stæl-wirðe
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Þeo Þat beoð stalewurðe and warpeð mid strencðe ut of hare heorte hare unwreste wil, Jul. 44, 7. Þeo ꝥ stalewurðe beoð ant starke to ȝein me, Marh. 15, 32. Þou hart on staleworþe (hende, 1st MS.) gome, Laym. 3812.
eáþ-mód
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Se eádmóda biscop wæs swíðe geðyldig wið þwyrum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 10. Hé hié tó eáþmódre (eádmódere, v. l. ) hérsumnesse gedyde, Chr. 828; P. 62, 3. Ábogenre, eádmódre cernua, i. humilis, An. Ox. 1278: suplici, 1329.
gearcian
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Hí gearcodon hí sylfe tó wíge, Hml. A. 104, 68, 75. Gearciað þá þing þe eów gewunelice synd tó bebyrigunge, Hml. S. 3, 579. Hé hét gearcian tó heora gyftum mænigfealde mǽrða, Hml. A. 95, 103. Þysum is tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wíta, Hml. S. 24, 21.
ge-clǽnsian
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Búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht. E. 231, 2. to remove impurity from an object Wé oft ágyltað; þonne sculon wé on þǽre forhæfdnesse ... ꝥ geclǽnsian, Bl. H. 35, 17
herung
praise ⬩ approbation ⬩ praise ⬩ lauds
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Add: praise, approbation Mon sceal ðone ingong ðǽre tǽlinge wið heringe gemengan, ðætte hié for ðǽre lícunga ðǽre heringe . . . eác geðafigen ðá tǽlinge ipsa invectionis exordia permixta sunt laude temperanda, ut dum admittunt favores etiam correptiones
séfte
Soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ not stern ⬩ mild ⬩ not strong ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ untroubled ⬩ easy ⬩ comfortable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ without pain or discomfort ⬩ luxurious ⬩ voluptuous ⬩ effeminate
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Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 10. in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere
Linked entry: sófte
síde
a side ⬩ flank ⬩ side of a house, ship ⬩ marking direction on this or thatside ⬩ side
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Wið ðære swíðran sídan sáre and ðære winestran, Lchdm. ii. 6, 3. On sídan lama pleuriticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 31. Hé Hǽlend genom be sídan, Cd. Th. 299, 5; Sat. 545.
ge-wissian
To make or cause to know ⬩ to instruct ⬩ inform ⬩ direct ⬩ command ⬩ govern ⬩ docere ⬩ edocere ⬩ regere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ dirigere
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Gif ðú nelt beón gewissod if thou wilt not be directed, Ælfc. T. Lisle, 40, 12
Linked entry: wísian
þancung
Thanking, ⬩ thanks, ⬩ thanksgiving
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[Be] ðæncunge ðǽm ðe wið ðýfðe fylstaþ, L. Edm. S. 5; Th. i. 250, 3. Ongan se bisceop ðancunge dón Drihtne episcopus gratias coepit agere Domino, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 31: 4, 23; S. 595. 19. Ðoncunge, 5, 19; S. 641, 2.
ge-feolan
to press into, ⬩ to make ones way into a place, get and remain in ⬩ to enter the mind ⬩ to stick to. ⬩ to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly ⬩ to adhere to a person, an opinion
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For þon þe ic gefealh and gewunode in Laurenties worde and wæs wið Simmache guia in parte Laurentii contra Symmachum sensi, 330, 8
Linked entry: ge-felgan
yfel
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Ic wíte þolade, yfel earfeþu, 89, 6; Cri. 1453
hwider
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Voc. ii. 83; 35. combined with swá, whithersoever. swá hwider swá Ǽrendian swá hwyder swá him mon tó tǽcð in nuncium ire quocunque dicetur ei Ll. Th. i. 432, 18 : Lk. 9, 57.
þing
a thing, ⬩ a single object, material or immaterial ⬩ a thing of value ⬩ property ⬩ a thing for sale ⬩ things, ⬩ goods ⬩ a thing to eat ⬩ a thing that is done ⬩ an action ⬩ a proceeding, way of conduct ⬩ a thing that happens ⬩ an event ⬩ what takes place ⬩ a thing ⬩ circumstance ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ matter ⬩ subject of consideration or enquiry ⬩ concern ⬩ affair ⬩ a cause ⬩ sake ⬩ account ⬩ reason ⬩ an object ⬩ a purpose ⬩ a relation ⬩ respect ⬩ a condition ⬩ a way ⬩ means ⬩ wise ⬩ thing ⬩ something ⬩ anything ⬩ a meeting ⬩ court
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Þing sceal gehégan fród wiþ fródne, biþ hyra ferð gelíc, Exon. Th. 334, 19; Gn. Ex. 18. Ic wið Grendel sceal ána gehegan ðing, Beo. Th. 856; B. 426
wolcen
A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin
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Þa scipen foren wide mid wolcnen and mid wedere, Laym. 102. Com winden mid ðam weolcnen a drake, 25592.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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Ðǽr se freónd wunaþ on ðære sócne ðe ic ða sibbe wið hine healdan wille Exon.
ǽ-gleáw
Skilled in the law ⬩ learned ⬩ wise ⬩ legis peritus ⬩ saga-cissimus ⬩ sapientissimus
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Skilled in the law, learned, wise; legis peritus, saga-cissimus, sapientissimus Ðá andswarode him sum ǽgleáw respondit quidam ex legis peritis, Lk. Bos. 11, 45. Ealde ǽgleáwe elders skilled in laws, Menol. Fox 37; Men. 19.
an-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ exalt ⬩ raise up ⬩ take away ⬩ remove ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ sublimare ⬩ attollere ⬩ auferre
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To heave up, lift up, exalt, raise up, take away, remove; elevare, erigere, exaltare, sublimare, attollere, auferre Ðæt ðúðé ne anhebbe on ofermetto that thou lift not up thyself with arrogance, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 34.
Linked entry: an-hafen
beorh-hliþ
A mountain-height ⬩ mountain-brow ⬩ montis clivus vel fastigium
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Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood Cd. 166; Th. 206, 7; Exod. 448. Under beorhhleoðum among the mountain-heights 98; Th. 130, 13; Gen. 2159
Linked entries: beorg-hleoþ burh-hleoþ
cear-wylm
agitation ⬩ sollicita perturbatio, agitatio
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Á wæs sæc cnyssed cearwelmum the contest was ever tossed with waves of sorrow, Elen. Kmbl. 2513; El. 1258. Æfter cear-wælmum after anxious emotions, Beo. Th. 4138; B. 2066
cum-líðe
Kind to comers or strangers, hospitable ⬩ hospitalis
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Cild cumlíðe a child will be hospitable, Obs. Lun. § 15; Lchdm. iii. 192, 1: 16 ;Lchdm. iii. 192, 8 . Beóþ cumlíðe eów betwýnan buton ceorungum be hospitable among yourselves without grudging, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 14