hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
Entry preview:
In quattuor locis, id est, æt hearge . . . and æt geddincggum, 282, 17. an idol Wæs gesewen átífred ealle ðá heargas (idola) . . . sió gítsung ðe Sc̃s Paulus cuæð ðæt wǽre hearga (idolorum) geféra, Past. 157, 4-6. Hergas ðeóda simulacra gentium Ps.
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
Entry preview:
Ger. hliodar, and add: a sound, noise Ongan þǽr beón gehýred swýþe mycel swég and hleóðor swylce þǽr wǽre sum mycel mænigo in gangende coepit quasi cujusdam magnae multitudinis ingredientis sonitus audiri Gr. D. 284, 24.
open-líce
Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large
Entry preview:
Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton (they publicly decreed) ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 3. Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte, 219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15.
innoþ
Entry preview:
Ox. 2446. a gut, an entrail Se wǽta ðára innoða humor viscerum, Past. 73, 9. Hé þǽre módor innoþas áweahte ipse viscera matris exsuscitat, Bl. H. 167, 6
ge-wunian
to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont
Entry preview:
Ðes hálga wer wæs gewunod ðæt he wolde gán on niht to sǽ this holy man was accustomed to go at night to the sea, Homl. Th. ii. 138, 3. His mód to ðám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs his mind was accustomed to worldly prosperity, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 2
nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
Entry preview:
Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina, Bd, 4, 23; S. 595, 36. Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne ( virgo vestalis ), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31.
Linked entry: non
raðe
Entry preview:
Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga ( at the earliest ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13. Swá ðæt cild raðost ǽnig þing specan mǽge as soon as ever the child can speak, Wulfst. 39, 8.
strǽt
Entry preview:
Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159 ; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt ; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30. On ða sealtstrǽt; andlang strǽt, 82, 26. Foldweg, cúþe strǽte, Beo. Th. 3272 ; B. 1634.
Linked entry: strét
hwǽte
Entry preview:
Wæs hwǽtes wana tríticum deerat, Gr. D. 145, 9. Seó earc wæs hwǽtes full ( frumento plena ), 158, 14. Ꝥ hé him hwǽtes ( tritici ) gemet sylle, Lk. 12, 42. Hund mittena hwǽtes, 16, 7: Ap. Th. 10, 2. Hí þone hwǽte úp bǽron, 5.
ǽr
before a certain time or circumstance ⬩ before the proper time ⬩ ago
Entry preview:
Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36
Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt
gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
Entry preview:
Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
Entry preview:
Hé wæs him onsittende ðæt hine sum man gecneówe, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 494
á-sparian
To spare ⬩ keep
Entry preview:
To spare,keep Se Godes wer nolde ꝥ þǽr wǽre áht tó láfe in þám mynstre, ꝥ ǽnig man cweþan mihte ꝥ hit wǽre þurh unhýrsumnysse ásparod ne in cella aliquid per inobedientiam remaneret, Gr. D. 159, 24
scip-brucol
Entry preview:
Causing shipwreck Scypbrucules wæles nauifragi gurgitis, Germ. 401, 9
eges líc
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
Entry preview:
Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra one of them was more dreadful than the others, Bd. 5, 13; S. 033, 3. Daga egeslícast most terrible of days, Exon. 23a; Th. 63, 20; Cri. 1022
neósian
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry or inspection ⬩ to inspect ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to visit with calamity, disease
Entry preview:
Th. 230; B. 115. to seek, visit a place Wæs his gewuna ðæt Norþanhymbra mǽgþe sóhte and neósode solebat Nordanhymbrorum provincian revisere, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 7. Gewiton him wígend wíca neósian, Frysland geseón, Beo.
ge-wuna
A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo
Entry preview:
Wæs his gewuna ðæt he sægde referre erat solitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 42. Ðǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce ðæt ... the people there were accustomed to..., Blickl. Homl. 209, 6. Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20.
sester
Entry preview:
Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
Entry preview:
Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14. God unásecgendlícere mildheortnesse Deus inestimabilis misericordie, Anglia xi. 112, 1.
búr
Entry preview:
Th. 2, 1, 8.Eóde hé intó dám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, 22, 17. Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30