HÚ
How
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Cd. 38; Th. 50, 7; Gen. 805. in exclamations [see also I] Hú la! ne gewearþ unc tó ánum peninge how now! was not our agreement for a penny? Th. An. 74, 20. Hú gód is éce God quam bonus Deus, Ps. Th. 72, 1.
steóran
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Lamb. 6, 2: Mt. Kmbl. 18, 15. God wolde stýran ðære nytennyse Cúðberhtes, and ásende án cild, ðæt hit his dyslícan plegan wíslíce ðreáde, Homl.
under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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On ðam lande ðe ðú underféhst in the land which the Lord giveth thee (A.V.); in terra quam acceperis, Deut. 28, 8.
Linked entry: under-niman
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Hí mótan bletsian eal Cristen folc, and him godcunde lác forebringan . . . ðis weorc biþ deóflum se mǽsta teóna Blickl. Homl. 47, 6. Hé nǽfre Godes weorces ne áblon, ah hé ealle niht þurhwacode on hálgum gebedum 227, 6.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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In regollíces lífes láre swýðe geornful regularis vitæ institutioni multum intenta, 4. 23 ; S. 593, 33. Eall ða hé in gehérnesse geleornian mihte cuncta quæ audiendo discere poterat, 4. 24; S. 598, 5.
Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern
sib
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Hréðel ( the grandfather of Beowulf) sibbe gemunde, næs ic (Beowulf ) him láðra beorn ðonne his bearna hwylc, Beo. Th. 4854; B. 2431.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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IIIa. a. a woman who has been married and lost her husband (by death or divorce) :-- Láf vel forlǽten wíf derelicta, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 46. Wífian on nánre wuduwan, ne on forlǽtenum wífe, L. Ælf. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 16.
Linked entry: BRÝD
þæt
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Byþ ðé meorð, þæt ðú ús on láde líðe weorðe, Andr.
DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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Lamb. 9, 15. He is deáþes scyldig reus est mortis, Mt. Bos. 26, 66: Ps. Th. 54, 4: 72, 3. Gif hwá sié deáþes scyldig if any one be guilty of death, L. In. 5; Th. i. 104, 13; 27; Th. i. 120, 3.
Linked entry: deóþ
FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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Lamb. 148, 12: Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 39. Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan the damsels and widows departed, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 14; Gen. 2010. Heó mynster getimbrade Gode willsumra fǽmnena constructo monastērio virgĭnum Deo devōtārum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 2.
Linked entry: fémne
ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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Ðé-læs híg mid eárum gehýron nequando aurĭbus audiant, Mt. Bos. 13, 15 : Mk. Bos. 4, 12. to obey; obĕdire Hie Drihtne gehýrdon they obeyed the Lord, Cd. 196; Th. 245, 2; Dan. 456 : Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 26; Ph. 444 : Ps. Th. 17, 42
sél
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Hí genáman ðæs folces ðe ðǽr tó láfe wæs and him sélost lícodan, 79, 21
stille
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Ðý læs fyrhtu stille ( quietos ) áwecce, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 19. His wyr*-*truman wesan stille on staðole, Cd. Th. 251, 9 ; Dan. 561. And fig. :-- Gif hé ne wolde lǽtan wræce stille, Exon.
swícan
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Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn, ðe læs ðe hira ǽnig ðé swíce, Ex. 34, 15. to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert Hwider hweorfaþ wé (St. Andrew's followers) hláfordleáse . . . gif wé swícaþ ðé if we desert thee, Andr.
Linked entry: be-swicenness
þringan
To press ⬩ crowd ⬩ throng ⬩ to throng ⬩ press round, upon ⬩ crowd together ⬩ to press ⬩ move with violence, eagerness ⬩ hurry ⬩ press on ⬩ press forward ⬩ force a way
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Him arn on lást, þrang þýstre genip dark cloud made its resistless way, Cd. Th. 9, 9; Gen. 139: Exon. Th. 179; Gú. 1255. Wræccan þrungon ( pressed forward ), 461, 28; Hö. 42: Elen. Kmbl. 245; El. 123.
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Sunu Dauides wítgan (Nathan the prophet) lárum getimbrede tempel, Cd. Th. 202, 19; Exod. 390. Ðæt fram Drihtne gecweden wæs þurh ðone wítegan (wítgo, Lind., witgu, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 1, 22: 2, 15. Twelf wítegan syndon ðe twelf béc áwriton . . .
Linked entry: wítiga
eard
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Add: a land, country, region Óðres eardes landseta colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 49. Eall gærs and wyrta ealles eardes omnem herbam regionis, Gen. 2, 5. Ne þú ne ætstande on þisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, 19, 17.
ge-leornian
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Dele 'inquire,' and last passage. Add: to acquire knowledge of a subject by study, thought, instruction, &c. Ꝥ sé ne durre beón wísdómes láreów óðres mannes, sé þe hine ǽr him sylfum ne geleornað, Gr. D. 12, 27.
meaht
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Gif meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 254, 4. Sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 22. great power or strength, mightiness. as an attribute of God His miht bið á éce, Bl. H. 31, 26. Mihte potestatis ( divinae ).
hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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Lamb. 21, 8: Exon. 120 a; Th. 160, 22; Hö. 21. Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon hý teóþ ðé ðæs ðe hý sylfe habbaþ though you are derided [or blamed?]