snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Nis nǽnig swá snotor . . . ne ðæs swá gleáw, nymþe God seolfa 286, 8; Sat. 349. Á sceal snotor hycgean ymb ðysse worulde gewinn Menol. Fox 570; Gn. C. 54: Beo. Th. 1656; B. 826. Snotur Ps. Th. 118, 23.
Linked entry: snytre
tín
ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten
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Ben. 47, 7. the number ten Ðis tal under him hæfis óðer tal ðe tó ténum wið forecyme (a number that goes up to ten), Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 20. Tele ðú óð ðæt ðú cume tó þrittiga, eft . . . tele óð týne (count up to ten), Lchdm. iii. 228, 2
tó-twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ to divide ⬩ stand between objects ⬩ separate one object from another ⬩ to divide ⬩ part ⬩ dissociate ⬩ break the connection between ⬩ to disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ to divide with the mind ⬩ distinguish ⬩ discern
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And God geworhte ða fæstnisse and tótwǽmde (divisit) ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, fram ðám ðe wǽron bufan ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1. 6, 7. to divide, part, dissociate, break the connection between Sume hé (the devil) þurh graman tótwǽmþ, Homl
sirwan
to plan ⬩ devise ⬩ use art in doing something ⬩ To plan ⬩ contrive ⬩ devise ⬩ plot ⬩ attempt with craft ⬩ to lie in wait ⬩ plot ⬩ to lie in wait for ⬩ plot against
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in a good sense, to plan, devise, use art in doing something Hé (the Creator) serede and sette eorþan dǽlas, Cd. Th. 265, 29; Sat. 15. in a bad sense, trans.
ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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Búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse without God's will and without his knowledge, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 212, 13: Gen. 31, 27, 31. Gif he stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes if he steal with the cognisance of all his household, L.
Linked entry: witness
lang
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Lang bið syððan þæt se gást nimeð æt Gode . . . Seel. 5. Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432
ge-cweþan
to speak ⬩ to say. ⬩ to say, tell, give an account of a circumstance ⬩ to declare, announce ⬩ to settle. ⬩ to agree upon a course of action, arrange, fix a time ⬩ to settle a regulation, law, an ordinance ⬩ where property is to be disposed of by will ⬩ (2 b) to settle property, assign to a person :-- ⬩ to offer, propose ⬩ to order ⬩ to give orders for (tó ) action ⬩ to call, name, ⬩ a name ⬩ to call an object so and so, say that it is so and so ⬩ to name, mention, speak of ⬩ to say, use certain words as a true description of an object
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Hé ne móste gecweþan: 'Miltsa mé, God,' Bl. H. 43, 31. with a clause, v. II a Þá gecwæð se abbod and ealle þá gebróðra þæt þér ne mihte ná má muneca wunian, Hml. S. 6, 265. Is gecweden ꝥ hié ealle on yppan wunedon, Bl.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
fægnian
to rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ welcome
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Hé fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg. Hé fægnode his tócymes, Hml. S. 18, 77: 26, 60. Ic lǽre ꝥ ðú fægenige óþerra manna gódes, Bt. 30, 1; F. 108, 30.
hál
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Add: whole, not divided Gif hit tódǽled biþ, þonne ne biþ hit nó hál, Bt. 34, 12 ; F. 152, 28. with no part wanting: — Befeste þé hálne Gode Deo te totum committe, Solil.
Linked entry: tunge
losian
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God hí swá gebígde tó his sóðan geleáfan ꝥ heó ne losode, 4, 359. Ðá árleásan ǽfre for heora yfelnysse losodon . . .
a-lecgan
to place ⬩ lay down ⬩ throw down ⬩ suppress ⬩ lay aside ⬩ cease from ⬩ ponere ⬩ collocare ⬩ prosternere ⬩ deponere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ omittere ⬩ to impose ⬩ inflict upon ⬩ imponere ⬩ immittere ⬩ to diminish ⬩ take away ⬩ refuse ⬩ imminuere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ reprimere
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alecgan to diminish God's glory, Ælfc.
FYLGEAN
To follow ⬩ attend ⬩ follow or carry out ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ exsĕqui
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Ðæt we Godes lage fylgean [fylgian MS. B.] that we follow God's law, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 7. Ðæt hi georne heora bócum and gebédum fylgean that they strictly attend to their books and prayers, L. Eth. vi. 41; Th. i. 326, 3
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Evil, wicked, base, mean, poor, sordid, vile, lewd, depraved Ðæt Godes feoh ne ætlicge and hé beó lyðre þeówa geháten that God's money be not idle, and he be called a wicked servant, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 30.
med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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Ða gód ðe ic ǽfre dyde wǽron swíðe feáwe and medmicle ( nimium pauca et modica ), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 38. Ne mágon we búton ðǽm medmyclum synnum beón, Blickl. Homl. 37, 10. On mycclum gyltum oððe on medmycclum, 107, 14.
Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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D. 634 Ðære tíde ðá West-Seaxna þeód mid Cynigelse heora cyninge Cristes geleáfan onféng, bodade him and lǽrde Godes word Birīnus biscop, se mid Honorius geþeahte ðæs Papan com on Breotene....
Linked entry: Byríne
un-sib
unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion
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God úslǽrð sibbe and wynsumnesse, and deófol ús lǽrð unsibbe and wróhte, Homl. Ass. 168, 112: Cd. Th. 281, 13; Sat. 271. Ic andette mínes módes morðor and unsibbe and ofermódignesse, L. de Cf. 8; Th. ii. 262, 32.
an-sín
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On Drihtnes onsýne wunian to dwell where God could be seen, 103, 33. Hé heora ǽrendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah ꝥ hé heora self onseón nolde legatos Romanorum injuriosissime a conspectu suo abstinuit, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 7.
Linked entry: an-sýn
for-hycgan
to despise ⬩ to disdain ⬩ scorn
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Þá þe cyrican forlǽtaþ, and forhycggaþ þá Godes dreámas tó gehérenne, Bl. H. 41, 35. Góddǽda hý forhogdun tó dónne, Cri. 1288
grǽdig
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God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta, Hml. S. 16, 329. His gingran, gífre and grǽdige (cf. ágan ús þis wuldres leóht eall tó ǽhte, 253), Sat. 192. Grédige, 32. Grǽdige cupidas, Wülck. Gl. 253, 28.
irfe
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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.