ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Hát todǽlan heora geþeóde divide linguas eorum, Ps. Th. 54, 8. Ic ðá geþeóde to micclan gesceáde telede I reckoned then a translation to make much difference, Lchdm. iii. 442, 4
Linked entry: ge-þióde
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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D. 324, 16: Þá bróðra woldon hine scyldan mid heora gebedum and fore gebiddan (orando protegere)), Hml. Th. i. 534, 10. to bequeathe, grant by will (cwide) Hit becwæð sé ðe hit áhte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1.
cyre-líf
A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt
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mínra maga nán ne yrfewearda ne geswence nán nǽnig cyrelíf ðara ðe ic foregeald, and me West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót lǽtan swá freó swá þeówe, swáðer ic wille; ac ic, for Godes lufan and for mínre sáwle þearfe, wylle ðæt hý sýn heora
eges líc
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra one of them was more dreadful than the others, Bd. 5, 13; S. 033, 3. Daga egeslícast most terrible of days, Exon. 23a; Th. 63, 20; Cri. 1022
HÝDAN
To HIDE ⬩ conceal
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To HIDE, conceal Ic mé wið heora hete hýde absconderem me ab eo, Ps. Th. 54, 12. Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone monn ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man that he means to cut, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 25.
pytt
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Heora mód ys swá deóp swá grundleás pytt sepulcrum patens est guttur eorum, Ps. Th. 5, 10. Gif hwá pytt ( cisternam ) ádelfe and hine ne oferhelie and ðǽr fealle on oxa oððe assa, gilde ðæs pyttes hláford ðæra nýtena wurð, Ex. 21, 33-34.
ge-býsgian
To occupy ⬩ busy ⬩ afflict ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ overcome ⬩ agitate ⬩ weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ occupare ⬩ affligere ⬩ turbare ⬩ vexare ⬩ opprimere ⬩ corripere ⬩ conficere
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Moyses wearþ gebýsgad for heora yfelum vexatus est Moyses propter eos, Ps. Th. 105, 25 : 76, 6. Wintrum gebýsgad oppressed with years, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 28; Ph. 162 : 62 a; Th. 227, 25; Ph. 428.
Linked entries: ge-biesgian ge-bisgian ge-býsigan
ge-hygd
Thought ⬩ cogitation ⬩ meditation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ consultation ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mĕdĭtātio ⬩ consĭlium
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Landágende men ic lǽrde ðæt hie heora gafol mid gehygdum aguldon I taught landowners to pay their taxes carefully, Blickl. Homl. 185, 22
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was
Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian
á-lísan
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Ðæt hé heora senna álýsan mæge, Bl. H. 43, 14. to release, rescue, redeem, free Ðú álést liberabis, Kent. Gl. 883. Áliéset eximet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 46. Álýst evellet, i. eruet, 144, 31.
Linked entry: á-lýsan
be-tweoh
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes, 133, 33. temporal Betweoh (-twyh, v. l.) þám þe hine man lácnode inter medendum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 509, 18. of mutual relation For ðǽre dǽde ðe hié dóð betwuh him, Past. 399, 27. marking
ge-méde
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That which is agreeable to one (gen.) or in conformity with one's will, pleasure Bútan sum heora freónda þá land furþor, on þæs arcebisceopes geméde ( as may be agreeable to the archbishop), ofgán mage, Cht. Th. 355, 23.
ildra
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Sió gifu hiora fæder and heora eldran (eolldran, v. l.) fæder vel paterni vel aviti specimen ingenii, Bt. 10; F. 28, 32. Yldran fæder avitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 61.
on-sundrum
separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart ⬩ in retirement from others, apart ⬩ making distinction from others, especially
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Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundran cwæþ, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15. Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ ǽgðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Ǽlc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24.
Linked entry: sundor
tó-teran
To tear to pieces ⬩ to tear to pieces a material ⬩ to tear to pieces ⬩ to harass ⬩ distract ⬩ destroy
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Hí tótǽron heora reáf, 454, 11. Fýrene næddran ðæt folc tótǽron, Num. 21, 6.
sester
a vessel ⬩ jar ⬩ pitcher ⬩ a measure for liquids or for dry things
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Hé hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne æmtigne sester . . . Hig slógon tógædere ða sestras (lagenas). Jud. 7, 16-19.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht
tellan
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Ne mæg heó ús leáse tellan mendacii arguere nos non potest, Gen. 38, 23.
ge-bétan
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Nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte, C. D. i. 114, 27. Á swá mon bið mihtigra . . . swá sceal hé deóppor synna gebétan, Ll.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Sóð is ǽghwylc ðara ðe ymb ðás wiht wordum bécneþ; ne hafaþ heó ǽnig lim, leofaþ se þeáh. Exon. Th. 421, 30 ; Rä. 40, 26. Hí geségon syllicran wiht, wyrm on wonge, Beo. Th. 6069 ; B. 3038. Ic ða wihte geseah . . . heó wæs wundrum gegierwed. Exon.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Grendel móras heóld, fen and fæsten, B. 104. Hé swíþe þæs londes fæstenum trúwode þonne his gefeohte, Nar. 17, 28.