weorc-þeów
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Ðá Abimæleh Abrahame his wíf ágeaf, sealde him gangende feoh and weorcþeós ( = -þeówas; cf. (?) Northumbrian forms under þeów : MS. has feos.
wlite-beorht
Of splendid beauty ⬩ beautiful
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Hí him wíc curon, ðǽr him wlitebeorhte wongas geþúhton. Cd. Th. 108, 10; Gen. 1804. Eorþan cyningas monegum and mislícum wǽdum wlitebeorhtum scínaþ, golde gegerede and gimcynnum reges purpura claros nitente, Met. 25, 4. Wlitebeorhte wæstmas, Cd.
wuldor-líc
glorious ⬩ orthodoxus
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Wǽrun wuldurlíce wið ðe ácweðene gloriosa dicta sunt de te, Ps. Th. 86, 2. the word glosses orthodoxus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 54 : ii. 64, 17
ǽniht
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L. 20, 40. as adjective Næfdes ðú mæht wið mec ǽneht ( ullam ), Jn. L. 19, 11. as adverb Ne forstondes ǽniht wífigæ non expedit nubere, Mt. L. 19, 10: Mk. L. 5, 26: Jn. L. 6, 63
draca
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Ðegnas his gifuhton wið ðǽm dræcce ( dracone ) and se dræcca gifæht, Rtl. 70, 21. Hér is cumen án draca þe mé forswelgan sceal . . . Mín heáfod hé hæfð mid his ceaflum befangen, Hml. Th. i. 534, 15.
ege
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Wíf ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora weras lufedan and him ege tó wiston, Bl. H. 185, 23: Wlfst. 220, 27. Add
fore-spreca
an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor
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A. 101, 317. a sponsor Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17. Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8
for-secgan
accuse
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to say ill of a person, accuse (falsely) Sum wer his wíf forsǽde, swá ꝥ heó sceolde hí sceandlíce forlicgan ... Se cniht forsǽde hí bútá. ... 'Hwí woldest þú forsecgan unc unscyldige swá?', Hml. S. 12, 181-198.
ge-hweled
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Hit ðæt gehwelede on ðǽm óðrum geopenað and út forlǽt, ðæt hé wierð ðonon gehǽled doloris fervor vulnere aperto temperatur Past. 275, 5
geolstor
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Swiling wið gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, ii. 2, 3
ge-wife
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt.
hilfe
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Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wið-hæfde ꝥ slege. Hml. S. 31, 154. Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. and add
nett
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ic wéne þeáh ꝥ gé hí ðonne settan úp on dúnum and innon wudum, Bt. 33, 3; F. 118, 11-15. v. feax-, fugol-, sǽ-, wíd(?)-nett
gearo-snotor
Very wise ⬩ valde săpiens
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Very wise; valde săpiens Gidda gearosnotor very wise in songs, Elen. Kmbl. 835; El. 418. Giedda gearosnottor, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 2; Cri. 713
Linked entry: gearu-snottor
fóte
Provided with feet ⬩ footed ⬩ pĕdātus
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Provided with feet, footed; pĕdātus
ge-býgendlíc
Bending ⬩ flexible ⬩ declined with cases
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Bending, flexible, declined with cases
Linked entry: ge-bégendlíc
burg-síta
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Dele, and see burg-wita
friþ-béna
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for reconciliation with the law
-hýdan
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to bind with a rope
-werian
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to make a treaty with