þeówan
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.
brego-stól
a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum
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A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom; principis sella, thronus, regnum He him gesealde bold and bregostól he gave him a habitation and a princely seat, Beo. Th. 4398; B. 2196: 4729; B. 2370.
Linked entry: breogo-stól
hand-þegen
An attendant, one of a retinue, servant
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Willfriþ his preóst and his hond-þeng Wilfrid his priest and attendant; clericus illius, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 27: Cd. 224; Th. 295, 12; Sat. 485
scop-leóþ
A poem
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A poem Se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian and mid ðæm scopleóþe heora mód swíðe getrymede Tyrtaei ducis composito carmine et pro cocione recitato accensi, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 32.
swindan
To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed ⬩ tabescere, tabefieri, deficere, conticescere ⬩ to dwindle, decay, die away
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Ealle oþþe hefige slǽpe swundon oþþe tó synne wacedon omnes aut somno torpent inerti, aut ad peccata vigilant, Bd. 4, 25; S 601, 11. (v. ǽ-swind. ) Swindan (tabescere) ðú dydesð sáwle his, Ps.
ge-wilnian
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Dele first passage, and add: in a bad sense, to covet Ic gewilnie glisco, An.
hwirfling
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Something round, an orb Hwyrflicnces (hwurf-linces, Hpt. Gl. 453, 37) begýmendum rícetere crus gubernante monarchiam An. Ox. 1992
stóc
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staca), and both words remain now only as names of places, Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow.
Linked entries: stóc-líf stóc-weard stóc-wíc
ge-dǽlan
to divide a whole into parts. ⬩ here the parts are no longer in contact ⬩ where the parts remain in contact, to mark the limits of the parts. ⬩ of a non-material whole, to distinguish the component parts of ⬩ to dissolve union, part company ⬩ to separate ⬩ to part man and wife ⬩ to part from one another ⬩ to separate oneself from ⬩ to cease to do ⬩ to form a dividing line between objects :-- ⬩ To separate, ⬩ to go away from one another, part ⬩ of a whole, to separate into parts, split up ⬩ to share. ⬩ to divide into parts and take them, divide an inheritance, spoil, c. ⬩ of the partition and occupation of land ⬩ to get advantage from, have a share in ⬩ to get, enjoy ⬩ To make a division of work ⬩ to distribute. ⬩ to scatter objects ⬩ to spend ⬩ of almsgiving ⬩ to give as a person's share, hand over, give ⬩ of the dispensations of Providence, to allot, assign, grant ⬩ to utter words. ⬩ to diffuse, spread :--
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Habbad emne gedǽled dæg and nihte sunne and móna, Met. 29, 35. (l a) of the partition and occupation of land :-- Þý geáre Healfdene Norþanhymbra lond gedǽlde, Chr. 876;P. 74, 12.
cym-líce
Conveniently, fitly, beautifully, splendidly ⬩ commode, apte, splendide
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Kmbl. 721; An. 361: Beo. Th. 75; B. 38
frécnen-spræc
An audacious or hostile speech ⬩ audax vel hostīlis sermo
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An audacious or hostile speech; audax vel hostīlis sermo Gyf Frysna hwylc frécnenspræce ðæs morðorhetes myndgiend wǽre if any of the Frisians, by audacious speech, should call to mind [lit. should be a rememberer of] this deadly feud, Beo.
nǽting
Blaming ⬩ upbraiding
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Blaming, upbraiding Ac hú wéne wé hú micel scyld ðæt síe ðæt monn áþreóte ðære nǽtinge yfelra monna and nime sume sibbe wið ða wierrestan pensandum ergo est, quando ab increpatione quiescitur, quanta culpa cum pessimis pax tenetur, Past. 46, 6; Swt.
sypian
To delay, be slow
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To delay, be slow Hé (a sick person) sipaþ and árísþ tricabit et surget, Lchdm. iii. 151, 2, 19, 28. (The reference is to an illness which begins on the 5th, 17th, or 27th day of the month.) Sypigende senescens, frigescens, Germ. 397, 345
un-nytwirðe
Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable
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Not fit for use, useless, unprofitable, unserviceable Hé nis ðæt án him unnytwurðe non solum sibi inutilis est, R. Ben. Interl. 83, 9. Wé beóð gehátene yfele þeówan and unnytwyrðe, Homl. Ass. 57, 150.
wiþer-méde
contrary-minded ⬩ contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ opposed ⬩ opposed ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved
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contrary-minded, contrary, adverse, hostile, opposed Se wiðerméda (the devil), Andr. Kmbl. 2391; An. 1197.
Linked entry: wiþer-mód
brastlung
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.), efne swylce þǽr tóburste sum mycel crocca on þám fyre immensum erepiium panis dedit, ac si ingens in ignibus olla crepuisset, Gr. D. 87, 17. Add
eást-weardes
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Hé geseah þæs wífes líchaman orsáwle licgende, and þá handa . . . eástweardes gewende, 743. v. preceding word
Linked entry: weardes
ge-metan
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and add Gemét (gemýt, Hpt. Gl. 525, 3) picta (vestis), An. Ox. 5236. Þonne man on brede hine beón gemétne gesihð when a man in a dream sees himself painted on a board, Lch. iii. 206, 18. Gemétum tepedum tapetibus pictis, Kent. Gl. 200
hlosnere
a disciple
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Áblicgedum hlystendum and nitendum hlosnerum bemíþende attonitis auditoribus et ignavis auscultatoribus (arcana mentis ipsorum) recludentes. An. Ox. 2333. Add:
sóþfæstness
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Hwæðer þé þince þæt hyt eall án sí . . . sóð and sóðfestnes (verum et veritas )? . . . Hweðer ðincð þé betre, þe þæt sóð, þe seó sóðfestnes?, Solil. H. 50, 2-15. Add