un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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MSS.) ne pravos hominum mores nequaquam redarguant, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 21.
waru
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Hié wǽron ða burg hergende and sleánde búton ǽlcre ware (without any defence being offered), 2, 8; Swt. 92, 16. Ware ł gescildnysse defensionem, Hpt.
Linked entry: wer-genga
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Hwý ðú woldest ðæt seó wyrd swá hwyrfan sceolde cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna vices? Bt. 4; Fox 8, 12. to exchange, barter [with gen.]
grétan
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Siððan wæs eallum ðám óðrum swá mycel ege fram him, ðǽt hí hine grétan ne dorstan afterwards the others were in so much fear of him, that they durst not attack him, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 3.
ge-reccan
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Swá mihtigne swá wé hine gereahtne habbað eum potentissimum concessimus, 35, 4; S. 98, 16. Untweólicere ealdorlicnesse is geséþed ł gereht indubitata auctoritate asstipulatur, i. creditur, An.
á-brastlian
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to resound, crash Áweóx and ábraslude mára swég and hefigra gravior sonitus excrevit, Gr. D. 236, 12
Linked entry: brastlian
hwícung
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Squeaking Se ealda feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . swína grunnunge and músa hwícunge ( stridores soricum ), Gr. D. 185, 4
wíg-cirm
The din of battle
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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990
staþol
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Hé hit nyle up árǽran tó ðam staðole fulfremedes weorces ad virtutis statum consuetudo non erigitur, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 16. Hiera geðohtes staðol cogitationis statum, Swt. 67, 17. Stede ł stalað (l. staðal) statum, stabilitatem, Hpt. Gl. 469, 12.
Linked entry: scaþel
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Ðá wæs mid him án wræccea of Læcedamania Demaratus Lacedaemonius apud Xerxem exsulabat, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 33. Com se foresprecena wræcca . . . hine se kyning hider and þider wide áflýmde, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, ' 12.
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Swá hwæt swá gé biddað æt mínum Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 34. Hí bǽdon lǽfe æt mé, Guth. 62, 13. Uton biddan leóht æt úrum Drihtne, Hml. Th. i. 158, 26. with clause Hé bæd æt Gode þæt hé móste fandian Ióbes, Hml.
ge-wit
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Ǽlc wiste his gewit swá swá hé ǽr wiste; ꝥ gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for þám ermþum ðe hí drógan sola mens stabilis, super monstra, quae patitur, gemit, 38, 1; F. 196, 6. Ic gehére þæt mín gewit is ǽce.
gleáw
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Swá swá þá gleáwestan desertissimi, Wrt.
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Ðeáhhwæðere nis nán ðæra þreora seó sáwul, ac seó sáwul þurh ðæt gemynd gemanþ, þurh ðæt andgit heó understent, þurh ðone willan heó wile swá hwæt swá hire lícaþ, 288, 15-30.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
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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Gif wé willað áreccan ealle ðá gewitnyssa . . . þonne gǽð þǽr swíðe micel hwíl tó, 18, 11. to amount, be equivalent to xv. pund wætres gáþ to sestre, Lch. ii. 298, 26. to attain, reach, extend Se rodor gǽð under ðás eorðan ale swá deóp swá bufan.
swearc-módness
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Faintheartedness, pusillanimity Fram swarc-módnesse gástes a pusillanimitate spiritus, Ps. Lamb. 54, 9. v. next word
gafol-heord
a swarm of bees rented from the lord
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Add: a swarm of bees rented from the lord, the rent (gafol) being paid in honey
grunian
To make a loud noise, grunt
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To make a loud noise, grunt Swýn grunaþ sus grunnit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 10
swilce
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Th. 6, 7; Cri. 80. as, like Ðonne ic wæs mid ludéum ic wæs swelce hié, Past. 16; Swt. 100, 7. Ne beó gé swylce líceteras non eritis sicut hypocritae, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.
Linked entry: swálíce
-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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A person, an agent, or actor, hence, All nouns ending in a are masculine, and make the gen. in an; as from Cum come [thou], cuma a person who comes, or a guest: Swíc deceive [thou], swica a traitor: Worht wrought, wyrhta a workman, wright: Fóregeng foregoing