ge-frignan
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Mið him efne gefrugnon (giffrugnun, R.) huæd hit wére, Mk. L. 9, 10. Gefraignende Drihtne huæs sunu wére Críst, Mt. p. 19, 8. to ask about, after, & c.
M
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Also for earlier fn is found mn, as in emn along with efn, Goth. ibn; stemn and stefn, Goth. stibna.
un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Hyra freá ǽrest unrǽd ( the setting up of the image ) efnde, 227, 13; Dan. 186. Hí þégun æppel unrǽdum ( ill-advisedly ), Exon. Th. 226, 9; Ph. 403.
dǽlan
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Th. i. 12, 1: 172, 1. of common action Nis þæt gemet mannes þæt hé wið áglǽcean eofoðo dǽle ( take part in conflict, fight with ), eorlscype efne, B. 2534. Betere þonne wé hilde dǽlon better than our fighting with one another, By. 33
mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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Efne swylce mǽla swylce ... just at such times as ..., 2502; B. 1249. Mǽla gehwylce on every occasion, 4121; B. 2057: Ps. Th. 118, 62.
geár
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Is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and .lxxi. on þýs geáre, 119, 2. Wæs se winter þý geáre grim, 213, 31. Perseus wæs ealne þone geár Rómáne swencende, Ors. 4, ll; S. 208, 13 : 3, 5 ; S. 106, 10.
ge-hwá
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Þíne dómas rǽcað efne gehwám, ǽghwylcum men ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15: Rä. 12, 8. Þæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið heard, hwæt hnesce, . . . and swá gehwæt, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 33. (l a) as antecedent :-- Hý gebétton gehwæt þe tóbrocen wæs of þám, Ll.
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Ús wæs swælc geswencnis becymen, 14, 31. to become, behove Gif ic scile ł becyme mec ꝥ ic efne gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me commori tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31
ge-sprecan
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Efne gesprécon, Lk. L. 4, 36. Ðá hiordas gisprecun ( loquebantur ) bitwih him, Lk. R. L. 2, 15. Mið him gesprécon, Mt. L. 17, 3: Lk. L. 9, 30. (2 b) to speak about :-- Nǽnig eáuunge gespræc of him, Jn. L. R. 7, 13.
furþor
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Hé furður gen eorlscipe efnde, B. 3006. Þú scealt furðor gen síðfæt secgan you shall go on and tell more of your journey, Jul. 317: 347: Ph. 236: Sat. 225. Heora fícbeámas furþor (printed furþon) ne mihton blǽda bringan, Ps.
þá
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Efne ðá æteówdon lígas ... Ic ðá beheóld ðone ormǽtan líg, 350, 15-21 : 456, 24-26. Eft ðá on ðære þriddan nihte middan hé gewát of ðisum lífe. Þá cómon eft englas and hine gelǽddon, 336, 2-5. Hwæt ðá com sum man, 286, 19.
gelíce
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Efne þǽm gelícost swylce . . ., Bl. H. 221, 14. <b>III a.</b> with ellipsis of verb in the clause :-- Deáð hit lufade þǽr gelíce swilce lífes ingang mortem videlicet ut ingressum vitae amabat, Gr. D. 4, 27.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Ða ðe wyllaþ sóðe dómas efnan qui custodiunt judicium, 105, 3
wíde
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where there is measurement, widely, far Bearwas wurdon tó axan efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 11; Gen. 2554. Swá wíde swá wæter bebúgeþ, Andr.
macian
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Þá hálgan martyras on þám scræfe sǽton, and þám biscope be endebyrdnysse rehton hú hí hit macedon on Decius cáseres timan ( how they had acted in the time of the emperor Decius ), 786. without hit Riht is ꝥ mynecena mynsterlíce macian, efne swá wé cwǽdon
húru
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Efne sé on hygde húru ne slǽpeð, 120, 4. Ne wæs þæt húru fracoðes gealga, Kr. 10: Gú. 741. to a wish or prayer, on (no) account Ne ofgif þú mé húru ne elonges a me, Ps. Th. 70, 11. Ne forgit húru gódra manna stefna, 73, 22.
níwe
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Þá ealdan forþ gewitun, and efne hí wǽrun gewordene níwe, An. Ox. 40, 36. ¶ applied to the moon :-- Gyf se móna byð ǽr ǽfenne fram ðǽre sunnan geedníwod, hé byð þonne sóna æfter sunnan setlgange níwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266, 4.
ge-dǽlan
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</b> to form a dividing line between objects :-- Hæfde wederwolcen wídum fæðmum eorðan and úprodor efne gedǽled, Exod. 76. intrans. To separate, to go away from one another, part Ðǽr nǽfre leófe ne gedǽlað, ne láðe ne gemétað, Wlfst. 204, 24.
læssa
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Hié werod lǽsse hæfdon þonne Húna cyning, El. 48. of time Scyld wel gebearg líf lǽssan hwíle, B. 2571. of qualities, emotions, conditions, actions, or occurrences, expressing extent or degree Wæs se gryre lǽssa efne swá micle swá bið wíggryre wífes
tó-sceádan
to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ
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Ðætte God efne-gigedraþ monno ne tósceádeþ (tósceáda, Lind.) hé (separet), Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 9. On ðæm dæge God tóscéd on twá eorðan and sǽ, Shrn. 63, 24: 62, 35.
Linked entries: sceádan tó-gesceádan tó-scádan