syn-bót
Amends for sin, penance
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Amends for sin, penance Bisceopum gebyreþ ðǽt hí ne beón tó feohgeorne æt synbóte, ne on ǽnige wísan on unriht ne strýnan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 32
teofonian
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Swá teofenede se ðe teala cúþe dæg wiþ nihte ... fisc wið ýþum, 351, 18; Sch. 82
sigel-beorht
sun-bright ⬩ bright with the sun ⬩ sunny ⬩ bright as the sun
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sun-bright, bright with the sun, sunny Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest mid herige hrímes and snáwes winter's day takes captive sunny autumn with its army of frost and snow, Menol. Fox 404; Men. 203.
lǽl
withe ⬩ whip ⬩ switch ⬩ a weal ⬩ stripe ⬩ mark ⬩ bruise ⬩ swelling
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Wð ðæt man lǽla and óðre sár of líchaman gedó in order that weals and other sores may be removed from the body, Herb. 102, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 21. Wið yfele lǽla oίδήματα, 153, 4; Lchdm. i. 280, 1.
Linked entry: lél
stycce
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Cnuca án sticce ðære wyrt, Lchdm. iii. 4, 21. Swé swé stycce hláfes sic ut frusta panis, Ps. Surt. 147, 17. Sticcum frustris, partibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 39. On lytlum sticcum leóðworda dǽl reccan, Andr. Kmbl. 2974; An. 1490.
Linked entry: Sticce
weorold-líc
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Woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne, L. Eth. vi. 22 ; Th. i. 320, 12. Woruldlícra, L. C. E. 15 ; Th. i. 368, 18.
cæg-loca
The action of locking up, a key-locking, any repository locked up ⬩ clavis et loculamentum
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A.] gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire tege unless it has been brought under his wife's 'lock and key,' let her be clear; for it is her duty to keep the keys of them; namely, her
ge-ágnian
To own ⬩ possess ⬩ inherit ⬩ appropriate to one's self ⬩ claim as one's own ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ herēdĭtāre ⬩ vindĭcāre sibi
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Parthe him ðæt ríce geáhnedon the Parthians took the kingdom to themselves, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 35. Óþ-ðæt se ágenfrigea him ðæt orf geáhnige till the proprietor claims the cattle for his own, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 16.
Linked entries: ágnian ge-áhnian ge-ágennud
a-spanan
To allure from ⬩ entice ⬩ induce ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ introduce secretly ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ impellere ⬩ persuadere ⬩ attrahere ⬩ subintroducere
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Hine Hannibal aspón, ðæt he ðæt gewinn leng organ Hannibal induced him to carry on the war longer, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 15. He aspeón him fram ealle he enticed all from him, 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2 ; Bos. 102, 21.
for-hæfednes
Restraint ⬩ continence ⬩ abstinence ⬩ contĭnentia ⬩ abstĭnentia
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Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis, 5, 12; S. 631, 33
ge-fricgan
To learn by asking or by inquiry ⬩ hear of
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Ðæt ðæt folca fela gefrigen habbaþ that which many peoples have heard of, Cd. 190; Th. 236, 31; Dan. 329 : Bt. Met. Fox 9, 54; Met. 9, 27.
Linked entry: ge-frægen
un-weorþian
to dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ to become dishonoured
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Ðæt hé God ne unwurðige, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 86. Ðæt man unweorðige ða ðe godcunde láre wyrdan, Wulfst. 168, 7. Unweorðian dehonestare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 15: 26, 40.
mere
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Add Beforan ðǽm temple stód ǽren ceác . . . ðætte ðá menn ðe intó ðǽm temple gán woldon meahten hira hónda ðweán on ðǽm mere ante fores templi ad abluendas ingredientium manus mare aeneum, id est, luterem boves portant. Past. 105, 4
weax
Wax
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Mon ðaet weax ágæfe tó cirican. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 293, 20. Ontend .iii. candella, drýp ðæt weax, Lchdm. i. 393, 11. On gemelt weax gedón, ii. 72, 7. Ic gefrægn weax ( dough ?) nát hwæt þindan and þunian, Exon. Th. 431, 16; Rä. 46, 1
swégan
To sound. ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash ⬩ without the idea of movement ⬩ of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music ⬩ to signify
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Óþ ðæt ðæt forme tácn undernes swége, Anglia xiii. 432, 953. Hwylc bóc is ðæt ðæt ne clypige and swége, R. Ben. 133, 6, Ðé úre stefn ǽrest swége (sonet,) Hymn. Surt. 7, 25, Accentus, ðæt is swég, on hwilcum stæfgefége ǽlc word swégan sceal, Ælfc.
gíme-líst
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Ðæt hé ðára giémeliéste wolde gediéglan ut horum negligentiam velaret, Past. 207, 22. <b>V a.
a-niman
To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ tollere ⬩ capere
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To take away, remove; tollere, capere Animaþ ðæt púnd æt hym take the talent from him, Mt. Foxe 25, 28. Animan wolde would take, Fins. Th. 43; Fin. 21
Linked entries: a-numen a-nyman aweg-animan
a-scirpan
To sharpen ⬩ exacuere
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To sharpen; exacuere Swíðor ablendaþ ðæs módes eágan ðonne hí hí ascirpan they rather blind the eyes of the mind than sharpen them, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 34
Linked entries: a-scearpan a-scerpan a-scyrpan scirpan
eofor-cumbol
A boar-banner ⬩ signum ad apri similĭtūdinem fabrĭcātum
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A boar-banner; signum ad apri similĭtūdinem fabrĭcātum Ðǽr wæs on eorle ǽnlíc eoforcumbul there was on the man a beauteous boar-shaped ensign, Elen. Kmbl. 517; El. 259
Linked entry: cumbol
fole-freá
Folk's lord ⬩ lord of a nation ⬩ pŏpŭli dŏmĭnus
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Folk's lord, lord of a nation; pŏpŭli dŏmĭnus Hie ðæt cúþ dydon heora folcfreán they made that known to their nation's lord, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 7; Gen. 1852