for-swerian
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Dele first passage, and add: to commit perjury Swerian ne sceal mon þý lǽs mon forswerige non jurare ne forte perjuret, R. Ben. 17, 9. <b>I a.</b> reflex.
ge-gremian
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Se wísa ne wilnað ná tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh hé gegremed sié sapiens laesus in praesens se ulcisci non desiderat, Past. 220, 15. Hé geseah þæt hé wæs bepǽht, and wearð þearle gegremod, Hml.
ge-leánian
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Him ofðyncð ðæt hé hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt hé ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mæge ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, Past. 227, 23
ge-dreog
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Mid ofoste sí becumen; mid gedreóge þeáhhwæðere ꝥ ne gehigeleás méte tender cum festinatione curratur: cum gravitate tamen, ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, 17.
in-fær
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Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ... Gif hé bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige, 95, 4-8. Hí noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ hé infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne, Hml. S. 31, 655.
sáwan
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</b> absolute :-- Ic hrippo ðér ne seáwu ic meto ubi non semino, Mt. L. 35, 26. Sé ðe sáwes ł seáwa (seów, R.) qui seminavit, 13, 39.
á-drúgian
To dry up,
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Ðeáh wé treówu for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón ne mægen for grénnesse ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien tamen non repente in fabrica ponitur lignum, ut prius vitiosa ejus viriditas exsiccetur, Past. 445, 2.
of-stingan
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce
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Ne ofstong Æfner hiene n mid ðý speres orde ac mid hindewerdum ðam sceafte Abner non eum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit. Past. 40, 6; Swt. 297, 10. Sunu gif hé (an ox) ofstinge (gore), L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 50, 2.
Linked entry: of-stician
a-rǽdan
to take counsel ⬩ care for ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ consilium capere ⬩ consulere alicui ⬩ decernere ⬩ definire ⬩ to conjecture ⬩ guess ⬩ prophesy ⬩ interpret ⬩ utter ⬩ conjectare ⬩ divinare ⬩ prophetizare ⬩ interpretari ⬩ eloqui
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Ðá se wísdóm ðis spell arǽd hæfde when wisdom had uttered this speech, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 20, note 8: Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 24; Wand. 5
BYCGAN
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Bige us to ðæs cynges þeówette eme nos in servitudinem regiam, Gen. 47, 19. Bige ða þing eme ea, Jn. Bos. 13, 29. Bycgaþ eów ele emite oleum vobis, Mt. Bos. 25, 9
be-díglian
to conceal, ⬩ to conceal from ⬩ to be concealed ⬩ lie hid
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Add: to conceal, with noun as object Hé ꝥ sóð bedíglað, Hml. A. 148, 104. Bediólað gelt celat commissum, Kent. Gl. 361: 425. Þíne rihtwísnesse ic on mínre heortan ne bedíglode (abscondidi), R. Ben. 11, 7: operui, 28, 20.
ge-namian
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Biscop Grécisc is noma woerces . . . ofer, insceáwre; for ðon biscopas oferinsceawras genomado biðon aepiscopus Graecum est nomen operis . . . epis super, scopus inspector; ideo episcopi superinspectores nominantur, Rtl. 194, 25.
or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Hé furþon orsorh ne brícþ his genihtsumnysse he does not enjoy even his abundance without anxiety, Homl. Th. i. 64, 34.
ge-wuna
A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo
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Is nú geworden to full yfelum gewunan ðæt menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum it has now become the very bad custom for men to be more ashamed of good deeds than of bad ones, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161.
ge-býsgian
To occupy ⬩ busy ⬩ afflict ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ overcome ⬩ agitate ⬩ weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ occupare ⬩ affligere ⬩ turbare ⬩ vexare ⬩ opprimere ⬩ corripere ⬩ conficere
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Ne ðǽr wæter fealleþ lyfte gebýsgad water falls not there, agitated in air, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 26; Ph. 62.
Linked entries: ge-biesgian ge-bisgian ge-býsigan
weorold-líc
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worldly, earthly, temporal, mundane Náuht woruldlíces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11 note. Ne seó eorþe ǽnigre worldlícre frætwednesse onfón wolde, seoþþan hire ða hálgan fét úres Drihtnes on stódan, Blickl. Homl. 127, 3.
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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old, ancient; vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus Ic com nú eald I am now old. Lk. Bos. 1, 18. Eald ǽfensceóp an old evening-bard, Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 21; Rä. 9, 5: Beo. Th. 4426; B. 2210.
Linked entries: ald eald-spræc
hund-seofontig
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Hundseofuntig seofo síða, 18, 7. where a governed or qualified noun is not expressed Heora sprǽc is tódǽled on twá and hundseofontig, Bt. 18, 2; F. 62, 33
COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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Ne costa ðú ðínne Drihten God tempt not the Lord thy God Homl. Blick. 29, 33; Ps. Spl. C.
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Ðes sunderhálga hæfde opene eágan tó ælmesdǽdum, ac hé næfde nǽnne wærscipe ðæt hé ða sóðan eádmódnysse on his weldǽdum geheólde ( he had not the wisdom to observe true humility in his benefactions ), Homl.
Linked entry: wer-scipe