frignan
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,' B. 332. to ask information of or from a person, with gen. Gongen hié tó ðǽm hálgan gewritum, fríne ðára hwæt hié dón scylen, Past. 103, 10. with prep.
swencan
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Laym. swenchen: Orm. swennkenn, swennchenn: O. H. Ger. swenchen verberare]
feormend-leás
Wanting a polisher ⬩ pŏlītōre cărens
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Wanting a polisher; pŏlītōre cărens Geseah he orcas stondan, fyrnmanna fatu, feormendleáse, ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig he saw bowls standing, vessels of men of yore, wanting a polisher, there was many a helmet, old and rusty, Beo.
hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Coll.] geond ðæt wésten they went wandering through the desert; per vasta deserti evagatur, Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 19
Linked entry: hreafigende
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Little, few [but the word occurs for the most part only in the neuter acc. with a substantive or adverbial force = a little] Dó huniges hwón tó put a little honey to it, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 15. Hwón buteran, 8; Lchdm. ii. 54, 3.
Linked entries: æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Hié námon treówu, and slógon on óðerne ende monige scearpe ísene næglas, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 5. Heó lǽdde tó hire suna ða ísenan næglas ðe wǽron ádrifene þurh Cristes folman, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 15.
gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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Homl. 29, 8: 215, 26: Ors. 6, 8; Bos. 120, 12. On óðres góde beón gefeónde to rejoice at another's good, Blickl. Homl. 75, 20. Se ðe gód onginneþ he who attempts good, 21, 34.
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Add: to declare, proclaim, make known Ðá geleáfullan bodiað (bodigeað, v. l.) be Gode ðæt sóð is ecclesta ore fidelium de Deo, quaeque vera sunt, testatur, Past. 367, 9. Sé . . . þe hé tówearde sægde and bodode, Bl. H. 9, 16.
BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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Seó eá, norþ búgende, út on ðone Wendel-sǽ the river, bending northward, [flows] out into the Mediterranean sea, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 33: Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 24; Rá. 9, 6.
ge-feallan
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(a α) to stumble, fall into or over :-- Éghuoelc sé ðe gefalleð onufa ðæm stáne, Lk. L. R. 20, 18. Gif gefallas scíp in seáð, Mt. L. 12, 11. Hí on ðone seáð gefeóllan, Ps. Th. 56, 8.
ge-dréfan
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Wurdon hiora wíf gedréfed horam uxores viduitate permotae, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 30. Ðás þing geseónde hé wearð gedréfed, Chr. 1087 ; P. 223, 16. Ðá hí gesáwon þæt hí wurdon þá gedréfede (-droefed, L., -drýfed, R.), Mt. 14, 26: Bl.
Babilón
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Þurh Babilónian burh through the city of Babylon, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 11. Babilónes brego the ruler of Babylon, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 30; Dan. 47. Se wæs Babylónes brego he was the ruler of Babylon, 79; Th. 98, 20; Gen. 1633.
Linked entries: Babilónia Babilónie Babilónige Babilónis Babylón
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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Bos. 7, 14: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 12: Chr. 871; Erl. 75, 23. Ymb ðæs geongan feorh about the young man's life, Andr. Kmbl. 2236; An. 1119, On swá geongum feore in so young a life, Beo. Th. 3690; B. 1843.
scín-lác
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Næs his scínlác ne his hergiung on ða fremdan áne ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde ða ðe him wǽron mid farende nec minor ejus (Alexander) in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit , Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 130, 19.
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Andra besierede ðæt folc ðe hié ymbseten hæfde on ánre niht ungearwe exercitum incautum Andro oppresserat, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 2. Hié fóron út nihtes and cómon on ungearwe men, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13.
ár
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Hé gerád sóna ealle Sigeferðes áre and Morcares, 1015; P. 146, 8 : Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 8. Ǽlc man sceolde cennan his áre every man was to state the amount of his property (for 'taxing) . Hml. Th. i. 30, 5.
dreógan
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Ispánie þæt ilce wǽron dreógende, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 15
éhtan
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Rómáne crístenra monna éhton, Ors. 6, 6; S. 262, 11. Hé hét crístenra monna éhtan ad persequendos Christianos feralia dispersit edicta, 6, 22; S. 274, 4. Þá éhtegende mé, Ps. L. 118, 150. Fram éhtiendum mé, 30, 16. Oehtigendum, 141, 7.
ge-timbran
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Th. ii. 586, 29. to build a town, to found On middeweardum hire ríce hió getimbrede Babylonia þá burg ( Babylonem condidit ), Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 15.
ende-byrdnes
a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance
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Add: a row, series, rank of objects on the same level Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað universus pastorum ordo, Past. 105, 6.