hryre
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'Mín bearn, þín ansýn is wlitig, and þissum bróþrum cymð micel hryre for heora tyddernyssum', Hml. S. 33, 166.
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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. ¶ the word is used of some kind of ale :-- .xii. ámbra Wilisces ealaþ, .xxx. hlúlttres, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17. Twá tunnan fulle hlútres aloð and cumb fulne líðes aloð and cumb fulne Welisces aloð, Cod. Dip.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Ðá andswarode ic: 'Genóh ryhte ðú spyrast, swá hit is swá ðú segst, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 18. Hí spyredan hwæt and hwonan hé wæs investigantes unde vel quis esset, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 11. Geléfe hé ðæt wit on riht spirien (spyrigen, Cott.
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Þridde gewrit á mid ðam ðe ðæt land on hande stande the third copy always with him in whose possession the land is, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 235, 31. Gyf neód on handa stande if there be present need, L. Edg. H. 2; Th. i. 258, 6.
Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Án ðé is forgeten unum tibi deest, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 21
Linked entry: for-gietan
un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Ðæt is seó mǽste unsǽld ðæt mon ǽrest weorþe gesǽlig and æfter ðam ungesǽlig in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum genus est infortunii, fuisse felicem, 10; Fox 26, 31.
æþelo
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Ic þæs beámes mæg æðelu secgan, Rä. 56, 8. in respect to rational beings Him ides æfter æðelum ( in the natural course ) eaforan fédde, Gen. 1054. condition determined by birth or descent Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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Þaelig;t ýðgende flód þe þá synfullan ádýlegode, ii. 60, 4. figurative: Þæt flód (diluvium) þǽra myclena wæterena, þæt synt þás andweardan earfoþa, Is. Th. 31, 7. On cwilde flód, Ps.
ge-biddan
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Se Hálga Gást is . . . gebeden and gewuldrod, Hml. Th. ii. 598, 9. (4 a) to pray to God for a person :-- Gebide nú for mé þone God ðe ðú wurðast, Hml. Th. ii. 312, 12
ge-mearcian
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Ic geann Eédríce ðæs swurdes ðe seó hand is on gemearcod, C. D. iii. 363, 21. to mark, seal Gemearcod signatus (fons), An. Ox. 3899. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on Se apostol his eágan gemearcode mid þǽre hálgan róde, Hml.
ge-rihtan
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Ox. 2026 where the gloss is elimauit, manifestauit sé gerehte)), 78, 64.
grim
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., horrible, grievous Wrace þæs grimman mánes ultio diri sceleris, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 13, Grimre synne (this is a gloss to the preceding passage ), Txts. 181, 37
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Is se dæg comen ꝥ úre mandryhten mægenes behófað gódra manna; wutun gangan tó helpan hildfruman, B 2649: 2879. Of suoester ne hiá helpende de sorore non eam adiuuante.
lǽfan
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. ¶ where the object is food, not to eat :-- Wulfas on ǽfne ne lǽfað náwiht oð morgen, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 3. Þæt þæt hí lǽfon healdan heora bearnum reliquerunt quae superfuerunt parvulis suis Ps. Th. 16, 14.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Hwæt is sió ðyrelung ðæs wáges? 21 ;Swt. 153, 17-25. On áne studu ðæs wáges( the wall of the hall), Bd. 3, 10;S. 534, 29 : (the wall of a church ), Blickl. Homl. 207, 16.
on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
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Ðú miht ongiton hú se mín weorþscipe for worulde is oncerred quantum decus ornamentis nostris decesserit, vides, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 15. to turn aside, avert Ðín yrre fram ús oncyrre, Ps. Th. 84, 4. Oncyrran, 78, 5. Oncyrran mód from his Meotude, Exon.
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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B.) leaf and gehwǽde...seó óðer hafaþ máran leáf and fǽtte Lchdm. i. 264, 18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard,
swelgan
To swallow. ⬩ of taking food, etc., by living creatures ⬩ of absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorb ⬩ to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) ⬩ with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf ⬩ absorbere ⬩ glutire ⬩ to swallow.
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:-- Ðonne líf and deáð sáwlum swelgaþ (cf. ðonne heofon and hel fira feorum fylde weorþeþ, 97, 17-20; Cri. 1592), 98, 7; Cri. 1604. figuratively,to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) Swelhþ affluit (the passage to which the gloss belongs is
Linked entry: swylfende
be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðára ne giémen ðe him befæste sién ut a commissorum custodia minime torpescant, Past. 191, 24. where purpose of committing is given Hé befæste þá burg Æþeréde tó haldonne, Chr. 886; P. 80, 13.
on-secgan
to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure
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Ðu scealt Isaac mé onsecgan, Cd. Th. 172, 30; Gen. 2852. Ðǽm godum onsægdnisse onsæcgan victimis placare, Nar. 20, 5. Ongunnan heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean immolaverunt filios suos, et filias suas daemoniis, Ps. Th. 105, 27.