wræc-mæcg
A wretch
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A wretch Wræcmæcgas, ða ðe ne bimumaþ monnes feore, Exon. Th. 109, 35; Gú. 100. Gé dyslíce dǽd gefremedon, werge wræcmæcgas, Elen. Kmbl. 773; El. 387. Hyne wræcmæcgas ofer sǽ sóhton, Beo. Th. 4748; B. 2379. ¶ used of evil spirits Wræcmæcgas, . . .
cyssan
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Ne cys þú míne fét, Hml. S. 5, 301. Cyssan bassiare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 19. Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll.
fird-wíc
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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add
fiscoþ
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Seó þeód þone cræft þæs fiscaðes ne cúðe, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 5-10. a place for fishing. Similar entries v. fiscnoþ; II Ic an þat lond at Súðeréye mid alle ðe fiscode ðe þértó bireþ, Cht. Th. 513, 6
ge-ryd
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v. á-ryddan); pp. ge-rýd To clear land Ic ongyte þeáh bæt þá worlde lustas ne sint eallunga áwyrtwalode of ðínum mode þeáh se gráf gerýd st though the stumps have not been rooted out entirely, the trees have been cut down and cleared away, Solil.
ge-swencness
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Labour, hardship, trouble, distress Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen tantus oriebatur tumultus, Nar. 14, 30. Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27.
ge-ter
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Seó méting bið geteres ful and geflites and costunge, ne bið þæt gód swefen, E. S. 39, 347
ge-þoftscipe
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Ðý lǽs hé sié innan ásliten from ðǽm geðoftscipe ðæs incundan Déman ne interni foederis discussione feriantur, Past. 351, 24. Ðá hé hine geðiédde tó ðǽm geðoftscipe ðǽre incundan sibbe dum se ad foedera pacis internae constringeret, 353, 3.
gleáwscipe
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Ben. 52, 14. an argument, proof, calculation On þrím geárum ne mæg þes gleáwscipe standan, Angl. viii. 327, 16
hám-cyme
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Þá þá hé hám ne cóm in ðá tíd þe him beboden wæs, Florentius þá wénde his hámcymes cum hora qua jussus fuerat non rediret, Florentius suspectus est redditus, Gr. D. 207, 2. Hí mycelne gefeán hæfdon be his hámcyme, Hml. A. 125, 278.
níde
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Add Hé gebint hine selfne tó him mid his wordum ðæt hé sceal niéde ðá giémenne ymb ðone habban ðe hé ǽr ne ðorfte ... ðæt hé hine sceal níde tela lǽran apud curam, quae ante deerat, mens ligatur . . . commissis sibi cogitur bona dicere, Past. 193, 8-
riht-ryne
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Ne mihton hí þone streám of his rihtryne ábýgan fluvius a proprio alveo deflecti non potuit, Gr. D. 192, 23. Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . .
tó-geagnes
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D. 343, 8. add: (c a) of reciprocal action, again, in return Þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man þe hine ne cúþe ongén cóme, and sé þonne wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan si quis illum fortasse nesciret, salutatus etiam resalutare despiceret
wite-lic
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Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm heora deáðes, Gr. D. 277, II. Hí þá englas getellað tó þám wítelicum stówum, 316, 10. Wítelicum (wítiglicum, v.l. ), 332, 9
wiþer-breca
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wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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Hé ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreþre, 2305; B. 1150. active, nimble (? cf, the force of the old adjective quiver) Wearð him tó handbanan wælgæst wæfre, Beo. Th. 2666; B. 1331
riht-cynecynn
A legitimate royal family
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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10.
sóftness
Softness, ease ⬩ luxury, effeminacy
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Ða ðe ðǽr (in heaven) singaþ ne swincaþ on ðam sange, ac mid sóftnysse bútan geswince hí heriaþ ðone Hǽlend 43, 470. Sóftnysse luxuriam Germ. 401, 19
ge-þyldigean
To be patient ⬩ to bear patiently ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustinere ⬩ patientiam habere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ pati
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To be patient, to bear patiently, endure, to bear, endure, sustain; sustinere, patientiam habere, tolerare, pati He ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele he cannot bear to conceal it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 6, 8. Geþyldega patientiam habe, Mt.
swíðan
to make strong, give strength to, strengthen, support ⬩ to be strong, exercise strength, prevail
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to make strong, give strength to, strengthen, support Leng ne woldon Elami*-*tarna aldor swíðan folcgestreónum, Cd. Th. 119, 16; Gen. 1980. Ongan Abimæleh Abraham swíðan woruldgestreónum, 164, 18; Gen. 2716.