ufenan
From above ⬩ Above ⬩ besides
Entry preview:
. ¶ Þǽr on ufenan thereupon : -- Hé cwæð, ðæt án culfre him fluge wið ðæt heáfod, swilce heó ðær on ufenan settan wolde, Homl. Ass. 198, 112
Linked entries: þǽr-onufenan þǽr-onufenan
wyrcness
work ⬩ labour ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ performance
Entry preview:
work, labour, operation. Similar entries v. wyrcan, I Dónde wircnisse (operationes) in wætrum miclum, Ps. Surt. 106, 23. working, doing, operation.
Linked entry: wircness
flís
fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ down
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 138, 12. wool, down Flýse lanugine, Wrt.
fóster-fæder
Entry preview:
Neron wolde hátan his ágenne mǽgistre and his fósterfæder ( Senecam familiarem praeceptoremque suum ) ácwellan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 19. of superhuman beings Críst, fósterfæder ( altor ) ealra þinga. Hy. S. 65, 35
ge-bǽran
Entry preview:
Hé wolde ǽlcne cuman swíþe árlíce underfón and swíþe swǽslíce wiþ gebǽran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 32. Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽran þonne mon hine underþeóde his flǽsce, 31, 1 ; F. 114, 23. Add: —
ge-þeóde
Entry preview:
Wæs ic ungleáw þæs geþeódes þára Indiscra worda, Nar. 29, 15. Sió ǽ wæs ǽrest on Ebréisc geðiode funden, Past. 7, 1. Ðæt wé sumæ béc on ðæt geðiode (-ðeóde, v. l. ) wenden ðe wé ealle gecnáwan mægen, 8.
glengan
Entry preview:
Ox. 1203. of arranging words Glengede composita, Kent. Gl. 595. (v. II.)
ge-yflian
Entry preview:
used impersonally, with dat. of person who falls sick Him geyfelode þǽr hé mid þám cynge sæt he was taken ill while sitting with the king Chr. 1053 ; P. 185, 13 : 1086; P. 218, 37. with acc. of person Nam hé his feorme on Wuldahám, and on þám óðran wolde
hǽþen-gilda
Entry preview:
Se ealdorman wolde ðá hǽðengildan forbærnan . . . 'Geðafiað húru þæt man heora ǽhta eów sylle' . . . Þá wurdon getealde án hund þǽra hǽðengylda þe ðæs temples gýmdon, and nán man ne mihte heora ǽhta geríman, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 22.
cweþan
Entry preview:
add: (1 a) where the words or sounds to be spoken are given Se biscop hine hét stafa naman cweðan: 'Cweð nú á'; ðá cwæð hé á, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. 'Hwí ðú úre goda biggencgas forseó' ...
sárgian
to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, wound ⬩ to be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish
Entry preview:
,afflict, wound Hí sárgiaþ fremdne flǽschoman, Salm. Kmbl. 220; Sal. 109. to be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish Hé sárgaþ ðæs he is grieved at it, Past. 33; Swt. 227, 21.
wæcnan
To waken ⬩ arise ⬩ spring
Entry preview:
Ther wakeneth in the world wondred ant wee, P. S. 152, 17. Also transitive Itt iss waccnedd off slæp þurh þatt te faderr stireþþ itt and waccneþþ, Orm. 5845. Thai wakned Crist, Met. Homl. 134, 9
Linked entry: a-wacnian
wéman
To allure ⬩ attract ⬩ persuade ⬩ entice
Entry preview:
Hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec fréfran wolde, wéman(wenian?q. v.) mid wynnum Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29. in a bad sense Ða teolunga ðe hine fram Gode wémaþ Homl. Th. ii. 288, 24.
Linked entry: wǽman
ádl
Entry preview:
Ádle and wóle luem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 3. Hé ðæt ádl gestilde, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 11. Ádla clades, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 33. Ádle valitudines, 81, 54. Hefige ádlu, Lch. i. 262, 2. Uncúð áðlo (aiðulo, R.) plagas, Mk. L. 3, 10
ge-ǽtrian
to poison
Entry preview:
Hé mid geǽttrode flán hine ofsceótan wolde, ac seó geǽttrode flá wende ongeán, Hml. Th. i. 502, 18. Geǽttrodre liuida Germ. 401, 31. Geǽttrodne hláf. Gr. D. 118, 5. Geǽtredum infectis Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 62
Linked entry: ǽtrian
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
Entry preview:
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat
ge-þyncan
To seem ⬩ appear
Entry preview:
Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3. Is me ge-þúht it seems to me, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 6; Gú. 989: 49 a; Th. 169, 18; Gú. 1096
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
Entry preview:
Th. 399, 16 ; Rä. 19, 1 (the word occurs often in the riddles). Úr . . . is módig wuht, Runic pm. Kmbl. 339, 12 ; Rún. 2. Nánre wuhte líchoma ne beoð téderra ðonne ðæs monnes, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 8.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
Entry preview:
Wæs se ofen onhǽted, hine esnas mænige wurpon wudu on innan the oven was heated, many servants cast wood into it, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 9; Dan. 244: Ps. Th. 68, 37.
LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
Entry preview:
To lie, tell a lie, say falsely, break one's word, play false, deceive, feign Ic leóge mentior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 53. Eal hit is swá, ne leóge ic, Blickl. Homl. 179. 3. Ðú líhst ðæt ðú God sý thou sayest falsely that thou art God, Homl.