hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were
Linked entry: hǽting
wind
Winding ⬩ wrapping
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Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, i. 23; Th. i. 212, 4) let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10
ge-þingan
To thrive ⬩ grow ⬩ become excellent
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To thrive, grow, become excellent Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth Abraham and Lot throve to the Lord [cf. ge-þeón], Cd. 82; Th. 103, 7; Gen. 1714: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 14; Met. 1, 7.
Linked entry: þingan
Tír
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Tíw, the two forms Tír, Tíw may be compared with Icelandic Týrr; gen. Týrs (cf. Dan. Tirs-dag), Týr; gen. Týs
flód-blác
Flood-pale ⬩ made pale by water, that is, by drowning ⬩ per ăquam pallĭdus
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Flood-pale, made pale by water, that is, by drowning; per ăquam pallĭdus Flódblác here the flood-pale host, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 11; Exod. 497
Linked entry: blác
FREMMAN
to advance ⬩ promŏvēre ⬩ to FRAME ⬩ make ⬩ do ⬩ effect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit ⬩ iăcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ effĭcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perpetrāre
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Kmbl. 1867; An. 936: Beo. Th. 3669; B. 1832.
Linked entry: ge-fremman
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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B.) tó Pendan gebeáh Eadfrid necessitate cogente ad Pendam transfugit, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 15 : Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 11. Mid nýde gebǽded necessitate cogente, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 7. Nýde genýdde forced by necessity, Beo.
lang
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B. 2591 : 2845. Lang bið syððan þæt se gást nimeð æt Gode . . . Seel. 5. Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432
a-deáf
Deaf ⬩ surdus
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Deaf; surdus,Ben
Linked entry: a-deáfung eárena
ecg-clif
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Beo. Th. 5778
Linked entry: ég-clif
mǽrsian
to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify
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Ðǽr Sicilia sǽstreámum in éþel mǽrsaþ where Sicily, the sea streams among, her land makes illustrious, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 32; Met. 1, 16
steáp
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<b>I b.</b> of fire, mounting high (see also I c) :-- Hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, bærneþ boldgetimbru, seomaþ steáp and geáp, Salm. Kmbl. 827; Sal. 413. <b>I c.</b> standing out, or up, prominent [or bright?
ýtera
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Ðú miht blissigan ðæt ðære ðeóde sáwla þurh ða ýttran wundra beóð getogene tó ðære incundan gife gaudeas quia Anglorum animae per exteriora miracula ad interiorem gratiam pertrahuntur (Bd. 1, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 132, 2
Linked entry: ýtmest
brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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Brecan proteri, 118, 12. trans. to separate into parts, to break a solid body into pieces Brec ðǽm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 315, 13 : Bl. H. 37, 20. with idea of destruction, to shatter, demolish Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde, Bl.
Linked entry: bracan
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm. iii. 218, 4 (and often on this
Linked entry: sceadu-genga
hyldan
To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ heel ⬩ tilt
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Hylde hine hleór bolster onféng he bent himself [to the couch] and the pillow received his cheek, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688. Ðá hig hyra andwlitan on eorþan hyldan cum declinarent vultum in terram, Lk. Skt. 24, 5.
ge-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire
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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77
Linked entry: ge-worpan
þryccan
To press ⬩ crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ repress ⬩ trample ⬩ To press ⬩ force a way
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Hé mid wédenheortnesse módes ðrycced wæs mentis vesania premebatur, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 4. Untrumnesse ðrycced and hefigod infirmitate pressus, 4, 24; S. 598, 25. Grammar þryccan, intrans.
ofer-þeón
To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass
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Ben. 12, 16. Hé oferþeáh biscopes, Shrn. 17, 11. Bútan hwylc óðerne mid geearnunge oferþeó, R. Ben. 12, 21. Bonan mǽndon ðæt hý monnes beam oferþunge. Exon. Th. 128, 10; Gú. 402. Oferþuge praestaret, superaret, superexcelleret, Hpt. Gl. 480, 1.
ge-teón
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Getión, Bt. 38, 1; F. 196, 15. to bring forth, produce Forþ getíhþ producit, i. ostendit, An. Ox. 228. to draw together, unite Hé þá twá mǽgða on án folc geteáh mum compaginatae in populum, Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 211, 9.