ge-feormian
to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare
Entry preview:
Ðonne mon monnan betýhþ ðæt he ceáp forstele, oððe forstolenne gefeormie when a man charges another that he steal cattle, or harbour the stolen, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 13.
georne
Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well ⬩ cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne
Entry preview:
Geornast most diligently, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 25; Gu. 328
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
Entry preview:
for ðam se deáþ ne cymþ tó nánum óþrum þingum bútan ðæt hé ðæt líf áfyrre; swá eác ða woruldsǽlþa cumaþ tó ðam móde tó ðam ðæt hí hit beniman ðæs ðe him leófast biþ ðisse worulde, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 6. direction, ordering Ðás feówer heáfodrícu sindon on
Linked entry: tǽcning
búgan
Entry preview:
It is míne fulle unna ðat Ælfrich mót búgan tó ðó tuéyen abboten, Cht. Th. 416, 8. Búgende declinantia (a religionis tramite ), An. Ox. 3429
framian
Entry preview:
</b> to prevail :-- Ne framige mon non praeualeat homo, Ps. Rdr. 9, 20. Sé þe framian ( proficere ) higð, þeáh þe hé stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ, symle swá þeáh hé fint ꝥ hé wexe, Scint. 100, 14
ge-neát
Entry preview:
Ðus him gewísede se Æðelwaldes mon ðá gemǽru, C. D. v. 140, 30-141, 30. used of a thing which is an adjunct of another (?), the boat belonging lo a larger vessel (?) Fasellus vel geneát, i. genus holeris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 54. ( O. L.
gold
Entry preview:
Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here wid friðe, 288, 12. Hí mid nánum þingum ne gebicge, ne mid golde ne mid seolfre, 380, 12
in-gang
Entry preview:
Th. i. 504, 10. an entering upon action, a beginning, first step Suá mon sceal on ðǽm úpáhæfenum monnum ðone fruman and ðone ingong ðǽre ðreátunga gemetgian ipsa in elatis invectionis exordia sunt temperanda, Past. 303, 18.
nú
Entry preview:
Cleopian wé nú in eglum móde, Bl. H. 19, 2. Gehýran wé nú for hwon se blindo leóht onfeng, 11. used to introduce an important point in an argument, or series of statements Nú ús is gesǽd ꝥ . . . nú gif þú ǽnig þincg hæfst. . . Hml. S. 26, 256-258.
riht-wís
Entry preview:
Uton beón rihtwíse on úrum móde wiþ óþre men, Bl. H. 95, 28. Hwæt elles getácnað ðæt weóbud búton ryhtwísra (riht-, v. l.) sáula ? quid accipimus altare Dei nisi animam justi?, Past. 217, 23.
scip
Entry preview:
Gyf mon beó at his ǽhtan bereáfod and hé wite of hwilcum scipe, ágyfe steóresman þá ǽhta, Ll. Th. i. 286, 17. Se nówent rihte ꝥ lytle ǽrene scip þe wiþhindan þám máran scipe gefæstnod wæs nauta post navem carabum regebat, Gr. D. 347, 2.
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
Entry preview:
Mon mid gódum and sóþfæstum dǽdum geearnige him ða écean ræste, 101, 26. Þurh sóþfæste dǽda and þurh mildheortnesse weorc, 97, 2. Ne cwom ic tó ceigenne sóðfæsto (justos) ah synfullo, Mk. Skt.
ǽn-líc
ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ beautiful ⬩ elegant ⬩ unicus ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher
Entry preview:
Eal wæs ǽnlícra ðon mæge stefn areccan all was more excellent than voice can tell, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 17; Gú. 1294.
grimlíc
Entry preview:
Ða gewin wǽron grimlícran ðonne hý nú sýn struggles were more bloodthirsty than they now are; quod crudelius graviusque erat quam nunc est, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 23
wituma
A dowry
Entry preview:
Ágife hé ðæt fioh æfter ðæm weotuman (juxta modum dotis, quam virgines accipere consueverunt, Ex. 22, 17), 29; Th. i. 52, 8. In Anglia xiii. 30, 82, wytuma paranymphus seems a mistake for witumbora. v. next word
Linked entry: weotuma
ypping
Entry preview:
Holmweall ástáh, merestreám módig, Cd. Th. 207, 16; Exod. 467; and multon meretorras, 208, 16; Exod. 484 Synfullra sweót sáwlum lunnon, siððan hié onbugon (on bogum, MS.) brún[e] yppinge (cf. for the epithet brúne ýða, Andr.
fífta
Entry preview:
Fífte móder tritavia, 60. Fífta sunu adnepos, ii. 8, 23.
ge-risene
Entry preview:
He sona þára gerisne andsware onsende nec mora, congrua quatsitui responsa recepit, I. 27; Sch. 61, l. pi gerisnan ratam (rata et grata holocaus-tomata, Aid. 72, 29. Cf. rata, perfecta, Corp. Gl. H. 101, 14), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 9. Da a
on-hyscan
to mock, make a jest of ⬩ to reproach, abuse, speak ill of ⬩ to detest
Entry preview:
to mock, make a jest of Drihten onhnyscþ (? -hyscþ, MS. T.) hine Dominus irridebit eum, Ps. Spl. 36, 13.
Linked entries: on-hiscan on-hnyscan on-hohsnian
hoh-
Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent
Entry preview:
Ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða healícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse to those that love exalted chastity more than the wantonness which is full of care, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 5. Hogfullum prudentibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 25