witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt ic ðé meahte áhwyrfan from hálor, Exon. Th. 264, 1; Jul. 357. Him tó wǽron witode geþingþo, Cd. Th. 30, 30; Gen. 475. Ðé sind wítu weotud be gewyrhtum, Andr. Kmbl. 2731; An. 1368. Feohgestealda witedra wénan, Exon.
ge-lǽran
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Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde ꝥ þú hí oncnáwan cúþest, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19. Wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene, Bl. H. 19, 14. with acc. of person and acc. of thing Mé þínra stíga stapas gelǽr, Ps.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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hwæðer ǽnig mon be norðan þǽm wéstenne búde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 7. of the action of things Gársecg fandaþ, hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Run. 25. combining the constructions of 1 and 2 Wolde se wísa mon his fandigan, hwæðer hé swá wís wǽre swá hé self wénde
tó-slúpan
To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,
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Ða wénde heó ðæt seó snód tóslupe, ac heó áfunde ða snóde mid eallum cnottum fæste gewriðen, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 25. Gif hé ða (brídlas) lǽt tóslúpan hic si frena remiserit, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 33 : Met.11, 80.
Linked entry: tó-swífan
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Úre yldran swultan and swíðe oft ús from wendan our parents have died and very often gone from us, Blickl. Homl. 195, 26. Wǽron his yldran fæder and módor hǽðne his parents, father and mother, were heathens, 211, 19 : 213, 2.
hwý
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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.
ge-bindan
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Arues wénde ꝥ hé his ríce gemiclian sceolde, þá hé his dohtor Philippuse sealde.
ge-bycgan
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Eádsige arcb ... bletsode Síward tó biscope ... se arcbiscop wénde ꝥ hit sum óðer mann ábiddan wolde oððe gebicgean, 1043; P. 164, 5.
nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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Ðú wéndest ðæt ðé nánwuht unrihtlíces on becuman ne mihte, 7, 3; Fox 22, 15 : 16, 3; Fox 56, 31: 38, 2; Fox 198, 6. Ðæt gecynd nyle nǽfre nánwuht wiðerweardes lǽtan gemengan, 16, 3; Fox 54, 36. Hió nánwuht elles ne lufaþ bútan ðé, 10; Fox 28, 24.
Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Hié hié ( books ) wendon ðurh wíse wealhstodas on hiora ágen geðióde, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 4. an interpreter of a subject, an expounder Wealhstod interpres (divinae legis, Ald. 64) Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 79: 47, 2. Lífes wealhstod, Cd.
Linked entry: -stod
ge-fadian
to arrange, set in order material objects ⬩ to ornament, adorn :-- ⬩ to dispose of property ⬩ to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter ⬩ to arrange the order of procedure :-- ⬩ of the ordering by superhuman power,
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Eówer síð ne bið ná swá swá wé wéndon, ac wyrð elles gefadod and on óðre stówe, Hml. S. 6, 86. Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3
á-biddan
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Hé wénde ðæt hit sum óðer man ábiddan wolde oþþe gebicgan ( would get it by asking or by purchase ), Chr. 1044; P. 164, 11. Ðeáh ðe ic georne bǽde, ne mihte ic lýfnesse ábiddan porro diligentius obsecrans, nequaquam impetrare potui .
ná-wiht
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</b> add :-- Wé ús nðwihtes (náhtes, nóhtes, v.ll.) elles ne wéndon búton deáðes sylfes neque aliud quam mortem sperare ualeremus, Bd. 5, l ; Sch. 551, 17. Þ hé þé náwiht (nánwiht, nóht, v.ll. ) láþes ne dó, 2, 12; Sch. 156, 22.
hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Wyrd bið wended hearde . . . and hwæðre him mæg wíssefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian, Sal. 435.
BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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Seó eá, norþ búgende, út on ðone Wendel-sǽ the river, bending northward, [flows] out into the Mediterranean sea, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 33: Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 24; Rá. 9, 6.
wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Hé in healle wæs wended wloncra folmum, 441, 17; Rä. 60, 19. Plega wlancum, ðǽr wigan sittaþ, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 5; Rún. 14. Grammar wlanc, applied to animals On wlancan ðam wicge Byrht. Th. 138, 54 ; By. 240: Exon. Th. 489, 13; Rä. 78, 7.
Linked entry: wlencu
ge-helpan
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Se lǽce, ðonne hé ðǽm siócan ne trúwað, and wénð ðæt his gehelpan ne mæge, 391, 24, 26.
eft
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Hig æðelinges eft ne wéndon they did not expect the prince back, B. 1596. to a condition Þú tó eorþan scealt eft geweorþan, Cri. 624. Willflód ongan lytligan eft, Gen. 1413. of giving Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl.
Germania
Germany
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ðæm beorge ðe man Alpis hǽt, and yrnþ ðonne norþ-ryhte on ðæs gársecges earm, ðe ðæt land útanymblíþ, ðe man Bryttannia hǽt] and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá, [ðære ǽwylme is neáh ðære eá Rínes, and is siððan eást yrnende wið norþan Créca land út on ðone Wendel-Sǽ