fyrn
Formerly ⬩ long ago ⬩ of old ⬩ ōlim ⬩ prīdem ⬩ antīquĭtus
Entry preview:
Formerly, long ago, of old; ōlim, prīdem, antīquĭtus Hú mæg ic ðæt findan ðæt swá fyrn gewearþ how can I find that which happened so long ago? Elen. Kmbl. 1261; El. 632: 1279; El. 641.
irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
Entry preview:
Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died
sele
Entry preview:
Winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde óþ ðæt óðer com geár in geardas swá nú gyt déþ ða ðe sele (= sǽle ?)
searu-gim
Entry preview:
His égan scinan swá searagyrn, Nar. 43, 15. Searogemme unio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 34. Meregrota oððe gymmas (saragimmas, MS. V.) margaritae, Nar. 37, 29. Stán, searo*-*gimma nán (ǽlces cynnes gimmas ne . . ., Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144. 31), Met. 21, 21: Beo.
ge-nyrwian
To make narrow, compress, oppress
Entry preview:
Swá genyrwod so narrowed, Btwk. Scrd. 21, 5. Hearde genyrwad hardly constrained, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 6; Cri. 364
Linked entries: nirwan ge-nearwian ge-nerwde ge-nierede ge-nirwed
weorold-wísdóm
Entry preview:
Ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heora lár oferstáh ealne woruldwisdóm, 576, 30. Ða seofon cræftas on ðám beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, Shrn. 152, 12
ágnung
Entry preview:
Swá wé cwǽdon be þǽre ágnunge ꝥ ylce, Ll. Th. i. 158, 18. <b>II a.</b> proof of ownership :-- Gewritrǽden vel ágnung cyrographum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 70.
ge-lástfull
Entry preview:
Þá Olimpias þæt geáscade, þæt þæs folces wæs swá fela tó him gecirred, þá ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástful beón, ac hió fleáh tó ðǽm fæstenne audito aduentu Cassandri, Olympias, diffisa Macedonibus, in urbem concedit, Ors. 3, 11;
ge-stihtung
Entry preview:
Ðæt wille ic gecýþan, þæt þá rícu of nánes monnes mihtum swá gecræftgode ne wurdou, ne for nánre wyrde, buton from Godes gestihtunge ut omnia haec Dei judiciis disposita, non autem humanis viribus, aut incertis casibus accidisse perdoceam, Ors. 2, l ;
ge-tilian
Entry preview:
Add: to gain, get by labour Ic geann ðæs landes ... mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod bið I grant the land ... with all the produce got from its cultivation, C. D. iii. 294, 8. Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt hé mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml.
of-hreósan
Entry preview:
Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce, swá ꝥ his menn þǽr lágon ofhrorene, 25, 843
tó-sleán
Entry preview:
Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticcu ... his fóstormodor gemétte hit swá tóslagen (-sleg-, v.l. ), 97, 9. Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24
yfel-sacian
Entry preview:
Hé lange ǽr wæs yfelsaciende, and swá þeáh lifde gesund blasphemus vixerat , Gr. D. 289, 27
wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
Entry preview:
Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.
Linked entry: wænys
wadung
Going ⬩ travelling
Entry preview:
Cf. also: Sind manega mid swá miclum gedwylde befangene, ðæt hí cépaþ be ðam mónan heora fær, Homl. Th. i. 100, 23) Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102
wend
a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case
Entry preview:
Gif hit gebirie ðæt Alhmund swá ða freóndréddene healdan nolde, oððe hine mon oferricte ðæt hé ne móste londes wyrðe beón, oððe þridda wend, gif him ǽr his ende gesǽlde Chart. Th. 141, 13
tó-sciftan
To divide for the purpose of distribution, ⬩ to divide and distribute
Entry preview:
To divide for the purpose of distribution, to divide and distribute Se cyng intó Wealan férde and his fyrde tóscyfte divided the force that the parts of it might take different routes, and ðæt land eall þurhfór, swá ðæt seó fyrd eall tógædere com tó
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
Entry preview:
Hé ealle Assirie on Persa anwald gedyde, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 3. expressing hostile action, against Hé wonn on Sciððie, 2, 5; Swt. 78, 8, Ðá gelǽdde hé here on Peohtas Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 19. Ne dó ús swá swá wé dydon on ðisne ælþeódigan, St.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
land-ríce
A territory ⬩ region ⬩ estate
Entry preview:
Hé ðágiet lytel landríce hæfde búton ðære byrig ánre he had as yet little territory except the town only, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 14.
blóstma
Entry preview:
Swé swé blóstme (flos) londes, Ps. Srt. 102, 15. Swylce blóstme quasi flos, Scint. 70, 3. Wín*-*treówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12. Blóstman ligustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5.