LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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Lóciaþ nú ðæt ðiós eówru leáf ne weorðe óðrum monnum tó biswice videte, ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis, Past. 59, 6; Swt. 451, 32. Fore cyningum ðǽr hig eágum on lócian in conspectu regum, Ps. Th. 118, 46.
ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Gesyhþ wínsele wéstne he sees the wine-hall deserted, Beo. Th. 4901; B. 2455: Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783: 64; Th. 78, 12; Gen. 1292.
Linked entry: ge-sión
Þú
Thou
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Nim þé þis ofæt on hand, Cd. Th. 33, 11; Gen. 518. Ásend þé (ðeh, Lind.: þec, Rush.) nyþer, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 6. Þonne þú þé gebidde, 6, 6. Grammar Þú, strengthened with self or ána Þú sylf ne gesyhst þæne beám on þínum ágenum eágan, Lk. Skt. 6, 42.
ge-girwan
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</b> to prepare food, dress, cook :-- Haran sina gegyre and him syle þicgan, Lch. i. 344, 15. Man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 27. Sunu þǽm fæder tó mete gegierwan, 1, 12; S. 52, 24. to dress Gegeruuid preatextatus, Wrt.
Linked entries: girwan ge-gerwan ge-girwung ge-gyrian
hálsian
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Ic l álsigo ðec, giscæft saltes, 117, 34. to imprecate Háls[ode] inprecabatur, An. Ox. 4, 45. II. to augur, divine. On wígbedde tó hálsienne ariolandi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 15
mearc
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Hé Pætres mearce onféng accepta tonsura, Bd. 3, 18; Sch. 274, 4. a character made with a pen by an illiterate person in place of a signature Ꝥ gewrit mid his ágenre hand hé áuríte, oððe gif hé ná can stafas óðer fram him gebeden wríte ; and se nícumena
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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H. 125, 2. in fýre wesan to be on fire Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs in fýre contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8 note. a fire, fuel in a state of combustion Fýr haec pira, An. Ox. 18 b, 76.
þeóf-feng
Seizing of thieves ⬩ comprehensio (or captio) furis (-um). ⬩ the obligation of one who holds land to arrest and bring to justice those who committed theft on that land ⬩ the right to receive the fines which might be exacted in case of conviction for theft.
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Corresponding cases in Latin charters are the following :-- Ego Ecgberhtus ... hanc libertatem donabi aecclesiae ..., ut omnes agros sint libera ab omni regali seruitio (then follows a list of exemptions),... et ab omnibus difficultatibus regalis uel
ymb
About, by ⬩ local, about, round ⬩ in attendance upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ preceding ⬩ following ⬩ about
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Hé cýðde hú hé ymbe wolde, gif hé hine gemétte he shewed what he would have been about, if he had found him, Homl. Th. i. 82, 18
Linked entries: emb emban ymbe ymb-gán ymb-gang ymb-hweorfan ymb-licgan ymb-útan
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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Gl. 499, 51. used of a vessel in which a liquid boils Bæð háte weól, Exon. Th. 277, 16; Jul. 581. of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, rage Wið ðone weallendan bryne ðe weallaþ (-eþ?) on helle, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 13.
Linked entry: for-weallen
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
- 475 :
- 772
- 21
a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Ex. 145. in the plural, in some compounds, the word has the sense of way, in al-way, -ways Cf. Icel. -vegir. v. eást-, norþ-, súþ-, síd-, wíd-wegas
setl
that on which one sits ⬩ a settle ⬩ seat ⬩ place to sit ⬩ an official seat of a king, judge ⬩ a throne ⬩ judgment-seat ⬩ seat ⬩ place ⬩ position ⬩ to set ⬩ a seat ⬩ place where one abides ⬩ an abode ⬩ a residence ⬩ dwelling ⬩ a stall for animals ⬩ a see ⬩ seat of a disorder, ⬩ dwelling-place of non-material things ⬩ the part of the body on which one sits ⬩ the seat ⬩ a sitting ⬩ the being in, or assuming a sitting position ⬩ sessio ⬩ stay ⬩ residence ⬩ a siege
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B.) he had the chief seat Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 4. Sæt Agustinus on sotole, 2, 2; S. 503, 15. Hé hét him úte setl gewyrcean, 1, 25; S. 486, 38. Mé hé wið his sylfes sunu setl getǽhte, Beo. Th. 4031; B. 2013. Ofer setol super sellam, Kent. Gl. 304.
weorþ
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Ðæt hý siþþan áðwyrðe nǽron ac ordáles wyrðe that afterwards they might not make oath but had to submit to the ordeal, L. Ed. 3; Th. i. 160, 21. Sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe, 9; Th. i. 164, 12.
án
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Hé for án wénde ꝥ ǽlc hine gecneówe he had no other thought but that every one knew him, Hml. S. 23, 573. Him for án þúhte ꝥ . . . , 631.
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes, Beo. Th. 5329; B. 2698. Beówulfes síþ, módges merefaran, 1008; B. 502. Hægsteald módige, wígend unforhte, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 24; Exod. 327. proud, arrogant; —Módig superbus ... eádmód humilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 25, 27.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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'Hafa ðé mínne stæf on handa.' Se drý ðá nam ðone stæf Homl. Th. ii. 418, 1-2. Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 9. Stafas vectes, Ps.
Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft
á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Ásprang micel heófung and sárlic wóp on ðám háme, 434, 14. Seó dyrstignys ásprang, ii. 472, 24. Ásprang gehwǽr mycel gedwyld, Hml. S. 23, 353:Ll. Th. ii. 372, 12. Mage of ðám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, 376, 24.
Linked entry: á-sprungen
ge-hátan
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Him hí ermðu gehéton, Gú. 418. with clause Hym Godes andsacan swíðe gehéton þæt hé deáða gedál dreógan sceolde, Gú. 205: 542. combining and Þú þæt gehátest, þæt þú hám on ús gegán wille, Gú. 242. with cognate accusative, to make a promise, vow a vow
hwilc
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in qua potestate haec facts? Mt. 21, 23. Hwelce twá synd wiþerweardran betwuh him þonne gód and yfel ?, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 6. For hwilcum (hwylcum, v. l. ) óþrum ðingum woldest ðú ꝥ sprecan?
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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He is said to have been bishop of Wilton, and he was elected archbishop of Canterbury. A.