þǽr
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Swíþe earfoþháwe ac hit is ðeáh þára very difficult to see, but still it is there, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 31. thither, to that place Wæs Hæsten þǽr cumen mid his herge, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 16. Ne mæg þǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran, Cd.
Linked entry: þár
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Ðá salde se here áþas ðæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, 878 ; Erl. 80, 17. Ðá woldan hié on écnesse hǽle and trume wið deófla níþum, and wundorlíce deáþ geþrowodan, Blickl. Homl. 171, 30.
æfter
AFTER ⬩ post ⬩ Along ⬩ through ⬩ during ⬩ κατά ⬩ per ⬩ According to ⬩ by means of ⬩ secundum ⬩ propter ⬩ After ⬩ about ⬩ propter ⬩ ob ⬩ de ⬩ After ⬩ above ⬩ according to ⬩ post ⬩ super ⬩ secundum
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Th. 5499 ; B. 2753: Cd. 28; Th. 37, 19; Gen. 592. object,— After, about; propter, ob, de Hæleþ frægn æfter æðelum a chief asked after the heroes, Beo. Th. 670; B. 332. Him æfter deórum men dyrne langaþ he longs secretly after the dear man, Beo.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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IIIa. a. a woman who has been married and lost her husband (by death or divorce) :-- Láf vel forlǽten wíf derelicta, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 46. Wífian on nánre wuduwan, ne on forlǽtenum wífe, L. Ælf. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 16.
Linked entry: BRÝD
lád
excuse
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Hér swutelaþ an (ðissum gewrite) ðæt Godwine hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte and ðæt wæs lád æt Licitfelda in this writing is declared that Godwine has fully cleared himself of the charge in the matter of the woman
Linked entry: ládian
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Hí hí be handum nóman junctis manibus, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 31. to take, catch Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna weolcscylle, 1, 1; S. 473, 17. to contain Nó swá ðæt heó ( the coffin ) ðone líchoman neoman mihte, 4, 11; S. 580, 7. to take (with one
Linked entry: bi-nom
hús
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Ic mé her getimbre hús, Gú. 222. Húsa sélest, B. 146. Hié eft hwyrfende wǽron tó heora húsum, Bl. H. 207, 31. Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, þonne hús (. domos) . . . eów eallum ic wyrce (fabrico ) ?, Coll. M. 31, 11.
hwǽr
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L. 11, 32. with verb of motion Nán mon nyste hwǽr hé cóm, ac fóran hwærfigiende geond ꝥ wésten, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 19. with indefinite force Wé niton þeáh gé wunion hér on neáwiste hwǽr, Jos. 9, 7.
losian
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Ðá árleásan magon nǽfre ætwindan ðám écum wítum áhwǽr, 16, 89. of inanimate things, to decay, be destroyed, come to nothing Hér of heáfde iúero ne losað (non peribit), Lk. L. 21, 18. Mett sé ðe losað ( perit ), Jn. L. 6, 27. Ðá bytto losas, Mt.
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, Lchdm. i. 398, 2. Hé ða weaxendan wende eorðan on sealtne mersc terram fructiferam in salsuginem, Ps.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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B, note 57] forbeódan, ðæt he ne móte into his cotan gelogian ðæt ðæt he wille no wife may forbid her husband, that he may not put into his cot what he will, L. Cnut. pol. 74; Wilk. 145, 41; Th. i. 418, 23-25; Schmd. 312, 76, § I.
Linked entry: bonda
sécan
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Hié micle fierd gegadrodon and ðone here sóhton æt Eoforwícceastre, 867; Erl. 72, 13. Ða ðe míne fýnd wǽron, and míne sáwle sóhton mid níðe, Ps. Th. 69, 2: 85, 13: Mt. Kmbl. 2, 20.
tó
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See tó-middes, II. marking purpose; see also Hié tó ðæs here samnodon, Andr.
Linked entry: -anne
wesan
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Gód is ús hér tó wossanne, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 5. Wosanne (wosane, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33: Mk. Skt.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
sweord
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Hér synt twá swurd (sweord, MS. A.: suordas, Lind.: sworde, Rush.) ecce gladii duo, Lk. Skt. 22, 38. Sweorda gelác the play of swords, battle, Beo. Th. 2084; B. 1040.
Linked entry: swyrd
tó-weorpan
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Ne bið hér lǽfed stán uppan stáne ðe ne beó tóworpen, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 2: Mk. Skt. 13, a. Wearð Tirus seó mǽre burg eall tóworpenu Tyrus excisa est, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 28, Æfter tóworpenum templan post deruta sacella, Hpt.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
ge-mǽre
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Hér Ósréd Norðanhymbra cining wærð ofslagen be-súðan gemǽre (in Mercia], Chr. 716; P. 43, 9. (For the construction in these passages, cf. : Náðer be-norðan mearce, ne be-súðan, Ll.
ge-witnes
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Ic hér on sóðre gewitnesse stande . . . swá ic mid mínum égum oferseah and mínum eárum oferhýrde ꝥ ꝥ ic him mid sæcge, 180, 28: 276, 33. Nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde, 274, 17.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Hi sǽdon, and on wedde sealdon, hwæt hý hyre syllan woldon they stated what they would give her, and engaged to pay it, Homl. Ass. 196, 24. God behét ús wedd Deus pepigit nobiscum foedus, Deut. 5, 2.
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Azarias Dryhten herede, wís in weorcum, Exon. Th. 185, 7; Az. 4. Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán, ðonne hé forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24. Se wísa spræc sunu Healfdenes Beo. Th. 3401; B. 1698.