fyrmest
FOREMOST ⬩ first ⬩ prīmus
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Agynn fram ðám ýtemestan óþ ðone fyrmestan begin from the last to the first, 20, 8. Manega fyrmeste beóþ ýtemeste, and ýtemeste fyrmeste multi ĕrunt prīmi novissĭmi, et novissĭmi prīmi, 19, 30: Mk. Bos. 10, 31: Lk. Bos. 13, 30.
Linked entry: formesta
hefigian
to make heavy ⬩ oppress ⬩ grieve ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ to become heavy ⬩ to be aggravated or increased ⬩ to be burdened or oppressed
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Ðone mete ðe hine hefegaþ on his breóstum cibum, qui pectus deprimebat, 54, 1; Swt. 419, 29. Ða ðe mé hefigiaþ those who vex me, Ps. Th. 37, 12. Wæs heó eft hefigod mid ðám ǽrran sárum erat prioribus aggravata doloribus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5.
Linked entry: a-hefigian
hring
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The meaning given by Grein, sonus [cf. hringan], does not seem to suit the context very well, which, as in the second passage, where the phrase appears equivalent to hát heáfodwylm, points to shedding tears as the idea to be conveyed.
Linked entry: wóp
inc
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Neótaþ inc ðæs óðres ealles wariaþ inc wið ðone wæstm ne wyrþ inc wilna gǽd, 13; Th. 15, 18-21; Gen. 235-6. Incit, 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732 : 139; Th. 174, 19; Gen. 2880. Incer twega of you two, Exon. 123 b ; Th. 475, 14; Bo. 47.
leáh
A lea ⬩ meadow
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Þurh ðone leá tó ðam miclan hæslwride, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. 250, 34. Betweox ða twegen leás, 21. Lytle leás amarcas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 14
mearcian
to make a mark on anything ⬩ to mark out ⬩ design
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Lind. 27, 66. to mark out, design Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr hé it wyrce every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4.
mearh
Marrow ⬩ pith ⬩ a sausage
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Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, L. M. 3, 70; Lchdm. ii. 358, 1. Gedó ðæt mearh on ða eágan, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 9. Heortes smeoruw oððe ðæt mearh, Herb. 96, 3; Lchdm. i. 208, 22.
Middel-Engle
The Middle Angles ⬩ the Angles of Leicestershire
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Ðone Ceaddan se ercebiscop ǽsænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middel-Englum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14
Linked entry: Engle
namian
to name ⬩ mention the name of ⬩ mention ⬩ to name ⬩ appoint by name to a particular duty ⬩ nominate ⬩ to name ⬩ give a name to
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to name, mention the name of, mention Git ðú namast Crist dost thou still name the name of Christ? Homl. Skt. 8, 165. Ða twá tabelan getácnodon ða twá bebodu ðe ic nú namode, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 21. On ðære ylcan byrig ðe wé ǽr namodon, 296, 32.
neoþe-
Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of
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Lege on ðone pyt neoþeweardne lay it at the bottom of the pit, i. 398, 22. Neoþouard crepidinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 5. Tósliten of ufewerdum óþ neoþewerd (nioðuord, Lind.: nioþawordum, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 15, 38.
ramm
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Þerscaþ ðone weall mid rammum, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 6. 'Gáþ tó mid rammum'. . .
Linked entry: ram
GREÁT
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God him send ufan greáte hagolstánas God cast down upon them great hailstones, Jos. 10, 11: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384. Ða wǽron unmetlíce greáte heáhnasse ingenti grossitudine atque altitudine, Nar. 4, 22.
god-fæder
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Ic eom Crist ... ic ðé fullwie on mínne godfæder and on mec his efenécne sunu and on ðone hálgan gáste I am Christ ... I baptize thee in the name of my heavenly Father and of me his co-eternal Son and of the Holy Ghost, Shrn. 106, 13: 118, 6.
ge-mang
a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation ⬩ commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas ⬩ an assembly for legal or other business
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a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation; commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas Ic bebeóde wundor geweorþan on wera gemange I command a miracle to be done in the midst of men, Andr.
set
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Cf. set-gang, setl. of men, a place where people remain, of an army, a camp, entrenchment, cf. to sit down before a place Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, óðre síþe ðá hié ǽrest tó londe cómon . . . óðre síþe ðá hié of ðǽm setum
swígan
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Þú ána hí swígende tǽlst thou alone by thy silence dost blame her, Ap. Th. 16, 21. Hé oft ána sæt swígende múðe saepe solus residens ore tacito, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 13. Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde, Blickl.
swíþ-mód
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Th. 222, 5; Dan. 100: 225, 29; Dan. 161: 244, 18; Dan. 450. stern-minded Á ðone feónd swíðmód swipeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92.
þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
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Ðone feónd hé gefetrode fýrnum teágum, biþeahte þreánýdum ( with penal restraints ), 359, 11; Pa. 61. Þreánédum beþeaht, Elen. Kmbl. 1764; El. 884
un-spédig
without means ⬩ poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ barren ⬩ poor ⬩ unproductive
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Hégeendebyrde ðone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðam rícan cásere, Homl. Th. i. 578, 9. Eádge biðon ða ðaerfe, ðæt is unspoedge menn beati pauperes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 3 note.
west
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On ðone westmestan mylengear . . . eft on ðæm westemestan mylengeare, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 305, 23-30. ¶ westan in combination with prepositions, governing dative or adverbial :-- Be-westan Hai ab oriente habeas Hai, Gen. 12, 8.