un-nytwirðe
Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable
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Unnytwyrþe gewordene hig synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 52, 4
fiþer-hama
plumage
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Genámon twégen englas his sáwle, and fleógende mid hwítum fyðerhaman betμx him ferodon, ii. 334, 7
Linked entries: ge-fiþerhamod feþer-hama
on-gebróht
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Add: that is brought on or against a person Se ongebróhta teóna (contumelia illata) ácunnað húlic gehwilc man byþinnan on his dýgolnysse mid him sylfum, Gr. D. 47, 9. Be ongebróhtum teónan de inrogata calumnia, An. Ox. 4689.
Linked entry: ge-brengan
self-willendlíce
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his
Linked entries: willendlíce self-wendlíce
un-wreón
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Þeáh wé wáce sýn and þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 2. Wé nú magon behýdan and behelian úra dǽda, ac hié bióð þonne opena and unwrigena, Verc. Först. 101, 7. Add
wel-hwilc
Every
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Every Hit (reason) nǽnig hafaþ neát . . . hæfð ða wilnunga welhwilc néten Met. 20, 191. Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde 1753; B. 874.
ge-smeágan
To search ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ scrutari ⬩ cogitare
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To search, examine, consider; scrutari, cogitare Hia gesmeádon miþ him illi cogitabant secum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 31. Gismeáþ wegas úsra scrutemur vias nostras, Rtl. 20, 21. Gismeága excogitare, 170, 5. Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, Ælfc.
níwe
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Hí offrodon . . . þám godum þe hí ne cúðon; níwe cómun þe hira fæderas ne wurðodon, Deut. 32, 17. coming as a resumption or repetition of some previous act or thing On þǽm æfterran gére gelǽrdan Rómána biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne ðonne his wiðermédo his favour is better for us to gain than his hostility, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 20; Gen. 659.
Linked entry: helde
dóm
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Hí rícsiað of hira ágnum dóme, næs of ðæs hiéhstan déman ex se et non ex arbitrio summi rectoris regnant, Past. 27, 16. Sié ꝥ on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, Ll. Th. i. 66, 10. Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25.
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan, ðá hié ðæt ongeáton, ðæt hé leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde; hé hié . . . fréfrede for ðære gelómlícan sorge, Blickl. Homl. 135, 14-23.
Linked entry: sorg
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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Th. 609, 10-18 :-- Æt ǽlcum forðfarenum gildan æt ǽlcum heorþe ǽnne penig tó sáwulsceote, sé hit bonda, sé hit wíf, ðe on ðam gildscipe sindon; and ðat sáwulgesceot sceulon ða canonicas habban, and swilce þénisce dón for hig swilce hig ágon tó dóne
Linked entry: sáwel-gescot
oxan-hirde
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Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde.
þegen
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His þegnaslǽddon him tó ðone eosol, 71, 5: 15, 13. On Sancte Petres naman, Cristes ðegnes, 205, 14. Ðeignas his (his discipuli Ō his þegnas, Rush.) discipuli ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind, 5, 1. Cuédon tó ðeignum his, 9, 11. Ðegnum, 10: Jn. Skt. Lind.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
swǽman
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Ure Louerd ne mei uor reouðe wernen hire, ne sweamen hire heorte mid wernunge, A. R. 330, 11. Þe swemande sorȝe soȝt to his hert, Allit. Pms. 54, 563.
Linked entry: á-swǽman
uppan
upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against
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Ðá wearð Eustatius uppon his horse and his gefeóran uppon heora Eustace got on his horse and his companions on theirs, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 38. Hé bær his tunecan, and áléde uppon ðám twám deádum, Homl. Th. i. 74, 2.
wæscestre
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D. 191, 23 : 192. of a woman Hé wæs lufigende his wæscestran (presbyteram) swá swá his ágne swuster . . . þá þá hine geseah seó his wæscestre, Gr. D. 276, 1-14
lóc
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Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15
bláte
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In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa
eáþ-dǽde
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Easy to do Wæs hit hyre eáðdǽde, Lch. iii. 428, 30