geá
etiam, jam
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ǽt ðú tódæg ? etiam feci geá, ic dyde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10-13. Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf ? Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe (etiam, habeo), Coll. M. 20, 11, 35. Canst þú temian hig? Geá, ic cann, 25, 23. Gelýfst þú þæs. . . ? Geá, ic hys gelífe, Solil.
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú mé æt byst efne rihte [v. ðǽr-rihte], Ps. Th. 138, 6. in accordance with justice or equity, justly Hé ymbhwyrft eorþan démeþ sóðe and rihte judicabit orbem terræ in justitia, in aequitate, Ps.
hleóðor
hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song
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Him brego sægde æt hleóðre hwæt hé freman wolde in speech with him the Lord told him what he meant to do, Cd. 64; Th. 78, 8; Gen. 1290.
á-reccan
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Add: I. to stretch out, spread out Álecge hé his swiþran hand him under heáfod áreahte, Lch. ii. 214, 10. to hold out to, to grant, v. reccan, Árecte (-æ) concesserim, Txts. 53, 523 (cf. 106, 1089). Áræctæ, Wrt.
sceadu
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Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 18. a shadow, shade, unsubstantial appearance Þá wearð þǽr æteówod án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, and sǽde þæt hé wǽre for stale ofslegen, Hml.
ge-swutelian
To declare ⬩ publish ⬩ make known ⬩ explain ⬩ prove ⬩ manifest ⬩ show ⬩ glorify ⬩ monstrāre ⬩ demonstrāre ⬩ publĭcāre ⬩ exprĭmĕre ⬩ manĭfestāre ⬩ signāre ⬩ explānāre ⬩ prŏbāre ⬩ clārĭfĭcāre
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Moses geswutelude ða ǽ cæpit Moyses explānāre lēgem, Deut. 1, 5. Geswutelie mid gewitnysse let him show by witness, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, l0. Nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod non est occultum, quod non manĭfestētur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17.
Linked entries: ge-sweotulian ge-swytelian
sígan
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Godwine sáh him ǽfre tówerd Lundenes mid his liþe ðæt hé com tó Súþgeweorce Godwin kept moving towards London with his force until he came to Southwark, Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 184, 19.
gleáw
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Se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man and glǽwne (virum sapientem et industrium), Gen. 41, 33. ¶ as epithet of the mind Ælc gleáw mód behealt hwelcne ende hí habbaþ rerum exitus prudentia metitur, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 23.
þencan
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Is wén ðæt feala manna þence hwylcum edleáne hé onfó æt Drihtne, Blickl. Homl. 41, 14. Smeágean wé and þencan hwæt ðæt tácnode, 19, 4.
wissung
guidance ⬩ direction ⬩ direction ⬩ instruction ⬩ teaching ⬩ rule ⬩ government ⬩ direction
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Hí heóldon Godes ǽ æfter Móyses wissunge, 101, 319. Hí ðurhwunedon swá þurh his wissunge, 30, 149. Þurh góde wissunge, Wulfst. 32, 13: Homl. Th. ii. 482, 1: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 104.
on-ginnan
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Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ, 25, 248
weorþ
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Sceóte man æt ǽghwilcre híde pænig oððe pæniges weorð, Wulfst. 181, 5: L. O. 11; Th. i. 182, 10. Ðæt hyra ǽgðer hæbbe .lx. penenga wyrð . . . ðæt sý .xxx. penega wyrð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 133, 23, 24
MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Súþ-Seaxe and Eást-Seaxe from his mǽgum ( ancestors ) ǽr mid unryhte ánídde wǽrun, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 23. Gé beóþ gesealde fram mágum and gebróðrum and cúðum and freóndum trademini a parentibus et fratribus et cognatis et amicis, Lk. Skt. 21, 16.
stów
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Stópon tó ðære stówe ðe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, Elen. Kmbl. 1428 ; El. 716. Tó ðam stówe (-um ?) ad loca, Ex. 3, 8. Geseóþ ða stówe ðe se Hǽlynd wæs on áled, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 6.
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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Beó nú on yfele, noldæs ǽr teala, Cd. Th. 310, 26; Sat. 733. Teala foresecgan, Ps. Th. 118, 172. Tela, Exon.
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Ǽr þon ic gehéned heán gewurðe priusquam humiliarer, Ps. Th. 118, 67. Gé magon geþencan hú heán hé wearþ his geblóta and his diófolgilda (how low he was brought through his sacrifices and idolatries ?)
útan
from without ⬩ without ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ outwardly ⬩ about ⬩ round ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Cyrican wyrcean ymb ða cyrican útan ðe hé ǽr worhte, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 30. on the outside, on the surface Útan (a foris) wlitige, innan fulle deádra bána, Mt. 23, 27: Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 26; Rún. 13: Blickl. Homl. 197, 11.
þeóden
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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.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena . . . hwæt hæfst ðú . . . æt ðám welum ?
be-lúcan
To lock up ⬩ inclose ⬩ surround ⬩ shut ⬩ shut up ⬩ concludere ⬩ recludere ⬩ includere ⬩ circumcludere ⬩ amplecti ⬩ obserare ⬩ claudere
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Ðæt man belúce ǽlc deofulgyld-hús that one should close every idol-temple Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 36