ðý wealde, Cd. Th. 52, 19; Gen. 846. Hwæt sindon gé searohæbbendra byrnum werede, Beo. Th. 481; B. 238: 5052; B. 2529. Hí lifgaþ á leóhte werede, Exon.
hrepian
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Add: to touch with the hand, come in contact with Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán, Mt. 9, 20) þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13.
lǽs
A pasture ⬩ leasow
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Mid heora fæder heordum on lǽsum in pascendis gregibus patris, Gen. 37, 12
leornung
Learning ⬩ study ⬩ meditation ⬩ reading
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On smeáwunge and on leornunge háligra gewrita ... ðonne hí on heora leornunge wǽron and heora béc rǽddon and beeodan meditationi scripturarum ... cum illi intus lectioni vacabant, 4, 3; S. 567, 29-34.
ge-werian
to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre
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Kmbl. ii. 300, 10. to associate with for the cause of defence, to make a treaty with; assŏciāre defensiōnis causa, jungere fœdĕre Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ðæt hí geweredon wið him, and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið Bryttas heora gefaran non multo post juncto
ge-sceótan
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Heora ǽlcum gesceát án pund goldes, ii. 494, 5. Weald þeáh eówer eard ús gesceóte ( nobis scrte debelur), Jos. 9, 7
ge-uferian
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Ox. 931. to put off, defer Oft ðá ðwyran déman for heora gítsungae þone dóm geuferiað and ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 41. Wæs þæs cnihtes deáð twá niht geuferod ofer ꝥ per biduum mors eius dilata est, Gr.
lencten
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Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast, and eft on lencten óþru leáf sellest, Bt. 4; F. 8, 7. Lengten, 39, 13 ; F. 234, 18. Lent (with this sense the word seems neuter, taking the gender of fæsten ?)
ge-sund
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</b> in valedictory expressions :-- Heó rǽhte hire handa him tó and hét hine gesund faran ( she bade him farewell), Ap. Th. 27, 2. Farað nú gesunde and gesǽlige becumað. Hml. S. 6, 89. Hé háteð hý gesunde faran, Cri. 1342
hyldu
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P. ii. 282) uppon heora bróðer, Chr. 1095; P. 230, 18.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Swá swá heó on dæg déþ bufan úrum heáfdum as by day it does above our heads, Lchdm, iii. 234, 25. Ðone stán ðeæt his heáfdum læg the stone that lay at his head, Past. 16, 3; Swt. 101, 16.
FEORM
food ⬩ provision ⬩ goods ⬩ substance ⬩ victus ⬩ substantia ⬩ bŏna ⬩ an entertaining ⬩ entertainment ⬩ feast ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas ⬩ convīvium ⬩ cœna ⬩ a place where provisions are kept ⬩ provision-quarters of an army ⬩ victus stătio ⬩ use ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ enjoyment ⬩ ūsus ⬩ fructus
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Hat.] ðata bóca wiston, forðæmðe hie heora nán wuht ongietan ne meahton they got very little benefit from the books, because they could not understand anything of them, Past. pref; Cot. MS