fýtung
A fighting ⬩ quarrelling ⬩ rixa
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Eth. vi. 28; Wilk. 122, 23
ge-wascan
To wash
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To wash Ic hine mid mínen handen gewóchs I washed him with my hands, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 261, 1
ge-twífealdad
Doubled ⬩ duplĭcātus
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Doubled; duplĭcātus Biþ ðæt ǽfengyfel getwífealdad the evening refection will be doubled, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii. 436, 30
be-sníwod
BESNOWED ⬩ snowy ⬩ nive tectus, ninguidus
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BESNOWED, covered with snow, snowy; nive tectus, ninguidus Besníwod ninguidus, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 94; Wrt. Voc. 52. 44
Linked entry: sníwan
ge-clǽman
To smear ⬩ linere
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To smear; linere Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, smear all the seams with tar, Homl. Th. i. 20, 33
ge-elnian
To strive with zeal after another ⬩ zēlāre
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To strive with zeal after another; zēlāre Ic geelnode ofer ða unrihtwísan zēlāvi sŭper inīquos, Ps. Spl. T. 72, 3
ge-fiðerhamod
Provided with a covering of feathers
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Provided with a covering of feathers He wæs egeslíce gefiðerhamod he was frightfully feather-clad, Homl. Th. i. 466, 27
ge-lend
Provided with land
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Provided with land Gyf he wel gelend biþ si bonam terram habeat, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 5
sídan
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From a wide area Of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23. Cf. next word
sin-here
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936
sweord-wund
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Wounded with the sword:?-Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfág and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Wald. 7; Vald. 1, 5
sundor-wundor
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-Mé fród wita sægde sundorwundra fela, Exon. Th. 313, 19; Mód. 2
teárig-hleór
Having the cheeks wet with tears
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Having the cheeks wet with tears Ic ( Hagar ) sceal teárighleór on wéstenne witodes bídan, Cd. Th. 137, 16; Gen. 2274
þúsend-gerím
Numeration by thousands ⬩ counting with the unit a thousand
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Numeration by thousands, counting with the unit a thousand Ðría ðreóténo ðúsendgerímes thirty-nine thousand, Salm. Kmbl. 582; Sal. 290
be-siftan
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To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155
fílian
To file
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To file, rub with a file Fíliende fricans (lima . . . fricans informe metallum, Aid. 252, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, jo
Linked entry: fíliende
fird-wíte
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Take here fyrd-wíte, and add
geolo-reád
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Add: red with a tinge of yellow Þæt giolureáde lutea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 8. Þá giolureádan crocata, 20, 19
ge-rest
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Mið ðý uére cynig in his gireste dum esset rex in accubitu suo, Rtl. 4, 11. v. wind-gerest? Add:
ge-werian
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Take here the passages from the charters given in the Dict. wider ge-werian; to defend