ÆX
what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia
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Mid æxum with axes, Ps. Th. 73, 6. On æxe in securi, Ps. Spl. 73, 7. Forðon seó æx [MS. H. sió æsc; seó eax B.] biþ melda, nalles þeóf because the axe is an informer, not a thief; quia securis acclamatrix potius est, non fur, L.
dene
A valley ⬩ vallis
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Seó dene wæs afylled mid manna sáwlum the valley was filled with men's souls, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 9. Seó micele byrnende dene the great burning valley, ii. 352, 20
FÝST
A FIST ⬩ pugnus
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Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer hys néxtan mid ýste slicþ si rixāti fuĕrint vĭri et percussĕrit alter proxĭmum suum pugno, Ex. 21, 18.
heorcnian
To hearken ⬩ listen
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Ypolitus mid geþylde heora wordum heorcnode Hippolytus listened to their words with patience, Homl. Th. i. 442, 2. Maria gesæt ær Godes fótum his word heorcnigende Mary sat at the feet of God hearkening to his words, ii. 440, 16.
Linked entry: hyrcnian
be-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce ⬩ allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere
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Ðæt gewin ðe hió hint on bespón mid manigfealdon firen-lustum the war which she brought upon him by her manifold wicked desires, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 40
be-swápan
To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect ⬩ suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire
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Hí hí mid scýtan besweóp she covered herself over with a sheet, 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Beswápen [beswapyn MS.] leóhte swá swá of rægle amictus lumine sicut vestimento, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 2.
Linked entry: be-sweóp
ge-rec
Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanation ⬩ regimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio
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Ðone bisceophád mid mycelegerece heóld and rihte episcopatum sedulo moderamine gessit, 3, 7; S. 530, 35: Bt. 21; Fox 74, 29: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 2; Met. 22, 2.
ge-mǽne-líc
Common, general ⬩ communis, generalis
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Mid ða getýdnesse ge cyriclícra gewrita ge eac gemǽnelícra cum eruditione litterarum vel ecclesiasticarum vel generalium, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 15. Gemǽnelíce naman appellative or common nouns; appellativa nomina, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 31
Scride-finnas
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Ic wæs mid Scridefinnum, Exon. Th. 323, 16; Víd. 79. The distinguishing prefix seems to refer to the use of snowshoes or skates, cf. Icel. skriðr a sliding motion, skríða to glide, slide in snow-shoes
þus-líc
Such
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Mid ðullucum (ðuslícum, Rush.) monigum bíspellum talibus multis parabolis, 4, 33. Ðuslícum fultumum, Rtl. 64, 33. Ðuslíco (-u, Rush.) monigo gié dóas hujusmodi multa facitis, Mt. Skt. Lind. 7, 13.
Linked entry: þullíc
un-ámeten
Unmeasured ⬩ not having determined limits ⬩ very great ⬩ immense ⬩ boundless
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Nis ús nán gemet on ðam ǽrran bebode, forðan ðe wé sceolon úrne Scyppend lufian mid unámetenre lufe, Honl. Th. ii. 314, 12: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 254
Linked entry: á-metan
un-fyrn
not long ago ⬩ before long
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Homl. 131, 9. of future time, before long Secgas míne gearwe sindon; ða ðé unfyrn faca feorh ætþringan, Andr. Kmbl. 2741; An. 1373. Nú ic fundige tó ðé of ðisse worulde; nú ic wát ðæt ic sceal ful unfyr[n] faca, Exon. 454, 32; Hy. 4, 42. [Cf.
Linked entry: un-gefyrn
wer-lád
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14.
Linked entry: lád
wiþer-rǽdness
Contrariety ⬩ opposition ⬩ hostility ⬩ ill-will ⬩ unfavourableness ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ oppositeness of nature
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Gr. 47; Zup. 275, 7. hostility, ill-will, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, I Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. unfavourableness, disadvantage, Similar entries v.
Linked entry: wiþer-rǽde
ánfealdlíce
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Mid stilnesse ánfealdlíce (simpliciter) hé ingange, 81, 10. simply, without ornament, amplification, &c. Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6. Agathes andwyrde ánfealdlíce, Hml.
á-hwǽnan
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For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and hé his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . . God hine ná lengc áhwǽnedne habban nolde, Hml. S. 23, 393, 402. Utan fréfrian áhwǽnede and hyrtan ormóde, Wlfst. 119, 8
Linked entry: hwǽnan
brigdan
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(cf. ꝥ orf ꝥ ic mid N. befangen hæbbe, l. 15). Ðæs óðres áð ðe mon his orf æt bryideð ( = brigdeð?) . . . Ðæs áð ðe his ǽhte bryideð thus shall a man swear, when he has seized his (stolen) property . . .
Linked entries: æt-bryidan bryidan æt-bryidan ge-bryidan
cýf
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Hú seó ǽmtige kýf ( dolium ) wearð mid ele gefylled, Gr. D. 93, 26. Hig gebróhton Ióhannem binnan þǽre cýfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 19. Wæs geset wearm wæter on cýfe, Hml. S. 11, 150. Cýue dolium (acc.), An. Ox. 2, 236.
cnódan
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to impute, attribute Gif hwæt welgedónes bið, ðonne cnódað him ðæt ealle ðá ðe him under*-*ðiédde bióð mid herenesse omnes subditi, si qua bene gesta sunt, laudibus efferunt, Past. 111, 3. to attribute, call by a person's name, name after a person
cyrf
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Substitute: <b>cyrf,</b> es; m. a cutting, act of cutting Notige se abbod cyrfes and mid ísene þone uncoðan áceorfe abba utatur ferro abscisionis, R. Ben. 52, 19. 'Ælc treów ðe ne wyrcð gódne wæstm bið forcirfen.' . . .