grétan
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weoþobán, and eft ymb lytel þá gesculdru ꝥ sár grét, Lch. ii. 258, 6.
hwæðer
Whether
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Hwæðer cweþe wé ðe úre ðe ðæra engla shall we say ours or the angels? Homl. Th. i. 220, 20. Cwyst ðú hwæðer ic hyt sí numquid ego sum? Mt.
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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, Cd. 220; Th. 283, 5; Sat. 300. Sincgim locen the jewel fastened in its setting, Elen. Kmbl. 528; El. 264.
Linked entry: lýcþ
ge-bétan
to make better ⬩ improve ⬩ mend ⬩ amend ⬩ repair ⬩ emendāre ⬩ repărāre ⬩ to make strong ⬩ fortify ⬩ surround with a wall ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ munīre ⬩ mūrāre ⬩ to make amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ 'bót' for ⬩ repent ⬩ to obtain a remedy against ⬩ to get 'bót' from ⬩ avenge
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Lind. 10, 13. to obtain a remedy against, to get 'bót' from, avenge Ðú wille cweðan ðæt ða welgan habban mid hwam hí mǽgen ðæt [hunger, thirst, cold] gebétan you will say that the rich have wherewith they can remedy that, Boeth. 26, 2; Fox 92, 37.
wíd-gil
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Ða wídgillan sǽ, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24. Ofer ðæt wídgille wésten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 40: Jos. 11, 16.
wit
We two
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Th. 290, 6; Sat. 411
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Skt. ii. 26, 206. of things, mad, raging, furious Heom on becom swiðe hreóh weder, and seó wóde sǽ and se stranga wind hí on ðæt land áwearp, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23. Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60.
wund
Wounded
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Se wyrm swefeþ sáre wund, Beo. Th. 5485; B. 2746: Apstls. Kmbl. 121; Ap. 61. Gewát him wund hæleð gangan, Fins. Th. 86; Fin. 43. Geddung ðæs wundes parabolam vulnerati, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 19. Wundum dryhtne, heaðosiócum, Beo.
á-bǽdan
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the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478
ge-nip
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Tír á byð on færelde ofer nihta genipu, Rún. 17. (1 a) of the darkness to which the sun seems to sink Færeð sunne in þæt wonne genip under waetra geþring, Sch. 79. of a place without light In þissum neowlan genipe ( Hell ), Sat. 102.
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Mé on beáme beornas sticedon gárum, Sat. 511. either (2) or (3) Daroð sceal on handa, gár golde fáh, Gn. C. 22. Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.
CLYPIAN
To make a vocal sound ⬩ speak ⬩ speak aloud ⬩ to cry out ⬩ call ⬩ say ⬩ loqui ⬩ clamare ⬩ vocare ⬩ dicere
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To make a vocal sound, speak, speak aloud, to cry out, call, say loqui, clamare, vocare, dicere He ongan clypian cæpit clamare Mk. Bos. 10, 47. Ne corn ic rihtwíse clypian I came not to call the righteous Lk. Bos. 5, 32: 19, 15.
tilþ
labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit
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God sent þe sonne to saue a cursed mannes tilthe, Piers P. 19, 430. To sowe cockel with the corn So that the tilthe is nigh forlorn, Gow. ii. 190, 12
tó-berstan
to burst asunder, ⬩ to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, ⬩ be rent asunder ⬩ to break out in sores, ⬩ to break out
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Sax. te-brestan: O. H. Ger. zar-brestan crepare, discrepare: Ger. zer-bersten
Linked entries: bersting tó-borstenness
Cædmon
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Then he answered and said, I cannot sing anything. . . Again, he who was speaking with him said, Yet thou must sing to me. Said he, What shall I sing? Said he, Sing me the origin of things.
sárlíce
sorely, painfully ⬩ sorely, grievously, lamentably ⬩ sorely, bitterly, heavily
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in a manner that causes or is attended by physical pain, sorely, painfully Job sæt sárlíce eal on ánre wunde, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27. Blód ðæt wæs sárlíce ágoten, Ps. Th. 78, 11. Ðé sculon slítan sárlíce swearte wihta, Soul Kmbl. 145; Seel. 73.
ge-dafenian
To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet
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Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton it befits teachers that they salt the minds of believing men with the salt of wisdom, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 16 : L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 32. Me gedæfnaþ me oportet, Jn. Skt.
ge-sprecan
To speak ⬩ speak with ⬩ agree
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To speak, speak with, agree; sometimes takes an accusative of the person spoken to Gif ðú him wuht hearmes gesprǽce if thou hast said to him aught injurious, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 24; Gen. 661.
ge-mengan
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Se súþerna wind miclum storme gedréfeþ þá sǽ. . . heó þonne gemenged wyrþ mid ðámýþum, Bt. 6; F. 14, 25.