be-ceorfan
to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting
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Add: to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting Ic wolde ꝥ ðú mé feaxe becurfe, Hml. S. 33, 123. Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen, Bl. H. 183, 16-20. Hé wæs heáfde becorfen, 173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml.
hédan
to have a care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to take care that ⬩ to observe ⬩ take note of
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Næs him ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, ne mihte hé þǽr nǽnne geseón þe hé gecnáwan cúþe, Hml. S. 23, 638. Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, 137
ou-cnáwenness
recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim
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Hé nolde him æteówian his oncnáwennysse he would not let them recognise him (cf. l. 16, hé him ne geswutelode hwæt hé wæs), 284, 12. Ða deóflu æteówiaþ ðære synfullan sáwle hyre mánfullan dǽda ...
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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Mon gerehte ðæt yrfe cinge forðon hé wæs cinges mon and Ordláf féng tó his londe forðon hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan the property went to the king because he [Helmstan] was the king's man; and Ordlaf took the land, for the
ge-nídan
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Hé him tó gafolgieldum hié geniédde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 34. with clause Hé geniédde Arhalaus ꝥ hé wæs his underþeów, 5, 11; S. 238, 1. to force a person to bodily or mental action. bodily Hé hié tó geligre geniédde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 7.
Linked entries: ge-neádian ge-nédan genende ge-nýdan
be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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Th. 14, 8. temporal Hié eal ꝥ tóweard wæs beforan wítgodan, Bl. H. 161, 15: 163, 26. ¶combined with ǽr :-- God hit wát eall beforan, ǽr hit gewyrþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 28. Wæs hé beforan ær þá þreó gear gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 35.
ealdor
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Eardcundes aldores terreni parentis, Rtl. 33, 36. an author, source Hé Martinum wurðode, for þan ðe hé wæs ealdor his hǽle, Hml. S. 31, 526.
wíc
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a dwelling-place, abode, habitation, residence, lodging, quarters Hé tó him wilniende wæs ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte, and his wíc ðaer on byrig beón mihte on his lífe, Chart. Erl. 69, 23.
æt-irnan
To run away ⬩ egredi
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To run away; egredi Ðá ætarn he út et egressus est foras, Gen. 39, 12
engle-líc
Angelic ⬩ angĕlĭcus
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Angelic; angĕlĭcus Englelíce ansýne hí habbaþ angĕlĭcam hăbent făciem, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 18
myne-líc
Pleasant ⬩ desirable
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Pleasant, desirable Oft hé geþah mynelícne máþþum, Exon. 84 b; Th. 318, 25; Víd. 4
norþ-land
a northern land
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a northern land Hé fór on Sciððie ða norþland, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3
drync
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Sý hé áscyred fram ðæs dæges drince (cf. 15, 14-) excommunicetur, Chrd. 24, 14. Add
sixtig-wintre
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sixty years old Hé wæs fíf and sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23
þurh-swíðan
to prove very strong
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to prove very strong Hé þurhswíðde on ídelnesse praeualuit in vanitate, Ps. Lamb. 51, 9
á-brúcan
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To partake of (gen. ), eat Hé ábreác ðæs forbodenan treówes æpples, Angl. xi, 1. 17
be-gnagan
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ꝥ seó nǽddre hí ábítan sceolde and hire bán be-gnagan, Shrn. 103, 6. Add
eást-gemǽre
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An eastern boundary Hé cóm on India eást*-*gemǽra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 29
Linked entry: ge-mǽre
fóre-áþ
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Hé móste mid his foráðe his hláford áspelian, Ll. Th. i. 192, 2. and add