werian
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Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man hæbbe symle ða men gearowe on his lande, ðe lǽden ða men ðe heora ágen sécan willen, and hý for nánum médsceattum ne werian, L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25. <b>I a.
wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Hí witon on hwelcum wæterum hí sculun sécan fiscas, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 19. Ðæt folc fór betwux ðám twám wæterum (the two parts of the Red Sea), Wulfst. 293, 16. Seó eorðe wæs wætrum weaht, lagostreámum leoht, Cd. Th. 115, 19 ; Gen. 1922.
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Hét secan hwilc ðære geógoþe gleáwost wǽre bade seek which of the youth was most skilled, Cd. 176; Th. 220, 34; Dan. 81: Andr. Kmbl. 821; An. 411. Cwén frignan ongan on hwylcum ðara beáma bearn wealdendes hangen wǽre, Elen. Kmbl. 1698; El. 851.
scír
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Gif man wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó ðæt mid ðæs ealdormannes gewitnesse ðe hé ǽr in his scíre folgode, L. Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 4.
Linked entry: scýr
hwilc
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Hí witon on hwelcum wæterum hí sculun sécan fiscas norunt . . . necnon quae tenero pisce praestent litora 33, 3 ; 118, 18. Nú þú wást hwelce þeáwas þá woruldsǽlþa habbaþ. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 5.
geond
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Sécan geond Israéla earme láfe, Dan. 80. of time, during, through, for Geond fíf mónþas, Hml. S. 21, 145. Geond nigon geúra fec, 157: 3, 469. Géond ealra worulda woruld, Sat. 224. Gynd ǽnlípie dagas per singulos dies, Ps. L. Lnd. p. 248, 15.
se
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Þý hí secað anweald . . . ðý hí wénaþ ꝥ hit sié ꝥ héhste gód, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 27-29.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Fyrdhwate on twá healfe tohtan sécað, 1180. one of the opposite sides in a conflict Hwæðer healf hæfð sige, Ors. 3, 1; S. 100, 9. Wæs swíðe feala manna forfaren on Cnutes healfe, Chr. 1025; P. 157, 18.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Féran foldwege folca þreáte, tó ludéum sécan wigena þreáte. El. 215: 27. Faraon mid his folcum, Exod. 501.
hám
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Sécan þá hámas and þá árleásaneardungstówe, Seel. 70. figurative, (long) home Hé foresǽde þone dæg þe hé sceolde cuman tó Cofantreó tó his langan háme, Vis. Lfc. 90.
lǽdan
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Ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe þá men gearowe on his lande þe lǽden þá men þe heora ágen sécan willen, Ll. Th. i. 162, 24. Nú þú móst féran . . . ic þec lǽdan sceal, Cri. 1672. Lǽdan weorode láreów tó lides stefnan, An. 1708.
líf
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Lífes weg sécan to die and go to heaven. Ap. 31. Lífes brúcan, An. 229. Hé leóde lǽrde on lífes weg he showed them the way to heaven, 170. Lífes wísdóm saving knowledge, Cri. 1052.
on-fón
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'Ne cearað incit ellor sécan winas uncúðe, ac wuniað hér'. Abraham . . . onféng freóndscipe be freán hǽse, Gen. 2736. Ne onfóh þú nǽfre médsceattum nec accipies munera, Ll. Th. i. 54, 17. Þé lyst nú lióþa.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Hí witan, hwǽr hí eáfiscas sécan þurfan ( where they must seek them, if they are to find them ), Met. 19, 25. Syle mé ðæt wæter, ðæt mé ne þyrste, ne ic ne ðurfe hér feccan, Jn. Skt. 4, 15.
ge-hwilc
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Hió forlét sécan gehwylcne ágenne eard, El. 598. Sete tácn on gehwilcne wǽpnedcynnes, Gen. 2311. Gif hit sié binnan wǽdum, gehwilc .xx. scætta gebéte, 18, 5 : 14, 13.
ge-mǽne
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Á swá hé gecneordra swá bið hé weorðra, gif hé wið witan hafoð his wísan gemǽne if he has to do with a wise man, Angl. ix. 260, 21. to have in company with, have the same as another Þis leóht wé habbaþ wií nýtenu gemǽne, ac þæt leóht wé sceolan sécan
hú
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On sefan sécan hú . . ., El. 474. Sirwan hú . . ., Sat. 499. (a α) where the verb on which the clause depends is not expressed :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man, Ll. Th. i. 174, 12: 178, 1 ( a form like Hér cýð might be supplied ).
A
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á-hleápan to leap up; exsilire: á-fyllan to fill up; implere: it expresses the idea of an origin becoming, growing, á-blacian to blacken, to become black; á-heardian to grow hard: it corresponds to the Latin re, as á-geban reddere, á-lósian redimere, á-sécan
gearo
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Ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe symle þá men gearowe þe lǽden þá men þe heora ágen sécan willen, Ll. Th. i. 162, 23. Ðætte hié swá micle gearran finde se ýtemesta dæg, ðonne hé cume, swá hí hér ǽmtegran bióð, Past. 401, 6. <b>I a.
þearf
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On ða gerád ðæt ðú ða eorþan sécan wille for gódra manna þearfe, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 8. Bisceopas áscádaþ út of cyrican for heora ágenan þearfe ða, ðe heálíce hý sylfe forgyltan, Wulfst. 104, 11.