stæþ
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Treówlícre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne, ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. Kmbl. 64. On geofones staðe, Cd. Th. 215, 8; Exod. 580: Exon. Th. 361, 11; Wal. 18. On Sæferne staþe, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 23.
be-lífan
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Ger. bi-liban mortuus] Sc̃a Maria wæs iii and sixtig geára eald ðá heó belyfen wæs, Sal. K. 184, 2. Mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes þe him raðe ðæs æfter com, swá ðæt hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 26
fore-sceáwian
to foresee ⬩ to provide for ⬩ to provide ⬩ give for use
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Ic foresceáwode of his sunum mé gecorenne cyning providi in filiis ejus mihi regem (1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 7. Críst him líf sealde and andlyfene foresceáwode, Hml. S. 11, 347: 5, 325.
ge-sceap
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Voc. ii. 136, 26. v. cenning. what is created, creation, created things Ic þec biddan wille þurh þæt æðele gesceap þe þú, fæder engla, on fruman settest, Jul. 273. a creature On ðám æfteran dæge God gesceóp ðá gesceapu ðe ðisne heofon healdað, Sal.
ge-síþ
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Hé (Lucifer) cwæð þæt hé mid his gesíðum wolde hýðan heofona ríce, Sal. 453. <b>III a.
hæleþ
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Tírfæst hæleð. . . bisceop se góda . . . ðám wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 9. expressing courtesy in address Nú þú miht gehýran, hæleð mín se leófa, Kr. 78 : 95 : El. 511. a man Nǽnig manna wát, hæleða under heofenum, Sal. 60.
líc
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Seó eádge sáwl hió wið þám líce gedǽleð, Cri. 1668. Gedǽlan líf wið líce, B. 2423 : Ap. 83. Of líce aldor onsendan, Gen. 2789. Ánra gehwylc hafað ætgædre bú líc and sáwle, Cri. 1037. <b>I b.
leóht
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sunne þá wǽre, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 11. giving mental illumination Swá dóð nú þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse wiðstand in mínum leóhtum lárum, Bt. 6; F. 14, 31. of a place, time of day, &c. having a considerable amount of light Eálá dæg leóhta, Sat
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Ðæt folc wafigende him sáh onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 650. Wafiendre wæferséne theatrali (visibili) spectaculo, Hpt. Gl. 411, 77.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
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Wið ǽddrena sáre, Lch. i. 190, 7. Ǽdrena, 232, 17. Ǽddran (éðre, Ps. V.) reues, Ps. Spl. C. 7, 10
Linked entry: héþir
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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Hí ða Reádan Sǽ ofereodon, Homl. Th. ii. 200, 27: Beo. Th. 5911; B. 2959. to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end Hú hrædlíce se eorþlíca hlísa ofergǽ?, Past. 59, I; Swt. 447, 30.
Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan
á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Gif hé ǽfre þæs organes ówiht cúðe, Sal. 33. Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon, El. 571. Ymbe ówiht elles, Seef. 46. Ǽniges teónan óht ongitan, Gr. D. 35, 27.
Aríus
A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336
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He wolde dón Crist læssan ðonne he is, and his Godcundnysse wurþmynt wanian then Arius said that Christ, the Son of God, could not be equal to his Father, nor so mighty as he; and said, that the Father was before the Son, and took example from men, how
ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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On ðære sáwle, ná on ðam líchaman every man has three things in himself indivisible and working together, as God said when he first created man. He said, 'Let us make man in our own likeness.' And he then made Adam in his own likeness.
hú
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Ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan, hú ic in þǽm becwóm, Sat. 179. Þæs gíman nele waldend, hú . . ., Cri. 1570.
wíde
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Ic ðysne sang fand, samnode wíde, Apstls. Kmbl. 4; Ap. 2. Ic eom wíde funden, brungen of bearwum and of burghleoþum, of denum and of dúnum, Exon. Th. 409, 15 ; Rä. 28, 1.
hátan
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On þá sǽ þe mon hétt Euxinus, Ors. 1, 1; S. 8, 21. Hé wæs hátan (-en, v. l. ) Agesilaus, 3, 1 ; S. 99, 29.
restan
To rest ⬩ to cease from toil, be at rest ⬩ to rest on a couch, to sleep ⬩ to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave ⬩ to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still ⬩ To rest one's self ⬩ of cessation from toil
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To rest one's self; of cessation from toil Ðú rest ðé nú on eorþan, and ic mid sáre tó helle sceal beón lǽded, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 16. Ðǽr hí æðelingas inne restaþ, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 22; Rún. 6.
Linked entry: ræstan
folgian
to FOLLOW ⬩ go behind ⬩ run after ⬩ pursue ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ to follow as a servant, attendant or disciple ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ adhærēre alicui ⬩ servīre ⬩ subdĭtus esse
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Wæs on eorþan éce Drihten feówertig daga folgad folcum, ǽr he to heofonríce astáh on earth the Lord eternal was followed [ = attended] by people for forty days, ere he ascended into heaven, Cd. 226; Th. 300, 4; Sat. 559
Linked entry: FYLGEAN
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Hí swenga ne wyrnaþ, deórra dynta, Salm. Kmbl. 244; Sal. 121. Hé swenges ne wyrnde, Byrht. Th. 135, 15; By. 118. Ætsóc Goda ðæs feós ǽgiftes, and ðæs landes wyrnde he refused to give up the land Chart. Th. 201, 30.