bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
Entry preview:
Drihten eorþan ðíne benedixisti Domine terram tuam, Ps. Spl. 84, 1. He bletsode hí benedicebat eos, Mk. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Spl. 106, 38.
georne
Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well ⬩ cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne
Entry preview:
Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well; cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne Ðæt fýr georne aséceþ innan and útan eorþan sceátas the fire shall eagerly seek within and without the
ge-sceap
a creation, created being or thing, creature ⬩ creātio, creātūra ⬩ a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape ⬩ fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies ⬩ the privy members ⬩ vĕrenda, pŭdenda ⬩ creature ⬩ decrees of fate
Entry preview:
God gesceapo ferede ǽghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes God has borne his decrees to every one of the human race an earth, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 1; Vy. 95. Sinewealt gesceap volūbĭle schēma, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 14; Wrt. Voc. 55, 18.
síðian
Entry preview:
Þurh ðé Freá on ðás eorþan út síðade, 21, 4 ; Cri. 329. Hig intó helle cuce síðodon descenderunt vivi in infernum, Num. 16, 33. Hig síðodon ealle tó Egipta lande, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 3. Síðedon, Cd. Th. 121, 13 ; Gen. 2009.
ge-nóg
Entry preview:
Ǽlcum men þúhte genóg on þǽre eorþan wæstmum, Bt. 15; F. 48, 3. Genóh, Met. 8, 7. Him ðǽr genóg ðyncð, Past. 449, 14. used absolutely in singular Þá þurfon swíþe lytles þe máran ne willniaþ þonne genóges, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 14.
gold
Entry preview:
Add: gold in the ground Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. gold as a form of wealth Hwǽr cóm ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28.
weorþan
Entry preview:
Hié wǽron on þǽre ondrǽdinge hwonne hié on þá eorþan besuncene wurden, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 15. ¶ ¶ Hǽlend, syððan hé tó ðisum lífe cóm, and man wearð geweaxen, Hml. Th. i. 258, 10
tin-treg
Torment
Entry preview:
Ic on eorþan gebád tintregan fela, Cd. Th. 296, 4; Sat. 497. Mé genihtsumiaþ ðás tintrega, Blickl. Homl. 243, 26. Ðé sýn helle tinterga ontýned, Shrn. 79, 11. On ðissa tintrega stówe in locum hunc tormentorum, Lk. Skt. 16, 28.
Linked entries: helle-tintreg tinterg
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
Entry preview:
L. 23, 4. of great specific gravity, dense ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít, and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere ut pendulus ignis surgat in altum terraegue graves pondere sidant, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12: Met. 29, 53.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
an-sýn
a face ⬩ countenance ⬩ facies ⬩ vultus ⬩ a view ⬩ aspect ⬩ sight ⬩ form ⬩ figure ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ visus ⬩ visio ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ figura ⬩ a thing to be looked upon ⬩ a sight ⬩ spectaculum ⬩ a view or sight producing desire or longing ⬩ a desire of anything ⬩ want or lack of anything ⬩ desiderium ⬩ defectus
Entry preview:
Seó ansín wearþ mycel wundor Rómánum the sight was a great wonder to the Romans, Ors. 6, 7; Bos. 120, 3. a view or sight producing desire or longing, and hence,—a desire of anything, want or lack of anything; desiderium, defectus Swá eorþan biþ ansýn
mód-sefa
The inner man
Entry preview:
Ne sceal se Dryhtnes þeów in his módsefan (in his heart) máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan, Exon. 38a; Th. 125, 22; Gú. 358: 66b; Th. 247, 1; Jul. 72. Man cweþeþ on his módsefan dicet homo, Ps. Th. 57, 10. On módseofan, 115, 2.
ge-trymman
to confirm ⬩ strengthen ⬩ encourage ⬩ establish ⬩ found ⬩ set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ draw up ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ mūnīre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ hortāri ⬩ fundāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ To grow strong ⬩ gain strength ⬩ recover ⬩ convălescĕre
Entry preview:
He ða ymbhwyrft eorþan getrymede firmāvit orbem terræ, 92, 2: 104, 20: 131, 11. He beforan ðam geate his folc getrymede he drew up his army before the gate, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 92, 41. Getrym me confirma me, Ps. Spl. 50. 13.
Linked entries: trymman ge-tremman
wer-þeód
Entry preview:
Se ðe waldeþ giond werþióda ealra óþra eorþan cyninga, Met. 24, 35. Wutun hí tówyrpan geond werþeóda disperdamus eos ex gente, Ps. Th. 82, 4: 105, 19: 59, 1: Cd. Th. 61, 2; Gen. 991. Geond wærðeóda, Menol. Fox 252; Men. 127.
ge-dafenian
Entry preview:
Ben. l. 52, 17. with a clause in apposition Wel ꝥ gedafenaþ ꝥ hé tó eorþan ástige, Bl. H. 13, 19: Cri. 551. Wel ꝥ gedafenode ꝥ Dryhten swá dyde, Bl. H. 67, 12: 77, 12. without a subject, alone Godes laga bealdan swá swá his háde gedafenað, Ll.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
Entry preview:
Ðæt wæter gewende þurh ðá díglan ǽddran ðisse eorþan (per occultas terrae venas), Angl. vii. 36, 342. in reference to living things :-- Ǽddre arteria, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 63: vena, 71, 44. His cræft gecymþ on ǽlcere ǽdre, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 2.
Linked entry: héþir
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
Entry preview:
Kmbl. 13, 6. to move as a spring moves Þeáh ðú teó hwelcne boh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, swá ðú hine álǽtst, swá sprincþ hé up. Bt. 25; Fox 88, 24. to spread, be diffused Ða wíde springaþ crebrescunt, Hpt. Gl. 517, 4.
Linked entry: sprincan
wang
Entry preview:
Se Ælmihtiga eorþan worhte wlitebeorhtne wang, Beo. Th. 186 ; B. 93. Gangan ofer foldan wang, Menol. Fox 225; Men. 114. III. fig. of any surface Ic ( a cup for cupping) eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
Entry preview:
Sáula sculon eft tó ðé, sceal se líchama lást weardigan eft on eorþan, Met. 20, 241. [Sicnesse wardeð toȝein þeo sunnen þet weren touwardes, A. R. 182, 14. Wel heo wardith heom bothe, Alis. 909.
Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere
þicce
Entry preview:
MSS.) fenn (densum lutum ) on hine, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 19. of solid material, dense Sió eorþe is hefigre and þiccre þonne óþra gesceafta, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 19.
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
Entry preview:
Ðás eorþan wynne, ðás lǽnan dreámas, 102, 4; Cri. 1667. God seleþ him on éþle eorþan wynne tó healdanne hleóburh wera, Beo. Th. 3465; B. 1730 : 5447; B. 2727. Worolde wynne, 2164; B. 1080. Hé ðæt betere geceás, wuldres wynne, Elen.
Linked entry: mód-wén