ge-hýþness
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commodity, convenience, advantage Ðý lǽs hié gedwelle sió gehýdnes and ðá getǽsu ðe hié on ðǽm wege habbað ne subsidia itineris in obstacula perventionis vertant, Past. 387, 13.
Linked entries: ge-hýdness -hýþness
ge-swætan
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, weld (cf. O. H. Ger. ge-sweizen frigere: Ger. schweissen to forge together) Gisuétit ferru*-*minatus. Goetz ii. 579, 58. ( See Angl. xx. 395. ) to cause to labour (?). v. swǽtan; <b>I a.
grimman
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For substitute: to be fierce Gúþmód grummon martial minds were fierce, B. 306. [For gúþ-mód as a noun cf. miht-mód, Exod. 149, the only other case in which mód occurs compounded with a noun.] Add:(?)
grafet
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Tó ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195, 5-7. On ðone miclan hæslwrið wiðneoðan ðæt grafet, 194, 14. Cf. stán-híwet
will
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Hié ealle þá worold on hiora ágen will onwendende wǽron they were turning all the world just as they pleased, Ors. l, 10; S. 48, 10
hand-þegen
An attendant, one of a retinue, servant
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An attendant, one of a retinue, servant Ðá hé ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3.
spearnlian
To spurn ⬩ strike out with the feet ⬩ kick
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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21
ge-spillan
To destroy ⬩ dissipate
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Ðǽr wǽron manege mid micel unrihte gespilde there were many very wrongfully destroyed, Chr. 1124; Erl. 253, 16: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 19. Erfwardniso gispilledo hereditates dissipatas, Rt1. 21, 1
ge-wendan
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On Ianuarii mónde gyf hit þunreð, hit bodeþ tóweard mycele windes and wel gewænde eorðe wæstme ... wæstmes wel gewænde ... wæstme wel gewænde, Angl. x. 185, 5, 8, 12.
þæt
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Wé leornedon æt him ðæt wé flugen . . . and eác ðæt, ðæt wé his ege ús ne ondréden, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 23, Ic þæt wát, þæt ús gescildeþ weoruda Dryhten, Andr.
scucca
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Þe scucke wes bitweonen, Laym. 276. Þu ( the reeve before whom Juliana was brought) þat schucke art schucken (shuken, Bod. MS. ) herien, Jul. 56, 2.]
seht
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Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta, 1086 ; Erl. 222, 35
sweor
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Drihten swutelode him ðone weg on dæg þurh swert tácn on sweres gelícnysse, and on niht swilce án byrnende swer him fór beforan, Ex. 13, 21: Homl. Th. ii. 196, 8.
á-hildan
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Næs him nán wén ꝥ se beám . áhwár wende búton tó ðám hálgan swá swá hé áhyld wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 32: Hml. S. 31, 407. Áhyldne reclinem, An. Ox. 2227. Áhyldum heáfde inclinato capite, R. Ben. I. 36, 2: Hml. Th. ii. 258, 2. intrans.
fore-spræc
advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue
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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxan . . . and . . . gef Boia sixtig penga for þére forspǽce, Cht. E. 274, 3-6. Tó foresprǽce ꝥ se cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 501, 13.
ge-fégan
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Ðá stánas wǽron suá wel gefégede and suá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, ǽr hié mon tó ðǽm stede bróhte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 253, 14
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Th. 108, 20. where the object is that which is spoken about, to mention On swelcum cræftum swelce wé ǽr sprǽnoc, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 12. Of ðsǽm beorgum ðe wé ǽr sprǽcon (sǽdonMS. L.), Ors. 1, 1; 805. 17, 44.
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
DWELIAN
To be led into error, err ⬩ in errōrem dūci, errāre ⬩ To lead into error, mislead, deceive ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre
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To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre Dwelian he dyde híg on wæglǽste oððe bútan wege, and ná on wege errāre fecit eos in invio, et non in via, Ps. Lamb. 106, 40.
Linked entries: dwalian dweoligan dwolian ge-dwelian
for-wyrcan
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Tó ðám earde wé wǽron gesceapene, ac wé hit forwyrhton, ii. 222, 12. as a legal term Þá .iii. hída þe Wístán forworhte wið þone cyning mid unrihtum monslihte, Cht. Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty).
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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Se pépa hit him forboden hæfde, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 8. with a clause, affirmative Ðæt ús on óðerre stówe forbiét ðæt wé hit beforan mannum dón, on óðerre lǽrð . . . Ðǽr ðǽr God ús forbeád ðæt wé úre ryhtwísnesse beforan monnum dyden, Past. 451, 2-6.