mód-sefa
The inner man
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[apoetical word with much the same meaning as mod, e.g. Swá bióþ ánra gehwæs monna módsefan áwegede of hiora stede, Bt. Met.
racu
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art of exposition, rhetoric Swá gedéþ se dreámcræft ðæt se mon biþ dreámere and seó racu déþ ðæt hé biþ reccere sic musica musicos, rhetorica rhetores facit, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 32. an account, reckoning Ðǽr wæs uneten racu unc gemǽne ; ic onféng ðín sár
Linked entry: eá-racu
geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Geond eorþan throughout the earth, Beo.Th. 538; B. 266: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 10; Sat. 644. Geond gehwilce weras viritim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 5.
Linked entries: eond giend geond-innan be-geondan geondan gynd gind giond gond
stæppan
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Th. 88, 2; Gen. 1459: 279, 35; Sat. 248. Com stæppende sum cempa, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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sad, sorrowful, grieved Unblíðe tristis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 22: Beo. Th. 261; B. 130. Giómormód, unblíðe, 4529; B. 2268. Wæs hé swýðe unblíðe ... Ðá geseah Gúðlác ðone bróþor sárig, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 6. Beón in unblíðum móde moestus esse, Mt.
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.
ge-frédan
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Him bið ðæt sár ðe gefrédre, gif sió wund bið tó ungemetlíce fæste gewriðen ita ut gravius scissuram sentiat, si hanc immoderatius ligamenta constringant, Past. 123, 19. with acc. and complement, io feel a thing so and so Hé hine selfne untrumran gefréd
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.
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
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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limits of their property and so removing the claims which interfered with the monasteries standing within a ring fence) gedíhligean hét ða mynstra on Wintanceastre . . . and ðet ásmeágan hét, ðæt nán ðera mynstera ðǽr binnan þurh þet rýmet wið óðrum sace
Linked entry: rýmetleást
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
ǽht
- 194, 16 .
what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession
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Gyf ðú ðás wyrte on ðínre ǽhte hafast oððe hyre sǽd on ðín hús áhéhst, Lch. i. 308, 12. Ðæt ðæt yrfe on his ǽhte geboren wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 14.
crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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Dipl. iii. pref. p. xxi, says, — 'It seems to denote a sort of water-course, a meadow through which a stream flows.'
Linked entry: morþ-crundel
sweðrian
To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end
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swiðrode sǽs æt ende ( the sea no longer ebbed (?), it rolled back upon the Egyptians ), 207, 12; Exod. 465. Mere sweoðerade ( the sea subsided ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu, Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465.
Linked entries: ge-sweðerian swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian
swíþ-líc
very great, exceedingly great ⬩ with the idea of violent disturbance, violent, strong (of storm, wind, etc.) ⬩ of energetic, violent action, vehement, violent ⬩ of that which affects the senses or the feelings, strong, intense, severe ⬩ of feeling, or emotion, intense, vehement ⬩ of discipline or conduct,stern, severe, strict
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Thw. 25, 3; Jud. 240. of that which affects the senses or the feelings, strong, intense, severe Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast, ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa, Exon. Th. 246, 1; Jul. 55. Ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27.
twéntig
Twenty ⬩ alone
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Sax. twéntig : O. Frs.twintege : O. H. Ger. zweinzug : Icel. tuttugu.]