bróðor-bana
A brother-slayer, fratricide ⬩ fratricida
Entry preview:
A brother-slayer, fratricide; fratricida Ic monnes feorh seðe to bróðorbanan I will avenge man's life on the fratricide, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 9; Gen. 1526
on-styreness
Movement
Entry preview:
Movement Nalæs ðæt án óðra lima ac swylce eác ðære tungan onstyrenesse non solum caeterorum membrorum, sed et linguae motu, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 17
ǽ
Life ⬩ vita
Entry preview:
Life; vita Ðæt hí ne meahtan acwellan cnyhta ǽ that they might not destroy the young men's lives, Exon. 55a; Th. 195, 32; Az. 164
má-cræftig
Very (?) skilled ⬩ powerful
Entry preview:
skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472
clifrian
Entry preview:
Mid ísenum clawum clifrian his lima, 14, 43. Add
sár
Entry preview:
Heó wæs gehǽled, ꝥ on hire líce næs gesýne áht þǽra sárra wunda, Hml. S. 7, 278. Add
Linked entry: sárian
B
Entry preview:
p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old
feran
To go ⬩ make a journey ⬩ set out ⬩ travel ⬩ march ⬩ sail ⬩ īre ⬩ ĭter făcĕre ⬩ proficisci ⬩ transīre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
Entry preview:
Ác fereþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæþ a ship [lit. oak] often saileth over the sea [lit. sea-fowl's bath ], Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 18; vHick, Thes. i. 135, 49.
Linked entry: fyran
forþ-geseón
To see forth, onward, or in front ⬩ provĭdēre
Entry preview:
To see forth, onward, or in front; provĭdēre Hí forþgesáwon lífes látþeów they saw the guide of life in front, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 7; Exod. 103
for-wyrnednes
A restraining ⬩ continence ⬩ forbidding ⬩ contĭnentia
Entry preview:
A restraining, continence, forbidding; contĭnentia He wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes he was of great abstinence and continence of life, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 21
be-serian
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare
Entry preview:
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare He hine feore [MS. fere] beserode he deprived him of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22
un-beden
Unbidden ⬩ unasked
Entry preview:
Unbidden, unasked Sume preóstas ... unbedene gaderiaþ hí tó ðam líce, swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðár ðár hí hold geseóð, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 2
Linked entry: biddan
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
Entry preview:
Se ðe sitte on his áre on lífe he who lives on his property during life, L. Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 9: L. Eth. vi. 4; Th. i. 316, 1, 3.
Linked entry: árra
a-rǽman
To raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ elevate ⬩ excitare ⬩ erigere ⬩ elevare ⬩ To raise or lift up one's self ⬩ to arise ⬩ se erigere ⬩ se elevare ⬩ surgere
Entry preview:
To raise, lift up, elevate; excitare, erigere, elevare Ða ge mihton rǽdan, and eów arǽman on ðám which ye may read, and elevate yourselves in them, Ælfc. T. 31, 15. v. intrans.
ferhþ-geníþla
A life-enemy ⬩ deadly foe ⬩ vītæ hostis ⬩ lētālis hostis
Entry preview:
A life-enemy, deadly foe; vītæ hostis, lētālis hostis Ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníþlan I struck the deadly foe with my sword, Beo. Th. 5754; B. 2881
Linked entry: ge-níþla
unriht-hǽmed
Adulterous
Entry preview:
Adulterous Unrihthǽmede mæn tó rihtum lífe mid synna hreówe tó fón, L. Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 18. Mid unrihthǽmedum cum adulteris, Ps. Spl. 49, 19
drohtaþ
Entry preview:
In lífe and in háde háliges drohtoðes in vita atque habitu sanctae conversationis, Gr. D. 205, 17. In þá geornesse háliges lífes and drohtoðes, 27. Add
windel-stán
A tower with a winding staircase
Entry preview:
A tower with a winding staircase Windelstán coclea, gewind circuitus ascensus (the word occurs in a list of names of buildings), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 3
dógor-rím
Entry preview:
Is ðes þroht to ðæs heard dógorrímum this suffering is so hard in the days of my life, Elen. Kmbl. 1406; El. 705
æt-gongan
To go to ⬩ approach ⬩ accedere
Entry preview:
To go to, approach; accedere Hét hie of ðam líge neár ætgongan he bade them from the flame to approach nearer, Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 1; Az. 183