wíte-lic
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Cf. wíte-dóm
ge-feccan
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ addūcĕre
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He him hét to wífe gefeccean Cleopatran he commanded [them] to bring Cleopatra to him for a wife, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 44 : Blickl. Homl. 187, 15
Linked entry: ge-fetian
rand
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Lígýðum forborn bord wið rond the buckler against the boss burned with the flames, Beo. Th. 5339; B. 2673. Denoting the whole, a shield, buckler [Icel. rönd a shield] Rand dynede, campwudu clynede, Elen. Kmbl. l00; El. 50.
Linked entry: rand-beáh
þeód
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250
stille
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Wih. 6 ; Th. i. 38, 11
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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Meng wið scearpum ecede, i. 354, 22: ii. 72, 16. On wíne wel scearpum, 180, 16. Mettas ge drincan ða ðe habban hát mægen and scearp, 184, 10.
Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness
felt-wurma
The plant wild marjoram ⬩ orĭgănum
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The plant wild marjoram; orĭgănum, Som. Ben. Lye: Lchdm. Glos. vol. iii. p. 349, col. 2, 32
Linked entry: feld-wurma
grǽg-
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a grey goose, wild goose Grǽg-gós canta, Wrt. Voc. 280, 15: 62, 11: Mone Gl. 314
brygd
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drawing a weapon, v. bryd in Dict. something twisted, a wick (?). v. candel-brygd. a trick, fraud (?)
ge-spówan
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God þé gemiclað ꝥ þé forþ gespéwð ꝥ þú dón wilt, H. Z. 21, 189, 13. Add
hǽþ-berige
Heath-berry, bilberry ⬩ vaccinium
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Heath-berry, bilberry; vaccinium Hǽþbergean wísan heath-berry plants, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm. ii. 344, 10
Linked entry: berie
hám-bringan
To bring a wife home, marry
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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357
ge-þeahta
A counsellor; ⬩ consiliarius
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A counsellor; consiliarius Hæfst ðú ǽnigne wísne geþeahtan habes aliquem sapientem consiliarium, Coll, Monast. Th. 30, 5
Linked entry: -þeahta
and-weard
Present ⬩ præsens
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Ða scearpþanclan witan ðone twydǽledan wísdóm hlutorlíce tocnáwaþ, ðæt is, andweardra þinga and gástlícra wísdóm the sharp-minded wise men knew clearly the twofold wisdom, that is, the wisdom of things temporal [present] and spiritual, MS. Cot.
Linked entries: and-weardnes and-warde and-werd
burne
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Wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan ætgædre we two bathed together in the brook, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, i; Hö. 132
fultuman
To help ⬩ assist ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ jŭvāre ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ făvēre
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We eów fultumiaþ we will aid you, Chr. Erl. 3, 12. Him náuðer ne fét ne fiðeras ne fultumaþ neither feet nor wings support them, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26. Me ðíne dómas dǽdum fultumiaþ jūdĭcia tua adjŭvābunt me, Ps. Th. 118, 175.
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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Habbaþ we geascad ðæt se Ælmihtiga worhte wer and wíf we have heard that the Almighty created man and woman, 61 b; Th. 225, 22; Ph. 393
lyt-hwón
A little
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A little [space, time, quantity] Meng lythwón wið hunig mix a little with honey, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 20. Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe few living reached their country, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 311: Elen. Kmbl. 284; El. 142.
Linked entry: hwón
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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And if any broþer be somound to any morwe-speche . . . and wil nouht come, he scal paye a pound of wax, English Guilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 54.
sworettung
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 201. breathing hard from illness or labour, gasping, panting Wið nearwre sworetunge, Lchdm. i. 340, 11. Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13.