LÍF
LIFE
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Ealle hig wǽron háliges lífes menn, Wulfst. 270, 15. Hé geendode his dagas æfter mycclum geswince his lífes, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 19, col. 1.
georne
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For eal crísten folc þingian georne, ii. 240, 4. Hé má cégde and geornor bæd, Bl.
ge-cýþan
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Þú mé hafast sybbe gecýðed, 358. (2 b) with preposition marking the object affected :-- Hé ealle eáþmódnesse and eal geþyld and ealle mildheortnisse wiþ mancynn gecýþde, Bl. H. 123, 31. Þú miltse on ús gecýð, Cri. 157.
Linked entry: cýþan
geár
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Wé ealne þysne geár lifdon mid úres líchoman willan, Bl. H. 35, 37. Án cométa ofer ealne geár sceán, Hml. ii. 300, 32. Se here þǽr sæt .i. geár, Chr. 869; P. 70, 4. Þǽr wǽron gehealdene heora líc án geár and seofan mónaþ, Bl. H. 193, 13.
wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Gegyrede mid eallum mistlícum hrægla wlitum circumcincta varietate, 44, 15. Hé hié gegiereþ myd ðám winsumestan wlitum, and eft geungewlitegaþ, Shrn. 195, 11
scippan
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Swá gód Sceoppend rihtlíce sceóp eall ðæt hé sceóp, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 12. Heortan clǽne scyp ( crea ) on mé, Ps. Lamb. 50, 12. God gesceóp ealle gesceafta, and deófol náne gesceafta scyppan ne mæg, Homl. Th. i. 102, 1.
Linked entries: sceppan scipian scyppan for-scapung
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Dó hí ealle tógæderc, ðæt þrítig seolforsticca, Anglia xi. 8, 19. Wintra ðrittih (ðrítig, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 23. Hé wæs ðrítiges geára eald, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 15. Þrítiges míla brád, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 29. Ðrittiges heáh elngemeta, Cd.
ge-stillan
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Bt. 21; F. 74, 4. to stop action Hé ðá ealdan onsægednyssa ealle gestilde, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 15. Hi woldon þá wíta gestillan, Hml. S. 5, 39.
leóht
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Ðára byrðenna hefignesse, eall ðæt ic his geman, ic awríte, þý lǽs hí hwǽm leóhte (levia) ðyncen tó underfónne, 23, 13. Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ( the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil. Cf.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Eal ðæt folc hine lǽdde mid gefeán, 249, 21. Ecgbryht lǽdde fierd wið Norþanhymbre Egbert led a force against the Northumbrians, Chr. 827; Erl. 64, 7. Hé wæs ofslegen mid ealle ðý weorude ðe hé lǽdde, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 34.
Linked entry: be-lǽdan
æt-íwan
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Hér atéwoden twégen cometan, Chr. 729 ; P. 45, l. with complementary adjective Eall ðá hrægel swá hwít and swá níwe ætýwdon, swá hé ðý ylcan dæge mid gegearwod wáre, Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 41. Cf. oþ-íwan
Linked entry: æt-eáwan
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Eallum hire mihtum and mægenum with all her might and main, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 372, 5. Eallum mihtum, L. C. E. 20; Th. i. 372, 9. Mid eallum mægene and eallum mihtum ex omni virtute, et omnibus viribus, L. Ecg. C. pref.; Th. ii. 132, 13.
Linked entries: mæht miht un-gemeaht
hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Him þuhte ðæt hit eall betwoex heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum it seemed to him that all between heaven and earth it resounded with those awful voices Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 4.
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Eall þæt manncynnes elles wæs, eall hit ádranc, Wlfst. 10, 13. Ꝥ man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit Ymbrenfæsten, sí hit Lengctenfæsten, sí hit elles óðer fæsten, Ll. Th. i. 368, 22. Elles óðre fæstena healde man, 308, 18.
DÚN
A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis
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Wurdon behelede ealle ða héhstan dúna under ealre heofenan. And ðæt wæter wæs fíftyne fæðma deóp ofer ða héhstan dúna operti sunt omnes montes excelsi sub unĭverso cælo. Quindĕcim cŭbĭtis altior fuit aqua super montes, quæ operuĕrat, Gen. 7, 19, 20.
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ða gímeleásan men ðe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse the careless men who passed their lives quite idly, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 13.
Linked entry: ídel-gild
ge-macian
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Gé habbað ús gedón láðe Pharaone and eallum his folce, and gemacod þæt hig wyllað ús mid hyra swurdum ofsleán foetere fecistis odorem nostrum coram Pharaone et servis ejus, et praebuistis ei gladium ut occideret BOS, Ex. 5, 21. <b>V a.
GYLT
Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture
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Ealle ða gyltes ða belimpeþ to míne kinehelme omnes forisfacturas que pertinent ad regiam coronam meam, Th. Chart. 423, 3
Linked entry: gelt
FRIÞ
Peace ⬩ freedom from molestation ⬩ security guaranteed by law to those under special protection ⬩ agreement ⬩ truce ⬩ league ⬩ pax ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ refŭgium
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To gebeorge and to friþe eallum leódscipe for security and peace to all the people, L. Edg. S. 12; Th. i. 276, 21. Eallum folce to friþe to the peace for all the people, L. Edg. S. 15; Th. i. 278, 7