hwæt
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H. 33, 28: Sat. 316. Juliana, hwæt þú glǽm hafast, Jul. 167. Hwæt hé frécnu gestreón funde, Met. 8, 58. <b>III a.</b> preceding a question :-- Hwæt lá hwæt! sint þis nú þá gód?
hogian
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Ic on móde mínum hogade þæt ic wolde tóworpan bearn Hélendes, Sat. 84. Hogien[dum] nitentibus (ut . . . ), An. Ox. 4374. with preposition Hí on heortan hogedon tó níðe, Ps. Th. 77, 20. Hí tó swice hogedon, 82, 3
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Ic hæbbe geweald tó gyrwanne seðl on heofne, 282. plural with same meaning as singular: Heofona freá, Gen. 1404. On heofona ríce, 254. Heofna ealdor. Sat. 567. On heáhsetle heafena ríces, Hy. 8, 29.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
BEÁM
a tree ⬩ arbor ⬩ the tree ⬩ cross ⬩ patibulum ⬩ crux ⬩ a column ⬩ pillar ⬩ columna ⬩ wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ lignum ⬩ navis ⬩ a BEAM ⬩ splint ⬩ post ⬩ a stock of a tree ⬩ trabs ⬩ stipes ⬩ A ray of light ⬩ a sun-BEAM ⬩ radius ⬩ a trumpet ⬩ tuba
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Se ðe deáþes wolde biteres onbyrigan on ðam beáme who would taste of bitter death on the cross, Rood Kmbl. 226; Kr. 114 : Cd. 224; Th. 296, 30; Sat. 510.
stede
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</b> as a technical medical term strangury :-- Wið stede and wið blǽddran sáre, Lchdm. i. 360, 4: 338, 3
trum
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Th. 297, 30; Sat. 525. Englas trume and torhte, Exon. Th. 55, 15; Cri. 884. of non-material things, firm, stable, strong Ðæt mód ǽgðer ge trum ge untrum animus et infirmus et fidelis, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 3.
yfel
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Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610. Hé áraþ ða gódan, and hé wítnaþ ða yfelan, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 20. of things, bad, not good of its kind Sió yfele gillestre and ðæt yfele blód, Lchdm. ii. 148, 6. Gif eáran willen ádeáfian, oþþe yfel hlyst sié . . .
ende-mes
together ⬩ coincidence ⬩ straightway ⬩ at once
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Hí forléton ealle endemes þone sang, 234. Eall seó meniu endemes weóp sóna, Num. 14, 1: Hml. Th. ii. 516, 18.
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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Th. 280, 32; Sat. 263 ; Beo. Th. 3610; B. 1803.
sceamian
to feel shame, be ashamed ⬩ to cause shame
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Ðiós sǽ cwið ðæt ðú ðín scamige Sidon erubesce Sidon, ait mare, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 33. Hit is cyn ðæt wé úre scomigen, 52, 4; Swt. 407, 15. Sceamian heora ealle míne fýnd erubescant omnes inimici mei, Ps. Th. 6, 8. Scamien, 69, 3.
in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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Ðæt mín sáwul lybbe for ðínum intingan ut vivat anima mea ob gratiam tui, Gen. 12, 13. For hwilcum intingan quam ob causam, 19.
Linked entry: tinga
swǽsende
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Swǽsende, swǽsenda þicgan to take food :-- Sæt hé and swǽsende ðeah and dranc (sæt hé on swǽsendum and æt and dranc, MS. B.) residebat, vescebatur, bibebat Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 18.
hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Heó [Hagar] gewát hire hláfordum [Abram and Sara], Cd. 104; Th. 138, 21; Gen. 2295
Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Ða ilcan ðe ǽr landgemǽre lǽddon the same that before had marked the boundaries of the land, Chart. Th. 376, 19. Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mǽg of Sodoma byrig, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011.
Linked entry: be-lǽdan
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Th. 272, 25; Sat. 125. Ne meahte ðǽr drincan wihta ǽnig, Ps. Th. 77, 44. Ealra wihta gehwam omne animal 144, 17. Wuhta gehwylc, Met. 11, 52. Earmost ealra wihta, ðara ðe cenned wǽre. Exon. Th. 421, 7; Rä 40, 14.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
þingian
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Th. 292, 28; Sat. 447. to intercede for a person (dat. or for with dat. or acc. ) Ic for mínes Godes húse þingie, Ps. Th. 121, 9.
EAX
An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis
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On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall rúma ródor all the spacious sky turns on the same axis, 28, 30; Met. 28, 15. Ymb ða eaxe about the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23.
-en
people, subjects
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-inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen, e; f. a maid-servant, from manna: gyden, e; f. a goddess, from god: munecen
Linked entry: -ælfen
INN
A dwelling ⬩ house ⬩ chamber ⬩ lodging
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Ðá lǽdde heó hine on ða cyrcan . . . and on ðam ylcan inne hé oncneów hwæt ðǽr inne wæs then she led him into the church . . . and in the same house he recognized what was therein, 22; Gdwin. 96, 23-98. 5.
Linked entry: in
rǽden
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The word occurs as the second part of many nouns, when its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-,