Sunnan-dæg
Entry preview:
Gif wé ða six Sunnandagas of ádóþ, Wulfst. 284, 4. The observance of the Sunday was enjoined by the laws.
ge-endian
Entry preview:
To come to an end Bidden wé Drihten þæs leóhtes þe nǽfre ne geendað, Bl. H. 21, 13. ¶ of persons, to die :-- Þá þe wel geendiað, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 21. Ðá Eádréd geendude, Cht. Th. 203, 11: Hml. S. 6, 350: 25, 155. Gif hé on þám unrihte geendige ...
ge-feaxode
Having hair ⬩ haired ⬩ cŏmātus
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 120, 19] they were men of white complexion and fair countenance, and having noble hair, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 12, 1
ge-fyrht
Terrified ⬩ affrighted
Entry preview:
Hie wǽron to ðæs swýðe gefyrhte they were so greatly terrified, Blickl. Homl. 221, 34
un-fægere
Unpleasantly ⬩ ungently ⬩ terribly ⬩ cruelly
Entry preview:
Unpleasantly, ungently, terribly, cruelly Hé ðæt unfægere wera cneórissum gewrecan þóhte, Cd. Th. 77, 11; Gen. 1273. Gripon unfægre under sceát werum scearpe gáras, 124, 16; Gen. 2063. Sampson hewis doun of þa hirdis, hurtis þam unfaire, Alex.
wóþ-cræft
The art of poetry ⬩ song
Entry preview:
Ne wéne ǽnigðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige, write wóðcræfie, 234, 30 ; Ph. 548. Ic wille wóðcræfte wordum cýþan bi ðam hwale, 360, 7 ; Wal. 2
of-þyrsted
Entry preview:
Add: literal Swá heort wilnað tó wætre, þonne hé wérig byð oþþe ofþyrst, Ps. Th. 41, 1. Utan syllan mete gehingredum and drenc þám ofþyrstum, Wlfst. 119, 7. figurative Se bið ofhingrod and ofðyrst æfter rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. i. 552, 1
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
Entry preview:
Wé sculon manega bisna reccan ... ne fó wé ná on ðá bisena (bisna, v. l.) for ðára leásana spella lufan, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 13-16
drigan
To DRY, make dry, rub dry, wipe ⬩ siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre
Entry preview:
Fox 29, 120; Met. 29, 60, Ðæt dust, ðæt of eówre ceastre on úrum fótum clifode, we drigeaþ on eów pulvĕrem, qui adhæsit nobis de civitāte vestra, extergĭmus in vos, Lk. Bos. 10, 11.
Linked entry: drygan
deófol-seócnes
Devil sickness, possession with the devil ⬩ dæmŏnium = δαιμόκιoν
Entry preview:
Sumne we gesáwo on ðínum naman deófolseócnessa útadrífende vidĭmus quemdam in nomine tuo ejicientem dæmŏnia, Mk. Bos. 9, 38 : 16, 17 : Lk. Bos. 9, 49 : 38, 32.
Linked entries: deófel-seócnys deóful-seócnys feónd
heófan
To lament ⬩ grieve ⬩ wail ⬩ mourn
Entry preview:
Wé heófdon and gé ne weópon lamentavimus et non plorastis, Lk. Skt. 7, 32. Gif hé mid inweardre heortan heófe if he heartily grieve, L. Pen. 8; Th. ii. 280, 10. Heófende spræc lamenting he spoke, Andr. Kmbl. 3113; An. 1559.
geofu
A gift, grace ⬩ donus, gratia
Entry preview:
Ne biddan we úrne Drihten ðyssa eorðlícra geofa let us not ask our Lord for these earthly gifts, Blickl. Homl. 21, 11.
bígan
To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend
Entry preview:
L. 18, 4. to turn, incline Bégan wé úre mód fram ðǽre lufan þisse worlde. Bl. H. 57, 22. intrans. To bend, move in a curve :-- Se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum. Hml. S. 12, 226. Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058
deriend-lic
Entry preview:
Wé áwurpon þá derigendlican ealdnesse, Hml. Th. i. 194, 25. Feralia, i. lugubria, tristia, noxia, luctuosa, mortifera, mortalia vel deriendlican, réþlican, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 50.
géna
Entry preview:
Mið ðý ðá geáne (adhuc) synfullo wé woeron, Rtl. 22, 9. Ne ðá geána (ne gyt, W. S.) nondum, Mt. L. 16, 9. Wið geána usque modo, 24, 21. Wið ðá geána usque athuc, Jn. L. 2, 10
ge-offrian
Entry preview:
Add: to sacrifice, immolate Offrunga þǽre ealdan ǽwe wé ná ne geoffriaþ ( immolamus ), An. Ox. 40, 20. Hé funde him ánne ram Gode tó geoffrigenne, Prud. 1 b. Eástrun úre geoffrud ( immolatus ) is, An.
ge-sweorcan
Entry preview:
L. 105 : Wlfst. 137, 9. of dark passions, sadness Ic geþencan ne mæg for hwan módsefa mín ne gesweorce, Wand. 59. fear Wé férað gesworcene mid ege and mid fyrhðu, Verc.
ge-frætewian
Entry preview:
Add: to equip, dress, attire Wé úrne líchoman gefrætwiað. Bl. H. 99, 7. Gefratwode conficit, Germ. 401, 122. On swylcum heówe swá hié ǽr hié sylfe gefrætwodan. Bl. H. 95, 19. On his lífes þeáwum hé wæs swíþe gefrætewod, Hml. S. 23 b, 20.
ge-treówian
Entry preview:
., to trust to Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getreówiganne, Ll.
húsel-gang
Entry preview:
Wé beóð geclǽnsode þurh ðæs hálgan húselganges, Hml.