ge-sceádwíslíce
Entry preview:
Add: distinctly, clearly Þæt ic wille gescád-wíslecor gesecgean, þæt hit mon geornor ongietan mæge quod utrum ita sit, apertissime expedire curabo, Ors. 2, l ; S. 60, 9. discreetly, prudently, sagaciously Gif hé self wénð ðæt hé sié wís and gescádwíslíce
ge-wéman
Entry preview:
Voc. ii. 9, 40. to allure to what is right, desirable Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga, for ðǽm ðæt hé hine tó ryhte geweeme (-wéme, v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est, Past
pund
Entry preview:
D. 157, 33, which makes the debt twelve shillings (duodecim solidi )) . . . wearð gemét þæt feoh and twéntig penega tó eácan (cf. Gr. D. 158, 15, which makes the amount found thirteen shillings), Hml. Th. ii. 176, 34-178, 7
ǽr
Entry preview:
Nánwuht ne byð yfel, ǽr mon wéne ðæt hit yfel seó, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 30. with the verb to be inferred Ðæt se Fæder wǽre ǽr se Sunu, Hml. Th. i. 290, 7. Nán þing næs ǽr hé, Hml. S. 1, 65.
Linked entry: ǽr
bred
A surface, plank, board, table, tablet ⬩ superficies, tabula, tabella
Entry preview:
Ic bær ða stǽnenan bredu, on ðám wæs ðæt wedd, ðe Drihten wiþ eów gecwæþ acciperem tabulas lapideas, tabulas pacti, quod pepigit vobiscum Dominus, Deut. 9, 9
Linked entry: brega
of-stingan
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce
Entry preview:
Hêr Ǽdmund cyning wearð ofstungen, Chr. 948; Erl. 117, 8
Linked entry: of-stician
swíþ-mód
great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted ⬩ stern-minded ⬩ of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded
Entry preview:
Wearð hé swíðmód in sefan for ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde, 254, 3; Dan. 606
treówsian
to engage ⬩ pledge one's self ⬩ to prove one's self to be true ⬩ to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
Entry preview:
Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 7 note, pas weord ich wulle þe treosien þurh mine god I will prove to thee the good faith of these words by an oath
Linked entry: trýwsian
á-weallan
to well out ⬩ to spring ⬩ proceed from a source ⬩ to swarm, ⬩ to exist in large numbers ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ to be hot ⬩ to burn ⬩ rage
Entry preview:
Add: to well out Ic upp áwealle ebullio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 192, 4. Áweól exundavit, Wrt.
sendan
Entry preview:
Hé úsic sendeþ ðæt wé sóðfæstra mód oncyrren, Exon. Th. 261, 34; Jul. 325. Ða twegen leorningcnihtas ðe Crist sende æfter ðam assan, Homl. Th. i. 206, 23. Ðá sendon hí him hyra leorningcnihtas tó, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16.
Dorn-sǽte
Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE ⬩ Dorsetenses, Dorsetia
Entry preview:
Hí up eódon into Dorsǽton [Dorsǽtan, Th. 247, 19] they went up into Dorsetshire, 998; Th. 246, 19: Cod. Dipl. 1302 ; A. D. 1006; Kmbl. vi. 155, 6: 1334; A. D. 1046; Kmbl. vi. 195, 31. On Dorsǽtan in Dorsetshire, Cod.
Linked entry: sǽta
líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
Entry preview:
Wedercondel (the sun) wearm weorodum lýhteþ, 58 b; Th. 210, 18; Ph. 187. Ne hér dæg lýhteþ day shines not here, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 14; Sat. 105. Líhte auroresceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54. Ðá dæg lýhte at dawn, 180; Th. 225, 23; Dan. 158: Andr.
reáfere
Entry preview:
Ueriatus wæs micel þeófmon and on ðære stalunge hé wearð reáfere Viriathus latro, primum infestando vias, deinde vastando provincias, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 8.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
Entry preview:
An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion.
Linked entry: bill
searu-cræft
Entry preview:
Swíðe forsyngod þurh swicdómas and þurh searacræftas, 164, 3. art, skill, cunning, a cunning art (in a good sense, v. next word) Wuldres ealdor gesweotula þurh searocræft ðín sylfes weorc, Exon. Th. 1, 16; Cri. 9.
þeahtian
Entry preview:
Weras þeahtedon, Elen. Kmbl. 1091; El. 547. Hí þeahtedon ongén hine, hú hí hine fordón mihton consilium faciebant aduersus eum, quomodo eum perderent, Mk. Skt. 3, 6. Hí ðeahtodon embe ðæra apostola forwyrd, Homl. Th. i. 572, 30.
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
Entry preview:
Tó fela manna wearð mid þyllícan wrencan þurh deofol forlǽred, Wulfst. 54, 12. Tógeánes ðæs deófles wrencum, 198, 12.
Linked entry: wrencan
cíle
Entry preview:
And þec ceolas weorðian, forst and snáw, winterbiter weder, Az. 103. v. céle, cýle (l. cele, cyle) in Dict. and at cýle dele foreign forms in bracket
dugan
Entry preview:
and add: subj, prs. dyge, duge. absolute Biþ se wela þý wyrsa, gif sé ne deáh þe hine áh, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 15. Gif þú hunig tó dést, ꝥ deáh. Lch. ii. 30, 22. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, Wlfst. 159, 7.
ge-wítnian
Entry preview:
Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen; for þon ic þus bittre wearð gewítnad, Hy. 4, 79. Þá þe gewítnode beóð for hiora scyldum, Ps. Th. 44, 16: Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. <b>I b.</b> </b> with noun Wommum gewítnad, B. 3073.