híwan
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Hí(g)na ealdor the head of a household: Gemétte hé þǽr fǽmnan wæs nift þæs hína ealdres (patris familias), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 231, 11.
in-segel
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Unýðe þé wæs þæt þú hit eall ne mihtest mid inseglum beclýsan, Wlfst. 259, 20. Bóc mid seofon inseglum (sigillis) geinseglode ... þá bóc untýnan and hire inseglu tóbrecan, Gr. D. 332, 22-24.
nemnan
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</b> to mention the name of a person, mention by name :-- Se Hǽlend spræc be ðám rícan, 'Sum ríce man wæs.' Eft be ðám wǽdlan, 'Sum ðearfa wæs geháten Lazarus' . . . Ne nemde se Hǽlend þone welegan, ac ðone wǽdlan, 6. <b>IV b.
of-áxian
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Hé hæfde ofáxod æt óðrum mannum ǽr ꝥ hé wæs Iúdéisca dixerat eis se esse Iudaeum, 96, 139
git
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Wæs þára manna þe þǽr ofslegene wǽron . . . and þá hí gýt genáman þæs folces . . ., Bl. H. 79, 20. Hé þá giet þriddan síþe wæs wilniende . . ., Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 7: 3, 9; S. 126, 9. Þá git him wǽges weard wið þingode, An. 632.
tunge
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Add: v. hræc-, wǽge-tunge
þegen
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Wé sǽdon, ðæt hé wǽre ryhtwísra ðá ðá hé ðeng wæs ðonne hé wǽre siððan hé kyning wæs. Ðá ðá hé ðegn wæs hé his feónd ne dorste ofsleán David rectior fuit in servitio, quam cum pervenit ad regnum.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
ge-drencan
To drench ⬩ drown ⬩ submergere ⬩ demergere
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To drench, drown; submergere, demergere Se wǽg gedrencte [-drecte MS.] dugoþ Egypta the wave drowned the army of the Egyptians, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 16; Exod. 500. Deáþe gedrenced drenched with death, 144; Th. 179, 25; Exod. 34.
FEOR
FAR ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe ⬩ beyond ⬩ moreover ⬩ ultra ⬩ porro
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Ðá gyt ðá he wæs feor his fæder, he hyne geseah when he was yet far from his father, he saw him, Lk. Bos. 15, 20. Nóht feor úrum mynstre non longe a monastērio nostro, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 5: Cd. 50; Th. 63, 28; Gen. 1039.
swecc
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a taste, flavour, savour Ðæs ( the manna's) swæc (gustus ) wæs swilce smedema mid hunige, Ex. 16, 31: Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 1. Swæcces nectaris, saporis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 26. Búton swæcce ( sapore ) sealtes. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 15.
clǽne
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Mid claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde, Txts. 175, 5. of land, free from hurtful growth, clear Ðone æcer ðe wæs mid ðornum áswógen . . . ðone æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande ( terram quae nullas spinas habuit ), Past. 411, 19.
georn
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Wæs þǽre wífgifta guma georn on móde, Jul. 39. Ic wæs symles willan þínes georn on móde I was ever eager in my heart to do thy will, An. 66: Gú. 839: El. 268. of that which is to be got Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 12.
ge-uferian
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Mardochéus micclum wæs gewurðod and swíðe geuferod sublimitas qua exaltavit Mardochaeum scripta est, 321. Geufered fretus (sceptris imperialibus ), An. Ox. 398.
HEBBAN
To HEAVE, lift up, raise ⬩ levare, extollere
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Hé wæs upp hafen engla fæðmum he was lifted up in angels' bosoms, Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 5; Cri. 651: 756; Th. 284, 7; Jul. 693. Wæs wóp hæfen then was a cry raised, Andr. Kmbl. 2311; An. 1157: Beo. Th. 6038; B. 3023
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906. Ðære tíde ys neáh geþrungen it is close upon the time, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 31; Jud. 287: Cd 116; Th. 151, 15; Gen. 2509.
Linked entry: folc-geþrang
læssa
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Nó þæt lǽsest wæs hondgemóta, B. 2354. <b>IV a.
tíd
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Th. i. 180, 2. (2 c) an age :-- Þreó tída sind on ðysre worulde; án is seó ðe wæs bútan ǽ, óðer is seó ðe wæs under ǽ, seó ðridde is nú æfter Cristes tócyme, Homl.
Linked entry: týd
ráp
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Add: v. æfter-, fót-, wǽde-ráp
ymb
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Heó wæs bysig ymbe ánum ðinge, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 33. Hé férde swá swá his gewuna wæs ymbe geleáffulre bodunge ( for the purpose of preaching the faith . Cf. Quadam die cum praedicaturus juxta consuetudinem suam populis de monasterio exiret, Vit.
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. with gen. :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena, Bl. H. 37, 9. Hí wiðinnan ǽmtige wǽron ðæs gódan ingehýdes, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 7. with fram :-- Hé wæs ǽmtig fram ðám incundan andgite, Hml. Th. ii. 556, 1.