lustbǽr-ness
Desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ pleasantness
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Wé ðonne ne beóþ onǽlde mid ðære lustbǽrnesse úres módes ðonne bistilþ sió slǽwþ on ús óþ ðæt heó ús áwyrtwalaþ from ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo fervore non accenditur, a bonorum desiderio funditus convalescente
neoþor
Lower ⬩ in an inferior position
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Ðé læs ðe ðæt mód sý neoþer ðonne se líchoma, Homl. Skt. 1, 58. Nioþoror, Bt. 41. 6; Fox 254. 31. Sió eorþe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20. Nioþor hwéne, Beo. Th. 5392; B. 2699.
Linked entry: niþor
reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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To reek, send forth smoke or steam Ðonne hé ( helleborus albus ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smic of him ǽsænde, Lchdm, i. 260, 8. Muntas reócaþ montes fumigant, Ps. Th. 103, 30 : 143, 6. Reác exalabat, Wrt.
on-búgan
to bend ⬩ to bend in reverence or submission, to bow ⬩ to submit, yield ⬩ to bend aside, deviate
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to bend Ðonne ic onbúge when I (a bow) bend, Exon. Th. 405, 16; Rä. 24, 3. to bend in reverence or submission, to bow Heó tó hyre módor cneówum onbeah, Lchdm. iii. 428, 13. Hís gebróðru onbugon tó him proni adorantes Gen. 50, 18.
freónd
a relative ⬩ kinsman ⬩ a lover ⬩ one who wishes well to another ⬩ favours ⬩ supports ⬩ helps ⬩ an upholder of religion ⬩ a pious person ⬩ a true Christian ⬩ one who undertakes responsibility on behalf of another ⬩ anything helpful ⬩ one who is on good terms with another ⬩ not at variance ⬩ one who is on the same side or of the same party as another ⬩ an associate
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Gif hé þǽra freónda hæfd þe ꝥ dón durron, 290, 12-15. Selle hé his wǽpn his freóndum tó gehealdanne, 60, 8.
leng
Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature
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Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe do thus for the length of time that is necessary, 114, 18. Tele ða lenge ðære hwile ... compare the length of time ... Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6. On ðínum handum synd ða lenge mínra tída in manibus tuis tempora mea, Ps.
wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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Sceal se man wacyan ealle ða niht, ðe ðone drenc drincan wille, Lchdm. iii. 6, 4. of the eye, to be freed from obstruction, to open Gif eágan forsetene beóð, genim hræfnes geallan ... drýp on ðæt eáge ... ðonne wacaþ ðæt eáge (the eye opens again), Lchdm
gíme-leás
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Ðǽm unbealdum is tó cýðanne hú giémeleáse hié bióð ðonne hié hié selfe to suíðe forsióð inconstantibus intimandum est, quod valde se despicientes negligunt Past. 305, 16.
MANN
MAN ⬩ a human being of either sex ⬩ a man who is wnder the authority of another ⬩ a servant ⬩ vassal ⬩ liege-man ⬩ a parishioner
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Hé geceás him tó fultume Traianus ðone mon, 6, 10; Swt. 264, 18. Hé ofslóg Albínus ðone mon, 6, 15; Swt. 270, 10: 6, 26; Swt. 276, 23: 6, 31; Swt. 284, 20. Gif hund mon tóslíte, L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 2.
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Hú gewearþ ðé ðæs how doth this befall thee? Andr. Kmbl. 613; An. 307: Jud. 16, 21. Me gewearþ convĕnior, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 6.
Linked entries: tó-wesness ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan
þegen
a servant, ⬩ one who does service for another ⬩ an officer, ⬩ minister ⬩ a soldier ⬩ a follower of a great man, ⬩ a retainer ⬩ a follower of a teacher, ⬩ a disciple ⬩ one engaged in a king's or queen's service, whether in the household or in the country, a thane ⬩ a thane who served a bishop ⬩ one engaged in the service of a republic ⬩ a person of rank, one of a class higher than the ordinary freeman (ceorl) ⬩ a brave man, ⬩ noble man, ⬩ good warrior ⬩ vir fortis. ⬩ man, warrior
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Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó, gif hé hine ládian dyrre, dó hé ðæt mid .xii. cininges þegnum. Gif man ðone man betýhþ ðe biþ læssa maga (mága?) ðonne se cyninges þegn, ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena and mid ánum cyninges þægne, L. A.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegen-scipe þegin þén búr-þegen
wer
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Ðonne ðæt gedón sý, ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde. (Then at intervals of twenty-one days healsfang, manbót, fyhtwíte respectively were to be paid.)
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcþ ðæt hé on ǽnige wísan geþeódrǽdene nime wið ðone ámánsumedan, R. Ben. 50, 11. Graman niman to take offence, feel angry. Ðá nam hé micelne graman and andan tó ðám mannum, Homl. Th. i. 16, 30.
Linked entry: bi-nom
áscian
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6.
Linked entry: áhsian
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Ðonne hié gind ðæt lond tófarene wǽron, hié ðonne hié floccmælum slogan, 2, 5; Swt. 78, 12: 3, 7; Swt. 116, 29. to go away, pass off, depart, become extinct. v. tó-fær Syle drincan . . . ðæt yfel tófærþ, Lchdm. i. 118, 6.
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hligsan [hlísan, Hatt MS.] and his noman mǽrsige terminum vero suum dilatare est opinionis suæ nomen extendere, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 366, 13.
a-gytan
To discover ⬩ know ⬩ understand ⬩ consider ⬩ cognoscere ⬩ intelligere ⬩ deprehendere
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Gif ðonne ǽni-man agiten wurþe if then any one be found, L. N. P. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27
DREPAN
To strike ⬩ percŭtĕre
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Ðonne biþ on hreðre, under helm drepen biteran strǽle then he will be stricken with the bitter shaft in the breast, beneath the helmet, Beo. Th. 3495; B. 1745. Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981
DILEGIAN
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To destroy, abolish, blot out, erase; delēre, abŏlēre Gif se wrítere ne dilegaþ ðæt he ǽr wrát if the scribe does not erase what he wrote before, Past. 54, 5; Hat. MS. Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps.
Linked entry: dilgian
FREÓSAN
To FREEZE ⬩ gĕlāre
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Men steorran mágon [MS. magan] geseón swá sutole swá on niht ðonne hit swíðe freóseþ men may see the stars as plainly as at night when it freezes hard. Homl. Blick. 93, 20. Hit frýst [frýsþ MS. D.] gĕlat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8
Linked entry: ge-froren