HÝR
HIRE ⬩ interest
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HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori.
land-seten
an estate ⬩ occupation of land
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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.
Linked entry: feld-seten
lybb
Medicine ⬩ drug ⬩ simple ⬩ poison
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Oxna lyb green or black hellebore, Lchdm. ii. 34, 28. Ðis ðé lib be cyrneles this may be a medicine for thee for churnel, iii. 62, 21
Linked entry: lybbestre
ge-emnettan
To make even or level ⬩ compare ⬩ æquāre ⬩ exæquāre
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To make even or level, compare; æquāre, exæquāre Deáþ geemnet ða rícan and ða heánan death levels the rich and the poor, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 34. Gif we úre unþeáwas geemnettaþ be his hǽsum if we level our vices by his commands, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 1.
Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan
sige-beác
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a sign or monument of victory gained, a trophy Se palm is sigebeácen, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10. Ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen ( trophaeum ) árǽred beón sceolde, Bd. 3, 2 ; S. 524, 35.
sige-róf
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Of victorious energy, triumphantly active. applied to a warrior or to a king Sigeróf kyning ( Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 1243 ; B. 619 : (Constantine ), Elen. Kmbl. 315 ; El. 158 : 141 ; El. 70. Wǽron Rómware secgas sigerófe, 93 ; El. 47 : Judth.
swice
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deceitful, fraudulent Hí wiðstandaþ ðam swican (or subst. ? v. swica) Antecriste, Wulfst. 198, 14. [He minne fader biswak þurh swike his craftes (mid his luþer craftes, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 14865.]
syn-lust
Sinful pleasure ⬩ desire, lust
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Sinful pleasure or desire, lust Ic wæs swíðe onǽled mid ðære hátheortnysse ðæs synlustes, ðæt ic gewilnode bútan ceápe ðæt hí mé tó geurnon, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 337.
þroht-heard
strong under afflictions ⬩ having fortitude or endurance in trouble ⬩ grievously hard
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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen.
weorold-wíte
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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí, bétan for Gode búton worldwíte; and gif bit ofer nigan niht gewurðe, bétan for Gode and gilde .xii, ór, L. N. P. L. 10; Th. ii. 292, 7
be-ládung
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Mid þæs cáseres beládunge ( excuse or defence of his conduct ), 31, 624. Þú sécest beládunge, ꝥ þú ne þurfe getíðian þæs þe ic þé bidde, Gr. D. 28, 7. Beládunge habban uncyste to have an excuse for parsimony. Hml. Th. i. 330, 9: ii. 76, 10. Add
bréden
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Of boards or planks Him ne wiðstent nán ðing, náðerne stænen weall ne bryden wáh, Hml. Th. i. 288, 4. Gewrohte hé (Severus) weall mid turfum and bredweall (breden weall, v. l.) ðǽronufon (cf.
dyncge
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Dinig (l. dincg or dung?) fimus, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 6. Of dincge gramine, An. Ox. 46, 16. Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hæbbe twelf nihta dingan (ðingan, MS.; the Latin version has dingiam ) tó Middanwintra, Ll.
ést-mete
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Add of food (lit. or fig.) Éstmet[tas] grata fercula, An. Ox. 56, 77. Éstmetta ferculorum, 3169. Hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum dare illi de convivio suo, Hml. A. 110, 269.
for-sittan
to stop up
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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10.
for-weorpan
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., of reckless or fruitless expenditure :-- Ðýý God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta, Hml. S. 16, 330.
ge-scirpan
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., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269, 21.
ge-sníþan
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Ðá stánas wǽron emne gesnidene, Past. 253, 14. to cut grass or corn (?
forþian
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Add: to send forth or out, dispatch Mann sceolde forðian út to Sandwíc scipu, Chr. 1052; P. 177, 8. to forward, promote the well-being of. Cf. forþ-dǽd He friðige and forðige ǽlce tilðe, Angl. ix. 259, 14. Yrðe georne forðian, 261, 21.
hǽþen-nes
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Hé monige wæs gecígende fram hǽþenesse (hǽðennesse, v. l.) and fram gedwolan heora lífes multos ab errore reuocans, 5, 11; Sch. 611, 5. people among whom (or district in which) heathenism prevails: — Wit begétan ðás béc æt haeðnum herge mid uncre claene
Linked entry: hǽþen-dóm