GYLT
Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture
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Guilt, crime, sin, offence, fault, wrong, debt, fine, forfeiture Gylt facinus vel culpa, Wrt. Voc. 86, 67. Adames gylt Adam's guilt, Blickl. Homl. 9, 5: 23, 5; Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 19; Ph.408.
Linked entry: gelt
ende-néhst
last ⬩ last ⬩ lowest ⬩ last ⬩ final ⬩ latest
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Th. ii. 82, 2. of time. last, final Þes tíma is endenéxt and ende þyssere worulde, Hml. S. 13, 294. Se endenéxta dæg þises and weardan lífes, Hml. A. 53, 85. Þæt endenécste gelimp supprema (ultima) sors, An. Ox. 1834.
Linked entry: endemestness
neáh-lǽcan
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Swá neálǽcende is þeós andwearde woruld tó ende quantum praesens seculum propinqvat ad finem, Gr. D. 330, 25, (la) with clause :-- Nú ú with impersonal construction, to approach a season or event Hit tó ðám dóme nú georne neálǽcð, Wlfst. 18, 14.
Sunnan-dæg
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Theft on Sunday incurred a double fine, L. Ælf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22-25.
sécan
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To seek. to try to find, to look for, make search for Ic séce míne gebróðru fratres meos quaero, Gen. 37, 16. Hwæne sécst ðú? Jn. Skt. 20, 15. Se ðe sécþ, hé hyt fint, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 8. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? . . .
heals-fang
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And riht is ðæt se slaga . . . finde wærborh . . . þonne þæt gedón sý, ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde . . . Of ðǽm dæge on .xxi. nihtan gylde man LXX. scłł, tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Wǽron mid gítsunge beswicene ná þ án his find ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. to fail a person, leave in the lurch Se mennesca fultum him beswác, Guth. 76, 18.
Linked entry: be-swícende
bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Th. 50, 5. in the laws, to make 'bot', pay the fine for a crime :-- Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, and hé (the owner) hine hæbbe, béte be fullan were, Ll. Th. i. 78, 7. Béte man ꝥ fullum were, 286, 27: 110, 17
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Kmbl. iv. 204, 7.] the fine paid for violation of mund, Similar entries cf. mund-bryce, mund-byrd Mund ðare betstan widuwan eorlcundre, L. scillinga gebéte, L. Ethb. 75; Th. i. 20, 10.
Linked entry: mundian
DURRAN
DARE, presume ⬩ audēre
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Thus we find the original verb deorran = deorsan; p. dear, pl. durron; pp. dorren. The weak p. dorste, pl. dorston [ = durste, durston], is formed regularly from the inf. durran = dursan.
man
One ⬩ anyone ⬩ they ⬩ people
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Gif man cucu finde ðæt hé stæl si non habuerit, quod pro furto reddat, ipse venundabitur. Si inventum fuerit apud eum, quod furatus est, vivens, 22, 3, 4. Hú mæg man ( quisquam ) ingán on stranges hús, búton hé gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, Mt.
ge-endian
To end ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fīnīre ⬩ consummāre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ to come to an end
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Ic geendige fīnio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57. Man ðæt geendaþ on ǽfynne man ends it in the evening, Ps. Th. 103, 22. Oþoniél geendode his dagas mortuus est Othoniel, Jud. 3, 11 : Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 27. Hyt ys geendod consummātum est, Jn.
Linked entry: endian
rihte
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H. 62, 15. add Nis nán þára ðe þé rihte séhð þæt hé þé ne finde, Solil. H. 13, 7. Swíðe rihte and swíðe gerisenlíce þú dést, 25, 7. Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19.
wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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Lǽt ús ámyltan ða sylfrenan godas and eác swylce ða gyldenan, dǽlan siððan wǽdligum ða ámoltenan wæcgas, 5, 234. a piece of money Nim ðone ǽrestan fisc . . . ðú finst ǽnne wecg ( staterem ) on him, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 27: Homl. Th. i. 512, 4
tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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J.) findo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 5. Ic tóclǽfe, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 38. Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26. Tóclýfþ findit, i. rupit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 63.
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906. Ðære tíde ys neáh geþrungen it is close upon the time, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 31; Jud. 287: Cd 116; Th. 151, 15; Gen. 2509.
Linked entry: folc-geþrang
neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Noe tealde ðæt hé on neód hine gif hé land ne funde sécan wolde Noah reckoned that if the raven did not find land it would eagerly seek him, Cd. Th. 87, 4; Gen. 1443.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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Hengest hwearf him on láste Hengest went after them, Fins. Th. 35; Fin. 17. Gástas hwurfon sóhton engla éþel spirits went and sought the angels' country, Andr. Kmbl. 1280; An. 640.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
weorold-líf
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Nele God wið ende ǽfre tó worulde his milde mód mannum áfyrran on woruldlífe wera cneórissum numquid Deus in finem misericordiam suam abscindet a seculo et generatione? 76, 7.
inne
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Inne mid Denum, 414, 15. where there is detention Stande þriddan dǽl þǽre bóte inne a third part of the fine shall not be paid out, Ll. Th. i. 94, 7. of the inner man Hreðer inne weóll, B. 2113.