spédig
having good speed ⬩ prosperous ⬩ having means ⬩ wealthy ⬩ opulent ⬩ rich in material wealth ⬩ rich in ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundant ⬩ copious ⬩ powerful ⬩ uber, efficax, brevis
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having good speed, prosperous Him féran gewát Abraham wíde óð ðæt hé tó Siem com síðe spédig (prosperous in travel), Cd. Th. 107, 3; Gen. 1783. having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth Hé wæs swýðe spédig man on ðǽm ǽhtum ðe heora spéda
spédlíce
Successfully ⬩ efficaciously ⬩ powerfully ⬩ in a manner which produces a result ⬩ prosper
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Successfully, efficaciously, powerfully, in a manner which produces a result Him spédlíce spearuwa hús begyteþ the sparrow succeeds in finding a house for itself, Ps. Th. 83, 3: 105, 2. Dó mé spédlíce cuicne quicken me effectually, 118, 154. Syle mé
spere-leás
Without a point or head
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Without a point or head Spereleás sceaft contus, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 42
gésine
Void ⬩ destitute ⬩ expers
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Void, destitute; expers Módum tǽcan ðæt we gésine ne sýn godes þeódscipes to teach our minds that we be not destitute of God's communion, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 18; Exod. 528
ge-sotig
Dirty,
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Dirty, Gl. Prud. 579
ge-sinlíce
Curiously ⬩ strictly ⬩ curiose,
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Curiously, strictly; curiose, R. Ben. 58
Linked entries: sinlíce ge-synlíce
ge-sprǽce
Eloquent ⬩ affable ⬩ eloquens ⬩ affabilis
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Eloquent, affable; eloquens, affabilis Næs ic nǽfre gesprǽce non sum eloquens, Ex. 4, 10. He wæs eallum gesprǽce erat affabilis omnibus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34
gestig
Strange
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Strange Huonne ðec we ségon gestig quando te vidimus hospitem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 38
gest-líð
Hospitable; ⬩ hospitalis,
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Hospitable; hospitalis, Som
ge-streónful
Full of riches ⬩ copious ⬩ expensive ⬩ precious ⬩ sumptuous ⬩ sumptuōsus
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Full of riches, copious, expensive, precious, sumptuous; sumptuōsus Gestreónfulre sumptuōsâ, Mone B. 3566. Gestreónful copiosus, fructuosus, Hpt. Gl. 443, 452, 491. His ða leófan and ða gestreónfullan bearn his beloved and precious children, Blickl.
ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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A word of uncertain meaning, but descriptive of a certain kind of bread Ǽlc gegilda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf let each gild-brother give a 'gesufel' loaf, L. Æthelst. 5, 8; Th. i. 236, 36. Mon geselle cxx gesuflra hláfa let cxx 'gesufel' loaves be
Linked entry: ge-syfled hláf
ge-sundfullíc
Safe ⬩ sound
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Safe, sound Ne biþ ǽfre ówiht gesundfullíces in ðam deófle there is never aught sound in the devil, Shrn. 38, 35
ge-sundlíce
Prosperously; ⬩ prospere
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Prosperously; prospere Gesundlíce prosperare [ = prospere? ], Ps. Spl. 117, 24. We ða niht on ðære wícstówe gesundlíce wícodon we stopped safely in the camp that night; quieta nox fuit usque ad lucem, Nar. 21, 30
ge-swǽre
Heavy ⬩ oppressed ⬩ afflicted
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Heavy, oppressed, afflicted He lǽrde ǽlcne man ðe geswǽre and ofercumen, and eft gefriþod byþ, ðæt he swá ylce Gode þancode he taught every man that is oppressed and overcome, and afterwards is saved, that he in the same way should thank God, Ps. Th.
ge-swip
Cunning ⬩ crafty ⬩ astutus
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Cunning, crafty; astutus Geswippre múþe ore astuto, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 19
getæl-fæst
Measurable; ⬩ mensūrābĭlis
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Measurable; mensūrābĭlis Efne gemetelíce oððe getælfæste oððe ametendlíce ðú asettest dagas míne ecce mensūrābĭles pŏsŭisti dies meos, Ps. Lamb. 38, 6
ge-sýnelíce
Visibly
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Visibly Ðæt tácen gesýnelíce bær bore that token visibly, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 15
ge-þafsum
Agreeing; ⬩ consentiens
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Agreeing; consentiens Wæs ðú geþafsum esto consentiens, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 25
Linked entry: -þafsum
ge-þeódendlíc
Conjunctive ⬩ joining ⬩ copulativus
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Conjunctive, joining; copulativus Copulativæ ðæt synd geþeódendlíce copulativæ, that is, joining together, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45, 36
ge-þénsum
Obsequious ⬩ obliging ⬩ serviceable ⬩ officiosus
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Obsequious, obliging, serviceable; officiosus He wearþ geset cumena þén ðæt he mynsterlícum cumum geþénsum wǽre he was appointed servant of guests that he might attend upon the monastic guests, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 24. Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum