ge-tǽcan
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Ðú mé gehéte lytle ǽr ꝥ þú hí woldest mé getǽcan eam tu paullo ante monstrasti, 33, 3; F. 126, 10. Ic hit þé wille getǽcan hoc verissima ratione patefaciam, 34, 9; F. 146, 13.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Ic wát ðæt ðú eart heard mann scio quia homo durus es, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24. Heard is ðeós sprǽc this is an hard saying; durus est hic sermo, Jn. Skt. 6, 60.
Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce
hand
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Ánra gehwylc wið earm gesæt, hleonade wið handa, Sat. 433. Hé hond álegde, earm and eaxle . . . Grendles grápe, B. 834. On þám háligdóme swerian þe him man on hand sylð, Ll. Th. i. 292, 15. Fét sint gebundene, handa gehæfte, Gen. 380.
dón
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Hét hió niman þá nǽdran and dón tó hire earme, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 24. Hé lét dón úp þǽr þá gíslas he had the hostages put ashore there, Chr. 1014; P. 145, n. 8.
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Sió (jaundice) biþ ealra ádla rícust, 106, 20
ge-ceósan
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On .xxii. and .xxiii. nihta seó mǽtincg bið gecornes and geflitnes and eall costunge full; ne bið ꝥ ná gód swefen ( the dream is full of trial and strife ), Lch. iii. 156, 7
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce ne on riht gefullad non es perfecte baptizatus, 5, 6; S. 620, 6.
a-wegan
to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere
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Eálá gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron awegene on ánre wǽgan utinam appenderentur peccata mea et calamitas in statera, Job 6, 2 ; Thw. 167, 18
Burgendas
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We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder.
Linked entry: Burgendan
burh-waru
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Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas, Mt. Bos. 21, 10: Chr. 1013; Th. 271, 28, col. 1. Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12.
Linked entries: burg-waru buruh-waru land-waru
býgan
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Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh býge wið eorþan though thou bend any bough towards the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 106; Met. 13, 53. Býgaþ hine, ðæt he on hinder gǽþ they shall turn him back, so that he shall go backward, Salm. Kmbl. 252; Sal. 125.
Engla feld
ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi
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D. 871] the army came to Reading in Wessex, and three nights after two earls rode up: then alderman Æthelwulf met them at Inglefield, and there fought against them, and gained the victory. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 5-8
ful
Full ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus
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Full, filled, complete, entire; plēnus Ealra fúla ful full of all foulness [impurities ], Elen.
inwidda
Guileful ⬩ deceitful ⬩ evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious
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Guileful, deceitful, evil, wicked, malicious Gelpan ne þorfte eald inwidda [inwitta, MSS. B. C. inwuda MS. D.], no cause to boast had he, old and crafty, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 12 ; Æðelst. 46.
metsian
to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions
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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.
Linked entries: metian ge-metsian
míl
A mile
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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.
ge-wǽpnian
To arm ⬩ furnish with weapons ⬩ armāre
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Hí ðæt scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod they took the ship all armed and equipped, Chr. 992; Erl. 131, 34
Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod
seht
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Wearð se cyng and his bróðor sehte . . . and eall Normandíg æt him mid feó álísde, swá swá hí ðá sehte wǽron, 1096 ; Erl. 233, 17. Sæhte, 1077 ; Erl. 215, 10
ge-sceádwís
Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious ⬩ rationalis
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Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan hú heó gedón sí and hwǽr and hwænne in each deed an intelligent judge must distinguish how it be done, and where and when, L. de Cf; Th. ii. 260, 27: Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6: Bt. Met.
Linked entries: sceád-wís ge-scádwís
brémel
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Hí hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido þára brémela, þæt him wæs eall se líchama gewundod, Guth. 36, 12. Of þiccum brémelum senticosis surculis, An. Ox. 1268. Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7.