be-fégan
To join
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To join Hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 425
féþa
a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry
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H. 225, 34; Jul. 389. Féðan aciem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 15. Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr þon þe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, and hé ǽr þone féþan sóhte (he joined the army), ǽr þon þe hé ꝥ leóht gesáwe, Bl. H. 167, 2
ge-laþian
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Th. i. 74, 23. to a condition or action Þá gelaþode hé hié tó écean lífe, Bl. H. 103, 7. Hé wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine, 29, 20. to summon for a purpose Hé hæfde þá þing gefyllede þe hé fore gelaðod wæs, Ælfc. T.
Linked entry: laþian
þennan
to stretch, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ extend, ⬩ bend (a bow) ⬩ to prostrate, ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to strain, ⬩ make an effort ⬩ exert one's self ⬩ press on
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Ðænne ðone swíðran earm swá hé swíþast mǽge let him stretch out the right arm as hard as he can, Lchdm. iii. 22, 11. Swá hwider swá se cining his ríce mihte þennan whithersoever the king could extend his power, Anglia x. 142, 47.
æ-týnan
To open ⬩ aperire
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To open; aperire Dura heofones he ætýnde januas cœli aperuit, Ps. Spl. 77, 27
lengian
To long
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To long Lengaþ hine hearde sorely doth he long, Salm. Kmbl. 542; Sal. 270
lireht
Brawny ⬩ fleshy
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Brawny, fleshy Hí habbaþ lirehte fét, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 14
mánful-líc
Evil ⬩ wicked
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Evil, wicked Hé sǽwþ mánfullíce geþohtas intó ðæs mannes heortan. Boutr. Scrd. 20, 17
níþ-geweorc
Malicious ⬩ evil work
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Malicious, evil work Ðeáh hé ( Grendel ) róf síe níþgeweorca, Beo. Th. 1370; B. 683
gif
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Hé hét his cnapan háwian gif ǽnig mist árise, Hml. S. 18, 146. Add
ge-híwian
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Manega geleáfan Crtítes ... þurh leáse híwunge gehealdan hí gehíwiað ( simulant ), Scint. 129, 12. Add
birgean
to bury
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to bury Iosue hét hí birgean Joshua ordered to bury them, Jos. 10, 27
bleó
a colour, hue, complexion
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a colour, hue, complexion, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 78; Wrt. Voc. 46, 35
un-gecyndelíce
Unnaturally
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Unnaturally And sǽ hé déð beón ungemetlíce and ungecyndelíce swíþe ástyrode, Wulfst. 196, 3
Linked entry: ge-cyndelíce
un-murn
Untroubled
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Untroubled Hí slǽp hiora [swǽfon?] sylfum unmurne dormierunt somnum suum, Ps. Th, 75, 4
Linked entry: murn
un-lácnod
Uncured
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Uncured Hé hæfð on his nebbe opene wunde unlácnode, Past. 9; Swt. 61, 4
Linked entries: lácnian un-gelácnod
wíc-eard
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A dwelling-place Hé on wéstenne wíceard geceás, Exon. Th. 158, 12; Gú. 907
wlitelíce
Beautifully ⬩ in comely fashion
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Beautifully, in comely fashion Hí weófod wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon, Blickl. Homl. 205, 6
cimb-íren
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Hé sceal habban . . . cimbíren, tigehóc, Angl. ix. 263, 2
foreþanc-lic
Provident ⬩ cautious
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Provident, cautious Ðæt hí ongiten mid foreðonclicre gesceádwísnesse provida consideratione perpendant, Past. 433, 33