micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Se ðissum herige mǽst hearma gefremede, Andr. Kmbl. 2397; An. 1200. Grammar micel, without gen. On swá miclum heó hæfþ genóg swá wé ǽr sprǽcon. Gif ðú heore máre selest ..., Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 11.
ge-bǽru
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Wé wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht and hæfdest gástlice gebǽru, 240, 27. Placidus þágyt heóld his cnihtþeáwas and gebǽru (-o, v.l.) Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Cuth. c. 30), ii. 150, 5. used predicatively, where the source of trouble is given, by a noun (or pronoun) Wearð his lif swiðe hefigtýme ðám gebróðrum, ac hí hit forbǽron for his bróðer gódnysse, Hml. Th. i. 534, 5.
on-drǽdan
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Þonne mihte wé onðrǽdan ús deádes rihtlíce, Hml. S. 34, 139. with clause Ðá ondrǽdde hé him ꝥ hí wurdon þám cynge leófran ðonne hé, Lch. iii. 424, 19. Hé him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome sié, Past. 73, 21.
gelíce
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H. 25, 18. with pronominal forms and clauses, equivalent to the later like as with the clauses introduced by these two words, in the same way as; in hypothetical clauses, just as if Wé gelíce sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé weorcum hlódun, Cri. 783.
med-trum
not strong in health ⬩ infirm ⬩ weak ⬩ ill ⬩ of inferior position
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not strong in health, infirm, weak, ill Hwá biþ medtrum ðæt ic ne síe for his þingum seóc quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 4. Se mettruma líchoma debile corpus, 61, 2; Swt. 455, 27.
pleó-líc
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Mé þincþ ðæt ðæt weorc ( translating Genesis) is swíðe pleólíc (dangerous, because a foolish person might misapply what he read ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 8. Ne becymst ðú nǽfre tó ðam pleólícum leahtre, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 31.
ge-wesan
to be together ⬩ converse ⬩ discuss
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-weós,' and compares 'ymbweoson' in the Northumbrian Gospels. But this word is wrongly written by Bouterwek, it should be 'ymbwoeson,' see Mk. Skt. p. 1.
slóh
A slough, hollow place filed with mire ⬩ a pathless, miry place
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Ðæt hors sum slóg on ðam wege oferhleóp equus quoddam itineris concavum transiliret, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17. Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh. Wulfst. 239, 10
un-cýððu
ignorance ⬩ a country not one's own ⬩ a strange land
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Th. 284, 22; Jul. 701. a country not one's own, a strange land Siþþan se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan ... ðá hý on uncýððu scofene wurdon, on gewinworuld, Exon. Th. 153, 18; Gú. 827.
wiþer-sæc
striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy
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Wearð geopenad his earman wífe his mánfullan behát ðam deófle ... Heó cýdde Basilie hyre cnihtes wiþersæc, i. 3, 408
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Ða wuldorfæstan Godes weorc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 11. Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd. Th. 2, 30; Gen. 27
and-weorc
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Þa stánas þára andweorca (-werca, v. l.) corpora metallorum, Gr. D. 270, 9: 321, 13. Geolewum andweorcum fulvis metallis, Wülck. Gl. 245, 36. v. an-weorc in Dict. Add
and-wlita
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Wearp seó eorþe hit tó þæs mannes andwleotan, Bl. H. 127, 2 : 223, 35. Ond-wleatan vultu. Ps. Srt. 37, 4: 45, 6. ꝥ Habban glædne andwlitan bútan blácunge and forhtunge, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27. Ondwliotan vultum, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 34.
drý
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Hé wearð álýsed frám þæs drýes bendum ... and arn bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 24: 412, 30. Ánes drýes folgere, i. 468, 8. Þá deóflu gecyrdon tó ðám drýe ... Cwæð se apostol tó ðám drý, 416, 9-13. Drýas marsi, An. Ox. 4476.
efen-þeówa
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A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16. Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25.
for-bredan
transform ⬩ to corrupt
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Wearð án mǽden forbróden þurh drýmanna dydrunge . . . þæt mǽden wæs swá forbróden swylce heó áu myre wæs, Hml. S. 21, 473. to corrupt Forbródenum muculentis, Germ. 396, 282
for-feran
to perish ⬩ perish
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Ox. 4490: 4621. of spiritual perdition, to be lost, perish Þæt teóðe engla werod forférde, Hml. Th. i. 344, 15
ge-neósung
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(l a) visiting a sick person :-- Hé wearð fǽrlíce dumb, and his wíf ásende tó þám bisceope and bæd his geneósunge, Hml. S. 22, 74.
geofon
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Duguð wearð áfyrhted þurh þæs flódes fǽr . . . geonge on geofene gúðrǽs fornam, 1533