wrecan
To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)
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Ðás folc sleán, and his torn wrecan, 151, 13; Gen. 2508. to punish, Grammar wrecan, absolute Ǽlc wyrd is nyt ðara ðe áuþer déþ, oððe lǽrþ, oþþe wricþ 'fortuna, quae aut exercet, aut corrigit, prodest, Bt. 40, 2;Fox 236, 16. to punish a person Grammar
Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca
níwe
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Þá( at the creation of Adam) wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, 795. Adam . . . neorxna wonges níwre gesceafte hyrde, Gen. 171.
þes
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.), ys æteówiendlíc, and ðǽr biþ, ðǽr man swá bícnaþ be him; ille, hé, ne biþ ðǽr ætforan andwerd, ðǽr men swá be him clypaþ ... ille hé, ipse hé sylf, iste ðes, hic ðes, Ælfc.
ge-sellan
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Is ǽlc feoh betere geseald þonne gehealden, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 20. of the Deity to grant, bestow a faculty, power, advantage, &c. Ðú gesaldes him mæht, Jn. L. 17, 2. Nyle se Waldend ǽngum ánum ealle gesyllan gǽstes snyttru, Cri. 683.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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Ðín dóm wunaþ in ǽlce tíd thy glory lasteth to all time, Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 26; Cri. 406. In ealle tíd, Exon. 83 a ; Th. 313, 15; Seef. 124 : 95 b ; Th. 356, 25; Pa, 17. In woruld weorulda in sæcula sæculorum, Elen. Kmbl. 901; El. 452.
Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern
wer
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Wé wyllaþ ðæt ǽlc freó man beó on hundrede and on teóðunge gebróht ðe láde wyrðe beón wylle oþþe weres wyrðe, gif hine hwá áfylle ofer .xii. wintre, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 21. Be swá ofslægenes monnes were. Gif mon ðæs ofslægenan weres bidde, L.
ge-reccan
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Ox. 2287. to relate, narrate, record Historia, þæt is gerecednyss; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð (-recþ, v. l. ) þá ðing þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum, Ælfc. Gr. 296, 9. Áwrát oððe gerehte digessit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 11 : narrat, exponit, An.
tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Misc. 133, 534.] where the word is used to translate Latin forms, or refers to places not in England, the residence or estate of a single person, an estate, farm Ðín tún tua villa, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 103, 7 : Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 48.
Linked entries: bold tún-geréfa
ge-fyllan
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Ǽlce stówe hé gefylþ, Bl. H. 19, 26. Gærstapan gefyllað ( implebunt ) þíne hús, Ex. 10, 6. Ꝥ hús wæs Háliges Gástes gefylled. Se swég gefylde ꝥ hús, se Hálga Gást gefylde þá apostolas, Bl. H. 133, 20-22. Únrótnyss gefylde eówre heortan, Jn. 16, 6.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Ǽlc man sceal on his fæsten fón (jejunium suum ordiri), ii. 224, 33. Ðý lǽs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðǽre clǽnan ðegnenga ðæs sácerdhádes ne non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat, Past. 51, 2.
gif
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Gif ic þwóh eówre fét, gé sceolon þweán eówer ǽlc óðres fét, Jn. 13, 14. Gif þú . . . gesealdest, hit is riht. Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 33. Nǽnig mon ne sceal géman his gesibbes, gif hé hine ǽrost ágǽlde Godes þeówdómes, Bl. H. 23, 17.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Add: Hoc caelum þeós heofen, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 86, ii. the overarching vault of sky, the sky, firmament, Similar entries v. heofon-hróf, -hwealf Hé cwæð, 'Geweorðe heofen', and þǽrrihte wæs heofen geworht (cf. Gen. I. 6, 8),Hml. Th. i. 6, 1-2.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
wealdan
To have power over ⬩ to control the movements of that which is moved ⬩ to regulate ⬩ wield a weapon ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ to control that which moves itself ⬩ to have control of a person, an emotion ⬩ to govern, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ bear sway ⬩ wield power, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ absolute ⬩ fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ to have power over things ⬩ to possess ⬩ be in possession of ⬩ have at command ⬩ be master of, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ to have power to decide or choose what shall take place ⬩ to determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ have the deciding ⬩ control of matters, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute ⬩ to have power that brings something to pass, ⬩ to cause ⬩ be the cause, author, source of something, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or acc. ⬩ of things, with gen. ⬩ of motives ⬩ to have power to do ⬩ be able
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Ǽlc mon biþ wealdend ðæs ðe hé welt; næfþ hé nánne anweald ðæs ðe hé ne welt quod quisque potest, in eo validus: quod non potest, in hoc imbecillis esse censendus est, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 17. to control the movements of that which is moved, to regulate
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Gá ǽlc cyric-sceatt intó þám ealdan mynstre, 262, 16.
hwilc
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Hí ǽlce synne geþencen . . . for ðǽm ðonne hié for ánre hwelcre hreówsiað, ðonne hreówsiað hié for ealle, Past. 413, 24.
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Six wæterfatu . . . ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singuli metretas binas Jn. Skt. 2, 6. Ic geseah sumne gildenne dalc on fíftigum entsum, Jos. 7, 21. Án æstel on fíftegum mancessa, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 1.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
weorold
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Ǽlc wlite tó ende onetteþ ðisse weorlde lífes, Blickl. Homl. 57, 29. Worulde, Beo. Th. 4675; B. 2343 : Exon. Th. 158, 5 ; Gú. 904. Télnisse weorlde aerumnas saeculi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 4, 19. Worulde, Cd. Th. 270, 22 ; Sat. 94: Exon.
þencan
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Hwæþer ðú ðonne ongite ðæt ǽlc ðara wuhta ðe him beón þencþ ðæt hit þencþ ætgædere beón gehál undǽled quod autem subsistere ac permanere appetit id unum esse desiderat, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 26.
se
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Ǽlc mon tiohhaþ him ðæt tó sélestum goode ðæt ðæt hé swíðost lufaþ, Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 122, 23. (4 a) irregular Se Drihten, se ðæs ( = ðe his) setl ys on heofenum, Ps. Th. 10, 4. V. in adverbial or conjunctional forms.
in
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In ǽlce tíd, Cri. 406. In þá æþelan tíd ( at Christ's birth ), 455: Ph. 509: 517: An. 912.