ge-medemian
To deign, deem worthy, honour, vouchsafe, moderate, humiliate, humble
Entry preview:
Godes sunu gemedemode hine sylfne ðæt he wolde beón acenned of Marian God's Son condescended to be born of Mary, Homl. Th. 32, 7 : Blickl. Homl. 39, 17 : Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 9.
Linked entry: medumian
wergild-þeóf
Entry preview:
gt;III a</b>), . . . fyrdwíte . .
denn
Entry preview:
B. iii. 490, 11-13. Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda . . . be súþan eá stánihtan hyrst . . . be norþan eá . . . ceorla den, C. D. ii. 216, 6.
ge-recedness
Entry preview:
Ox. 181. la. a history, story, narrative :-- Her onginneð seó gerecednes be Antioche . . and be Apollonige, Ap. Th. l, l. þǽreǽrran gerecednyssa prioris instrument!; the Old Testament, An. Ox. 1676.
Linked entries: recenness reced-ness ge-reccedness
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
Entry preview:
Hwæþre him Alwalda wille wyrpe gefremman, Beo. Th. 2633; B. 1314. Ðæt ðú for sunu wolde hererinc habban, 2355; B. 1175. Ðú him ðæt gehéte, ðæt ðú hyra frumcyn ícan wolde, Cd.
ge-sellan
Entry preview:
Sunu monnes gesald bið (tradendus est ) in hond monna, 17, 22. Geseald, Bl. H. 73.
alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
Entry preview:
Its favourite station is by the side of rivulets, or in the elevated parts of marshy land where the soil is drained. Its juice contains a great abundance of tannin, which renders the bark valuable for tanning, and the young shoots for dyeing.
an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
Entry preview:
Th. 138, 59; By. 242: Cd. 178; Th. 223, 26; Dan. 125: R. Ben. 69
dǽd-bót
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence ⬩ pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
Entry preview:
Bos. 3, 8: Lk. Bos. 3, 3, 8. Búton hý to rihtre dǽdbóte gecyrran unless they turn to right repentance, L. Edm. E. 6; Th. i. 246, 16: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 15, 21.
for-cúþ
Perverse ⬩ bad ⬩ infamous ⬩ wicked ⬩ perversus ⬩ mălus ⬩ nēquam
Entry preview:
Bod.] gehealden they have lost the best part of humanity, and kept the worst [worse ], Bt. 37, 3; Fox 192, 4.
Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic fracoþ
ge-æfnan
to perform ⬩ execute ⬩ perpetrate ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ make ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ to stir up ⬩ excite ⬩ excĭtāre ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sufferre ⬩ sustĭnēre
Entry preview:
We ðæt geæfndon swá we thus accomplished it; Beo. Th. 1081; B. 538.
hreówsian
To be sorry ⬩ grieve ⬩ repent ⬩ do penance
Entry preview:
To be sorry, grieve, repent, do penance Ðæt hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe ða hreówsunge ðe hé ǽr hreówsade deque pœnitentia qua antea pœnituit nunquam cogitare, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 26.
Linked entry: hrýwsian
óþ-wítan
Entry preview:
Ne meaht ðú ðínre wyrde náuht óþwítan ne ðin líf nó getǽlan, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 3: Beo. Th. 5983; B. 2995. Cf. æt-wítan
ge-beorgan
To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre
Entry preview:
Scyldweall gebearg líf and líce the shield-wall secured life and body, Beo. Th. 5134; B. 2570. Ðæt gebearh feore which protected his life, 3101; B. 1548 : Cd. 197; Th. 246, 6; Dan. 475.
ge-leáfful
Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus
Entry preview:
Ða beorhtan steorran getácniaþ ða geleáffullan on Godes gelaðunge the bright stars betoken the faithful in God's church, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 4; Lchdm. iii. 238, 4
steort
Entry preview:
Ðære helle hund ongan fægenian mid his steorte, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 17. Nym hyre ( the adder's) steort (caudam ), Ex. 4, 4. Sume wyrmas wǽren and sume fiscas ðe hæfden án heáfod and monigne steort.
Linked entry: stert
tiht-bisig
Entry preview:
Gif hé fúl wurðe, æt ðam forman cyrre béte ðam teónde twygylde . . . And æt ðam óðran cyrre ne sý ðǽr nán óðer bót bútan ðæt heáfod, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 9-282, 2.
wíc-geréfa
Entry preview:
From the Latin words which are translated by wícgeréfa, it seems that the official so denominated was concerned in collecting taxes, and from a passage in the laws that it was one of his duties to act as witness at sales.
á-hwæþer
Entry preview:
<b>I a.</b> </b> conjunction Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his ælmessan áhwæþer behátan oððe tó bringan, Wlfst. 303, 14. Be menn þe sealmas singð áwðer oþþe for hine sylfne oððe for óðerne mann, Ps. Th. 30, arg.
brengan
Entry preview:
Hit bið bróht (beorht, v. l.) tó lácum, Past. 216, 24. Bróht beforan úres módes eágan, 259, 20. Tó Róme bróht, Ors. 4, II ; S. 208, 19. Him ꝥ sǽd bróht wæs. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 39. Add