GEARO
YARE ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ complete ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ perfectus
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Ðæt hý grim helle fýr gearo to wite seóþ that they shall see hell's grim fire ready for punishment, 26 b; Th. 78, 7; Cri. 1270. Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon the warriors ready [or equipped] stept on the prow, Beo. Th. 428; B. 211 : Ps.
Linked entries: án-wíg-gearo gare gearu gearuwe
un-gewiss
uncertainty ⬩ ignorance ⬩ unconsciousness ⬩ in ignorance ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ unconsciously ⬩ unwittingly ⬩ what is uncertain or unknown ⬩ incertum ⬩ ignominia
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both the terrors of the sea and the deserts with their wild beasts and the languages of nations to seek him and get peace, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 24.
hǽr
Hair, a hair
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Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35. Wið wiðerweard hǽr onweg tó ádónne for contrarious hairs, to remove them, Lchdm. i. 362, 8.
Linked entry: hér
Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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kingdom of the West Saxons, and Ethelbert to the kingdom of Kent, and to the kingdom of the East Saxons, and to Surrey, and to the kingdom of the South Saxons, Chr. 855; Th. 129, 16-22, col. 1.
Linked entry: Berhte
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Hí wurdon gehwyrfede to deórwurþum gimmum they were turned to precious gems, Homl. Th. i. 64, 5. used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc. [cf.
godcundlíce
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Hé wæs godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) gefultumod, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 2. in respect to religion or to the church, ecclesiastically Ne sín ealle circan ná gelícre mǽðe worldlíce wyrðe, þeáh hí godcundlíce habban hálgunge gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 340, 27: 360, 17
tulge
Strongly ⬩ firmly
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the day of the joy of the Lord, Anglia x. 145, 160.
Linked entry: tylg
útera
Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man
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Þeáh hé mé ðara úterrena gewinna gefreóde, þeáh winnaþ wið mé ða inran unrihtlustas, Ps. Th. 15, 7: Past. 18; Swt. 139, 23. Ðara úterra weorca, Swt. 127, 12: 141, 8.
Linked entry: ýtera
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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knit the sand together (?)
Linked entry: spornan
æt-wítan
To reproach ⬩ blame ⬩ upbraid ⬩ imputare ⬩ improperare ⬩ exprobrare
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Siððan Gúþláf and ósláf ætwiton weána dǽl since Guthlaf and Oslaf reproached him for a part of their woes. Beo. Th. 2304; B. 1150: Ps. Th. 88, 44: 73, 17: Ps. Spl. 31, 2
Linked entry: ed-wítan
afor
Vehement ⬩ dire ⬩ hateful ⬩ rough ⬩ austere ⬩ vehemens ⬩ atrox ⬩ odiosus ⬩ asper ⬩ austerus ⬩ acerbus
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Afrum onfengum with their dire attempts, Exon. 403; Th. 133, 15; Gú. 490. Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy, Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11
a-weg
AWAY ⬩ out ⬩ auferendi vim habet
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Ge drehnigeaþ ðone gnæt aweg ye strain the gnat out; excolantes [ex out, colare to filter, strain ] culicem, Mt. Bos. 23, 24. He hí raðe aweg aþýwde he quickly drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28 : Ps. Th. 77, 57
Linked entry: aweg-weorpan
deófol-seóc
Devil-sick, possessed with a devil ⬩ dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus
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Hí ða ofsettan deófolseócan forléton they forsook the possessed demoniacs, Homl. Th. i. 64, 26
Linked entry: feónd-seóc
lane
A lane
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Ðínne líchoman geond ðisse ceastre lanan hié tóstenceaþ thy body shall they scatter through the streets of this city, Blickl. Homl. 237, 5: 241, 21, 25
nǽtan
To trample upon ⬩ crush ⬩ subdue
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To trample upon, crush, subdue Oft ic cwice bærne nǽte mid níþe oft the living I burn, painfully oppress them, Exon. Th. 389, 7; Rä. 7. 4.
un-bleoh
Not coloured ⬩ clear ⬩ bright ⬩ splendid
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Hwæt mæg beón heardes hér on lífe wið ðam ðú móte gemang ðam werode eardian unbleoh on écnesse (but there is no corresponding word in the Latin, which is: Quid durum saeclo consetur in isto, utque illas inter liceat habitare cohortes?), Dóm. L. 302
norþ-dǽl
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Hú wæs þes middaneard tódǽled æfter þám flóde ? Sem . . . þone eástdǽl middaneardes þe is geháten Asia . . . Cham þone súðdǽl. . . Affrica, . . . Iafeth . . . norðdǽl . . . Europa, Angl. vii. 40, 375.
sweorfan
To rub, scour, file ⬩ to turn (aside) ⬩ to no side, ⬩ to wander, rove ⬩ to move, go ⬩ to wipe out ⬩ delere ⬩ to wipe ⬩ to wipe ⬩ tergere, extergere, siccare ⬩ to file
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Corfen sworfen cut and scoured (of the preparation of a wine-vat), Exon. Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2. Cpds. with for, omitted in their place, are added here:?
Linked entries: a-sweorfan ge-sweorfan for-sweorfan
sib-ræden
Affinity ⬩ relationship
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Affinity, relationship þes ilce Willelm hæfde ǽror numen ðes eorles dohter of Angeow tó wífe oc hí wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibréden. Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 21. The king him let uor sibrede todele fram is wif, R. Glouc. 492, 9.
ge-wenge
The cheek ⬩ maxilla
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The cheek; maxilla And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge et qui to percutit in maxillam, Lk. Bos. 6, 29; and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc.