wann
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Homl. Th. ii. 58, 16. Sweart wæter, wonne wælstreámas, Cd. Th. 78, 30; Gen. 1301 : 86, 13; Gen. 1430.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Wé æt þǽm ýtmestan dæge eall ágyldan sceolan þe hé ús ǽr on eorþan sealde, 51, 25. in intensive phrase: Nyste ic náwár eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde I shouldn't know how on earth to set about it, Shrn. 182, 13, 19. the earth as a planet Seó eorðe stent
Linked entry: eorþ-lic
ge-nídan
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(ad hoc nonnulli laudabiliter coacti pertrahuntur ), Past. 11, 9. <b>II a.</b> to force a person to assume the position or character of. with prep.
Linked entries: ge-neádian ge-nédan genende ge-nýdan
ge-wita
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Gif huoelc stale ðis ðerhendade ł ðerhendadon giwuta uæs si qui furtum hoc perpetravit, aut perpetrati conscius fuit, Rtl. 113, 34. (3 b) with gen. of criminal Úre geréfena swylc þe þǽra þeófa gewita wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 220, 24.
hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 81. colour Apricitas, color hió, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 51. Híw apricitas, 7, 10. Ðæt æðeleste hiéw (híw, l. 23) color optimus, Past. 133, 11. Hwítes híwes (hiéwes, v. l.), 87, 20. Hiówes, Nar. 15, 32.
eádig
Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect ⬩ beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves
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To ðissum eádigan hám to this happy home, Cd. 228; Th. 306, 7; Sat. 660. Habbaþ eádigne bearn ealle ymbfangen all have encircled the blessed child, 216; Th. 273, 29; Sat. 144.
FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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to free, make free; manumittĕre, lībĕrāre Man sceal freógan aelig-acute;lcne þeówan one shall free every slave; revertētur hŏmo ad possessiōnem suam. Lev. 25, 10. Ic hit freó I free it. Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 2.
Linked entries: freón freónd fría ge-freógan
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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HomI. 201, 22. Ealle him leóda lácum cwemaþ all nations shall make offerings to please him, Ps. Th. 71, 10
mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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Hors tó healfan punde gif hit swá gód sý; and gif hit mǽtre sý, gilde be his wlites wyrþe, L. Ath. V. 6; Th. i. 232, 25. Nalæs ðæt án ðætte ða mǽttran (mǽteran, MS.
hladan
to load ⬩ to load ⬩ freight ⬩ cargo ⬩ to load ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ obtain ⬩ to scoop out
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Ic gefrægen hond reáfian ... ánne mannan, him on bearm hladan búnan and discas sylfes dóme, 2775. Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras, and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge, Rä. 23, 10. to draw; haurire Nómun, hlódun auserunt, Wrt.
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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apparently of Scandinavian origin, Icel. topt, tuft a piece of ground, messuage, homestead; a place marked out for a house or building; in the special later Icelandic sense a square piece of ground with walls but without roof: Dan. toft an enclosed home-field
ceaster
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</b> of hell :-- Hé byrnwígend tó þám burggeatum lǽdan ne wolde; ac þá locu feollon, clústor of þám ceastrum ( at the harrowing of hell ), Hö. 40. used of places in England [in place-names gen. -ceastres and -ceastre occur, and the acc.
DÓGOR
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A day; dies Ymb ántíd óðres dógores about the first hour of the second day, Beo. Th. 444; B. 219: 1215; B. 605. He to ðam ýtemæstan dógore becom he came to his last day, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 30, 39.
Linked entry: dóger
díc
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Hé hét delfan þá eorðan swá ꝥ hors urnon embe ꝥ hús þurh þá dígelan díca, Hml. S. 27, 39. an earthwork with a trench Gihaðrigað ðec fióndas ðíne mið díce (dícg, L.) circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo, Lk. R. 19, 43.
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá ... gif hió healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 7. Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá ... gif sió hýd sié tóbrocen, and mon bán of ádó, 11: 21. Hét se cásere him forsleán þone sweoran, Shrn. 145, 6.
ge-nóg
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Hond gemunde fǽhðo genóge, B. 2489. Hé cúðe sóð genóg, Gú. 266. Gefæstnodon mé feóndas genóge, Kr. 33. Ꝥ hé næbbe sǽlþa genóge, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 19: 11, 1; F. 32, 8.
ge-treów
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Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe, Ll. Th. i. 373, 8. Þá þe þám cynge getreówe wǽron and eallum his folce, Chr. 1052; P. 182, 4. Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 2.
riht-wís
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</b> absolute :-- Ðæt ne áðennen rehtwíse (justi) tó unrehtwísnesse hond hara, Ps. Srt. 124, 3. Hú hé ꝥ ríce mihte on rihtwísra anwald gebringan, Bt. 1; F. 2, 20. Ná forlǽteð gyrd synfulra ofer hlýt rihtwísra (iustorum), Ps. Rdr. 124, 3.
sceand
shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy ⬩ a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,
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ÞU schalt haue schonde, Horn. 714. To spouse þe emperoures doȝter yt ner hym no schonde, R. Glouc. 65, 12
á-þenian
to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ to stretch by pulling: ⬩ to extend notice ⬩ direct attention ⬩ effort ⬩ to extend ⬩ prolong ⬩ to spread out ⬩ extend superficially ⬩ to stretch out ⬩ prostrate:--
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Th. i. 372, 19. to stretch by pulling: -- Ráp tó swíðe áðened, Past. 459, 8. fig. to extend notice, direct attention, effort, Ðæt ne áðennen rehtwíse tó unrehtwísnesse hond hara. (extendant) Ps. Srt. 124, 3.
Linked entry: on-þenian