þweorian
To be opposed ⬩ adverse ⬩ to be at variance
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Oððe hí his fét gesóhton, him and Gode gehýrsumigende, oððe gif heora hwylc ðwyrode ( if any one of them was adverse ), hé his andweardnysse forfleáh, 560, 10. Ða heáfodmen wiðcwǽdon and symle ðwyrodon ever proved adverse, ii. 260, 2.
Linked entry: þweorh
un-trumness
Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity
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Gemænigfylde synd untrumnyssa ( infirmitates ) heora, Ps. Spl. 15, 3: 102, 3. On manegum gemetum geneósaþ God manna sáwla ... hwíltídum mid untrumnyssum, Homl. Th. i. 410, 28. On feforádle and, on mislícum óþrum untrumnessum, Blickl. Homl. 209, 11
Linked entries: an-trumnys trumness untrymness
ysel
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Heora wyrtruma bið swá swá windige ysla radix eorum quasi favilla erit (ls. 5, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 20. Ða yslan cineres, Exon. Th. 213, 13; Ph. 224.
flocc
a company ⬩ a troop ⬩ band ⬩ legion ⬩ a band ⬩ a flock ⬩ herd
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S. 18, 306. of animals, a flock, herd Geseah hé micelne floc heorta . . . án ormǽte heort . . . gewende fram þám flocce and rǽsde intó þám wudu, Hml. S. 30, 26-31
ge-líffæstan
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Th. 40, 2. to make active, quicken Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, and sóna heora ylda gelíffæsted wæs and geleáfa, and seó clǽnnes onféng, 61.
geóc
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Gearo wæs sé him geóce gefremede . . heora feorh generede metodes weard, Dan. 233. <b>I a.</b> the divine help asked in prayer :-- Ic ðé georne gebide géce and miltse, Txts. 174, 1.
ge-bytlu
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Se cyng Willelm tó Pentecosten forman síðe his híréd innan his níwan gebyttlan æt Westmynstre heóld ( William in the twelfth year of his reign for the first time kept court in the new palace of Westminster, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 1099; P. 234, 34.
ge-cirredness
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Ǽlc endebyrdnys on mynstre sceal beón gehealden be heora gecyrrednysse ( according to the date of entrance ), 112, 23. conversion Óswold hine tó fulluhte nam, fægen his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.
ge-wenian
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</b> with complementary adjective, to make tame :-- Wudufuglas wel átemede þeáh heora láreówas him biódan þá ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon (with which they made them tame.
gewrixlian
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Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód, Gen. 335
láþ
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Sume men wyllað betǽcan heora láðostan ( least loved ) cild tó Godes láreówdóme. Ac hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame þe his leófran sunn tó láce geoffrode, Hml. A. 35, 265. unwilling, loath (?)
yrre
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Wǽron hié swíþe erre on heora móde, 149, 28: 223, 6. (1 a) angry with, with dative (i) preceding Him wearð ierre (irre, ii. l. ) se góda wyrhta, Past. 337, 7 : 381, 23 : Gen. 342 : 742. Ealle godas him irre wǽren, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 4.
man
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Þæt hús þǽr man ðweáð heora handa, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 50. Nán mæssepreóst . .. with verb in plural Mín ágen . . . man ofgán willað (wile, v.l. ) æt mé, Hml. S. 23, 599
ofer-gán
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Add Swá ꝥ heora nán óþres mearce ne ofereóde, Bt. 33, 4 ; F. 128, 32. <b>III b.</b> to overreach :-- Nán man ne ofergá ne ne beswíce (supergrediatur neque circumueniat) on mangunge his níhstan, Chrd, 110, 34.
on-þracian
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Hî anðraciað tô gefarenne lîfes wegas, andswá ðeáh ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse they dread to travel the ways of life, and yet do not shrink from lying in the folly of their sloth, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 1.
gang-dagas
days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.
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[Cf. the description of 'lætania majora' On ðǽm dæge eall Godes folc mid eáðmódlice relicgonge sceal God biddan ꝥ hé him forgefe ðone geár siblice tíd, and smyltelico gewidra, and genihtsume wæstmas, and heora líchoman trym-nysse, Shrn. 74, 9-12.]
tyrnan
to turn ⬩ revolve on an axis ⬩ round a centre ⬩ to turn ⬩ to cause to revolve
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Hí tyrndon mid bodige and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 19. Tyrn mid ðínum swíþran scytefingre make circles with your right forefinger, Techm. ii. 119, 11: 126, 1. Tyrnende rotante. Hpt. Gl. 517, 9.
Linked entry: turnian
ge-wríðan
To bind ⬩ restrain ⬩ tie ⬩ tie together ⬩ coartare ⬩ alligare
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Se heora unrótnesse gewríðeþ qui alligat contritiones eorum, Ps. Th. 146, 3. Gewríð alligat, Ps. Spl. 146, 3. Seó godcundnys gewráð ðone ealdan deófol the divinity bound the old devil, Homl. Th. i. 216, 28: ii. 416, 3.
gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Ðæt ríce ðæt ða ǽrestan men forworhtan þurh heora gífernesse the kingdom that the first persons forfeited through their greediness, Blickl. Homl. 25, 1: Num. 11, 4: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 2
Linked entry: giefernes
a-scúnian
to abhor ⬩ detest ⬩ to express hate ⬩ or scorn of:-- ⬩ to reject because of hate or scorn
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Wé ásittað ꝥ þá bóceras áscunion ꝥ wé ymbe heora dígolnyssa þus rúmlíce sprecað, Angl. viii. 332, 34. Hwæt hí lufian sceolon and hwæt hí sceolon hatian and ásceonian, Wlfst. 303, 24.