lícian
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Hié cwǽdon ꝥ him ꝥ lícode eallum tó healdenne dixerunt omnes: ' Placet ea custodire, ' Ll. Th. i. 58, 29. Lícige þé . . . þæt þú mé árige complaceat tibi, at erip[i]as me, Ps. Th. 39, 15,, Hú wolde þé nú lícian gif hwylc swíþe ríce cyning wǽre . . .
rím
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anything has a place assigned to it in a series Gefundena rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades onfindes stówa repertis numeris quos ante signaveras reperies loca, Mt. p. 4, 7. the full tale or count of a collection, company, or class of persons Sió scyld hine of ealra
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde hé síe ealra his ǽhtan scyldig and healsfange if a married man without his wife's knowledge sacrifice to idols let him be liable in all his possessions and his 'heals-fang
ge-tellan
To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ esteem ⬩ consider ⬩ ascribe ⬩ assign ⬩ numerare ⬩ computare ⬩ reputare ⬩ comparare ⬩ dinumerare
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Hit getealdon ealde ǽgleáwe elders skilled in laws reckoned it, Menol. Fox 34; Men. 17: Cd. 154; Th. 191, 33; Exod. 224. Hwylc can getellan quis novit dinumerare, Ps. Spl. 89, 13.
Linked entry: ge-talian
ge-standan
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Ealle þe éhtend him ǽr gestódan omnes qui eos ceperunt, 105, 35. with complementary adj. (ptcpl.) Þú hire on hǽle hold gestóde, Ps. Ben. 34, 3. Gestód ꝥ folc básnende, Lk.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491. implying abundance, to swarm, exist in large numbers Him weóllon maðan geond ealne ðone líchaman, Homl.
Linked entry: for-weallen
git
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</b> in hypothetical clauses, at any future time :-- On ealra gebedrǽdenne þe Crístene wǽron oþþe gýt sýn, Bl.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl [gentle or simple ], L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.
Linked entry: ciorl
cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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Swá úre ealra cwide is as is the decree of us all, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 5: L. C. S. 33; Th. i. 396, 19
FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Ðonne beó we fremde fram eallum ðám gódum then should we be cut off from all those good things, St. And. 8, 10. Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C.
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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Ðú ealne hræðe hefon ymbhwearfest rapido cælum turbine versas, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 6; Met. 4, 3. Ðá wæs háten hreðe then was bidden straightway, Beo. Th. 1986; B. 991. Hreðe siððan directly after, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 94; Met. 25, 47.
Linked entry: hræde
fæger
fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant
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Ðeáh þú wǽre eallra monna fægrost, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 27. of the body and its parts Þæt feax áfealleð þe ǽr wæs fæger on híwe and on fulre wæstme, Wlfst. 148, 5. Þín se fægresta fæþm, Bl. H. 7, 25.
ge-strínan
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Hwæt helpeð menn ðeáh þe hé middengeard ealne gestreóne (-strióna, L.) quod prodest homini si mundum universum lucretur, 16, 26. Gestriéne, Past. 331, II.
ícan
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Críst cwæð ꝥ hé ne cóme nó þás bebodu tó brecanne ac mid eallum gódum tó ícanne ( non veni solvere, sed adimplere, Mt. 5, 17), Ll.
un-wís
unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ ignorant ⬩ ignorant of something
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Gé ðe on folce unwíseste ealra syndon qui insipientes estis in populo, Ps. Th. 93, 8. ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá unwís ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg?
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Uton féran Grendles mágan gang sceáwigan, 1391. course of time or events Eall þæs þe hé in fyrndagum gódes oððe gáles on his gǽste gehlód geára gongum, Cri. 1036 : Jul. 693. Hú mæg ic þæt findan, þæt swá fyrn gewearð wintra gangum?, El. 633.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Seó sunne is swá brád swá eall eorþan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þincþ [MS. þingþ] us swýðe unbrád, forðamðe heó is swíðe feorr fram úrum gesihþum the sun is as large as the whole compass of the earth, but he [lit. she] appears to us very small [lit. un-broad]
þanc
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Ðú ðæs ealles ǽnigne þonc ðínum nergende nysses on móde, 91, 29; Cri. 1498. God nele, ðæt him man his gifena þanc nyte, Wulfst. 261, 17.
ge-cirran
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Drihten wile ꝥ ealle men sýn hále and gesunde, and tó þon soþan andgite gecyrran, Bl. H. 107, 18. On wrǽðo gecerred wæs he had gone mad ; in furorem uersus est, Mk.
LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
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Eal hit is swá, ne leóge ic, Blickl. Homl. 179. 3. Ðú líhst ðæt ðú God sý thou sayest falsely that thou art God, Homl. Th. i. 378, 7. Seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet prospera fortuna semper mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30: Ælfc.