geár-getal
Entry preview:
Nime hé him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 22. Cf. winter-getæl
strídan
Entry preview:
Mon in the mone stond ant strit, Spec. 110, 1. Sete forth thyn other fot, stryd over sty, 111, 2. Love is stalewarde and strong for to striden on stede, An. Lit. 96, 9.]
slite
a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law
Entry preview:
a slit, tear, rent in cloth, etc. Se slite byþ wyrsa pejor scissura fit Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16; Mk. Skt. 2, 21. a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Wið hundes slite Lchdm. i. 148, 7. Íces slite oððe hundes ii. 86, 2.
Linked entry: slítan
slíþen
Cruel, hard, evil
Entry preview:
In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life 316, 22; Mód. 52
Linked entry: slíþe
ge-gán
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 85, 30. Geeódun, gihiódum, gaeádun adgrediuntur, Txts. 39, 78. Geeódon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 44. Hiá geeádon in bergum illi abierunt in porcos, Mt. L. 8, 32. Ꝥ hiá gegáæ in ceastra euntes in castella, 14, 15. Ꝥte geeádon in ðá ceastra, Lk.
ge-tæl
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 49, 34. number in the abstract God ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele and on hefe, Hml. Th. i. 286, 14.
eald
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 258, 26. On ealdum dagum, II.
ge-feón
Entry preview:
L. 14, 28. where the cause or occasion of rejoicing is given, in gen. Seó módor þæs gefeah ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 69, 13 note. Þæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes ut non supergaudeant mihi inimici met, Ps. Th. 34, 23. in dat.
open-líce
Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large
Entry preview:
Búton ic openlíce gecýþe ðæt ic God sylfa sý unless I make it evidently appear that l am God himself, 181, 36. Se wæs openlíce úþwita. Bt. 19: Fox 70, 8 : Met. 13, 72. Hú ne is ðé genóg openlíce geeówad. Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 19: 32, 2; Fox 116, 33.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
Entry preview:
I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 2. On hærfest hrést and fealuwaþ in autumn it falls and fades, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 116; Met. 11, 58. Twegen unþeáwas hreósaþ on ǽnne man duorum vitiorum languor irruit, Past. 62, 1; Swt. 457, 9.
a-manian
To demand ⬩ exact ⬩ exigere
Entry preview:
Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 2. Amanige ðære scíre bisceop ða bóte to ðæs cynges handa let the bishop of the shire exact the compensation into the hands of the king, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 19
a-wecgan
To move ⬩ remove ⬩ shake ⬩ movere ⬩ amovere ⬩ commovere ⬩ agitare
Entry preview:
Hí ne mihton hine awecgan they could not move it, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 31. Mód biþ aweged of his stede the mind is removed from its place, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 18 : Bt. Met. Fox 7, 48; Met. 7, 24.
here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
Entry preview:
Kmbl. iv. 224, 20
scyte-finger
Entry preview:
Voc. i. 44. 5. Bécnend, scytefinger index, ii. 46, 35. Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1. In Ethelbert's Laws the fine is only eight shillings, L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 10.
teónd
Entry preview:
Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 19: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 20: 282, 3
cyrf
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 406, 33. v. of-, ymb-cyrf. what is cut off Tódál ł cyrf comma, An. Ox. 18 b, 9. v. æ-cyrf in Dict., where read <b>ǽ-cyrf,</b> es; m
hweorfa
Entry preview:
Voc. i. 59, 23. ¶ Here probably belong the two glosses :-- Hweorfan molam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 1: 57, 13. The passage glossed is: Si parcae . . . mortale vitae fusaque rotante minantur, quod vehet in collo tereti vertigine molem, Ald. 175, 35.
Linked entry: wendend
torn
Causing violent emotions of grief ⬩ anger, grievous, distressing, bitter
Entry preview:
Ðæt wæs Hróðgáre hreówa tornost it was to Hrothgar the bitterest grief, Beo. Th. 4265; B. 2129
nytan
Entry preview:
Ic wiste ðæt ðú út áfaren wǽre, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33. Ðæt ðæt ic ǽr sǽde ðæt ic nyste (Cott. MS. nesse) ... Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú nystest (Cott. MS. nesse), 34, 12; Fox 154, 12-13. Ðú nysstest (Cott. MS. nesse) . . . ic nyste (Cott.
riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
Entry preview:
C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 12. Heora riht cyning legitimus rex, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 18. On rihtre ǽwe in lawful marriage, Wulfst. 304, 21. Ða ðe on rihtum hǽmede beóþ qui in legitimo matrimonio sunt, L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 22.