for-ealdian
to run out ⬩ expire
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Th. 430, 25-31. of abstract things Mín mægn forealdode, Ps.
hírsum-ness
obedience ⬩ obedience ⬩ humility ⬩ service
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Ðǽre forman eádmódnesse stepe is hýrsumnes bútan elcunge ... sóna swá heom ǽnig þing fram heora ealdre geboden bið, hí þæt bútan elcunge mid weorce gefremmað, R. Ben. 19, 14-19: 12, 12.
nese
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Ðá cwæð se cásere: 'Nese' ( there was no reason for them to think so), Hml. S. 23, 275. Hé cwæð be him sylfum tó þám cýpemannum: 'Syllíce is mé ánum gelumpen . . . man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde.'
seld-
strange ⬩ extraordinary ⬩ wonderful ⬩ having unusual good qualities ⬩ excellent ⬩ admirable
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Ic seah sellíc þing singan, Exon. Th. 413, 9; Rä. 32, 3. Ða réðan león and ða sellícan (syl-) pardes and ða egeslícan beran, Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 33. Sellíce sǽdracan, Beo. Th. 2856; B. 1426. Syllíce tácn, Blickl. Homl. 91, 29.
ge-fadian
to arrange, set in order material objects ⬩ to ornament, adorn :-- ⬩ to dispose of property ⬩ to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter ⬩ to arrange the order of procedure :-- ⬩ of the ordering by superhuman power,
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Hé ealle þing swá gefadige þæt þá sáwla gehealdene sýn, R. Ben. 66, 2. Swylc notu on mynstre sý gefadod and geendebyrd, 125, 9. to arrange the order of procedure :-- Þus gefadodre endebyrdnesse þæs dæglican sealmsanges, R.
Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Soon after that, on the third day, they went out of the city of their own accord; so there was not a single house burnt by their order. Ors. 6, 38; Bos. 133, 7.
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Ǽlc þing ðe cucu byþ everything which is alive;animal, Wrt. Voc. 78, 50. Ic hæfde ferþ cwicu I had a soul alive, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 21; Rä. 73, 5. Ic hæfde feorh cwico I had a soul alive, 103b; Th. 392, 11; Rä. 11, 6: 104a; Th. 394, 14; Rä. 14, 3.
hwæðer
Whether
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Hí nysten hwæðer hé on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 17.
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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Ðé wæs leófra his sibb and hyldo ðonne ðín sylfes bearn his [God's] peace and grace were dearer to thee than thine own child, 141; Th. 176, 33; Gen. 292l.
Linked entry: helde
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
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S. 40; Th. i. 400, 6. a guardian (of things) Ðara máðma mundbora wæs, Beo. Th. 5552; B. 2779
stalu
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Gif hwylc man medeme þing stele, ágyfe ða stale ðam ðe hig áhte, L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 20: iv. 24; Th. ii. 212, 1. a fine payable for theft, Chart. Th. 138, 17.
wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Skt. ii. 26, 206. of things, mad, raging, furious Heom on becom swiðe hreóh weder, and seó wóde sǽ and se stranga wind hí on ðæt land áwearp, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23. Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60.
cræft
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Gif þú þisne cræft healst . . . Hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (cf. weorc, 287) tócwýsan sceolde, Hml. S. 5, 253, 263, 266, 290. Tóbærst seó hengen mid eallum ðám cræfte, 35, 314.
dreórig
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Þæt mé ne mótan þá dreórgan deófla mínne synna on stǽlan, Angl. xi. 100, 93. of things Seón cyning swylt dreórig (or ) fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20. In þás dreórgan tíd, Gú. 1058. bloody, gory Wæter under stód dreórig and ge*-*dréfed. . . .
ge-licgan
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Gif óðer mon mid hire gelǽge ǽr, 68, 17. of inanimate things. material, to rest in a horizontal position on a surface Þæs hálgan weres líc on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml.
ge-myntan
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Ox. 2699. to destine a thing for a person, with dat. of person Ic stihte ł ic gemynte gekýþnysse mínum gecorenum disposui testamentum electis meis, Ps. L. 88, 4. Hé sceal þæt wíte ðolian ðe hé ðé gemynte, Hml. Th. i. 372, 16.
ge-tǽlan
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Se weliga ðe on ðǽm godspelle getǽld is . . . nis hit nó gesǽd þæt hé for ðý getǽled wǽre ðý hé óðre menn reáfode neque dives in evangelio . . . aliena rapuisse perhibetur, Past. 337, 23-339, 2. the object a thing Ðá úpáhafenesse hé getǽlde (reprehendit
hár
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Of ðan háran stáne on ðone háran wíðig; of ðan háran wíþie, iii. 313, 27. fig. of things, hoary, of great age Hárne middengeard canescentem mundum, Mt. p. 1, 5
ge-andettan
to confess, acknowledge ⬩ to confess ⬩ to admit for oneself ⬩ concede, allow ⬩ to confess, declare one's belief ⬩ to confess ⬩ acknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith in ⬩ to make acknowledgement of a benefit ⬩ give thanks ⬩ praise
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Sé ðe ðe ilca Godes suna bið geondetað qui eum Deifilium confitetur, Jn. p. 3, 10. to confess a person or thing, acknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith in Mannes geþanc þé geandet, R. Ben. 24, 17.
þeód-cyning
the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity
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Sax. thiod-kuning (used of Christ and of Herod) Icel. þjóðkonungr Similar entries Cf. þeóden
Linked entry: þeód-cwén