ge-sittan
to sit ⬩ sit down ⬩ settle ⬩ lean ⬩ recline ⬩ sĕdēre ⬩ consīdĕre ⬩ discumbĕre ⬩ to occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ inhabit ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ hăbĭtāre
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Kmbl. 2323; An. 1163: Elen. Kmbl. 1732; El. 868. Twegen iunge men gesǽton æt me two young men sat by me, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 35.
Linked entry: ge-setenness
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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Ðæt he feorh geong eft onfón móte that it may again receive a new spirit, 62 a; Th. 228. 4; Ph. 433: 58 b; Th. 211, 3; Ph. 192. Sint geþreáde geonge gúþrincas my young warriors are rebuked, Andr. Kmbl. 783; An. 392: 1715; An. 860: 3060; An. 1533.
wine
A friend. ⬩ applied to an equal ⬩ applied to one who can help or protect ⬩ a friendly lord ⬩ a (powerful) friend ⬩ used of a husband or lover ⬩ applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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A friend.. applied to an equal Wine mín, Húnferð, Beo. Th. 1065; B. 530. Hé ongan winas manian, frýnd and geféran, Byrht. Th. 138, 31 ; By. 228. applied to one who can help or protect, a friendly lord, a (powerful) friend Wine fród . . .
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Ðá ongunnon leáse men wyrcan spell, and sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft men forbrédan, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30. an instructive talk, discourse, a philosophical argument, as a theological term a sermon, homily (v. spell-bóc) Sunnandæges spell .
Linked entry: spel
hryre
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Add: a fall from a height. a dropping from a high position under the force of gravity Hý hófon hine hondum and him hryre burgun, Gú. 702. a descent of rain, hail, &c.
þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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For ðínum þreán and for ðínum yrre ab increpatione tua, ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae, Ps. Th. 17, 76. Ða him þreá ðíne þearle ondrǽdaþ ab increpatione tua fugient, 103, 8. Hé for him þreá geaf kyningum corripuit pro eis reges, 104, 12.
Linked entry: bróh-þreá
sweotolung
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, title-deed, certificate, prescript Hér is seó swutelung (the will, testament) hú Ælfhelm his áre and his ǽhta gefadod hæfþ, Chart.
þigen
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Æt ðære ðigene ( at the Passover ), 280, 34. Sý hé áscyred fram gemǽnre mýsan þigene from eating at the common table; a mensa, R. Ben, 49, 15; 70, 4. Sý á on ðære þigene forhefednes let there ever be moderation in taking wine, 65, 3.
eorl
a hero
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Add: a man of rank or gentle birth Eorl herus, An. Ox. 53, 6. Weorðscipes wyrðe, ǽlc be his mǽðe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, Ll. Th. i. 190, 13. Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð .xii. scill. gebéte.
furh
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Add: gen. furh, fúre Furh occa (v. filging), Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 63. Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum anheáfdum . . . ðanon on áne furh an æcer neár ðǽm hlince . . . andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge forð on áne furh, C.
diófol-gild
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Devil-worship, an image of the devil, an idol, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 27
for-hæbbend
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One who is continent, an unmarried person Þá eorþlican forhæbbendras terreni celebes, An. Ox. 1254
Linked entry: hæbbend
lícian
To please
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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón ac ðæt folc hæfþ cyre tó ceósenne ðone tó cyninge ðe him sylfum lícaþ no man can make himself king, but the people have the option of choosing him as king who pleases them, Homl. Th. i. 212, 8.
Linked entry: ge-lícian
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Hé ðæs óþres sáule of wítum generede, and of tintregum álésde, Blickl. Homl. 113, 33. Hé bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, 49, 25. On écum wítum wunian, 83, 18. Ic sceal weán and wítu and wrace dreógan. Cd.
magan
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Add Mid scipun þe mon dulmunus hǽtt, þe mon sægð þæt on án scip mæge án þúsend manna it is said that a thousand men can be put into one ship, Ors. 1. 10; S. 46, 33.
ealo-wǽge
The ale-cup
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The ale-cup Se ðe bær hroden ealowǽge who bare the ornamented ale-cup, Beo. Th. 995; B. 495. Ofer ealowǽge over the ale-cup [during a drinking ], Beo. Th. 966; B. 481
freónd
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Betuih freóndo (-e, R., mágas, W.S.) and cúðo inter cognatos et adnotos, 2, 44. (3 a) where the duties or benefits consequent upon kinship are referred to :-- Gif man mǽdan weddian wille, and hit swá hire and freóndan gelícige ... áborgian his frýnd ꝥ
heoru-grǽdig
Greedy to destroy ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ savagely greedy,
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Kmbl. 75; An. 38: 158; An. 79
inwit-wrásen
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A chain of guile or malice, Andr. Kmbl. 126; An. 63 : 1892; An. 948
ísern-here
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An iron-clad host Ísernhergum án wísode, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 33; Exod. 348