húsel-láf
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Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22
hýra
hireling
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Hýrena þeáwe gé fleóþ ... swá se hýra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesyhþ ye flee after the manner of hirelings ... as the hireling does when he sees the wolf, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 38, 14
Linked entry: ambeht-híra
lang-lífe
Long-lived
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Langlífe hé biþ he shall live long, Lchdm. iii. 184, 4
mán-swerian
To swear falsely ⬩ commit perjury ⬩ forswear
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Ne swerige hé ðýlæs hé mánswerige, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 8. Ða mánsweriendan perjurantes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 8
Linked entry: swerian
mid-wyrhta
One who works with others ⬩ a co-operator
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Hyt áwriten hys, ðæt ǽlcum welwyrcendum God myd beó mydwyrhta, Shrn. 179, 29
náwiht-
Good for nothing ⬩ worthless ⬩ naughty
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Ða hé geceás ðe dyselíce and nahtlíce geþuhte synt he chose those that seemed foolish and of no account, R. Ben. 138, 30
panne
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan, and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan, ðæt hé wæs eall sweart, Shrn. 69, 27-29
ge-winfullíc
Laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ laboriōsus
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Ðæt hí nó má ne mihton swá gewinnfullícum fyrdum swencte beón non se ultra tam laboriōsis expedītiōnibus posse fatīgāri, 1, 12; S. 481, 4
ge-tiohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Swá him æt frymþe Fæder getiohhode as the Father appointed to them at the beginning, 29, 78; Met. 29, 38. Swá he getiohhod habbe as he has ordained, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 20
ge-dégan
to pass through ⬩ escape ⬩ pertransīre
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Gif he wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan if he himself wish to be uncondemned, Blickl. Homl. 43, 12
ge-défelíce
Becomingly ⬩ filly ⬩ decently ⬩ properly ⬩ dĕcenter ⬩ opportūne
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He symle gedéfelíce æftercwæþ he alwdys repeated [them] properly, 5, 2; S. 615, 15
ge-freólsian
To liberate ⬩ deliver ⬩ set free
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To liberate, deliver, set free He wolde Adam gefreólsian he would deliver Adam, Blickl. Homl. 29, 20, 35. Ic ðé gefreólsige of ealre frécennesse I will deliver thee from all danger, 231, 3. Úre Drihten us gefreólsode our Lord delivered us, 83, 25.
ge-gada
A fellow-traveller ⬩ a companion ⬩ associate ⬩ comes ⬩ complex ⬩ conspirans
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He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87. Afeóll se deófoll mid his gegadum the devil fell with his companions, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16,18
ge-rínan
To touch, take hold of, grip ⬩ tangĕre, contingĕre, arrĭpĕre
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Wæs he sóna gerinen líchomlíce untrumnysse confestim languōre corpŏris tactus est, 4, 3; S. 568, 37. Wæs he semninga fram deofle gerinen sŭbĭto a diăbŏlo arreptus, .3, 11; S. 536, 13, MS. B
Sigel-waras
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Hé ( St. Matthew ) gelǽrde Sigelwara mǽgþe, and of Sigelwarum hé flýmde twegan drýas, Shrn. 131, 27 : Apstls. Kmbl. 127 ; Ap. 64. Cf. Sigel*-*hearwa
under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10
wíd-gangol
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Rambling, roving, wandering: — Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ, oft hý mon wommum bilihd, hæleð hý hospe mǽnaþ, Exon. Th. 337, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 65.
wítedóm-líc
Of superhuman knowledge ⬩ prophetical
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Gúðlác wítedómlíce gáste (in prophetic spirit) weóx, and hé ða tóweardan mannum cýdde swá cúðlíce swá ða andweardan, 13; Gdwin. 60, 19. Wítedómlíce múðe hé sang, 4; Gdwin. 28, 19
eáþ-metto
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Gebúge hé intó mynstre mid eallum eádméttum, Ll. Th. i. 306, 3
ge-werian
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To come to an agreement, make a treaty Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ꝥ hí geweredon (waredon, v. l. ) wið him and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 6.