hwæþer
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dependent clauses. where both the alternatives implied in hwæþer are given, whether ... or. hwæþer ... þe ... þe Hí ne scrifon hwæðer hit wǽre ðe dæg ðe niht, Past. 427, 31. hwæþer þe ... þe Andswarode mé sum ðing, ic nát hwæt, hweðer þe ic sylf þe óder þing
libban
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</b> fig. of things :--- to supply oneself with food, feed, subsist (lit. or fig.) Þá gástlican láre . . . þe fire saul big leofaþ and féded bið, Bl. H. 57, 9. ꝥ Sume hí leofodon be ofete and wyrtum, Hml.
ongeagn
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Ox. 1819. (3 a) where one thing is subjected to the action of another :-- Aðamans, gif his mon onhrínð mid buccan blóde, hé hnescað ongeán ðæt líðe blód, Past. 271, 4.
reccan
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</b> to correct :-- Seó cyrice sum þing þurh wælm receþ (corrigit ), 1, 27; S. 491,30
Linked entries: and-reccan be-reccan ge-reccan
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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they had equal power as judges in civil courts of law,-and their burh-brice and wér-gyld were the same Bisceope gebyreþ ǽlc rihting, ge on godcundan þingan ge on woruldcundan to a bishop belongs every direction [righting] both in divine and worldly things
Linked entries: ealdor-biscop biscep biscop
sél
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Manige ðara sélestena cynges þéna forþférdon, Chr. 897 ; Erl. 94, 32. of things Næs sincmáðþum sélra on sweordes hád there was no greater treasure in the shape of a sword, Beo. Th. 4392 ; B. 2193. Hí nǽfre song séllan ne hýrdon, Exon.
Linked entry: sélost
sittan
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(Often in the Chronicle. ) of things Sió hefige eorþe sit ðaelig-acute;er niþere be ðæs cyninges gebode, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13. Flód mycel on sæt there was a great flood in the river. Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 35.
Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn
under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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Hé nolde náne fréfrunge underfón noluit consolationem accipere, Gen. 37, 35. of things, to receive, serve as a receptacle for Underfó receptet (the passage is: Cadaver nequaquam sepulchri sarcophagus receptet, Ald. 52), Hpt.
Linked entry: under-niman
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Wilna gehwilces weaxende spéd a growing abundance of every thing to be desired, 100, 7; Gen. 1660. Ic on mínre heortan hýdde georne ðæt ic ðínre sprǽce spéd gehealde in corde meo abscondi eloquia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 11: 38.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Th. 166, 16. as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied Gá seó mǽgþ him on borh let the family go bail for him (the thief ), L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 24.
wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Héhbiscopes micla wundra pontificis magnolia, Rtl. 77, 19. a wonderful object, wondrous thing Wén is ðæt hwilc wundor ineode on ðæt carcern and ða hyrdas ácwælde, Blickl. Homl. 239, 30. Heofonbeácen ... óðer wundor syllíc ... byrnende beám, Cd.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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The third person is he about whom the first person speaks to the second person, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 23, 49-53. Hád ðæt is persona, 15; Som. 17, 30. sex Gewuldrad is se heánra hád the humbler sex is glorifed, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 10; Cri. 99.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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., 887; Erl. 86, 1: 709; Erl. 42, 29. to divide one number by another Tódǽl ða twelf þurh fíf, Anglia viii. 328, 21: 304, 40. to divide one thing from another, part, separate, trans.
tilian
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VI. where the object for the sake of which an effort is made is pointed out by a preposition Tó ðisum swicolum lífe wé swincaþ and tiliaþ and tó ðam tówerdan lífe wé tiliaþ hwónlíce we labour and toil for this deceitful life, and for the future life we
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Lyt ðú gemundest tó hwan ðínre sáwle þing siððan wurde little didst thou mind to what thy soul's condition would come, Soul Kmbl. 39; Seel. 20: Beo. Th. 4149; B. 2071.
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Kmbl. 342, 9; Rún. 15. of other things, concrete Ðæt land ðǽr ðǽr gold wixt terra, ubi nascitur aurum, Gen. 2, 11. Hwæðer gé nú sécan gold on treówum ? ...
sib
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Beóþ on sibbe ða þing ðe hé áh, Lk. Skt. 11, 21. Hú wéne gé hwelce sibbe ða weras hæfden, ðonne heora wíf swá monigfeald yfel dónde wǽron? Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 50, 2. <b>V a.
þanan
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Unde accidit illi, quod solent dicere quidam, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 18. in correlative combinations Ðæt mé þincþ wiþerweard þing . . . ðætte þonan ðe hí teohhiaþ ðæt hí scylan eádigran weorþan, ðæt hí weorþaþ ðonan earmran, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 24-27.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
weorpan
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Kmbl. 2606 ; El. 1304. to move a thing from one position to another, in the phrase weorpan tó handa to hand over Weorpe hé ðone ceáp tó handa, L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 12 : L. Alf. pol. 21 ; Th. i. 74, 19: 24; Th. i. 78, 9.
ge-trymman
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Add: of persons or things, to make strong; to fortify against attack (lit. or fig.) Man þá burh worhte and getrymode æt Witanhám, Chr. 913; P. 97, 33.