pund
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 11, Mid .v. pundum mǽrra pæninga, 62, 9.
wǽdlian
to be poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ needy ⬩ in want ⬩ to be in want of something ⬩ to lack ⬩ not to have enough ⬩ to beg
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Sum blind man sæt wið ðæne weg wǽdligende (mendicans), Lk. Skt. 18, 35; Wǽdliende, Blickl. Homl. 17, 31, 34. Hé wédlat mendicabit, Kent. Gl. 731
wǽtan
To wet, moisten
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Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.
Linked entry: wǽtian
weard
ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping
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Wið wráð seros wearde healdan, 644; B. 319: Exon. Th. 48, 6; Cri. 767: 282, 16; Jul. 664. Weardum excubiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 12. Lux et tenebre ðe ðás werþeóda weardum healdaþ, Exon. Th. 192, 5; Az. 101. Wærda excubias, Hpt.
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Genim ácrinde, wirc tó smedman Lchdm. ii. 132, 19. Of mealtes smedman geworht 332, 20. Genim hwǽtenes meluwes smedman 134, 4
trog
a trough ⬩ tub ⬩ basin ⬩ vessel for containing liquids or other materials ⬩ a trough-shaped thing ⬩ a cradle ⬩ a boat ⬩ a water-pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a basin of water
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Similar entries v. wín-trog. a trough-shaped thing, a cradle, a boat Cilda trog conabulum, Txts. 51, 492. Cf. ciltrog cune, 115, 154.
ge-treówe
True ⬩ trusty ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fīdēlis
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Mid fulre gewitnesse and getreówre with full and true witness, L. Ath. v. § 10; Th. i. 240, 9. Gif þegen hæbbe getreówne man if a thane have a true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 16, MS. B.
giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Wíga gyddode Beówulf maðelode the warrior spake, Beowulf said, Beo. Th. 1264: B. 630; Cd. 97; Th. 127, 6; Gen. 2106. Waldere gyddode wordum, Wald. 83; Vald. 2, 13.
Linked entries: geddian ge-gyddian gyddian
ge-ortríwan
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., and add: to despair of. with gen. Cf. <b>I a</b> Ne þú tó wáclíce geortreówe ǽniges gódes spemque fugato nes dolor adsit, Met. 5, 35. with prep. Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse de Dei misericordia nunquam desperare, R.
Linked entries: or-trýwan ge-ortrúwian
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Wífa wlitegost, 39, 17 ; Gen. 627. Mid ðam wlitegostum nebbe, Homl. Th. i. 430, 14.
wróht
accusation ⬩ a false accusation ⬩ slander ⬩ calumny ⬩ fault ⬩ crime ⬩ offence ⬩ a quarrel ⬩ strife ⬩ cause of complaint ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt
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Ne bið him on ðám wícum wiht tó sorge, wróht ne wéþel ne gewindagas, Exon. Th. 238, 30; Ph. 612. Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan, hrinon hearmtánas hearde drihta bearnum. Cd. Th. 61, 3; Gen. 991.
Linked entries: wróht-bora wróht-dropa wróht-georn
æt-wíndan
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Th. i. 598, 28. with dat. Ðám ( death ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL Th. ii. 232,22. Hé ðám wítum ætwunde, Hml. S. 23, 118. Ðám écum wítum ætwindan, 16, 93: Hml. A. 34, 251. with acc.
gleáwe
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R. 11, 9. with prudence Guman . . . gleáwe beþuncan hyra hǽlo, Rä. 49, 7. in the metrical psalter the word occurs with a vaguely favourable meaning. Cf. gleáw; 4 Mé þín se góda gást gleáwe lǽdde, þæt ic on rihtne weg férde, Ps. Th. 142, 11.
friþ-burh
A town with which one is at peace, one included in the 'friþ' or peace made between two parties ⬩ pācis urbs
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be driven and it escape to any town with which ' friþ' has been made, and the men get away into the town, then let the men have protection, L.
ge-twǽman
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Th. ii. 300, 28. to separate one thing from another, with gen., to prevent from action, v. ge-twǽfan, . Mé Hagenan hand getwǽmde féðewigges, Vald. 2, 16. with prep. Gif úre mágas willað ús getwéman (-wéman, v.l. ) fram Críste, Hex. 40, 29.
hindan
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sunnan hindan and cymþ wiþforan þá sunnan úp it comes up with the sun from behind and rises be ore the sun, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 2. marking position, at the back, behind, Ph. 293 (in Dict.)
hring
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, where words denoting a stream or torrent are connected with words denoting sound (see next word)
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse Án ðæra hospworda hé forbær suwigende one of their reproaches he bore with in silence, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 8.
swefnian
To appear in a dream to a person ⬩ To dream ⬩ to fall asleep.
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Surt. 3, 19. with nom. of person, To dream Gif ðú swefnast ðé twege[n] mónan geseón if you dream that you see two moons, Lchdm. iii. 212. 25
þeód-scipe
Connexion, ⬩ association, ⬩ fellowship.
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Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23. Ðæt wé gésine ne sýn Godes þeódscipes, metodes miltsa that we lack not fellowship with God, the Maker's mercies, Cd.