sæl
A hall
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., the alliteration requires s) ongytan mihton; ðæt wæs foremǽrost receda, 620; B. 307. Heorot ( Hrothgar's hall ), sincfáge sel, 336; B. 167. Geond ðæt síde sel, Andr. Kmbl. 1523; An. 763.
Bryttas
Britons ⬩ Britones ⬩ Bretons ⬩ Armoricani
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Ðætte Angel-þeód wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum on Breotone that the Angle-nation was invited by the Britons into Britain, 1, 15; S. 483, 2.
Linked entry: Brettas
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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Wæs óðer in geteohhod mǽrum Geáte another dwelling had been assigned to the renowned Goth, Beo. Th. 2605; B. 1300. Geteohod, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 31, note.
Linked entries: teohhian ge-tiohhian ge-tihhian
bearn-teám
progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ issue ⬩ child-bearing ⬩ procreation of children
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Hé bi þǽre fægerne bearnteám gestrýnde, seó wæs Agathes geháten, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 14. Seó gelaðung ácenð micelne bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 161. Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht, 34, 254.
be-fealdan
to fold up ⬩ roll up ⬩ to bendthe body ⬩ to fold up in something ⬩ wrap up ⬩ to entwine; ⬩ implicare ⬩ to involve ⬩ implicate ⬩ to attach
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Hé (the town) wæs tó þæs pápan ǽhte bifealden, Hml. A. 199, 150
freónd
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Selle hé his wǽpn his freóndum tó gehealdanne, 60, 8.
mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 2021; B. 1008. Ðá ðæs mǽles wæs mearc agongen then was the appointed time past, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 16; Gen. 1719: 224; Th. 296, 12; Sat. 501.
BLÍÐE
joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHE ⬩ lætus, hilaris ⬩ gentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweet ⬩ mansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavis ⬩ quiet, calm, peaceful ⬩ tranquillus, placidus ⬩ joy
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Cyning wæs ðý blíðra the king was the blither, Elen. Kmbl. 192; El. 96: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 63; Met. 9, 32: Byrht. Th. 136, 5; By. 146.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Bearn Ælfríces cwæð: 'Wæs mín ealda fæder Ealhelm háten, ' B. 218. Féng Carl tó þám westríce . . . swá hit his þridda fæder (his great-grandfather) hæfde, Chr. 885; P. 78, 32.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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, 36, 6; F. 180, 29. used absolutely, to follow the monastic profession Þis land wæs swíðe áfylled mid munecan, and þá leofodan heora líf æfter sc̃s Benedictus regule; and se Xp̃endóm waes swilc on his dæge ꝥ ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade
geár
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Wæs se winter þý geáre grim, 213, 31. Perseus wæs ealne þone geár Rómáne swencende, Ors. 4, ll; S. 208, 13 : 3, 5 ; S. 106, 10. Þá sylfan tíd síde herigeas habbað foreweard geár.
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Wæs lof hafen . . . hí Fæder weorðodon, and þone Sunu wordum heredon, El. 890: Jul. 693.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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Ióhannes wæs wanigende on his hlísan, for ðan ðe hé wearð oncnáwen wítega, sé ðe wæs lytle ǽr Críst geteald, Hml. Th. i. 356, 35.
hwilc
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), Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 4. in dependent clauses. as adjective qualifying a noun, what, what sort of Þǽr ðú gemunan woldest nwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽ;re on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, l;
þicce
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Lege on þone þiccestan cláð oþðe on fel, ii. 200, 11. of more exact measurement, thick Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó ðæm hefone, and hú ðicke (þicce, Cott. MS.) se hefon wǽre, oððe hwæt ðær ofer wǽre, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 22.
sculan
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D. 46, 27. (13) :-- Hé cwaeð ꝥ sum wer wǽre þe e add: Sóna swá þára Læcedemonia ládteów wiste ꝥ hé wið þá twégen heras sceolde, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 15. Hé nyste hwǽr hé út sceolde, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 20.
a-rásian
To lay open ⬩ discover ⬩ explore ⬩ detect ⬩ reprove ⬩ correct ⬩ seize ⬩ detegere ⬩ invenire ⬩ explorare ⬩ corripere ⬩ reprehendere ⬩ intercipere
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Arásad wæs interceptus est, Cot. 109. Arásod beón on hefygtímum gyltum gravioris culpa noxæ teneri, R. Ben. 25: 34
cyre
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Hwí wæs se man betǽht tohis ágenum cyre why was the man [Adam] committed to his own free will? Boutr. Scrd. 17, 25. Mid cyre arbitrio, Mone B. 1344: 2616
cyte
A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell ⬩ casa, cubiculurn, cella
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Wæs sum munuc on néhnesse his cytan eardiende in vicinia cellæ illii's habitabat quidam monachus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 42. Leóht of heofenum gefylde ða cytan a light from heaven filled the cell, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 34
Linked entry: cote
hræd-líce
Quickly ⬩ hastily ⬩ speedily ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ forthwith
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Hé wæs æfter ðam swíðe hrædlíce gehálgod tó cyninge very soon after that he was consecrated king, 979; Erl. 129, 30. Hrædlícor ocius; hrædlícost ocissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 9.