stæf-rǽw
Entry preview:
Dict.] a line or passage in a document or inscription Hé þǽrinne funde áne leádene tabulan eall áwritene; and þá hé hí rǽdde, þá cóm hé tó þǽre stæfrǽwe þǽr hé ꝥ word funde áwriten . . . ꝥ hí fram Decie þám cásere flugon, and his éhtnysse þoledon, Hml
feáwa
a few
Entry preview:
Hé cýdde fela be Crístes godcundnysse . . . feáwa hé áwrát be his menniscnysse, Hml.
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
Entry preview:
Gyf hé ðé segþ ðæt hé hwethwugu gesáwe . . . hweðer ðé áwuht æt his segene tweóge, Shrn. 196, 17. Ðú ne tweódast ymbe Honorius segene, hwí tweóst ðú ymbe hera þegena sæcgena, 197, 21-23.
trúwian
To trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to trust to ⬩ to trust something to a person ⬩ to trust to a person for something ⬩ to trust in ⬩ to be confident about, ⬩ to trust in, on, ⬩ to trust that
Entry preview:
Grammar trúwian, with gen. and clause Hé wiðres ne trúwode ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte he did not trust in resistance, that he should be able to repel the seamen, Beo.
Linked entry: trúgian
á-scirian
Entry preview:
Hé trúwode þæt hé nǽre áscyred fram martirdóme þæs hálgan weres, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 28. Ꝥ hé wurðe ne beó ꝥ hé beó þanon áscyred non talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 108, 22. Beón áscirod and fram áworpen, Hml. S. 23 b, 438.
a-rédian
Entry preview:
Gif hé ceáp áredige if he make a bargain, Ll. Th. i. 274, 23.
ofer-swíðan
To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass
Entry preview:
Hé ðone ealdan gedwolan oforswíðde, 7, 13. Gaius Julius se cásere Brettas oferswíðde, Chr. Erl. 4, 24: Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 22. Hé þurh Godes mihte ðone cwelmbǽran drenc oferswíðde, Homl. Th. i. 72, 12. Heó þurh martyrdóm ðisne middaneard oferswáð.
emn-sceólere
A fellow-scholar ⬩ condiscĭpŭlus
Entry preview:
He ofslóh his emnsceólere he slew his fellow-scholar, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 12
Linked entry: scolere
fetel-hilt
A belted hilt ⬩ căpŭlus baltĕo instructus
Entry preview:
A belted hilt; căpŭlus baltĕo instructus He geféng fetelhilt he seized the belted hilt, Beo. Th. 3130; B. 1563
fyrd-man
A military man ⬩ a soldier ⬩ mīles
Entry preview:
A military man, a soldier; mīles He sceal hæbban fyrdmen he must have soldiers, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 33
ealc
each
Entry preview:
each He ofslóh ða hǽðenan on ealcum gefeohte he slew the heathen in every fight, Ælfc. T. 13, 18
ge-bréman
To celebrate ⬩ make famous ⬩ honour ⬩ celebrāre ⬩ honōrāre
Entry preview:
To celebrate, make famous, honour; celebrāre, honōrāre He wolde gebréman ða ludéiscan he would honour the Jews, Som. Lye
ge-fnésan
to sneeze ⬩ sternūtāre
Entry preview:
to sneeze; sternūtāre Ðæt he gelóme gefnése that he often sneezes, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 282, 27
wiþer-hygdig
Hostilely disposed ⬩ adverse
Entry preview:
Hostilely disposed, adverse Hé áhóf wóðe wiðerhýdig he raised his voice with mind adverse, Andr. Kmbl. 1349; An. 675
scealu
Entry preview:
Add Hé hæfð wǽga on handa; and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 7
yfel
Entry preview:
Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Add
ge-stiéran
To correct; ⬩ corrĭgĕre
Entry preview:
To correct; corrĭgĕre He him nolde gestiéran he would not correct him, L. In. 50; Th. i. 134, 5
díhglum
secret, retired, shady
Entry preview:
secret, retired, shady On díhglum stówum in shady places, Herb. 38 ; Lchdm, i. 138, 22. On díhlum in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6; dat. pl. of dígol, q. v
Linked entry: díhlum
mǽþ-leás
Without moderation ⬩ greedy
Entry preview:
Ðá hét Martinus ða mǽþleásan fugelas ðæs fixnoþes geswícan, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 11
niht-slǽp
Sleep during the night
Entry preview:
Sleep during the night Ðæt ilce geþanc ðe heom amang ðam nihtslǽpe wæs on heora heortan, eall ðá hí áwac. Odon hí ðæt sylfe geþohton, Homl. Skt. 23, 442