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.
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
ge-rihtwísian
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Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla gerihtwísod, Hml. Th. ii. 430, l.
Linked entry: rihtwísian
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
bealo
hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice
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Gebealh hine Acitofel and mid bealwe wearð áfylled, 19, 208: Ps. Th. 58, 2
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
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Hí on ðín sóðfæst weorc (in justitiam tuam) ne gangan, Ps. Th. 68, 28: 70, 14, 20, 22. Ðín sóðfæst word justificationes tuas, 118, 20. Hé gecýþde ðæt sóþfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas and synfulle men, Blickl. Homl. 75, 27.
gíman
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Wé bebeódað ꝥte Godes þeówas hiora rihtregol gýman and on riht healdan, Ll. Th. i. 102, 15. absolute Bisceopas sceolan bodian . . . gýme sé þe wylle, Ll. Th. i. 374, 21. to observe, notice, consider, with gen.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Ic gesié heofenas (caelos), werc fingra ðínra. Ps.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hé wearð werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 33; El. 17. Hé hæfde him to gesíþþe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, weán oft onfond, Exon. Th. 377, 15; Deór. 4. Wræce bisgodon fǽge þeóda miseries troubled the doomed peoples, Cd.