se
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Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle (one half) beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs, . . and se healfa dǽl ( one half) wæs Ciruse æfterfylgende, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30.
N
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.), in Anglo-Saxon generally corresponds to n in Gothic and in other cognate dialects, e. g. net, hand, án; Goth. nati, handus, ains; O. H. Ger. nezzi, hant, ein; O.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum
Linked entry: wærlíce
wice
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Ðis syndon ðara halfe híde londgemǽru æt Wican, iii. 464, 2). Ad villam quae uocatur Uuican, i. 153, 27 (cf, Ðissynd ða langemǽra intó Wican, iii. 382, 4.)
Linked entry: wic
deór
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Hálig feoh and wilde deór, Gen. 202. Holmes læst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór, 1516. Manna pað semila, deóra pað callis, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 42. Dióra, Met. 26, 92. Leó, deóra cénost, Exod. 322.
strícan
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Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú stréce onbútan heófod (run your hand round your head), and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, 128, 25. <b>I a.
ǽ
- (? in
- Bd. 4, 5 ;
- S. 573, 17 ).
law, &c. ⬩ matrimony
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Ǽwum cerimoniis, Hpt. xxxiii. 239, 26. matrimony Se hálga wer ðǽre wíflufan wordum stýrde unryhtre ǽ, Jul. 297. Lufiað eówere wíf on ǽwe . . . and healdað eówere ǽwe, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 26.
wíglere
A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer
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Ðes and ðeós wiglere hic et haec augur Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22 ; Zup. 49, 2. Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð mid ððum ðincge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108. On gellcnysse wígleres and rǽdendes ( arioli et coniectoris ), Scint. 75, 12.
Linked entry: weohlere
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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He smat Frolic uppen þæne hælm þat he atwa helden (toȝeode, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 23980
tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Hí torfedon tówærd ðam weofode . . . and scotedon tóweard ðam hálig-dóme, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 17, 19.
git
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Giet oð þisne dæg, 3, 5; S. 104, 27. in negative sentences, where doing or being has not existed up to, and does not exist at, a time stated or implied, where the time of an action or condition has not been reached (not) as yet. alone Þá þe gyt ne mihton
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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His geféran áþ ðe him mid standaþ: - On ðone Drihten, se áþ is clǽne and unmǽne ðe N. swór' His companion's oath who stands with him :-- By the Lord, the oath is clean and unperjured which N. has sworn,' L. O. 4-6; Th. i. 180, 8-19.
Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ
Beda
Venerable Bede
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. - And ðá ðý nigonteoðan geáre mínes lífes ðæt ic Deáconháde onféng; and ðý þrittigoðan geáre Mæsse-Preóst-háde.
FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol. Fox 302; Men. 152.
Linked entry: fémne
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Swá þicce swá huniges teár of the consistency of honey that has dropped from the comb, Lchdm. ii. 74, 4. Genim balsami and huniges teáres emmicel, 28, 10, 4: 108, 17.
þanne
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S. 23, 183. add: where the main clause has no comparative form Hé swíðe þæs londes fæstenum trúwode þonne his gefeohte ditioni magis quam praelio se commissurus, Nar. 17, 27
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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Mettas ge drincan ða ðe habban hát mægen and scearp, 184, 10.
Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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for anything, and know yourself to be innocent, you shall not care what they say; they accuse you of what they have themselves, Prov. Kmbl. 12.
tún
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túnes tácen is ðæt ðú sette ðíne swýþran hand brádlinga ofer ðínne innoð, Techm. ii. 126, 15 (cf. gang-tún).
Linked entry: bold
ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Gesyhþ wínsele wéstne he sees the wine-hall deserted, Beo. Th. 4901; B. 2455: Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783: 64; Th. 78, 12; Gen. 1292.
Linked entry: ge-sión