bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Ælc þǽra þe his gyltas wið God bétan (erga Deum emendare) wylle, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 2 : Ps. Th. 50, 5. in the laws, to make 'bot', pay the fine for a crime :-- Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, and hé (the owner) hine hæbbe, béte be fullan were, Ll.
for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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Th. 139, 28. not to keep morally pure Se wer unrihthǽmed wreceþ gif his wíf hié forhealdeþ, Bl. H. 185, 27. Forhealden incestus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 45.
Linked entry: for-healden
ge-helpan
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Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan. ꝥ hé þám menn ( with broken limbs ) geheolpe, Hml. S. 21, 330. Gehulpe, Hex. 22, 17. Hié þǽr wurdon mid hungre ácwealde, þǽr heora þá ne gehulpe þá þǽr æt hám wǽron, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 5.
ge-lífan
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Gif is geléfed were ꝥ wíf forleta, Mk. L. 10, 2. with gerundial infin. Ðá néron geléfed (-lǽfed, R.) him tó gebrúcanne quos non licebat ei edere, Mt. L. 12, 4. Ne is giléfed ðé tó habbanne láfe bróðer ðínes, Mk. R. L. 6, 18: Lk.
ge-yppan
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Wíde byð eorlum geypped asðelinges deáð, Men. 157. <b>II a.
hrepian
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Add: to touch with the hand, come in contact with Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán, Mt. 9, 20) þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13.
on-cnáwan
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Ðæt hié oncnáwæn tó hwǽm hiera ágen wíse wirð ut ad cognitionem sui revocentur, Past. 265, 23. Þæt hié oncnéwen hú God þá rícu sette, Ors. 2, 1; S. 63, 35. Add Oncneáwu ł ongæt intelligit, Mt. L. 13, 19. Oncnǽw, 23.
weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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High land covered with wood (v.weald-genga), wood, forest. [The word is left in the phrase the weald of Kent and Sussex, the earlier woodland character of which district is shewn by its local names (v.
Linked entries: weald-leþer geald wealda wilde
gé
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Wite gé hwæt ic eów dyde?, Jn. 13, 12. Ne cúðu gié (cuðon gé, R.) ꝥte . . . Lk. L. 2, 49. Huæd gestyredo aro gié (aron gé, R.) ?, 24, 38. Mett habbas gé (gee, R.) ?, Jn. L. 21, 5. Bringaþ gé eówerne teóðan sceat, Bl. H. 39, 26: 41, 9, 10.
tó-lísan
To unloose, ⬩ undo, ⬩ dissolve ⬩ solvere, ⬩ dissolvere, ⬩ exsolvere ⬩ resolvere ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ release from a bond, ⬩ to release from captivity, difficulty, ⬩ to do away with tension, ⬩ relax, ⬩ relieve ⬩ to put an end to the connection between, ⬩ to separate ⬩ to dissolve, ⬩ put an end to, ⬩ dissipate, ⬩ to dissolve, ⬩ relax, ⬩ destroy the force of, ⬩ weaken ⬩ to desolate, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ to undo a bond ⬩ to discharge an obligation, ⬩ to pay ⬩ to break a connection
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To unloose, undo, dissolve; solvere, dissolvere, exsolvere, resolvere. to undo that which is bound, release from a bond, literal Ðæt wíf tólýsde hire feax, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 16. figurative, to release from captivity, difficulty, etc.
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Se ðe secgan wile sóþ æfter rihte, Ben. Th. 2103; B. 1049. Ðæt wíf sǽde him eall ðæt riht dixit ei omnem veritatem, Mk. Skt. 5, 33. Ðæt hé be ðære róde riht getǽhte, Elen. Kmbl. 1199; El. 601.
hræfn
A raven
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Ðá wæs sum wild hrem ... hé ðá wearp ðam hremme ðone geǽttrodan hláf there was a wild raven ... he threw the poisoned bread to the raven, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 21, 23. Se wanna hrefn wælgífre fugel, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 206: Beo.
ge-samnung
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Voc. ii. 82, 24: 26 53. a coming together, meeting, v. ge-samnian; Ne bið leófra gedál, ne láþra gesamnung, friends will not part, foes will no meet, Bl.
ge-wiht
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Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml. S. 6, 68. Unrihte gemeta and woge gewihta áweorpe man georne.
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Th. 73, 9. a wise man, diviner, soothsayer Wítgan, Caldéa cyn, Cd. Th. 218, 19; Dan. 41.
Linked entry: wítiga
ge-cýþan
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Þú mé hafast sybbe gecýðed, 358. (2 b) with preposition marking the object affected :-- Hé ealle eáþmódnesse and eal geþyld and ealle mildheortnisse wiþ mancynn gecýþde, Bl. H. 123, 31. Þú miltse on ús gecýð, Cri. 157.
Linked entry: cýþan
húru
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Ne wæs þæt húru fracoðes gealga, Kr. 10: Gú. 741. to a wish or prayer, on (no) account Ne ofgif þú mé húru ne elonges a me, Ps. Th. 70, 11. Ne forgit húru gódra manna stefna, 73, 22.
ongeagn
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Cymð hé tó lande, hwílum ongeán wind and ongeán ðá ýða, hwílum mid ǽgðrum, Past. 433, 3. Wæter hé déð þæt yrnð ongeán streám, Wlfst. 196, 5 : C. D.
be-gangan
to go round ⬩ surround ⬩ circumdare ⬩ to go to ⬩ after ⬩ to attend ⬩ commit ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ worship ⬩ exercere ⬩ incumbere ⬩ procurare ⬩ colere
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Gif ðú fremdu godu bigongest if thou wilt worship strange gods Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 3; Jul. 121
Dene
The Danes ⬩ Dāni
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G. 7; Wilk. 53, 1.