CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
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Ðonne wíg cume when war happens, Beo. Th. 46 ; B. 23. Ðonne his fyll cóme when his fall has happened, Cd. 200 ; Th. 248, 15; Dan. 513. Cumaþ ðonne mid cumendum venientes autem venient, Ps.
Linked entry: aweg-cuman
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Siððan hé ðæs welan full biþ, ðonne þincþ him ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlcne willan, gif hé hæbbe anweald, Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 124, 10. Oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft time often brings the unattained desire Prov. Kmbl. 40.
gódian
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if people would cease to do evil, then would it soon be well with us, Wlfst. 243, 21.
be-hwerfan
To turn ⬩ prepare ⬩ instruct ⬩ vertere ⬩ instruere
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To turn, prepare, instruct; vertere, instruere Ðonne hió ǽrest síe útan behwerfed when it is first turned round about Bt. Met. Fox 13, 154; Met. 13, 77.
Eást-Francan
East-Franks ⬩ Franci orientāles
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East-Franks; Franci orientāles Wyð norþan Donua ǽwylme. and be eástan Ríne, syndon Eást-Francan to the north from the spring of the Danube, and to the east of the Rhine, are the East-Franks, Ors. I. 1; Bos. 18, 30.
fore-spræc
A speaking for ⬩ a defence ⬩ an assenting ⬩ agreement ⬩ defensio ⬩ excūsātio ⬩ astipŭlātio
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A speaking for, a defence, an assenting, agreement; defensio, excūsātio, astipŭlātio Ic secge ðæt sió forespræc ne dýge, náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him foreþingaþ I say that the defence does no good, neither to the guilty, nor to him who pleads
leóþian
To sing ⬩ sound
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To sing, sound Wóð óðer ne lythwón leóþode ðonne in lyft ástág ceargesta cirm a second cry sounded, nor weakly, when to the heavens rose the wail of the troubled spirits, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gú. 363.
mægen-stán
A mighty stone
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Ðis synd ðæra xx hída gemǽro . . andlang wægæs óþ ðonæ mægenstán, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 18
mǽg-lagu
Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen
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Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage, L.
þý-dǽges
On that day ⬩ then
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On that day, then Gif ðǽr byð án ofer ða seofon, ðonne tácnaþ ðæt ðæt se mónð gǽð on Sunnandæg on túne; gif ðǽr beóð ofer ða seofon twá oððe þreó, feówer oððe fífe oððe syxe, wite ðú tó sóðe ðæt ðýdæges cymð sé mónð tó manuum, Anglia viii. 304, 13: 310
morþ-dǽd
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Add: evil-doing Ofsceamod for þære morðdǽde þe hé gedón hæfde, and for þám manslihte þe hé slóh mid þǽre handa, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 34. an evil deed Irre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda, Hml. A. 8, 190.
scearfian
To scrape,
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To scrape, cut into shreds Genim ða ylcan wyrte, scearfa hý ðonne, and gníd swýðe smale tó duste, Lchdm. i. 70, 14: 80, 16: 344, 13 note. Scearfa smæle, ii. 322, 25. Scearfaþ succidite . . . gescearfa ðú succides, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7, 9.
ofer-slege
A lintel ⬩ superliminare
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Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege (superliminare) . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege, Ex. 12, 22-23. On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl. Th. i. 310, 29: ii. 40, 12 : 264, l : 266, 8
hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Seðe iuih gehéneþ mec hénes seðe wutedlíce mec hénes gehéneþ ðone seðe mec sende qui vos spernit me spernit, qui autem me spernit spernit eum qui me misit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 16.
Linked entry: hénan
þearfan
To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person
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Úre ceaster is þearfende ... wé þoliaþ ðone heardestan hungor, Ap. Th. 9, 7. Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen, II), Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480. Ðæt ðú miltsige mé þearfendum, Exon. Th. 269, 13; Jul. 449.
Linked entries: ge-þearfan be-þearfende be-þearfaþ þearfende þorfan
norþ-dǽl
a northern part ⬩ the north
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Ðonne ástígeþ blódig wolcen from norþdǽle, Blickl. Homl. 91, 32
un-fæst
Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak
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Ðonne ðæt mód bið on monig tódǽled, hit bið on ánes hwæm ðe unfæstre impar quisque invenitur ad singula, dum confusa mente dividitur ad multa, 4; Swt. 37, 15
stæpe
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.); vestigium :-- Ðonne beóð ðá fét gesewene, ðonne mon ongiet mid hwelcum stæpum ðæt náwht wæs ðurhtogen, ac ðeáh ðæt unclǽne mód féhð on ðá ládunga, and mid ðǽre beheleð his fét and ðá stæpas his unnyttan weorces pedes conspiciuntur, quia quibus vestigiis
wáce
Weakly ⬩ feebly ⬩ faintly ⬩ without boldness ⬩ feebly ⬩ inefficiently ⬩ without energy ⬩ remissly
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Ic wáccor hýrde Dryhtne ðonne mín rǽd wǽre, Exon. Th. 453, 18; Hy. 4, 16. Gif hé wáccor hý behwyrfð ðonne ðæt hé him tó ágenum teleþ, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 10
Linked entry: wác-scipe
bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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Substitute: to bait, worry with dogs, Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé bǽtan wylt, Hml. S. 8, 85.