ge-wittiglíce
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And ðǽrrihte wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðám fúlan gáste, and gewittiglíce sprǽc, Hml. Th. i. 458, 6
oft-rǽde
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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5
storm-sǽ
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a stormy sea Ðá gestód hine heáh weder and stormsǽ, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, ID. (Cf. O. H. Ger. sturm-wint turbo: Icel. sturm-viðri tempest, for similar compounds.)
þurh-sleán
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add: to strike and pierce, wound; percutere Wearð hé mid þæs ealdan feóndes yfelnysse þurhslagen ( percussus ), Gr. D. 117, 7. Þurhslægene (percussi) mid þǽre ádle þæs mycclan líces, 207, 16
smiþ-cræft
Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood
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Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred erat fabrili arte singularis Bd. 3, 14; S. 634, 14
wárig
Stained with sea-weed ⬩ dirty
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Stained with sea-weed, dirty Biþ his ceól cumen and hyre ceorl tó hám, and heó hine in laðaþ, wæsceþ his wárig hrægl, Exon. Th. 339, 24; Gn. Ex. 90
libban
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Wé þe lybbað (lifgeað, Ps. Vos. lifgað, Ps. Srt. ) nos qui vivimus, Ps. Rdr. 113, 18.
ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Wé witon ðæt ealle onwealdas from him sindon wé witon eác ðæt ealle ríca sint from him forðon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon.
ge-ortríwan
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Þonne bið ús gesewen þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs, þeáh þe wé hit nú geortrýwan (-trúwian, v. l.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18.
Linked entries: or-trýwan ge-ortrúwian
ge-wyrd
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II, 124. what happens to a person or thing, a condition assigned by fate Fore giwyrd líchomes foerde wé ongeton from the condition of mortality imposed upon the flesh we know she has departed; quam pro conditione carnis migrasse cognovi-mus, Rtl. 66,
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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His wíf wearð mid Esau and Iacob, and heó geswác ðá teámes, 38, 339. [Weren boðe ( John's parents ) teames ateald, O. E.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme frum-teám
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Is ðæt frécne stream ýða ofermǽta ðe wé hér on lácaþ perilous is the stream, huge the waves, on which here we toss, 20 a; Th. 53, 24; Cri. 855. Hie ofer feorne weg ceólum lácaþ Andr. Kmbl. 506; An. 253.
drepan
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Hé wearð drepen in þá sceare percussus in inguine, 324, 14. Hé wæs in feorh dropen, B. 2981. On gemynd drepen stupefied, Gen. 1571. Add
séþung
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Defensor, ac hé wearð gescynd þurh Godes séþunge . . . Ðá wearð ꝥ folc ástyrod on swíðlicum hreáme ꝥ Godes sylfes séðung þǽr geswutelod wǽre, Hml, S. 31, 270-282.
cépan
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Wé forlǽtað ðone líchaman, and cépað ðǽre sáwle, Hml. Th. i. 464, 7. Gif wé ðæs éces lífes cépað, ii. 464, 33. Þám þe ǽniges crístendómes cépað on heora lífe, Ælf. T.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Hú him ðá speów mid wísdóme ... and hú man útanbordes wísdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte,and hú wé hié nú sceoldon úte begietan gif wé hié habban sceoldon, Past. Pref.; Swt. 3, 8-13.
feáwa
a few
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On þám folce feáwe wǽran ǽnige there were few only in that folk, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwæt ðá feáwa syndan þe his willan wyrcean willen, R. Ben. 2, 17. Hé cýdde fela be Crístes godcundnysse . . . feáwa hé áwrát be his menniscnysse, Hml.
ge-wænian
to accustom ⬩ assuefacere ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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C. 55; Th. 256, 9. to wean; ablactare, Gen. 21, 8
bróþor-slege
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Se anda wearð tó sǽde ðæs bróðorsleges (-slæges, v. l.) livor fratricidii seminarium fuit, Past. 235, 8
Linked entry: slege
rún
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde, and Iobales rúna ealle unnytte, and Nóes and Abrahames and mæniges óðres word ofergytene, Wlfst; 3, 38