standan
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Th. 136, 3; By. 145: Beo. Th. 5352; B. 2679. Gemearca hú ða tyrf ǽr stódon, Lchdm. i. 398, 5.
AC
but ⬩ sed ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ enim ⬩ quia ⬩ but also ⬩ but yet ⬩ sed etiam ⬩ sed et ⬩ sed tamen
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Brito-Welsh begged assistance against the Picts, but they had none, Chr. 443; Erl. 11, 34. for, because; nam, enim, quia Ne se aglǽca yldan þóhte, ac he geféng hraðe slǽpendne rinc nor did the wretch mean to delay, for he quickly seized a sleeping warrior, Beo
a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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He hæfde Grendle togeánes seleweard aseted he had set a hall-ward against Grendel, Beo. Th. 1338; B. 667. Eallunga ys seó æx to ðære treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10.
FÆC
Space, interval, distance, portion of time ⬩ spătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum
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Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 35: Beo. Th. 4472 ; B. 2240 . Æfer fæce after a while, afterwards; postmŏdum, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 16: 5. 23 ; S. 645, 33
Linked entries: æfter-fæce fec
FINGER
A FINGER ⬩ digĭtus
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Sum mæg fingrum hearpan stirgan one can awaken the harp with fingers, Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 6; Cri. 668: Beo. Th. 3015; B. 1505
Linked entry: fincer
folc-riht
Folkright ⬩ common law ⬩ public right ⬩ the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman ⬩ publícum jus ⬩ commūne ⬩ τὸ κοινόν
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He him forgeaf wícstede wéligne, folcrihta gehwylc, swá his fæder áhte he had given him the wealthy dwelling place, every public right, as his father had possessed, Beo. Th. 5209; B. 2608.
Linked entries: folc-geriht leód-riht
FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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He ána genéðde frécne dǽde he alone ventured on the daring deed, Beo. Th. 1782; B. 889. Be ðære frécnan cóðe of the dangerous disorder, L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 12.
Linked entries: frǽcne frǽcne ge-frécnod
FREÓ
FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus
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Beó he freó he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3, MS. H: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3, MS. B: Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 23.
freoðo
Peace ⬩ security ⬩ protection ⬩ a refuge ⬩ pax ⬩ secūrĭtas ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ asȳlum
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Wel biþ ðæm ðe mót Drihten sécean, and to Fæder fæðmum freoðo wilnian it shall be well to him who may seek the Lord, and desire peace in his Father's bosom, Beo. Th. 379; B. 188: Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 3; Hö. 98.
HÚS
A HOUSE ⬩ a family
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Gewát neósian heán húses went and visited the lofty house, Beo. Th. 233; B. 116. Maria húse gesætt Maria domi sedebat, Jn. Skt. Lind, 11, 20. Lét fleógan hrefn of húse út [out of the ark], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 2; Gen. 1442.
sí
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Beo. Th. 3561; B. 1778. Ðæt gé witen hwæt hit sié, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 13. Gif ðú sié Godes sunu, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7. Him sió wuldor, Hy. 8, 4. Ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre. Bt. 34, 2; Fox 82, 10.
wicce-cræeft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum . . . gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre, and hé his ætsacan ne mihte, ðǽt hé beó his feores scyldig, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 9-12. Wiccecræftas prestigias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 25
cirlisc
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Se feórþandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, beó hyt penig oððe pund, swá ꝥ wel wát ceorlisc folc, Angl. viii. 306, 31. Vulgaris dies, ꝥ byð ceorliscdæg, 317, 11. Cyrlisc plebeia, Germ. 393, 115: barbarus, An. Ox. 56, 228.
dúru
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Beo. 70, 5. Binnan circan dyre, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 9. Tó þǽre duran (dura, v. l., tó duru, L.) ad januam, Mk. 1, 33. Duru (ðuro, L.) helle ne oferswíðiaþ portae inferi non praevalebunt, Mt. R. 16, 18. Ðá dure (dura, v. l., duro, L.
for-fón
to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate
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Similar entries v. fore-fón Ic lǽre ꝥ þú beó hrædra mid hreówlicum teárum, and ꝥ yrre forfóh éces déman suadeo praevenias lacrymis modo judicis iram, Dóm. L. 76. with for[a]ne: Forne forféþ anticipet, An. Ox. 603.
ge-laþian
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Voc. ii. 9, 30. to a person Gif hwá geuntrumod beó, þæt hé gelaþige him his sácerd tó si quis infirmatus sit, ut vocet ad se sacerdotem suum, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 24. to a place Se Hǽlend hine on ðám dæge tó heofonum gelaðod hæfde, Hml.
Linked entry: laþian
samnunga
All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately ⬩ continuo, subito, repente
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Th. 257, 5; Jul. 242: Beo. Th. 3284; B. 1640. Óþ ðæt semninga sunu Healfdenes sécean wolde ǽfenreste, 1293; 6. 644. Hé (the whale) semninga on sealtne wǽg niþer gewíteþ. Exon. Th. 361,29 ; Wal. 27. Ðá wæs semninga geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl.
Linked entries: semninga samlinga semnend-lic
wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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Beo. Th. 5898; B. 2953. 1a. a warlike art, a warlike engine Hý wurdon geráde wígcræfta, Ors. 1. 2 ; Swt. 30, 6. Mid scotum, ge mid stána torfungum, ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum vis magna telorum 3, 9 ; Swt. 134, 16. Wígcræftum machinis Wrt.
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Th. ii. 98, 3. the exciting cause of such a feeling Beó eówer ege and óga ofer ealle nítenu terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia, Gen. 9, 2. On lígette is óga, Homl. Th. i. 222, 32.
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Similar entries v. intrans Ceól up geþrang the keel pressed up, Beo. Th. 3829; B. 1912. Deáþ in geþrong death pressed in, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 34; Gú. 835. Hú he þurh ðæt folc geþrang how he pressed through the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 30.
Linked entry: folc-geþrang