scír
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Ðonne se móna biþ .xx. niht, and .i. and .xx. niht, ðæt biþ scír oððe ceáp in ðem swefne tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 160, 8. Scíre prefecturae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 2.
Linked entry: scýr
rǽdan
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Ðá ongan hé mid gleáwe móde rǽdan coepit sagaci animo conjicere, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 21, MS. B. to read a book; legere Ic rǽde lego, ðú rǽtst legis, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 1. Rǽtt legit, 44; Som. 45, 49.
ge-þeódan
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Áwende móde hé hine geðiédde (-ðídde, v. l.) tó feldgongendum deórum hunc agri bestiis mutata mente conjunxit, Past. 39, 23. Heora nán hine eft tó his geférum ne geþeódde, Hml. S. 23 b, 135.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Spl. 71, 14. growth, growing, of the growth of plants Seó sunne tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 18. growing as opposed to diminishing, increase Seó sǽ and se móna beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Homl.
hám
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Ne geséce nán man þone cyng for nánre sprǽce, búton hé æt hám rihtes wyrðe beón ne móte, Ll. Th. i. 266, 10. Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, swá ꝥ hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894; P. 84, 32.
A
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verb,—á-beódan offerre, a-ceapian emere, á-lecgan ponere, á-sleán occidere: it is used with intransitive verbs, where it has hardly any meaning, unless it suggests the commencement or beginning of the action, as á-hleahan ridere, á-sweltan mori
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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From this document it follows, first, that folk-land was held by persons of rank; secondly, that an estate of folk-land was of such value, that seven, or even ten hides of book-land were not considered as more than equivalent to it; and, lastly, that
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Gif hé hí rihtlícor healdan wolde ðonne hé ǽr dyde if he [Ethelred] would rule them more righteously than he had done before, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 7: 1083; Erl. 217, 5. Ðúeorþbúende ealle healdest gentes in terra dirigis, Ps. Th. 66, 4.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
þing
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Oeghwelce ðinga omni modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 50. Ðá wolde hé ǽlce þinga ðæt gyld ábrecan, Blickl. Homl. 221, 21.
M
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Original m, generally speaking, is preserved in Anglo-Saxon, and is found corresponding to m in the Gothic and other cognate dialects, e.g. mé, manna, dóm; Goth. mik, manna, dóms. When, however, m is not initial, the correspondence is not always maintained
má-geéct
mactus ⬩ magis auctus
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mactus (= magis auctus) Ða mágeéctan macta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 3. Cf. 54, 71. Mágeécte morota (macta ?), 57, 24
Linked entry: ge-ícan
má-cræftig
Very (?) skilled ⬩ powerful
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Very (?) skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472
mé
Me
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Me Ealle þing mé synt gesealde omnia mihi tradita sunt, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 27. Ǽlcne ðe mé (Lind. meh; Rush. mec) cýð omnis qui confitetur me, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 32. Ða ðe swencaþ mec qui tribulant me, Ps. Surt. 3, 2, 5, 6. Hálne mé dóa salvam me fac, 3, 7; 4,
mé
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Add: dat. mec Secgað mec dicite mihi, Nar. 25, 11. Hwæþer hié mec sóð sægdon, 30