hræfn
A raven
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Se wanna hrefn wælgífre fugel, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 206: Beo. Th. 6041; B. 3024. Hrefn blaca, 3606; B. 1801. Se swearta hrefn, Soul Kmbl. 108; >Seel. 54.
hyrst
An ornament ⬩ a decoration ⬩ jewel ⬩ trapping ⬩ equipment ⬩ armour ⬩ implement
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Bég and siglu eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr men genumen hæfdon ring[s] and jewels, just such ornaments as before men had taken in the hoard, Beo. Th. 6309; B. 3165.
leóma
Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray
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Fýrleóht geseah blácne leóman beorhte scínan he saw the firelight, a pale gleam, shine brightly, Beo. Th. 3038; B. 1517.
Linked entries: sunnan-leóma ge-leómod
ge-unnan
To give ⬩ grant ⬩ allow ⬩ concede ⬩ concedere ⬩ indulgere ⬩ permittere ⬩ largiri
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Me geúðe ylda waldend, ðæt the Ruler of men granted me, that, Beo. Th. 3326; B. 1661. Ðú geúðest his bearne his cyneríces thou hast given his kingdom to his child, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 14.
sweðrian
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Ðæt fýr ongon sweðrian, Beo. Th. 5397; B. 2702. Swiðrian, Cd. Th. 8, 34; Gen. 134. in reference to abstract things Se longa gefeá ǽfre ne sweþraþ the long joy never comes to an end, Exon. Th. 238, 23; Ph. 608.
Linked entries: swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian ge-sweðerian
BRÝD
A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman ⬩ sponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier
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Fox 9, 60; Met. 9, 30: Beo. Th. 5904; B. 2956: Cd. 125; Th. 159, 21; Gen. 2638. Him brýda twá eaforan féddon two wives brought forth offspring to him, 52; Th. 65, 33; Gen. 1075.
Linked entries: bríd brýde láste brýt
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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Rush. 15, 2. to pass across, traverse, cross Hé ofereode steáp stánhliþo, Beo. Th. 2820; B. 1408. Hí ða Reádan Sǽ ofereodon, Homl. Th. ii. 200, 27: Beo.
Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan
or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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Th. 483, 15; Rá. 69, 3: Beo. Th. 4180; B. 2087. Ðæt orþancum ealde reccaþ, Cd. Th. 200, 19; Exod. 359
ge-sleán
To strike ⬩ pitch [a tent] ⬩ smite ⬩ slay ⬩ quell ⬩ forge ⬩ fight ⬩ obtain by fighting
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Húþe ðe ic æt hilde geslóh spoil that I gained in war, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 25; Gen. 2149: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 4; Æthelst. 4: Beo. Th. 5985; B. 2994.
Linked entry: ge-slóh
a-spendan
To spend entirely ⬩ consume ⬩ squander ⬩ to spend ⬩ expend ⬩ lay out ⬩ bestow ⬩ distribute ⬩ consumere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ expendere ⬩ sumptum facere ⬩ erogare ⬩ impertiri
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To spend entirely, consume, squander, to spend, expend, lay out, bestow, distribute; consumere, dissipare, expendere, sumptum facere, erogare, impertiri Ðonne hys gestreón beóþ ðus eall aspended when his property is thus all entirely spent, Ors. 1, 1
Linked entry: spendan
CWELAN
To die ⬩ mori
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Swá swá fixas cwelaþ gyf hí of wætere beóþ, swá eác cwelþ [cwylþ MSS. R.
fóre-spræc
A fore-speech ⬩ preface ⬩ introduction ⬩ a speaking before for another ⬩ a fore-promise ⬩ præfātio ⬩ præ-sponsio
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Beóþ ða ungewittigan cild gehealdene on ðam fulluhte þurh fórespræce ðæs godfæder unknowing children are saved in baptism by the fore-promise of the godfather, Bd. Whelc. 180, 44
hrán
A reindeer
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Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas: ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, forðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid those deer they call 'rein;' six of them [Ohthere's] were decoys: those are very precious among the Fins, for they catch the wild reindeer
Linked entry: hrǽn
ilfette
A swan
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Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá ylfettan some birds are long-necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 17
ge-béd-rǽden
The office of prayer ⬩ prayer ⬩ precātiōnis offĭcium ⬩ prĕces
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Hí beóþ on ealdra eorþlícra gebédrǽdenne ðe Cristene wǽron they shall be in the prayers of all earthly folk who have been Christians, Blickl. Homl. 45, 37.
Linked entry: béd-rǽden
sunn-gihte
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Ðonne gelympeþ ðæt wundorlíce on ðæs sumeres sungihte on mydne dæg, ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle, ðonne nafaþ seó sýl (at Jerusalem ) nǽnige sceade; ðonne ðæs sungihtes beóþ þrý dagas forð áurnen, ðonne hafaþ seó sýl ǽrest lytle sceade, Shrn
Linked entry: sunn-stede
sweltan
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Beón swyltende, Blickl. Homl. 75, 33. ¶ to die by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a noun :-- Ne swelte ic mid sáre, Ps. Th. 117, 17. Ðú þurh deóra gripe deáþe sweltest, Exon.
Linked entry: a-sweltan
ge-wǽcan
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Ne ðú beó gewǽht þonne hé ðé þreáð neque fatigeris dum ab eo argueris, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 22. Þæt bearn ne wurdon gewǽhte ðurh wácmódnysse ( that children should not get spoiled by the weakness of parents ) ...
hræd
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Ic lǽre ꝥ þú beó hrædra mid hreówlicum teárum, Dóm. L. 75. applied to things Ræddre anwealhnysse strenuę integritatis, An. Ox. 2343. of mental quickness (cf. hræd-sprǽce), Crä. 73 (in Dict.)
sǽd-berende
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam