mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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Mearclonde ( the sea coast ) neáh, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 6; Rä. 4, 23. Him ðe feára sum mearclond gesæt (of Guthlac when he retired to his hermitage.
ge-scerian
to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destine ⬩ tribuere, providere, ordinare, destinare ⬩ to number, reckon ⬩ numerare ⬩ to ordain, arrange
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Ic biddan wille ðæt ðú me ne gescyrige mid scyldhetum I will pray that thou appoint me not among the guilty ones, Andr.
Linked entries: ge-scyrian ge-scyrigan
ge-hwider
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Þǽre burge ceasterware þe ǽr gehwider tódrifene wǽron cives urbis illius qui quolibet dispersi essent Gr. D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.
hræd-ness
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Add: where there is rapid movement Rædnis pernicitas (pedum ), Txts. 182, 75. Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4.
ǽg-hwǽr
in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect
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[In Met. 10. 58 substitute :-- the likes of them are everywhere.] to every place, in every direction Se wind mæg féran ǽghwǽr, Rä. 41, 69.
on-weg
Away, off.
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Away, off. with verbs of motion Óðer þing wiston ða wífmenn ðá hý onweg cyrdon when they went away (from the sepulchre ), Exon. Th. 460, 13; Hö. 16. Gif ðú onweg cymest if you come away (alive from the fight ), Beo. Th. 2769; B. 1382.
stæl
a place ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ stead ⬩ situation ⬩ condition
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Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. stead (as in the phrase to stand a person in good stead.
Linked entry: æt-steal
be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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Hý beswícaþ weardas the guardians deceive them, Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 2; Dóm. 16: Ps. Th. 61, 9. Ne beswíc ðú ðínne néxtan deceive not thy neighbour, Lev. 19, 11.
eástan
From the east, easterly ⬩ ab ŏriente
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Æðeltungla wyn eástan líxeþ the delight of the noble stars shines easterly, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 6; Ph. 290: 57 a; Th. 204, 24; Ph. 102: 20b; Th. 55, 19; Cri. 886. Eásten hider from the east hither, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 16; Gen. 555.
innan-weard
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior
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Flet innanweard the interior of the hall, Beo. Th. 3957; B. 1976 : 1987; B. 991. Breóst innanweard the breast within, Andr. Kmbl. 1294; An. 647 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 19; Jul. 400.
Linked entries: inne-weard in-weard
on-beran
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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Ðá wæs hord rásod onboren beága hord the hoard was explored, the treasure of rings rifled, Beo. Th. 4557; B. 2284.
sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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sea-ward, keeping watch and ward on the sea-coast; it was a duty that might be required in some cases of the thane and of the 'cotsetla' Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . sǽweard ( the section refers to the
þeóden
the chief of a þeód ⬩ a prince, ⬩ king; ⬩ a great man, ⬩ a lord, ⬩ chief ⬩ to Christ
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the chief of a þeód [cf. dryhten, dryht for connexion of þeóden, þeód], a prince, king; the word is used almost exclusively in poetry, but occurs once in the Laws in an alliterative phrase Ǽlc be his mǽðe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, L.
Linked entry: þeód-cyning
on-gecígung
Invocation
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Invocation Þerh ongiceiging per invocationem, Rtl. 99, 28
bán-fæt
The bone vessel ⬩ the body ⬩ ossium vas ⬩ corpus
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The bone vessel, the body; ossium vas, corpus, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 23; Ph. 229
Linked entry: fæt
biscop-hád
the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate
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the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, Cot. 86: Ps. Spl. 108, 7
rǽfan
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Dele the passage given; the reading is gerǽpte. v. Bt. S. 112, 1, and add
sceáwend-sprǽc
Buffoonery,
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Buffoonery, the speech of the theatre Sceáwendsprǽc scurrilitas (scarilitas, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 65
Linked entries: sceáwend-wíse sceáwere
will-flód
The waters of the deluge
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The waters of the deluge Willflód ongan lytli-gan, Cd. Th. 85, lo; Gen. 1412
for-drencan
To make drunk ⬩ inebriate ⬩ intoxicate ⬩ madefăcĕre ⬩ inebriāre
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Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte these men are drunken with new wine, i. 314, 22, 23