full
having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed
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used substantively Nǽfre seó fyl be fullum ne weorðe non usque ad satietatem bibamus, R.
Linked entry: ful-lic
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Homl. 153, 35. as a medical term, a painful symptom : -- Tácn ðæs ofercealdan magan, ðæt ða men ne þyrst, ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, and ne biþ him ǽnig wearm þrowung getenge, Lchdm. ii. 194, 13. suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Ne dém nán unriht non injuste judicabis, Lev. 19, 15. Ðonne gé unriht wirceaþ quando feceritis malum, Deut. 31, 29. Eallum ðe unriht wyrceaþ qui operantur iniquitatem, Ps.Th. 58, 5. Hí wyrceaþ unriht ( injustitiam ), 93, 4.
here-láf
The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil
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Costontinus ne Ánláf mid heora hereláfum hlehhan ne þorftun not Constantine nor Anlaf, with the remnants of their forces, had cause for laughing, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47
Linked entry: fird-láf
leóran
To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away
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To go, depart, pass, pass away Ic ne leóru non emigrabo, Ps. Surt. 61, 7. Leoreþ transeat, 56, 2. Wið ða hwíle lióres [geleóreþ, Rush.] heofon and eorþo donec transeat cælum et terra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 18.
Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran
líc-wyrþe
pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ agreeable ⬩ estimable ⬩ sterling
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Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrþe sý leave not unpraised what you clearly see is estimable, Prov. Kmbl. 62.
á-heardian
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Th. i. 234, 4. to become hard, not to yield Éstfulle heortan áheardiað on stánes gecynde ongeán costnungum, Hml.
Linked entry: heardian
be-ginnan
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Ne beginnes cuoeða, Lk. L. R. 3, 8. with dat. infin. Begann hé tó hrýmenne, Hml. Th. i. 152, 15: 258, II:ii. 502, 29. intrans. Æfter ðám beginne se abbod, R. Ben. 35, 22.
hefe
importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight
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Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian, 9, 98. God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.
swǽman
To trouble, afflict, grieve.
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Ure Louerd ne mei uor reouðe wernen hire, ne sweamen hire heorte mid wernunge, A. R. 330, 11. Þe swemande sorȝe soȝt to his hert, Allit. Pms. 54, 563.
Linked entry: á-swǽman
trumness
firmness ⬩ strength ⬩ certainty ⬩ health ⬩ confirmation ⬩ support ⬩ a firm place ⬩ the firmament
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Wé witon ðæt manega clericas nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, ac wé willaþ his mihta and his trumnysse hér geswutelian, Anglia viii. 306, 28. health Ða truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ð æs módes
Linked entry: trymness
tyllan
To draw ⬩ attract
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Ne tulle ȝe to þe ȝete none unkuðe harloz, 414, 5. As muche place as myd a þong ich may aboute tille, R. Glouc. 115, 18. Of þe purse þat seluer heo tulleþ. Misc. 188, 40. Ille felawes hafd maistri To tille this yong man to foli, Met. Homl. 113, 8.
Linked entries: tillan be-tyllan for-tyllan
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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will, pleasure Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6. Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl.
ge-cunnian
to try, test ⬩ to try maliciously, insidiously, to tempt ⬩ to try to know; to inquire ⬩ to learn by trial, ascertain, know ⬩ to prove, shew to be right, approve ⬩ to try, attempt ⬩ to try, vex, afflict
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Add: to try, test Hí gelýfdon him be eallum þám geþeódum, þeáh hí hyra gecunnian ne mihton crediderunt de omnibus linguis quas probare minime ualebant, Gr. D. 301, 1.
ge-rádlic
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Nú wé sprǽce habbað ymbe þ <b>bissextuni,</b> hyt byð gerádlic wé ápinsiun his síð, 305, 46. Nú habbe wé be dǽle gehrépod ymbe his síð, nú þingð ús Ꝥ hyt sý swýðe gerádlic Ꝥ wé gecýðon . . . . 307, I
wrecan
To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)
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Nán man ðæt ne wrǽce, ne bóte ne bidde, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 288, 3. to avenge a wrong on some one Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 4.
Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ne mínne noman ne cíg ðú on ídelnesse, L. Alf. 2 ; Th, i. 44. 7.
Linked entry: ídel-gild
prica
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Án i oððe án prica ne gewít fram ðære ǽ iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 18. Ðonne miht ðú ongitan ðæt eorþan ymbhwyrft is eall wið ðone heofon tó mettanne swylce án lytel pricu (lytlu price, Cott.
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
ágan
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Ne meahton freó ne þeówe heora bregoweardas bearnum ágan neither bond nor free could make their lords possessors of children (the passage refers to the women afflicted with barrenness), 2747
ge-bringan
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Sió hrædwilnes ðæt mod gebrin[g]ð on ðǽm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón, Past. 215, 9. Seó haigung deófla on fleáme gebringed, Ll. Th. i. 360, 32. Míne sáwle gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349.
Linked entry: ge-brengan