á-biddan
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Hé wénde ðæt hit sum óðer man ábiddan wolde oþþe gebicgan ( would get it by asking or by purchase ), Chr. 1044; P. 164, 11. Ðeáh ðe ic georne bǽde, ne mihte ic lýfnesse ábiddan porro diligentius obsecrans, nequaquam impetrare potui .
ge-metgian
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Ꝥ man sí gesceádwís and gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2. Faestene gemetegude (moderata) scylon beón . . . for þí gehwǽde and gemetegud (temperatus) mete flǽsce and sáwle nytlic ys, Scint. 51, 9-11.
geóguþ
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Þá ealdan sceal earmlíce licgan æt hám hungre ácwolcne, and man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft . . . of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. (1 a) of persons in a subordinate position :-- Ymbeóde ides Helminga duguðe and geogoðe dǽl ǽghwylcne, B. 621
Linked entry: giógoð
gíme-líst
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Cf. gíman; 6 Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man lator áríse þonne hit gebyrige . . . þæt ne geweorðe, þæt þyllic gýmelést gelimpe . . . gif hit gelimpe, dǽdbéte sé . . . þe hit þurh his gýmeléste (gýmeleástum neglectum R. Ben. I. 42, 7) gelamp, R.
sceamian
to feel shame, be ashamed ⬩ to cause shame
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Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, Exon. Th. 337, 19; Gn. Ex. 67. Ða deóflu wendon sceamigende áweg, Wulfst. 236, 26. Hý ( Beowulf's followers who had failed him in his need ) scamiende scyldas bǽron, ðǽr se gomela læg, Beo.
wá
Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah
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Ðá wæs ðam deófle waa on his móde, ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhðe geearnian, Hexam, 17; Norm. 24, 22. interject. woe, alas; vae, with dat. of person Wá (wǽ, Lind. Rush.) ðam menn uae homini illi, Mk. Skt. 14, 21. Wá eów ðe hlihaþ, Blickl.
þes
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.), ys æteówiendlíc, and ðǽr biþ, ðǽr man swá bícnaþ be him; ille, hé, ne biþ ðǽr ætforan andwerd, ðǽr men swá be him clypaþ ... ille hé, ipse hé sylf, iste ðes, hic ðes, Ælfc.
þǽr
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Man mót hine gebiddan, beó þǽr þǽr he beó, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 67. with a demonstrative and relative force, as in modern where, whither Ðæt hí geworhten stǽnene weal ðǽr se cásere hét eorþwall gewyrcan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8.
Linked entry: þár
wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Hí hiene (Mucius ) secgan héton, hú fela ðæra manna wǽre ðe wið ðæm cyninge Tarcuime swíðost wiðsacen hæfde, Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 24
losian
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Hé beorna reáf manige méteð, þǽr hit mannum losað invenit spolia multa. Ps. Th. 118, 162. Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Ic gefremman sceal eorlíc ellen I shall perform a manly deed of valour, Beo. Th. 1278; B. 637. Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls.
slǽd
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B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip. Vocab. -1570- a slade, valley = vallis, and Drayton uses the word in this sense, v. Nares; see also Halliwell's Dict. , low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom, a valley.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode hwelc gewinn ðá wǽron be ðǽm ðe nú sindon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 30. to indicate what is future, to portend Hí ( two stars) wítegan wǽron grimmes wæles ... ðæt hí micel yfel mannum tóward tácnedon (signarent ), Bd. 5, 23; S. 645
Linked entries: tǽcnan tǽcnian firen-tácnian
þyrstan
To thirst
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Hió ðyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes, 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Nis nán ǽ wiðerrǽde þusgeworhtum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 60. Ðeós wyrt bið ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged, Lchdm. i. 300, 10. Wulfes tǽsl hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde (unpleasant, rough?)
Linked entries: wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde
hærfest
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II. the part of Autumn in which the fruits of the earth are gathered in, harvest, v. hærfestlic; II. hærfest-mónaþ, hærfest-tíd ; II :-- Agusius síhð tó mannum mid genihtsumum hærfeste and autumnus cymð tó mancynne binnan seofon nihta fyrste, Angl. viii
rím
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., have not been, or cannot be, counted: Mé ymbhringde manig yfel, þǽr nis nán rím circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus, Ps.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Hǽðenra þeównéd thraldom under the heathen, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 17; Dan. 307 Hé hí on handgeweald hǽðenum sealde tradidit eos in manus gentium, Ps. Th. 105, 30. Hie férdon ongeán ðǽm héðnum they marched against the heathens, Blickl. Homl. 203, 3
FOLM
The palm of the hand ⬩ the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ mănus
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The palm of the hand, the hand; palma, mănus Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52: Ps. Th. 79, 15. Of sceaðan folme from the hand of the foe, Andr. Kmbl. 2268; An. 1135.
Linked entry: folme
hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Ðis cild is gesett manegum mannum tó hryre positus est in ruinam multorum, 144, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 8; Met. 9, 4. Ða twá forman gesceapennyssa feóllon on hryre and seó þridde wæs on hryre ácenned, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 31.