folc-riht
Folkright ⬩ common law ⬩ public right ⬩ the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman ⬩ publícum jus ⬩ commūne ⬩ τὸ κοινόν
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Gesealde wǽpna geweald ofercom mid ðý feónda folcriht he gave him power of weapons with which he overcame the folkright [liberty] of enemies, Cd. 143; Th. 179, 1; Exod. 22
Linked entries: folc-geriht leód-riht
ge-werian
to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre
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Kmbl. ii. 300, 10. to associate with for the cause of defence, to make a treaty with; assŏciāre defensiōnis causa, jungere fœdĕre Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ðæt hí geweredon wið him, and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið Bryttas heora gefaran non multo post juncto
ge-dígan
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Feá þæt gedýgað þára þe geræcað rynegiestes wǽpen, Rä. 4, 57. Ic þæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, B. 1655. Gefeónde ꝥ hé þone deáð gedígde (evaserit), Gr. D. 203, 14. Se bróþer gedígde ꝥ wíte frater evasit supplicium, 346, 6.
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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Hét wǽpen on ðam orlege formeltan, 2293; An. 1148. Hý hine brégdon, budon orlege, egsan and ondan, Exon. Th. 136, 5; Gú. 536.
Linked entry: or-læg
ymb-hygdig
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Homl. 55, 27. causing anxiety, anxious Gif him þince ðæt hé geseó man mid wǽpnan gewundodne, ymbhídig sorg ðæt byð, Lchdm. iii. 174, 12
girwan
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</b> to arm :-- Hé gyrede hine mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum, Gú. 148. Ic hié hét ꝥ hié hié mid heora wǽpnum gereden, Angl. iv. 144, 139. to ornament Hié gyredon mé golde and seolfre, Kr. 77. to prepare food, a meal, &c.
for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Munecas þe woroldlica þing forgán sculon and wǽpna gefeoht monachi qui ad unum fidei opus, dimissa secularium rerum actione, se redigunt, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 1. Hwæt him sý tó dónne and hwæt tó forgánne, Wlfst. 123, 15
Linked entry: for-gangan
ge-wenian
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</b> to tram to do something :-- Martinus wæs gewenod tó wǽpnum fram cildháde, Hml. S. 31, 16. Ylpas getemode and tó wíge gewenode mid wundorlicum cræfte, 25, 559. <b>I b.
scín
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scotiaþ scríþende scín (the spirits of the storm) scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 29; Rä. 4, 52. Swá biþ scinna þeáw, deófla wíse, 362, 4; Wal. 31. Scinnum scenis (cf. scina gríma, 94, 904), Txts. 97, 1831.
tengan
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Tengdon ða hǽþenan mid wǽpnum tó ðam ǽwfæstum heápe, and slógan ða cristenan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 66. Teng recene tó ðam fæstenne ( haste thee, escape thither, Gen. 19, 22), Cd. Th. 152, 29; Gen. 2527.
Linked entry: sam-tinges
ge-wealdan
To wield ⬩ rule ⬩ have power over ⬩ command ⬩ control ⬩ cause
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Wǽpna gewealdan to wield weapons, Beo. Th. 3022; B. 1509. Swá heó ðæs unlǽdan eáðost mihte wel gewealdan so she most easily might have complete power over the wretch, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103.
Linked entry: ge-waldan
hearm
evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny
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Gif hwilc man ꝥ wǽpn gelæcce and hwylcne hearm gewyrce, þonne is ꝥ riht ꝥ sé þe þone hearm geworhte, ꝥ sé þone hearm gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 418, 7-10. Hé unc þisne hearm gerǽd. Gen. 797. Hearma calamitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 61.
Linked entry: hearm-fullic
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Hé tó sæcce bær wǽpen wundrum heard he to battle bore a weapon wondrous hard, 5366; B. 2686. Se ðe sæcce genæs he who came safe from conflict (Beowulf), 3959; 1977. Sæcce sécean, 3982; B. 1989.
Linked entry: sæccan
be-wyrcan
surround
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Wǽpenu mid gyldenum þelum bewyrcean arma aureis includere laminis, Nar. 7, 12. to furnish with buildings Bufan ðǽm wealle ofer ealne þone ymbgong hé is mid stǽnenum wighúsum beworht (habitaeulis defensorum dispositis), Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 74, 21. to shut
á-bregdan
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Gif man wǽpn ábrégde, L. Th. i. 32, 11. Búton hé ðá wyrte up ábréde, Lch. i. 246, 5. Ðæt seó gítsung his willan ne ábrúde fram láre, Hml. Th. i. 394, 14. Ábrédan exerere, evaginare. Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 75 : Sal. 164. Abrogden vulsum, Wrt.
Linked entry: á-brédan
-hád
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</b> with abstract nouns of condition, fulwiht-, geoguþ-, mǽgb-hád. of action, camp-, níd-had. with adjs. cyne-hád, untrum-hád, wǽpned-hád
teón
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Helm worhte wǽpna smið, wundrum teóde, besette swínlícum, ðæt hine bead*-*omécas bítan ne meahton, Beo. Th. 2909; B. 1452. Tó ðam golde ðe hé him tó gode teóde the gold that he had shaped for a god to himself, Cd. Th. 229, 13; Dan. 216.
bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Hié þá hé tó ðǽm bismre getawade þe on dǽm dagum mǽst wæs, þæt hé hié bereáfade heora cláþa and heora wǽpna ... hié him beforan drifen þá consulas swá swá niédlingas, ꝥ heora bismer þý máre wǽre (oneratos ignominia consules remiserunt).
Linked entry: bismer-sprecan
smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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Wǽpna smiþ Beo. Th. 2908; B. 1452. Hú nys se smiþ (smiþ ł wyrihte faber, Lind.) Marian sunu Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum Beo. Th. 817; B. 406.
Linked entry: helle-smiþ
drincan
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Gif man wǽpn ábregde þǽr mæn drincen, 32, 11, 8. Ne mót nán preóst drincan æt wínhúsum ealles tó gelóme, ii. 386, 8. Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, 357, 39. trans. to imbibe a liquid Hié þone drenc druncon, Bl.