þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
Entry preview:
Silla wið Marius heardlíce gefeaht þurhteáh (fought and won) and hiene gefliémde Sulla Marium gravissimo praelio tandem vicit, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 236, 21.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
Entry preview:
Ðæt sáwul mín wilnaþ (concupivit), ðæt ic ðín word móte healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20. Ealle hié ðæt wilnodan, ðæt hié his word gehýran móston, Blickl. Homl. 219, 35.
Linked entry: willnian
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
Entry preview:
Swá mid læs worda swá mid má whether with fewer words or with more, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 12.
Linked entry: læsast
máðum
A precious or valuable thing ⬩ a treasure ⬩ jewel ⬩ ornament
Entry preview:
Unc sceal worn fela máðma gemǽnra many a precious thing will we share, Beo. Th. 3572; B. 1784: 5590; B. 2799. Ðǽr wæs máðma fela, frætwa gelǽded, 72; B. 36. Mádma, 81; B. 41.
Linked entry: máðm
swég
Entry preview:
Accentus, ðæt is swég, on hwylcum stæfgefége ǽlc word swégan sceal, 50, 13; Zup. 290, 16. Swég tenor, Hpt. Gl. 528, 21. Heofoncyninges stefn, wordhleóðres swég, Andr. Kmbl. 186; An. 93. Swég ( the voice of Moses ) swiðrode, Cd.
Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg
ge-swinc
Entry preview:
., and add: with respect to action labour of body or mind, toil, hard work: — Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlic gesuinc, and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten multo labore sudatum est, Past. 269, 12.
ge-freógan
Entry preview:
Of seáde gefreód de puteo liberatum, Lk. p. 8, 9. (2 a) figuratively Seó wiðerwearde wyrd onbint and gefreóð ǽlc þára þe hió tó geþiéð, Bt. 20; F. 72, 2. to free from obligation, work, & c. Gefreód feriatus Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 55.
gelíce
Entry preview:
(word or phrase) Hí sindon ealle gelíce mihtige, Hml. Th. ii. 42, 25. Simle hé biþ gelíce manþwǽre, Bt. 42; F. 258, 9. Ǽgþres gelíce micel be gewihte, Lch. i. 208, 4: ii. 124, 17. Gelíce lang, iii. 258, 1.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
Entry preview:
In the Saxon charters the word is of frequent occurrence, and, as it seems, generally to denote rising grounds. It is hardly distinguishable from the compound words and-heáfod, on-heáfod; Cod. Dipl.
FORMA
The first ⬩ earliest ⬩ prīmus
Entry preview:
Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld was ðises middangeardes how happy was the first age of this world, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 8. Ðis wæs ðæt forme tácn this was the first miracle, Jn. Bos. 2, 11.
Linked entry: feorma
ge-ágnian
To own ⬩ possess ⬩ inherit ⬩ appropriate to one's self ⬩ claim as one's own ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ herēdĭtāre ⬩ vindĭcāre sibi
Entry preview:
He his gecorenan on ðisum middanearde géágnaþ he owns his chosen in this world, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 28. Ða geyrfweardiaþ oððe geáhniaþ land ipsi herēdĭtābunt terram, Ps. Lamb. 36, 9. Ðú geágnadest, Ps. Th. 79, 16.
Linked entries: ágnian ge-áhnian ge-ágennud
hreóh-ness
storm ⬩ tempest
Entry preview:
On ðissere worulde hreóhnyssum in the storms of this world, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 26
Linked entry: hréð-ness
lind
a shield
Entry preview:
Ðonon in áne linde, iii. 392, 1. what is made of the wood of the tree, a shield (in poetry) Wisse hé gearwe, ðæt him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið líge, Beo. Th. 4671; B. 2341. Ofer linde lǽrig, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 29; Exod. 239.
melda
a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer
Entry preview:
Þurh ðæs meldan hond; se sceolde wong wísian, Beo. Th. 4802; B. 2405. Ic tó meldan wearþ I turned informer (cf.
méðe
weary ⬩ exhausted ⬩ weary in mind ⬩ troubled ⬩ sad ⬩ troublesome ⬩ causing weariness
Entry preview:
Méðra fréfrend comforter of the weary-hearted, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 13; Ph. 422. troublesome, causing weariness Nelle ðú mé moeðe ł hefig wosa noli mihi molestus esse, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 7
Linked entry: méðig
mis-
wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic
Entry preview:
Mistlíce wóge wegas divortia, diverticula, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 44. Mistlícra ( variarum ) cræfta biggenceras, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 1. Misselícum sweccum variis odoribus, Kent. Gl. 1016. Mistlícum diversis, Hpt. Gl. 522, 73.
ná-hwǽr
no-where ⬩ in no place ⬩ in no case ⬩ never ⬩ in no respect ⬩ not at all
Entry preview:
hé hire náwér ne geneálǽce on ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh though the sky nowhere approach the earth, it is everywhere equally near to it, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 22. in no case, never Ðás prepositiones ne beóþ náhwár ána, ac beóþ ǽfre tó sumum óðrum worde
Linked entry: á-hwǽr
ge-wilnian
To wish ⬩ desire ⬩ expect ⬩ seek ⬩ strive for ⬩ cŭpĕre ⬩ concŭpiscĕre ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ expĕtĕre ⬩ ambīre
Entry preview:
He ne sceal gewilnian ða woruldlícan þingc he must not desire the things of this world, 22, 44. Ðæt sum sume swíðe ondryslícu, and eác to gewilnienne secgende wæs ut quīdam multa et trĕmenda, et desīdĕranda narrāvĕrit, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 3.
Linked entry: wilnian
be-þencan
To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrust ⬩ considerare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere
Entry preview:
Gif ðú to sǽmran gode biþencest if thou confidest in a worse god, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 30; Jul. 52. Beþohton [MS. beþohtan] hý ealle heora wígcræftas to Exantipuse they entrusted all their military forces to Xantippus, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 16.
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
Entry preview:
Abraham ne wénde, ðæt him Sarra, brýd blondenfeax, bringan meahte on woruld sunu Abram thought not that Sarah, his grey-haired wife, could bring a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 7; Gen. 2341: 123; Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600: Beo.
Linked entry: blonden-feax