tó-lúcan
To tear to pieces, ⬩ wrench asunder, ⬩ dislocate ⬩ to root out, ⬩ destroy
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Wá is us ꝥ we iseoð þi softe lich toluken swa ladliche, 6, 7. Ȝef mi lich is toloken, 6, 12. Heo toluken þene king, and his leomen todrowen, Laym. 2602. Wilde deor limmel toluken ham, & tolimeden eauer euch lið from þe lire, Jul. 79, 5.
Linked entry: lúcan
be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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Add: where movement is caused Ne mæg beón gehæfd se mete, ac beóþ somod þá innoþas bedrifen, Lch. ii. 278, 15. His scip wearð bedrifen and genýded tó þan eálande, Gr.
gearo
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</b> used of a person :-- Hé is se góda God and gearu standeð (cf. God is a very present help, Ps. 46, 1), Ps. Th. 117, 2. Hé is God mín and gearu Hǽlend, 61, 2.
folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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other is fortunate . . . of which of them is the condition better?
Linked entry: folgaþ
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Lytel is se fyrst ðyses lífes and lyðre is few and evil are the days of this life, Wulfst. 109, 2. Hú lǽne and hú lyðre ðis líf is on tó getrúwianne, 189, 3. Eálá ðú lyðra þeówa serve nequam, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 32: Lk. Skt. 19, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 552, 6.
scort
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Se mónaþ (February) is ealra scyrtost (scyrtst, MSS. P. M. : scirtst, MS. L.), 264, 8.
þigen
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Lactuca is biter on ðigene lettuce is bitter in the eating, ii. 278, 27. Mid unálýfedre ðigene, 332, 1. Æt ðære ðigene ( at the Passover ), 280, 34. Sý hé áscyred fram gemǽnre mýsan þigene from eating at the common table; a mensa, R.
cot-líf
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Wo is him þat uvel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf (cf. wif hom bryngeþ, 265) Misc. 118, 259.] in the charters of Edward the Confessor the word seems used in the sense of manor; the places to which it is applied are in the possession of individuals, and have
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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Th. 144, 7. what is said generally, tradition, report, story Ðæt is fyrn sægen (fyrn-sægen? cf. fyrn-gewrit, -gid) it is an old story, Andr. Kmbl. 2977; An. 1491.
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Th. 139, 25. to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend Ne séce ic nó ða béc, ac ðæt ðæt ða béc forstent, ðæt ic ðín gewit swíðe rihte that I may set thy mind thoroughly right, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 20.
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Heó is swíðe ryhte feówerscýte it (Babylon) is very accurately quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 13. Ryhtor cweþan to say with greater accuracy, 5, 1; Swt. 214, 9
Cynewulf
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ᚹ [wén] is geswíþrad, <b>W</b> [hope] is overpowered, gomen æfter gearum, my joy in my old age, geógoþ is gecyrred youth is turned back ald onmedla. my old pride.
wíd
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Homl. 127, 6. where there is a considerable distance between the extremities or sides of an object, wide, of great width, broad Wíd strǽt platea, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 33. Ðæt geat is swýðe wíd and se weg is swíðe rúm lata porta et spatiosa via, Mt.
eft
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. ¶ In the Northern glosses the prefix re- in many Latin verbs is rendered by eft, but the English word is separable; cf. eft tó cerranne reuerti, Lk. R. L. 19, 12
geoguþhádnes
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Seó stów on þǽre þe þú ꝥ fægereste werod on geogeðhádnesse (geoguð-, v. l.) gesáwe scínan locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc iuuentutem fulgere conspicis, Bt. 5, 12; Sch. 627, 19. Add
ge-metlic
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meet, suitable, fit Þ hé ne wilnige wynsumran wyrde ðonne hit gemetlic sié, Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 21. meeting the requirements of a case, sufficient Philippuses yfel mehte þéh þá giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng sufficerent ista
Linked entry: ge-métednes
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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His geféran áþ ðe him mid standaþ: - On ðone Drihten, se áþ is clǽne and unmǽne ðe N. swór' His companion's oath who stands with him :-- By the Lord, the oath is clean and unperjured which N. has sworn,' L. O. 4-6; Th. i. 180, 8-19.
Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ
tyhtan
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Voc. i. 287, 70: ii. 4, 39. where the object to which a person (acc) is exhorted, etc., is marked by prep, on or tó Ne tyht nán mon his hiéremonna mód ne ne bielt tó gǽstlícum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 18; Swt. 129, 10
æt-íwan
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Hé ongiet be sumum ðingum útanne ætiéwdum eall ðæt hié innan ðenceað, Past. 155, 10. what is perceived by the mind, to manifest, reveal Ic ætýwe (ædeáua, L.) hwám hé gelíc is, Lk. 6, 47. Ædeáuades reuelasti . Lk. 10, 21.
Linked entry: æt-eáwan
ge-þolian
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Nis mé earfeðe tó geþolianne þeódnes willan, Gú. 1039. to tolerate what is not approved, bear what is not pleasing, endure a condition Hé earfoðlíce geþolode þæt hé dógora gehwám dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle, B. 87.