for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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To FORGET, neglect; oblīvisci, neglĭgĕre Hú lange wilt ðú, Drihten, mín forgitan quousque, Dŏmĭne, oblīviscēris me? Ps. Th. 12, 1: 118, 109. Ic forgite oblīviscor, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 54. Ic forgite [MS. forgeite] neglĭgo, 28, 5; Som. 31, 50.
Linked entry: for-gietan
FÓT
a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs
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In Anglo-Saxon times, the people and their rulers were satisfied with the simplest weights and measures, thus a yard was three feet, of twelve inches each foot, while an inch was in length three barley-corns.
stund
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Kmbl. v. 331, 1. with exertions or pains (v. á-stundian, and cf.
fúl
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Th. i. 238, 29-32. of language Þíne eáran áwend fram fúlre sprǽce, Wlfst. 246, 7. disgraceful, infamous Fúlra olidarum .i. fedorum (nuptiarum, the marriage of Herod with his brother's wife), An. Ox. 1783.
ge-mearcian
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Ox. 3899. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on Se apostol his eágan gemearcode mid þǽre hálgan róde, Hml. S. 29, 55. to assign, appoint Ne wearð wyrse dǽd monnum gemearcod, Gen. 595.
ge-rihtan
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Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 15. to correct. a person, to reform, amend Ðonne ic man geryhtan ne mæg and hine gelǽran quos corrigere nequeo, Past. 153, 11.
hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Him þuhte ðæt hit eall betwoex heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum it seemed to him that all between heaven and earth it resounded with those awful voices Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 4.
þes
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Þǽs, 5, 30. (1 a) where objects are contrasted, this as opposed to that, one as contrasted with others :-- Ðonne hí eów éhtaþ on þysse (ðissær, Lind.) byrig, fleóþ on óðre, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 23.
hé
He, she, it
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not come out of it with life, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 12.
hwá
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(B) with gen. Cf.
tilian
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V. with an accusative, to gain, obtain Se ásolcena ðeówa ðe nolde tilian nán ðing his hláforde mid ðam befæstum punde, Homl.
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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Ne cwæþ ic wiht I spake not aught, 125a; Th. 482, 1; Rä. 66, 1: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 69; Met. 10, 35. Drihten cwæþ word to Noe the Lord spake words to Noah, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 11; Gen. 1510: Beo. Th. 5318; B. 2662: Andr. Kmbl. 658; An. 329.
þanan
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with demonstrative force, thence Þanan illic (-inc? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 55. Ðonan illinc, 44, 54. marking the point from which motion takes place Hé þanon (þonan, Rush.: þona, Lind. inde ) eode, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 21.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
ge-met
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X. manner, way, wise, mode; modus :-- On wunderlicum gemete, wíse mirum in modum, An. Ox. 1252 : Lch. i. 90, 25. Þýs gemete hoc modo, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 615, ii. On þí gemete swilc man nǽddran fleó, Hml. S. 23 b, 318: Bl. H. 123, 24.
ge-mynd
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Þurh gemynda spéd, worde and gewitte, wÍse þance, Gen. 1957. XI a. in a personal sense Críst eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse and on þám gemvnde wísdómes ( in the person who has wisdom in his mind ?)
ós
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Thus Ós-beorn, Ós-lác, Ós-wine, Ós-weald preserve the word which is found in Ás-björn, Ás-lákr, Ás-mundr, and this is certainly the independent áss. The O. H. Ger. Ans-gár shews the same word.
Linked entry: ésa
ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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Georne gehýreþ heofoncyninga hýhst hæleða dǽde the highest of heaven's kings will earnestly hear men's deeds, 117 b; Th. 451, 22; Dóm. 107 : 19 b; Th. 50, 9; Cri. 797. Ðænne hí ðæt word gehýraþ qui cum audiĕrint verbum, Mk. Bos. 4, 16, 18, 20.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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On ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh ge ufan ge neoþon, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 23. ¶ Associated with prepositions : -- Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum ufan óþrum steorrum, Met. 24, 24. On ðám ufan stódon scyttan, Nar. 4, 15.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc and ðæt ungeendode wíte, ðæt ðon unlǽdon ðǽr geteohhod biþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 24. Mid ðý wíte ðæs foresprecenan wræces slægene wǽron praefatae ultionis sunt poena multati, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 30.
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Hé ðé on ansýne wyrigd he will curse thee to thy face, 448, 33. Se man ðe wirigð Drihtnes naman qui blasphemaverit nomen Domini, Lev. 24, 16. Wergiaþ hig and ðú bletsast, Ps. Lamb. 108, 28. Ða ðe hine wyrgeaþ (ða wirgendan, Ps.