un-getogen
Uneducated
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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.
þeóden-hold
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Petrus and Paulus ðeódenholde ðrowedon on Róme, Menol. Fox 243; Men. 123. Wígend unforhte, þeódenholde, Cd. Th. 189, 10; Exod. 182. Hé wígena fand æscberendra .xviii. and .ccc. eác þeódenholdra (þeonden, MS.), 123, 10; Gen. 2042.
heáh
High
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On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June] the sun mounts highest in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110
cræft-gleáw
Sage-minded ⬩ science-learned ⬩ animi prudens
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Sage-minded, science-learned; animi prudens Cræft-gleáwe men sage-minded men Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 26; Edg. 52
Linked entry: gleáw
heáh-hád
A high order, religious order
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A high order, religious order Heáhhádes men men in holy orders, L. I. P. 22; Th. ii. 334, 6
weorc-weorþ
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Capable of work Þonne is æt Farresheáfde . xvi. weorcwurðe men and viii. iunge men . . . æt Geácesleá þrytténe wépmen weorcewyrþe and v. wimmen and æhta geonge men, C. D. B. iii. 367, 15-35. Weorcwyrþra manna, Verc. Först. 158, 20
wíd-lást
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Gé (the apostles) sindon earme ofer ealle menn, wadað wídlástas ( wide are your wanderings), weorn geféraþ earfoðsíða, Andr. Kmbl. 1353 ; An. 677
fóre-þoncol
Sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ prōvĭdus ⬩ prūdens
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Sagacious, prudent; prōvĭdus, prūdens Ðæt fóreþoncle men sægdon what sagacious men said, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 19; Cri. 1192
mann-mægen
A force of men ⬩ a troop of men ⬩ cohort
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A force of men, a troop of men, cohort Ðæt monnmægen ł þegna uorud cohortem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 3
GEÓTAN
to pour, pour out, shed ⬩ fundere, effundere, profundere ⬩ to flow, stream ⬩ profluere ⬩ to found, cast ⬩ to cast
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Mid geótendan here with an overwhelming army, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 17. to found, cast Gold and seolfur ðe hér geótaþ menn gold and silver that men here found, Ps. Th. 134, 15. Híg guton him hǽðenne god they have made them a molten image, Deut. 9, 12
FRÓD
wise ⬩ prudent ⬩ sage ⬩ skilful ⬩ săpiens ⬩ prūdens ⬩ sciens ⬩ perītus ⬩ Advanced in years ⬩ aged ⬩ old ⬩ ancient ⬩ ætāte provectus ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtus ⬩ priscus
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Fródra and gódra gumena of wise and good men, Elen. Kmbl. 1270; El. 637. Fróde men prudent men, Salm. Kmbl. 849; Sal. 424. Frige mec fródum wordum question me in prudent words, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 8; Gn. Ex. 1.
Linked entry: wita
cyning-bald
Kingly or nobly bold ⬩ nobiliter audax
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Kingly or nobly bold; nobiliter audax Férdon forþ cyningbalde men the nobly bold men went forth, Beo. Th. 3273; B. 1634
hel
a pretext
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a pretext Mid yfelan helan earme men beswícaþ with evil pretexts defraud poor men, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 18. [?]
lenden-seóc
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Diseased in the loins Þis ilce deáh wiþ lendenseócum men, Lch. ii. 248, 27. Lendenseóce men mígað blóde and sande, 232, 9
tír-eádíg
Glorious
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Tíreádigum men (Hygelac), Beo. Th. 4384; B. 2189. Torhte and tíreádige (the twelve apostles), Apstls. Kmbl. 7; Ap. 4: Andr. Kmbl. 4; An. 2; 1329; An. 665. Tíreádige, hæleþ heaðurófe on Brytene, Menol. Fox 26; Men. 13. Tíreádge, Exon.
yfel-willende
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Ðæt yfelwillende mód malitiosa mens, Past. 35; Swt. 243, 7. Se ðe nele wunian on yfelwyllende sáwle, ne eác on ðam líchaman ðe líð under synnum, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 1. Yfelwillende men nǽnne weorþscipe næfdon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 17.
ge-wéd
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Menn unwíslíce dóð þá þe dwollíce plegað æt deádra manna líce, ... þonne hí sceoldon swýðor besárgian þone deádan and biddan for his sáwle bútan gewéde, Hml. S. 21, 312
drýfan
To trouble, vex ⬩ vexāre
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To trouble, vex; vexāre Mǽst hine drýfdon his ágene men [MS. mæn] his own men vexed him most, Chr. 1118; Erl. 246, 34
mann-mirring
Destruction of men
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Destruction of men Ac man þǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe they did not succeed without loss of men, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 29
Linked entry: mirring
bismærian
To revile ⬩ maledicere
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To revile; maledicere Bismæredon uncit [Inscription, Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together, Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30