ge-tenge
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Ic (the furrow made by a ship) . . . ánum getenge líðendum wuda lice mine, ll, 4.
gífre
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(l a) as an epithet of the mouth, lips, &c. :-- Smǽrum gífrum (grífrum, MS.) buccis ambronibus, i. cupidis ł auidis An. Ox. 698.
CORN
CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus
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Ifig byrþ corn golde gelíce ivy bears berries like gold Herb. 121, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 4.
hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate Hnysce hwítel linna, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 113; Wrt. Voc. 40, 23. Hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum yielding easily to the lusts of the flesh, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.
swic-dóm
deceit, fraud ⬩ treachery, failure in loyalty, treason ⬩ an offence ⬩ scandalum ⬩ treason
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Hé ( Christ) synne ne worhte ne nǽnne swicdóm on lífe, 47, 565. Hé hire sǽde þurh hire swicdóm, bepǽht, on hwam his strengð wæs, Jud. 16, 5.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Neáh [Lind. Rush. néh] ðam túne juxta praedium, Jn. Skt. 4, 5. Seó flóweþ neáh ðære ceastre wealle, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 5. Him wæs engel neáh, Exon. Th. 112, 14; Gú. 143.
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera, Past. 285, 6. þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe, Bl. H. 19, 35. to ask, make request to a person (acc.) Gehýrð Drihten þá þe hine biddað. Ll. Th. ii. 394, 4.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Lind. 16, 17. Wið healfes, heáfdes ece for megrim, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 14, 17, 21. Þolige hé heáfdes let him lose his head, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 13. His heáfdes segl his head's sun [the eye], Andr. Kmbl. 100; An. 50.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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.: wintrum twoelfum, Lind., annis duodecim) wæs, Mk. Skt. 5, 25. Hí besǽtan ða burg .x. winter (per decem annos), Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 19. Hé geheóld ríce fíftig wintru, Beo. Th. 4424; B. 2209. Siððan hé strýnde seofon winter suna and dohtra, Cd.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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Dóþ hys síðas rihte (ræhta, Lind.) rectas facite semitas ejus, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 3. I a. riht-hand right dexter v. riht-hand. agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable Hwí ne déme gé ðæt riht is? justum Lk. Skt. 12, 57.
on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Ðæt is éce líf, ðæt hí ðé oncnáwon sóðne God, and ðone ðe ðú ásendest, 42, 14 : ii. 362, 22. Frán hwæðer hit oncneówe his fóstermódor, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 28. Ðeáh ðe hé wundra fela gecýðde, synnige ne mihton oncnáwan ðæt cynebearn, Andr.
trymman
to make firm or strong ⬩ to construct strongly, ⬩ of physical health or strength ⬩ to give strength to ⬩ strengthen ⬩ of mental or moral strength ⬩ to confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ give strength to mind or heart ⬩ to confirm, ⬩ to corroborate ⬩ confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement ⬩ to give as surety ⬩ to trim ⬩ to set infirm order ⬩ array troops ⬩ to settle ⬩ arrange ⬩ to strengthen with words ⬩ exhort ⬩ encourage ⬩ comfort ⬩ to become strong ⬩ to be arrayed.
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Lind. 5, 31. Ðæt trymeþ sió hálige ǽ, ðǽr hió cuæð, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 12. Wé trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede servavi testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . .
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Like many other titles of rank in the various Teutonic languages, it, strictly speaking, implies age, though practically this idea does not survive in it any more than it does in the word Senior, the original of the feudal term Seigneur.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
GRUND
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Lind. 14, 29: 6, 48: Rtl. 82, 34. Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan every sea, though it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth, Lchdm. iii. 254, 20.
þreágan
- Met. 26, 97.
to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress
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to reprove, rebuke, reproach Ic hine þreáge (ðreá, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) and forlǽte corripiam illum et dimittam, Lk. Skt. 23, 22. Ne þreáge (drégu, Surt.: þreá, Spl. C.: þrǽwie, Spl. T.) ic eów non arguam te, Ps. Th. 49, 9.
georne
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Þá dihteras þe his líf geornost cúðon, Guth. 4, 24. Hé getrúwode on ídel gylp ealra geornost, Ps. Th. 51, 6. (10) completely, entirely :-- Him gást weorðeð georne áfyrred, Ps. Th. 103, 27
ge-riht
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Add: where direction is marked, a straight line. [The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C.
ge-sceaft
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Voc. ii. 135, 63. the external condition, state, position of an object Nǽnig eft cymeð hider þæt mannum secge, hwylc sý meotodes gesceaft (what heaven is like), sigefolca gesetu, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 65.
ge-byrd
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Bebyriað hire (Jezebel) líc for hire gebyrdum ( sepelite eam; quia filia regis est, 2 Kings 9, 34), 18, 351. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óþre men for eówrum gebyrdum?, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 15. Gebyrdan, Ll. Th. i. 332, 34.
lust
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:-- Úp gewát líg and þurh lust ( by its violence ?) geslóh micle máre þonne gemet wǽre, Dan. 249. v. geoguþ-, unriht-, wamm-, weorold-, wyn-lust