sand
A messenger, envoy
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A messenger, envoy Ðá wæs Lýfing ƀ mid ðám kincge . . . Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message?
ge-strýnan
To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ beget ⬩ procreate ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ procreāre
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Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 196, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 46, 14. Ic gestrýne gigno, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 57. Nǽnig fira tó fela gestrýneþ no man gains too much, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 17; Gn. Ex. 144: L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 13.
Linked entry: ge-strínan
ge-þing
a council ⬩ an assembly ⬩ concilium ⬩ counio ⬩ a compact ⬩ an agreement ⬩ a condition ⬩ pactum ⬩ what is impending over one ⬩ what is awaiting one ⬩ what is certainly to be expected or hoped for ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ quod est imminens vel expectandum ⬩ fatum ⬩ sors
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Hét hie upastandan to Godes geþinge he bade them arise to God's assembly, Andr, Kmbl. 1588; An. 7951. a compact, an agreement, a condition; pactum Be diernum geþinge concerning a private compact, L. In. 52; Th. i. 134, 11, 12: 50; Th. i. 134, 1: L.
Linked entry: gúþ-geþingu
cliwen
A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus
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A clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball; glomus, globus Cliwen glomus, Wrt. Voc. 66, 18: 82, 8: 282, 1. Clywen glomus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 5; Wrt. Voc. 26, 4. Cleowen glomer, globellum, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt.
feorh-ner
Life's preservation or salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishment ⬩ food ⬩ vītæ servātio ⬩ refŭgium ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ cĭbus
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preservation, Exon. 96 b; Th. 359, 33; Pa. 72: 16 b; Th. 38, 21; Cri. 610.
leóf-wende
Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable
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Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ac beó leófwende be not too ready to blame, but be amiable, 81 a; Th. 305, 22; Fä, 92. Ðæt ic meotud ðínum lárum leófwendum lyt geswíce that I, O Lord, little desert thy pleasant precepts, Andr. Knsbl. 2581; An. 1292.
limpan
To befall ⬩ happen ⬩ pertain ⬩ belong ⬩ affect ⬩ concern
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Ða unrihtwísan ne beóþ ná swylce ne him eác swá ne limpþ non sic impii, non sic, Ps. Th. 1, 5. Eádig biþ ðæt folc ðe him swá on foldan fægre limpeþ beatum populum, cui hæc sunt, 143, 19: Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 26; Seef. 13.
meltan
to melt ⬩ become liquid ⬩ be consumed, dissolved ⬩ to digest
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to melt, become liquid, be consumed, dissolved Ic mylte liqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 7. Mylt dissolvitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 25. Swá weax melteþ, Ps. Th. 57, 7. Mylteþ, 67, 2. His sylfes hám brynewylmum mealt ( was consumed ), Beo.
ge-fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ accīre ⬩ afferre
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Gefetigan, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 11; Jul. 60. Hét heó sóna hire þínenne gán and ða cyste hire to gefetigean stătim jussit ire ministram et capsellam addūcĕre, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 27 : Elen. Kmbl. 2319; El. 1161.
ge-mǽnan
to MEAN, to signify ⬩ sibi velle, significare ⬩ to communicate, announce, pronounce, utter ⬩ communicare, pronuntiare ⬩ to MOAN, to groan ⬩ ingemiscere, plangere ⬩ to consider ⬩ colloqui, considerare ⬩ to make common, contaminate, defile, violate ⬩ communicare, coinquinare, violare ⬩ communicare alicui ⬩ to make known ⬩ dicere, monstrare, judicare
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They indicate . . . 21, 40. to communicate, announce, pronounce, utter; communicare, pronuntiare Hwílum ic glidan reorde múþe gemǽne sometimes in a kite's voice I utter with my mouth, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 24; Rä. 25, 6. to give expression to one's feelings
scyndan
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Fǽge scyndan ( of death by violence ), Exon. Th. 271, 29; Jul. 489. Hí ǽghwonon tó him éfston and scyndon, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 10: Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 8.
týnan
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In. 42; Th. i. 128, 6. to close, shut a door, book Miððý hígna fæder týneþ ðæt duro cum paterfamilias cluserit ostium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25. Ðonne týnde hé his béc clauso codice, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 10.
wang-stede
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a place in open country, a place For*-*lǽt of ðam wangstede (cf. stópon tó ðære stówe, on ða dúne up, 1428; El. 716) réc ástígan, Elen. Kmbl. 1584; El. 794: 2205; El. 1104.
wergild-þeóf
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A thief whose wergild was paid as a punishmen for his crime [cf. Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge.
word-cwide
a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Ðý ðíne wordcwidas weorðan gefelde (ut jitstificeris in sermonibus tuis), ðæt ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, ac ðú synfulle simle lǽrdes ðæt. . . . Ps. C. 53. Ðé ða wordcwydas Drihten on sefan sende . . . Ðú eart on móde fród, wís wordcwida. Beo.
æt-speornan
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To strike against (æt, on), stumble And (fót ðín) ne etspernð et pes tuus non impinget , Kent. Gl. 47. Ic ætspearn (-sporn, -speorn, v. ll.) ǽt ánum fótscearnole in scabello suppedaneo impegi, Gr. D. 22, 22. <b>II a.</b> fig.
efen-niht
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Substitute: <b>efen-niht,</b> e; f.: -nihte (?), es; n. An equinox Emniht aequinoctium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 38. Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12.
ge-manian
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Ne þurfon wé ná þæs wénan, þæt úre Drihten ús nelle þára leána gemanian, þe hé ús hér on eorðan forgyfen hafað, Wlfst. 148, 16: 261, 18. <b>IV a.
ge-sǽlignes
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Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5. <b>I a.</b> a hap, fortune, an event :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum secundis successibus, An.
Linked entry: sǽligness
furh
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D. v. 153, 23-32. On þá níwan furh, andlang þǽre furh, C. D. B. ii. 112, 21. Æfter fúran on turfhleó; of turfhleó æfter heáfdan eft andlang fúr . . .; of ðǽre strǽte andlang fúra . . . á andlang fúran, C. D. iii. 15, 26-31.