on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
Entry preview:
Ger. int-sizzen metuere: Goth. and-sitan to regard) to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative) Nó ic mé onsitte non vereor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 46. Ne ic mé herehlóþe helle þegna swíðe onsitte, Exon. Th. 166, 15; Gú. 1043.
ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
Entry preview:
Ðá wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese then the king was gone over the Thames, 1006; Erl. 140, 29: 1052; Erl. 183, 18
scilling
Entry preview:
In Mercia four pennies go to the shilling. According to Mercian law (Th. i. 190) the ceorl?s wergild is 200s., the thane?s six times as much, 1200s., the king?s, which is six times the thane?
dwelian
Entry preview:
Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18. Ðá, þe lífes weg lǽdan cunnan, gebringan on rihtwege þá, þe ǽr dweledan (-odan, v. l. ), Wlfst. 75, 2.
Andefera
ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Anton ⬩ oppidum in agro Hamtunensi
Entry preview:
About the year 1164 Simeon Durham writes it Andeafara = Ande-eá-fara a farer over the river Ande, on the bank of which Andover is built, v. fara a traveller, faran to go, travel, sail. From the A. Sax. of the MS. Cott. Tiber. B.
be-
Entry preview:
transitive verb, or change an intransitive into a transitive verb, as,-Sprengan to sprinkle, be-sprengan to be-sprinkle; lecgan ponere, be-lecgan im-ponere; settan to set, put, be-settan to be-set, surround; fón to seize, be-fón to surround; gangan to go
Linked entries: seolfrian seón sirwan áscian byrdan cépan cídan clæman clypping -cnáwe stǽlan stelan streáwian strúdan súpan swǽlan swice -swicenness swingan be-cwyddod tǽcan tǽlan týning tyrnan þearfan þeccan þerscan -neah neótan neoþan notian rǽsan hlídan norþan récan reócan sǽgan sǽtian dífan dípan eástan efesian -sidian sígan -silfran smeágan trymman wépan warenian warian lócian hyldan leósan ufan witan wlátian wlítan wrixlan bítan bláwan fæstnian feón regnian reótan útan weddian
BERIE
a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva
Entry preview:
wín-berie, q. v. a wine-berry, is generally used in Anglo-Saxon for a grape, yet berge, berige are sometimes found, as, - Gif ðú gange binnan ðínes freóndes wíneard, et ðæra bergena swá fela, swá ðú wylle, and ne ber ðú ná má út mid ðé if thou shalt go
forþ-feran
To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ defungi ⬩ mŏri ⬩ expīrāre
Entry preview:
To go forth, depart, die; decēdĕre, defungi, mŏri, expīrāre He ðǽr forþferan sceolde he should die there, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 25: 4, 11; S. 579, 29, 42. Hí ðǽr cýddon hine forþferende quem ĭbīdem ŏbiisse narrāvĕrint, 3, 29; S. 561, 4.
botl
An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, hall ⬩ domus, ædes, domicilium, atrium
Entry preview:
Mín se éca dǽl in gefeán fareþ, ðǽr he fægran botles brúceþ my eternal part [i.e. the soul] shall go into joy, where it shall enjoy a beautiful mansion, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 14; Gú. 354.
Linked entry: ge-bytlu
ge-wuna
A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo
Entry preview:
Is nú geworden to full yfelum gewunan ðæt menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum it has now become the very bad custom for men to be more ashamed of good deeds than of bad ones, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161.
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
Entry preview:
On Godes dóme geniðerod condemned at God's judgment, Homl. Th. i. 60, 33. Geniðrad damnatus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 3: Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 16. Se ðe hyne upahefþ se byþ genyðerud qui se exaltaverit humiliabitur, Mt. Bos. 23, 12.
Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian
streng
Entry preview:
Ðú scealt gefastnian ðone streng on Gode, ðæt ðæt scyp healdan sceal ðínes módes, Shrn. 175, 21-31. Windas weóxon, strengas gurron, Andr.
á-búgan
Entry preview:
Ðæt folc nolde Gode ábúgan Deo non cesserant. Ors. 1. 7; S. 38, 17: Hml. S. 25, 170: Hml. Th. ii. 304, 20: Wlfst. 197, 9.
búr
Entry preview:
Gemétton hí ðás cnihtas on ánum búre tó Gode gebiddende, Hml. S. 23, 140. He wolde wyrcan þá healle on eástdǽle, and þá óðre gebytla bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan ... and wynsume búras, 36, 98. a bedchamber Búr þrybeddod triclinium, Wrt.
geótan
Entry preview:
Hí gártorn geótað gífrum deófle, Sal. 145. to pour away, squander Þæt hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, ne on gylp geóte, Cri. 818. to found, cast, make with molten metal Wurdon tóbrocene þǽra hǽþenra goda anlícnyssa þurh þǽra manna handa þe hí macodon and
niman
Entry preview:
Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe get a good eyesalve from the materials so used, Lch. iii. 292, 15: 18. Fuglas heora feorhnere on þæs beámes blédum náme, Dan. 508. to infer, deduce Þǽs cýþnesse Drihten nam of þisse wísan, Bl.
lócian
Entry preview:
D. 241, 11. to have regard to Gódra bysena lócendra wera. Gr. D. 8, 20. to take care of, watch over Þú eádmóra ealra lócast humilia respicit, Ps. Th. 137, 6. Þám cwellere ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold.
N
Entry preview:
.), in Anglo-Saxon generally corresponds to n in Gothic and in other cognate dialects, e. g. net, hand, án; Goth. nati, handus, ains; O. H. Ger. nezzi, hant, ein; O.
rǽdere
Entry preview:
Lector is rǽdere, ðe rǽd on Godes cyrcan, and biþ ðǽrtó gehádod ðæt hé bodige Godes word, L. Ælfc. C. 10-12; Th. ii. 346, 25-32.
deád
Entry preview:
Wiþ deádum swile, 74, 12. of blood, congealed Hú mon ꝥ deáde blód áweg wenian scyle, Lch. ii. 8, 14. blood away from the body, gore [cf. Icel. dauða-blóð gore] Deád blód cruor, Wrt.