stíg
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A path (lit. and fig.), footpath, (narrow) way Orweg stíg (given already as a compound, orweg-stíg, but orweg should be taken as adjective) devia callis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 57. Horweg stíg, 25, 25. Horuaeg stiig, Txts. 56, 340.
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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Gif mon innan forhæfd sié if a man be costive, Lch. ii. 276, 4
ELN
the Royal
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inch and 1/12 of an 8th, δάκτυλος a finger's breadth = about 75/100 of an inch, that is 3/4 of an inch and 1/12 of an 8th = 3/4 + 1/96 = 72/96 + 1/96 = .76] .76 = 20-50/100 [ = 20-1/2 inches, and 2/100 or 1/50 of an inch] Se weall Babilónes is fíftig
Linked entry: eln-gemet
wiþ-cweþan
to reply ⬩ to gainsay ⬩ contradict ⬩ maintain an opposite opinion ⬩ to contradict ⬩ oppose ⬩ resist ⬩ to refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ not to allow
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Grammar wiþ-cweþan, with dat. of person to whom a refusal is given Hé wolde ðæt hé ána wǽre heora cyning, ac ealle ða leódscipas ánmódlíce him wiðcwǽdon, Homl. Ass. 103, 34.
beorgan
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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat. ) Ic mé his hete berh, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. with dat. of object alone, to protect, save, guard :-- Hé bewand his heáfod mid ánum cláðe, and bearh him sylfum swíðe georne,
dægmǽl-sceáwere
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Substitute: An observer of the dial, an observer of times and seasons, an astrologer, diviner Dægmélsceáwere aruspex, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 12: horoscopus, 60, 11
ge-lendan
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Add: to go to land from the water, to land Hí oferreówon ðone brym and gelendon on ðám lande þe is geháten Gerasenorum ( enauigauerunt ad regionem Gerasenorum . . . et cum egressus esset ad terram, Lk. 8, 26-27), Hml.
ge-rec
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Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban pelagus regens, 21 ; F. 74, 29. <b>Ia.</b> a rule, decree :-- Gerec decretum, Germ. 398, 49. an orderly condition, a quiet time [cf. O. H.
seomian
To rest ⬩ to remain suspended ⬩ to hang ⬩ to lower as a cloud ⬩ to remain supported ⬩ to lie so as to press ⬩ lie heavily ⬩ lie securely
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Kmbl. 365; An. 183
Linked entry: semian
et-néhstan
At nighest, at last, lastly ⬩ postrēmo, novissĭme
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At nighest, at last, lastly; postrēmo, novissĭme, Som. Ben. Lye
efen-lǽcere
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An imitator, follower Efenlǽceras sequipedas, i. sequaces, An. Ox. 1957
Linked entry: -lǽcere
bí-geng
practice ⬩ exercise ⬩ doing ⬩ cultivation ⬩ tillage ⬩ observance ⬩ worship
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Add: and e ; f. (? v. An. Ox. 2283 infra.) practice, exercise, doing Líf mid gódra weorca bigenge frætwian, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 5. Bígencge, Hml. Th. ii. 48, 28. Biggenge, R. Ben. 3, 7.
Linked entries: -geng bí-genge heofon-bígenged
ge-tynge
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. ¶ in a list of the arts mechanica is glossed by getingce cræ[ft] which would be more appropriate as a gloss to rhetorica (v. ge-tynglic), An.
hýd
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Add: the skin of an animal, raw or dressed Hiera sceldas wǽron betogen mid elpenda hýdum ( scuta elephanti corio extenio habilia ). . . elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déð, Ors. 5, 7 ; S. 230, 26. Hýde bysse, i. corii, An.
swá
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As, that Forgylde ðæt ángylde and ðæt wíte swá tó ðam ángylde belimpan wille, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 3. Ðon gelíc swá lǽcas cunnon such as doctors know, Lchdm. ii. 192, 23. Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, Exon.
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Th. i. 236, 4. elsewhere: Elles aliorsum, An.
ge-tellan
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Th. i. 68, 35. where a total which is formed by two or more objects is given as so and so Wæs geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge evening and morning were reckoned a day, Lch. iii. 232, 11. to consider Hwæt is bearn mannes þet þú getelest (reputas
steor-wiglere
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An astrologer Ste(o)rwigleras mathematici, An. Ox. 55, 8
Linked entry: wiglere
deáþ-cwalu
A deadly pain or plague, agony ⬩ mortis dolor
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Ne geweóx he him to willan, ac to deáþcwalum Deniga leódum he waxed not for their benefit, but for a deadly plague to the Danes' people, Beo. Th. 3428; B. 1712
Linked entry: swylt-cwalu