riht-laga
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Woroldwitan gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, 334, 22. Worldwitan tó godcundan rihtlagan þás laga setton, ii. 242, 13. Add
beódan
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1. add : (1 a) to summon Hí budon him tó gemóte, Hml. S. 18, 195. 1. add : (1 a) with infin. Hí him budon drincan wíndrenc, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 16
hand-bæftian
To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament
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To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32
snyðian
to go as a dog with its nose to the ground ⬩ to go sniffing like a dog, but applied also to the going of ships, and other things
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to go as a dog with its nose to the ground (?) Neb is mín niþerweard . . . ic snyþige forð (it is a plough that speaks) Exon. Th. 403, 12; Rä. 22, 6
god-sunu
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A GODSON Ðá onféng he him and æt fulluhtbæþe nam æt ðæs B' handa him to godsuna then he accepted him and took him from the font at the bishop's hand as his godson, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 18.
ge-endebyrdan
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Th. i. 344, 17. to ordain, with object a person, to appoint to a position, office Ic eam geendebyrd ordinata sum, Kent. Gl. 259. Drihten wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22.
ge-hnesctun
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tó lustum, Hml.
hladan
to load ⬩ to load ⬩ freight ⬩ cargo ⬩ to load ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ obtain ⬩ to scoop out
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Tó hladanne dæt wæter, Past. 373, 9. Tó ladanne (hladanne, R.), Jn. L. 4, 7. to draw breath Swá þæs hálgan wæs ondlongne dæg oroð úp hlæden, Gú. 1252. to draw, obtain favour, inspiration, &c. Hé hlet hauriet (salutem), Kent.
rǽdan
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Th. 3, 15-19. to peruse without uttering in speech, to read to oneself Tó gefyllenne þe hé rǽd ad implendum quę legit, Scint. 219, 17. Manega ðǽra Iúdéa rǽddon (rédon, altered from réddon, L. réddun, R. legerunt) þiss gewrit, Jn. 19, 20.
ge-lettan
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</b> to prove a stumbling-block to, to offend :-- Gelette offenderet (ne pudibunda nuditas castos offenderet obtutus), An. Ox. 3675
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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(Dodford) and tó Eferdúne (Everdon) (all three places are in Northamptonshire, a little to the west of Watling Street) . . .
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
ó-leccan
to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure
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Óleccendra palpantum, 116, 51. to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means Óleccaþ adolatur. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127. 7. þeófum ðú ne ólæce, ne yfeldǽdum ne geþwǽrlǽce, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 361.
Linked entry: óliccan
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Ox. 1776. to give in answer to request Bióð gearwe tó lǽranne and tó forgiefanne ǽlcum ðára ðe iów bidde, Past. 173, 8. to give as reward, retribution, &c. Wulderbeáh þæne forgyfþ corona quam reddet (i. restituet), An. Ox. 1354.
líhtan
to alleviate ⬩ relieve ⬩ assuage ⬩ to light ⬩ alight
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to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan that relieves the labouring stomach, L.
metgian
to assign due measure ⬩ to moderate ⬩ regulate ⬩ to measure in the mind ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate upon
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to assign due measure (with dat.)
Linked entries: metegian ge-metgian
nón
the ninth hour ⬩ hora nona ⬩ the service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones
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Hí him tó gewunon náman ðæt hí fæston tó nónes ( ad horam nonam ), Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Tó huíl nónes ad horam nonam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 45, 46. On tíde nónes, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15. 33, 34. Tó underne and tó nóne ... and tó middæge.
-hám
the abode of the elves
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'The Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it is vicus, and it seems to be identical in form with the Greek κώμη.
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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Ðæt hí toweorpen ðæt God geteohhad hæfþ to wyrcanne to destroy what God had determined to do, 10, 3
Linked entries: teohhian ge-tiohhian ge-tihhian
abbad
an abbot ⬩ abbās
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At length it began to be usual for the abbot to be in orders; and since the sixth century monks generally have been priests. In point of dignity an abbot is generally next to a bishop.
port-geat
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The gate of a town Portgeat porta, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 37 : 84, 38. Fare ðæt wíf tó ðam portgate perget mulier ad portam civitatis, Deut. 25, 7, Ðá dá hé geneálǽhte ðam portgeate (cf. ðære ceastre gate, Lk. Skt. 7, 12), Homl. Th. i. 490, 30.