wecgan
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Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.
wís-fæst
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational
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Hé wile on dómes dæg on ðysne middangeard cuman, and hé wile eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum écn[e] dóm gesetton (he will pass an eternal sentence on all intelligent creatures), Blickl. Homl. 121, 20. v. next word
wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis
Linked entry: wríþian
ǽn-lic
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Hí ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333. Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra ), An. Ox. 1438. Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270.
Linked entry: án-lic
be-gíman
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Gl. 495. ꝥ wín ge ꝥ wæter sýn mid ealre clǽnnysse begýmde, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 39. (l a) to tend the sick :-- Begýmed fotam, An. Ox. 4353. to attend to (in answer to appeal) To Drihtne ic cleopige and hé begýmð (intendit) mé, Ps. Spl. 76, l.
á-wegan
to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to
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Hé áwecþ ealle dúna mid ánre handa, Hml. Th. i. 8, 30. Hé áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan, ii. 436, 12. Gelícere wáge áwæh aequa bilance trutinabat, An. Ox. 4603. Áwæg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4, Áweh wiþ ǽnne pening, Lch. ii. 88, 5.
ende-néhst
last ⬩ last ⬩ lowest ⬩ last ⬩ final ⬩ latest
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Add: of place, most remote On eallum middangearde oð þæt endenéxte land, Hml. Th. i. 294, 28. of number, order, last Módignys is endenéxt gesett on getele ðǽra heáfodleahtra, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 3.
Linked entry: endemestness
ge-recedness
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.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam . . . An.
Linked entries: recenness reced-ness ge-reccedness
ge-fillan
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Ealle ic mihte feóndas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste stód, Kr. 38. Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P. I 10, (I a) fig. :-- Hé úp áhóf hond his ofer hié ðæt hé gefælde hié (ut prosterneret eos), Ps.
ge-cunnian
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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.
ídel-ness
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<b>II, II</b> a α Hí ealne dæg mid ídelnesse ( frustra ) wunnon, Gr. D. 250, 21. On ídelnesse mon ongit Godes ðæt hefonlice wuldor, gif. . . incassum gloria patriae coelestis agnoscitur, nisi . . . Past. 160, 17.
neáh-lǽcan
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Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 155, 14. Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr. D. 85, 8. of movement in time. with a noun or pronoun as subject Se dóm neálǽceþ, Bl. H. 91, 19.
ofer-cuman
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Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.
hát
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Sió womb seó þe biþ hátre gecyndo, sió melt mete wel, Lch. ii. 220, 14-23. of persons or their affections, actions, &c. having or showing intensity of feeling, ardent, fervent Eálá, wǽre hé ánðer, oððe hát, oððe ceald, Past. 445, 36.
ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Eall eówer geswinc biþ ídel consumetur incassum labor vester, Lev. 26, 20.
gearo
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Wé sungon be eallum hálgum ... æfter þyssum, prím ... eft wé sungon nón, and nú wé synd hér gearuwe gehýran hwæt þú ús secge, Coll. M. 34, 1. Hí wǽron gearwe tó fihtan[n]e ongeán þone kásere, H. R. 3, 9.
ge-féra
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Sió óðru gesǽlð is leás and beswícþ ealle hire geféran, Bt. 20; F. 70, 34
ge-hwilc
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(d l) with ealra qualifying gen. pl. :-- Þǽr habbað heó on ǽfyn . . . ealra feónda gehwilc, fýr edneówe. Gen. 314. Alra tácna gehwylc, El. 645. Ymb ealra landa gehwylc, Gn. C. 46.
FOR
FOR ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ with ⬩ by ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ sĕcundum ⬩ juxta ⬩ For ⬩ instead of ⬩ pro ⬩ lŏco ⬩ vĭce ⬩ For ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ through ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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For dæge oððe for twám per ūnum aut duos dies, Ex. 21, 29. according to; pro, sĕcundum, juxta Eall sió lufu biþ for gecynde, nallas for willan omne illud dĕsĭderium juxta nātūram est, non juxta vŏluntātem suam, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 14, 15.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ðeáh hí nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon ... hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu ðeáh now though they had written all their life, yet would not the writings wax old? Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 36.