DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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DEATH; mors Ðeáh ðe him se bitera deáþ geboden wǽre though bitter death were announced to them, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 26; Dan. 223: Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 6; Cri. 1603: Beo. Th. 899; B. 447: 5773; B. 2890.
Linked entry: deóþ
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift wiðstande. Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forð ne cume, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 4 note. to be hostile Ic wiðstande ongén eów ponam faciem contra vos, Lev. 26, 17
Linked entries: wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan
æt-hrínan
To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere
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To touch, take, move; tangere, apprehendere, movere Ðæt ic æt-hríne ðín ut tangam te, Gen. 27, 21. He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39.
Linked entry: et-hrínan
cwealm-bǽre
Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortifĕrus
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Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum, Mone B. 4905 . Cómon ða cempan mid cwylmbǽrum tólum the soldiers came with deadly tools, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 7
Linked entry: cwylm-bǽre
flicerian
To move the wings ⬩ flutter ⬩ FLICKER ⬩ mōtāre ālas ⬩ vŏlĭtāre
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To move the wings, flutter, FLICKER; mōtāre ālas, vŏlĭtāre Ic flicerige vŏlĭto, Æfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 16. Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans, Deut. 32, 11.
gaffetung
A scoffing ⬩ mocking ⬩ dērīsio
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A scoffing, mocking; dērīsio Of ðisum leahtre beóþ acennede módes unstæððignys and ýdel gaffetung of this sin are born unsteadiness of mind and idle scoffing, Homl. Th. ii. 218, 33.
hund-twelftig
A hundred and twenty
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A hundred and twenty Hundtwelftig geára wæs Moses ðá ðá hé gewát Moyses centum et viginti annorum erat, quando mortuus est, Deut. 34, 7: Cd. 64; Th. 76, 26; Gen. 1263.
Linked entry: twelftig
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so that the walls should be perpendicular, but it appeared much more
morgen-mete
A morning meal ⬩ breakfast
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[ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme mete) þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete, O. E. Homl. i. 237, 33.]
pæþþan
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Ic mearcpaþas træd, móras pæþde, Exon. 485, 8 ; Rä. 71, 10
Linked entry: peþþan
blendan
To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken ⬩ cæcare, obscurare
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Man hine blende, and hine swá blindne brohte to ðám munecum they blinded him, and brought him thus blind to the monks, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 17, col. 2; Ælf. Tod. 14
Linked entries: a-blendan for-blindian
ge-býsnung
An example ⬩ exemplum
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Má manna beóþ gecyrrede þurh his gebýsnunge to Godes hérunge more [of] men will be turned through his example to the praise of God, Homl.Th. i. 494, 23. Ne dó ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35
Linked entry: ge-bisnung
ge-cnyttan
To tie or fasten to ⬩ to annex ⬩ adnectĕre ⬩ allīgāre
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Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt. Bos. 18, 6. Gecnyt, Mk. Bos. 9, 42 : Lk. Bos. 17, 2. Gicnyht, Rtl. 109, 41; Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44
Linked entry: ge-cnycc
steorfan
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Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30.
wrǽstan
to wrest ⬩ twist ⬩ to move the strings of the harp in playing ⬩ plectrum.
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Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt. Parv. 533 Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes fotum sittan, and á snellíce snere wrǽstan, lǽtan scralletan, Exon. Th. 332, 9; Vy. 82
Linked entry: a-wrǽstan
corn
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Heó sealde þǽm munucum corn genóg, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 11. v. bere-, lyb-, mold-, pipor-corn
eardung-hús
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Eádig þú eart, Maria, for ðan on þínum móde þú gearwodest Drihtnes eardunghús, Hml. A. 133, 574. Add
gewit-loca
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Gif þú áwyrtwalast of gewitlocan (cf. of ðínum móde, Bt. 23; F. 78, 33) leása gesǽlþa, Met. 12, 26. Þone wísan on gewitlocan scamian (cf. hine scamian, Bt. 19; F. 68, 23), 10, 12.
líhtan
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Take here leóhtan in Dict. and add: to be light Þá sceán leóht inn, swylce níwe móna árise, swá ꝥ hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme . . . hit líhte geond ealle þá cyrcan, Vis. Lfc. 51-56.
sténan
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Substitute: <b>stenan</b>; p. stæn, pl. stǽnon. of a person, to roar, groan loudly Ic grymetige and stene mid ealle móde rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei, Ps.